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Fans of collecting vintage toys?

CrystalWolf

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Sorry if this doesn't fit in this board, if it doesn't I'd be happy to make this thread in a more fitting thread board, just tell me if I should move it.

I was wondering if anyone else on this website collects vintage toys, I personally love to collect 1998 Furbies! I know that Furbies aren't for everyone, but I love them and so I collect them! I currently have 9 Furbies, but only 6 of them work. I also have a mini McDonalds furby that my cousin gave me.
 
Yes, I collect 2nd hand dolls & doll stuff. Mostly Barbie, but I’ve recently developed an interest in Strawberry Shortcake, too.
 
I collect vintage toys. I like Bluebird Polly Pockets. I like vintage dolls in general I have a big and little original Cabbage Patch Kids, a She Ra action figure a Holly Hobby doll. Older again I have a Mary Quant, a tiny tears and a Rosebud doll. Dolls are one of my special imterst
 
Here’s some pictures my Cabbage Patch Kids, She Ra doll and Rosebud.
 

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I have numerous vintage toys in my collection, some dating back to the 1930s

My Gilbert collection is fairly well stocked with one Erector set dated to the WWII era:
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1950:
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1950s:
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1959: This one is new old stock
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1962 chemistry set:
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1960 NOS Giibert model airplane engine on my handbuilt airframe:
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I'm a self-appointed historian of the flying model aircraft sold by Jim Walker under the American Junior Aircraft name.

This was the model in the US patent for U controlled model flight, so it was the very first.
Built Fireball circa 1945:
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Post 1949 Fireball kit:
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1955 kit: I have a Jim Walker engine for this build

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Mid 1950s:
rarer than hen's teeth
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1940 Ohlsson & Rice .23 ignition engine for a Fireball

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1955 McCoy .29
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New Old Stock 1962 McCoy .35
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A few years ago I collected die-cast toy cars... Mainly European cars, companies like Dinky Toy, Corgi, Solido, other brand names... I still have a small collection of them, but switched from that to collecting vintage photos 10 years ago, that collection is getting quite large now
 
A few years ago I collected die-cast toy cars... Mainly European cars, companies like Dinky Toy, Corgi, Solido, other brand names... I still have a small collection of them, but switched from that to collecting vintage photos 10 years ago, that collection is getting quite large now
I have a quite sizable collection of diecast cars and trucks myself
 
Collecting vintage toys is one of my main special interests. I mostly collect 80s and 90s dolls but I am also a Disney Princess fan and a Star Wars fan here are some photos of my collection:
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New Tinkertoy set
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These date back to the early to mid 60s when I was given them as gifts:
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New old stock Pre 1966 Marx Zazooom
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This is a battery operated noisemaker that simulates a motorbike engine on a bicycle or tricycle
It was found in the semi-tattered original carton
 
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Most of the the die-cast cars I've collected in the past were made before I was even born! But then many of collections also pre-date when I was born
 

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