Toy Car Collector

A celebration of the toys which have survived across the decades, presented by a man who still plays with them.
When James May was three, his father gave him a toy car for Christmas, and a life behind the wheel and under a bonnet became his destiny. Forty-two-year-old James takes us on a tour of his childhood mind as he rifles through his boy toy favourites which include Meccano, Lego, Scalectrix, Airfix and, his all time number one toy, the train set. His love of engineering and building things has shaped the ingredients of his entire toy cupboard. There's not a microchip in sight. He still plays with his toys - still loves building things with his various sets. Each toy prompts a story - a history told via archive, anecdote and obsessive collector.

I don't need to tell you why the Dodge Charger Pursuit is one of Matchbox's best. The photos will do that...

Photo by conner395 on Flickr

That means early mornings and late nights, with little time to write about toy cars. Thankfully I don't need to. Before I left, I took photos of the latest version of the Dodge Charger Pursuit from Matchbox. I decided to snap some pics of all the previous versions as well. Looking at the photos, I don't need to do much writing. It isn't a cool classic car, or the upcoming Miata, VW Transporter, or Nissan Skyline. It is a model that has been out a few years, and is a replica of a vehicle you see on the roads all the time, at least here in the US. It isn't a car that makes you do a double take, well of course unless you are speeding. The Boone County Sheriff version, with its simple livery (one of the members of the Boone County Sheriff Department, Keith.

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Lego swap meeting

Photo by conner395 on Flickr

Dit blog is gewijd aan spoor nul modeltreinen die op drie rails rijden naar Amerikaans voorbeeld. Spoor nul is een schaal die goed in de hand ligt en met een rijke historie. Het was de eerste schaal en dus het aftelpunt (nul). In Europa werden na 1955 andere schalen populairder als half-nul, N, Z en G. In Noord-Amerika kwamen de andere schalen ook op, maar bleef nul dominant. Europees schaal nul materiaal is doorgaans onbetaalbaar en daarom interessanter voor handelaren dan voor verzamelaars. Amerikaans spoor nul materiaal wordt massaal geproduceerd en is door de gunstige Dollar-Euro wisselkoers, Ebay en Paypal eenvoudig verkrijgbaar.

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