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New Toys
Posted by spankybird on Saturday, August 6, 2005 8:53 PM
My Mother-in-law gave me some of my Father-in-laws toys

This is a clock works tank, made by Gescha, a German Toy maker. And yes it still runs





This is made by Brumm and it is 1/43 scale










And I pick these up for our Circus Layout, made by ‘World’s Fair Vignettes’ only $10.99



The fortune teller crystal ball blink on and off.






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Posted by railfan23 on Saturday, August 6, 2005 9:32 PM
Very nice selection of toys, Spank. I really like the tank :-)
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 6, 2005 9:51 PM
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing this with us! That tank is a great example of the golden age of tinplate toys! It would make a good flatcar load.
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Posted by cheese3 on Sunday, August 7, 2005 1:53 PM
cool!!! and [#ditto] what sask_tinplater said, the tank would make a great load.

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Posted by Frank53 on Sunday, August 7, 2005 1:58 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Sask_Tinplater

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing this with us! That tank is a great example of the golden age of tinplate toys! It would make a good flatcar load.


Here's an example of how good tanks can look as flat car loads:

http://www.modeltrainjournal.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1356&start=0
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Posted by spankybird on Sunday, August 7, 2005 2:30 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Sask_Tinplater

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing this with us! That tank is a great example of the golden age of tinplate toys! It would make a good flatcar load.


Sask - you are right, because of it's size, it would be great on a standard guage tin plate. [;)]

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 8, 2005 12:14 AM
Hello Tom: Your Mother-in-Law is a wise person, giving cherished possessions to a person who will appreciate them ( Did the same with a lot of my Dad's things). Kind Regards Steve
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Posted by 1688torpedo on Monday, August 8, 2005 8:51 AM
Hello Tom ! You sure have some neat Toys under your roof.Thanks for sharing the photo's
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, August 8, 2005 11:28 AM
WOW. Your Mother-in-law does not know you very well to give you thsoe things. [;)] No, those are great and she was great to pass them on.

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Posted by csxt30 on Monday, August 8, 2005 4:08 PM
Hi Tom, and yes, those are very nice & they are in good hands again! Oh, did he ever show you those before, & did he get them when he was a boy? Thanks, John
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Posted by spankybird on Monday, August 8, 2005 6:06 PM
This one another one of his toys.




This is also a clock works and is new in the box. The Grandkids didn’t play with it.



This Mercedes needs a little more care. This is the second time I am putting the headlights back on it, along with the Mercedes logo on the hood.

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