Posted by gunintruck on January 20, 2010 at 17:57:31 from (64.130.186.158):
In Reply to: Re: OT Ertl Toys posted by cadet trooper on January 20, 2010 at 15:14:05:
THERE WAS A GUY WHO MADE ALOT OF CUSTOM TOYS IND. THAT HAD TWO PULLING TRACTORS NAMED COLEMAN WHEATLY. THE TOY COLLECTING MAY BE DRIED UP IN SOME AREAS AND IN SOME AREAS EVERYTHING IS DRIED UP. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CLAIRE DYING. IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE QUAILTY OF TOYS AND THE NUMBER OF MODELS RELEASED AND THERE VARIATIONS. HOW MANY DIFFERENT 4020"S DOES A COLLECTOR NEED. THE REASON I QUIT IS BECAUSE MY COLLESTION WAS STARTED IN THE 70"S AND IN THE LATE 80"S ERTL STARTED REPRODUCING THE OLDER MODELS AND KILLED THE VALUE OF THE ORIGINAL TOYS. THERE STILL AT IT I HAD THE OLD 1/64TH STEIGERS, 2+2"S, 1086"S,AGRI KINGS, AND SUCH ERTL HAS REPRODUCDED THEM IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.THE ONLY THING ERTL HAS NOT KILLED IS THE TIN FARM TOYS. BUT I GUESS I THE CHINAMEN CAN STAMP STEEL THAT MIGHT BE NEXT.
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