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giantart

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Country
United States
City or State
Fort Worth, Texas

Collection

About Me :

Hello all!

I collect and build plastic models of all kinds. Mostly Gearhead, Rat Fink and Space models. Eventhough I don't care for real guns, I have collected most of the plastic gun kits available between the years 1940-1990. I also have a small collection of odd toys including: Robotic, Science and the Classics.

I got interested in collectables in general when I was 15 years old. I had an older friend that had a car, a trailer and a brilliant idea. We would offer to clean-out people's barns (Or house) in exchange for our pick of the items. It was within reason of course, and there were a lot of things we didn't get, but overall we were able to make a fair coin from the things we found. Back then we found and sold many: Horse Collars, Shipping Trunks, Porcelain Meat Scales and I don't know how many Kellogg Pedestal Phones. It was a great time no doubt!

Later in life - (1980) I owned an Antique store in Dallas Texas for six years - and to this day i try to hit the sales on Fri. & Sat. mornings as well as sell a few things here and there.

I see most of you guys are into Anime and Japanese toys so if I am in the wrong place, let me know. I barely know where I am anyway - SO . . just tryin' to make it fun wherever I am!

What is your all time favorite toy?
Doepke Jaguar Convertible

History

Member for
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