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 Posted - March 17 2014 : 11:22:17 PM
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Loved these toys when I was 8 years old !! I'm 53 and still love them!  . Anyone remember these?
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Posted - March 17 2014 : 11:32:36 PM
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For some reason, I like them too.Although I've never seen them in person.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 02:43:19 AM
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Aren't those the cars that are held together by rubber bands and explode on impact? Seems like I recall these things like a million year ago?
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 03:05:50 AM
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Yes, Jeff. They were called "Crashmobile ". The top pushed down and locked the body on the car. When the front bumper hit something it sprung rearward and allowed the body pieces to fly off !
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 09:35:41 AM
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| real cool Probablly a collectors item now
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 09:52:19 AM
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| Yes, I've never seen one of these sell cheap! Still see on eBay once in a while some on original blister package !
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 10:14:10 AM
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reason they ain't cheap is:
1. Parts get lost
2. Baby Boomers are wanting their toys back
C. Young collectors are discovering the old Baby Boomer old toys
Who made it btw? 
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 10:38:00 AM
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| Don't know who made them Ben... Maybe you could look that up. I had several as a young kid & I will pay the price for one in the future. They don't seem to be many on eBay...
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 4:32:53 PM
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look at the parts & botton of car
Usually the toy makes stamp their names on them
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 4:48:42 PM
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I don't own one of these toys yet Ben... But the maker of these cars was, Tri-Play of the 1960s... 
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 7:41:25 PM
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quote:I don't own one of these toys yet Ben... But the maker of these cars was, Tri-Play of the 1960s...
Originally posted by walt - March 18 2014 : 4:48:42 PM
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So that's what those are.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 8:36:06 PM
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I'd never heard nor seen these before. I had a pair of 57 Chevy nomads that you used a pull tab, and the parts would fly off them when they hit. But nothing like this.
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 11:37:38 AM
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There was a Crashmobile in the Gumby episode "Gumby Business." It first appears at 1:09...
And for the model railroad fans, there's some interesting Marx train action near the end!
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 12:14:06 PM
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quote:I'd never heard nor seen these before. I had a pair of 57 Chevy nomads that you used a pull tab, and the parts would fly off them when they hit. But nothing like this.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â March 18 2014Â :Â 8:36:06 PM
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Was it this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyoUcofBo9I
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 12:19:46 PM
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Yes, I think Jerry is speaking of the SSP Smash Up cars...
Walt
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 12:47:50 PM
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quote:Yes, I think Jerry is speaking of the SSP Smash Up cars...
Originally posted by walt - March 19 2014 : 12:19:46 PM
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I thought so.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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