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 Posted - August 23 2014 : 11:44:01 PM
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My AOTW for this week is a railroad spike souvenir I got at Mount Rainer earlier this year. I actually quite like it.
-Steve
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 9:17:20 PM
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My AOTW:
Some of my Ulrich trucks:
Sean
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 9:21:38 PM
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Nice collection of Ulrich trucks! I like Ulrich trucks; I have 3 or 4 and intend to restore them "someday."
Glenn
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:36:36 PM
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Life Like Crossing. Love that combination of snow on grass. So cheezy it
just squeals Tycomania. What the heck is that C&H Sugar by Tyco, doing
there?
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:50:50 PM
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Noticed the Campbell's car in COTW so I will add this Life-Like sign here....
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:54:56 PM
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Sorry to double dip, but I shot this short video
of a Tyco Pipe Loader:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsjmmD1_TFk
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 10:56:28 PM
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quote:Noticed the Campbell's car in COTW so I will add this Life-Like sign here....
Originally posted by walt - August 24 2014 : 10:50:50 PM
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Aaaaargh!
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Posted - August 24 2014 : 11:08:50 PM
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| Nice Campbell's, Jeff...
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Posted - August 25 2014 : 08:55:17 AM
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quote: quote:My AOTW:
Some of my Ulrich trucks:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 24 2014 : 9:33:19 PM
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You just posted your AOTW two times on one page. I'm sure it's just an accident though. 
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 24 2014Â :Â 9:51:09 PM
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Hello Steven,
Not sure at all how that happened? I deleted it though.
Sean
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Posted - August 25 2014 : 11:07:54 AM
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quote: quote: quote:My AOTW:
Some of my Ulrich trucks:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 24 2014 : 9:33:19 PM
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You just posted your AOTW two times on one page. I'm sure it's just an accident though.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 24 2014Â :Â 9:51:09 PM
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Hello Steven,
Not sure at all how that happened? I deleted it though.
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 25 2014 : 08:55:17 AM
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Okay. I deleted mine too.
-Steve
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Posted - August 25 2014 : 11:59:09 AM
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Life Like Hearse:
Perhaps now I need the Gruesome Casket Company?
Glenn
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Posted - August 25 2014 : 12:02:46 PM
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quote:Life Like Hearse:
Perhaps now I need the Gruesome Casket Company?
Originally posted by gmoney - August 25 2014 : 11:59:09 AM
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That's cool ...way cool gmoney!!
Sean
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Posted - August 26 2014 : 2:35:46 PM
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I found this recently, and it's complete. I'll use it on a future layout build. 
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Posted - August 26 2014 : 3:36:49 PM
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| yo, badman Could I has a copy of the road signs please?
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Posted - August 26 2014 : 3:53:38 PM
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Hey Badman, that's pretty cool! It's not the motorized set, is it?
Glenn
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Posted - August 26 2014 : 9:07:02 PM
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quote:I found this recently, and it's complete. I'll use it on a future layout build.
Originally posted by badman55Â -Â August 26 2014Â :Â 2:35:46 PM
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I always have liked this Matchbox , box art but was never sure of what was in it...
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Posted - August 26 2014 : 10:17:56 PM
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quote: quote:I found this recently, and it's complete. I'll use it on a future layout build.
Originally posted by badman55Â -Â August 26 2014Â :Â 2:35:46 PM
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I always have liked this Matchbox , box art but was never sure of what was in it...
Originally posted by walt - August 26 2014 : 9:07:02 PM
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Yeah Walt, I got it a while back at a flea market real cheap. And Glenn, this is not the motorized track, but the type to display your Matchbox cars on. Ben, I'll see what I can do about getting you a copy of the sign sheet. My scanner is down at the moment.
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Posted - August 27 2014 : 12:42:32 AM
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Really nice, Gary!
I have over 30 mint boxed Matchbox regular wheels that I am going to display in my basement, sometime very soon. I may look in to buying one of the Build A Road sets for them... Do you think this set has room for 30+ cars?
Just days ago I measured some of my old toys such as my 1969 Marx Train Set, 1967 Motorific Wildcat Set, and my excellent condition 1958-60 Superior Tin Gas Station, so I can make several displays opposite side of the basement of my train / slot cars layout....
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Posted - August 27 2014 : 12:00:49 PM
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| Very nice items shown this week. This truck I bought at the Riverhead train show.  Show was this past Sunday. 
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Posted - August 27 2014 : 3:47:09 PM
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Interesting truck, wks - hope it's not stuck on the grade crossing!
That's a nice looking Thunderbird too 
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - August 27 2014 : 10:14:55 PM
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I likes the truck too & do want one 
Course the front windshield is too big 
it needs a red plastic strip on the front on the top of window
About as wide as the roof line
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Posted - August 27 2014 : 10:47:42 PM
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I found this in the attic on my family vacation at my folks..
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Posted - August 27 2014 : 11:41:05 PM
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I want one!
nice find
From your childhood? hehe
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Posted - August 28 2014 : 01:47:19 AM
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We had a copy of this at our local library in Affton MO. when I was a kid. I would check it out over and over again but I rarely saw any other stamps from the library that showed that anyone else did the same. If I remember, this was the manual that showed a kitbashing article on cutting off the low nose on a geep-20 and swapping it with a Hi nose from the Tyco SD-24. I performed this procedure myself but with an Atlas SD-24 that I managed to ruin in the process. quote:I found this in the attic on my family vacation at my folks..
Originally posted by lloydvfp844Â -Â August 27 2014Â :Â 10:47:42 PM
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Posted - August 29 2014 : 12:21:20 AM
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quote:I found this in the attic on my family vacation at my folks..
Originally posted by lloydvfp844Â -Â August 27 2014Â :Â 10:47:42 PM
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Pretty cool find, Lloyd. I wouldn't mind getting one of those myself.
-Steve
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Posted - August 29 2014 : 10:16:24 AM
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| You can get these on Amazon fairly reasonably. Some interesting tips in there. A "must have" for Tyco fans.
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Posted - August 29 2014 : 10:30:57 AM
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quote:You can get these on Amazon fairly reasonably. Some interesting tips in there. A "must have" for Tyco fans.
Originally posted by Barry - August 29 2014 : 10:16:24 AM
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Very interesting.
-Steve
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Posted - August 29 2014 : 11:48:30 AM
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| Checked Amazom Canada, going anywhere from $6 to $117 (CDN) used. All being shipped from the US.
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Posted - August 29 2014 : 4:52:37 PM
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quote:I found this in the attic on my family vacation at my folks..
Originally posted by lloydvfp844Â -Â August 27 2014Â :Â 10:47:42 PM
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I have a later edition without Tyco's name on it, but it still contains mostly Tyco products in it.
Glenn
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Posted - August 30 2014 : 1:43:04 PM
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quote:Life Like Hearse:
Perhaps now I need the Gruesome Casket Company?
Originally posted by gmoney - August 25 2014 : 11:59:09 AM
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A hearse! A hearse! My kingdom for a hearse!
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