|
bnsfIA
Big Six
Status:
offline
| |
 Posted - December 28 2014 : 09:41:31 AM
|
|
Happy New Year! Post your AOTW Here.
|
Country:  USA ~
Posts: 280 ~
Member Since: October 13 2014 ~
Last Visit: July 13 2017
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 28 2014 : 12:11:12 PM
|
Okay, then. My AOTW is something that I've seen at my grandparent's house for years. After years of wondering what the heck it came from, I just found out recently that it came from the Converters lineup. Thanks, Microbusss for correcting me.
-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."
Edited by - kovacste000 on December 28 2014 1:58:05 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 3533 ~
Member Since: February 17 2014 ~
Last Visit: January 11 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 28 2014 : 1:50:40 PM
|
wrong
Its from a line called Converters
http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/MiniBots.html
looking for those too
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 15008 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 16 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 28 2014 : 2:32:09 PM
|
Is that a Matchbox Voyager? Because if not then they got the tooling for the Voyager body from them.
Cool item! 
http://tycodepot.com/
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 28 2014 : 5:24:21 PM
|
quote:Is that a Matchbox Voyager? Because if not then they got the tooling for the Voyager body from them.
Cool item!
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â December 28 2014Â :Â 2:32:09 PM
|
I don't think it's Matchbox as far as I know.Oh and thanks although it's not actually mine, I just wanted to show it to you guys.
-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."
Edited by - kovacste000 on December 28 2014 5:24:58 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 3533 ~
Member Since: February 17 2014 ~
Last Visit: January 11 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 28 2014 : 10:03:29 PM
|
quote:Is that a Matchbox Voyager? Because if not then they got the tooling for the Voyager body from them.
Cool item!
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â December 28 2014Â :Â 2:32:09 PM
|
its not!
read my comment
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 15008 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 16 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 29 2014 : 01:22:25 AM
|
quote:
Hooray for obscure robots!
These toys were originally created by Mark Toys, some for their own Robo Car line in Japan.
More information here for your reading enjoyment. :)....
http://toyboxdx.com/datafiles/data/mark/
http://counter-x.net/convertors/robo_car/index.html
I have the City Turbo from the first line, and I think the black Firebird from the later line which was all American cars.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 432 ~
Member Since: March 04 2008 ~
Last Visit: December 28 2018
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 29 2014 : 08:05:26 AM
|
quote:
its not!
read my comment
Originally posted by microbusss - December 28 2014 : 10:03:29 PM
|
I read your comment 
The Converter Voyager body is an exact copy of the Matchbox Voyager. Hence my comment
http://tycodepot.com/
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 29 2014 : 09:32:22 AM
|
quote:
I read your comment
The Converter Voyager body is an exact copy of the Matchbox Voyager. Hence my comment
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â December 29 2014Â :Â 08:05:26 AM
|
its bigger than a Matchbox Honest
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 15008 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 16 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 29 2014 : 1:20:36 PM
|
My AOTW is an HO bedroom set:
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1729 ~
Member Since: June 15 2011 ~
Last Visit: June 26 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 29 2014 : 6:55:49 PM
|
quote: quote:
Hooray for obscure robots!
These toys were originally created by Mark Toys, some for their own Robo Car line in Japan.
More information here for your reading enjoyment. :)....
http://toyboxdx.com/datafiles/data/mark/
http://counter-x.net/convertors/robo_car/index.html
I have the City Turbo from the first line, and I think the black Firebird from the later line which was all American cars.
Originally posted by Autobus Prime - December 29 2014 : 01:22:25 AM
|
Gee, no wonders I don't see these often, they're literally just Japanese Transformers knockoffs from the 70's. In that case, I've got to get it from m grandparents. 
-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."
Edited by - kovacste000 on December 29 2014 6:57:00 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 3533 ~
Member Since: February 17 2014 ~
Last Visit: January 11 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 29 2014 : 8:33:35 PM
|
quote: quote:
I read your comment
The Converter Voyager body is an exact copy of the Matchbox Voyager. Hence my comment
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â December 29 2014Â :Â 08:05:26 AM
|
its bigger than a Matchbox Honest
Originally posted by microbusss - December 29 2014 : 09:32:22 AM
|
Ahhh I see!
Still, it is interesting that the tooling looks so close to the Matchbox version, even at a different scale.
http://tycodepot.com/
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - January 01 2015 : 12:38:19 AM
|
I finally managed to find a functioning one of these truck loaders from Tyco for $5.00. I had one when I was a kid and cut it up for some half-baked project and now I regret that decision. Its great to have one back. 
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 867 ~
Member Since: December 21 2013 ~
Last Visit: December 08 2016
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - January 01 2015 : 06:31:44 AM
|
the worse I missing from that metalsmith is the controlers!
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 15008 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 16 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - January 01 2015 : 7:24:28 PM
|
quote:My AOTW is an HO bedroom set:
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - December 29 2014 : 1:20:36 PM
|
Those castings are pretty fine Sean; like the bathroom fixtures you got. Doesn't seem like they'd hardly need to have any flash removed. That's good that HO scale guy can now get up out of bed during the night to use the bathroom . . . particularly as he ages.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2087 ~
Member Since: March 16 2013 ~
Last Visit: July 05 2018
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - January 01 2015 : 7:44:46 PM
|
Nice score there metal smith. I own one and like it!
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 3147 ~
Member Since: May 07 2007 ~
Last Visit: March 12 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
Home
Forums
Events Calendar
Forum Admins & Mods
Register
