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 Posted - June 28 2015 : 09:02:45 AM
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hauling out some stuff I just got, these pleasers and teasers should do nicely for my layout.
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 Posted - June 28 2015 : 11:50:36 AM
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I'd say gimmie BUT have all those already 
The North American I found with a Mayflower but they wasn't Maistos!
Both looked like it but they wasn't
All there was on the bottoms was a gold sticker with Made in China 
Here are my garage sale finds
$20.50 for these 
$5 & those were inside
box is crap but ill use tape to fix it 
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 12:21:32 PM
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Gimme the rubber station wagon!
That's the jewel of the whole group. I remember playing with that over 53(?) years ago
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 12:59:52 PM
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Very nice, Microbusss. My DOTW is an Auto World 1973 Dodge Challenger I got for Christmas.
-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 - June 28 2015 : 6:48:37 PM
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quote:Gimme the rubber station wagon!
That's the jewel of the whole group. I remember playing with that over 53(?) years ago
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â June 28 2015Â :Â 12:21:32 PM
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Depends if a friend wants it or not
THEN you can has it
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 10:35:44 PM
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Hi All,
AMC_Gremlin_GT: I really like those two trucks, The NA truck is very cool!
Microbusss: WOW! that tootsie dumper is sweet. Can you tell us who made the pink
rubber car and the yellow one in front of it. Is the red truck with the nub on the back
a semi tractor from Barclay?
kovacste000: The detail on that AW Challenger is very nice.
Thanks for sharing
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 10:44:45 PM
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Nice metal Guys ! The AW Challenger is nice! I like the plastic pink Nash- Rambler?? in Microben's photo....
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 11:02:27 PM
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quote:
kovacste000: The detail on that AW Challenger is very nice.
Thanks for sharing
Mytyco
Originally posted by mytyco - June 28 2015 : 10:35:44 PM
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 I like it, too. The hood even opens up, actually.
-Steve
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Posted - June 29 2015 : 12:58:20 AM
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AW / Auto World info :
For those of you new to diecast, AW was started from the ashes of Johnny Lightning employees, first they did slot cars, and used some of JL / Aurora stuff, and then they branched out into the True 1:64 scale diecast. Johnny Lightning, btw, was a 2-year competitor originally with Hotwheels in 68 and 69, then they went belly up. Bought up and brought back to life in the early 90's, under Playing Mantis, JL went on to accumulate an impressive track record of diecast cars then they got bought by Racing Champions, then Tomy bought them all up about 3 years ago, and JL went through some transformations, then slowly died around 2012, no new diecast. The employees were let go, and some of them went on to form AW, which is still ongoing, and turning out some incredibly detailed TRUE 1/64 diecast cars ( no trucks yet, except one 66 El Camino ).
So that's the history of the new diecast company AW in a nutshell. Wal-mart and Toys R Us are the main sellers, Hobby Lobby has been selling them as of 2014, and there are some other stores that do, too. But distribution has been tough, diecast lovers want more choices, but gettnig them picked up has been an uphill battle. But they make very fine diecast for the price, 3 series, from around $3 to $7 for the premium series (wal-mart has only 2 of the series, and cheaper ). Nice Challenger btw. There are two Chase car types - a rich candy apple red, and a super-rare raw metal, so if you see either type, they are the ones to grab! I've gotten a few Ultra Reds, but so far, haven't seen a Raw chase car yet. Some of the reds are deceiving, but it has to be a metallic candy apple red to be a true Chase red.
This important info brought to by Jerry, diecast hunter on the East Coast, Mid-Altantic region. 
Jerry in VA
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Posted - June 29 2015 : 10:41:17 AM
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quote:
Microbusss: WOW! that tootsie dumper is sweet. Can you tell us who made the pink
rubber car and the yellow one in front of it. Is the red truck with the nub on the back
a semi tractor from Barclay?
Originally posted by mytyco - June 28 2015 : 10:35:44 PM
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pink car = Auburn Rubber Co
yellow car = MP Co?
red truck = Tootsietoy
Most any Auburn Rubber is hard to find
The TT dump truck is missing the rear flap & looks like the wheels were replaced
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Posted - June 29 2015 : 10:06:02 PM
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Looks like this is the place to confess my Tootsietoy addiction. I've loved TT cars for pretty much all my life. I can't remember not having them. Even in my earliest days, I seemed to understand that I could get a whole pack of them for the price of one Hot Wheels ( but I got plenty of them as well.) So here's something I picked up at a flea market a while back. I think I gave 7 bucks for it. The plastic bubble is melted, but the cars are mostly OK. The black one has a warped wheel.
I used to pick up a couple cars every time I went to a flea market, but now....no way! They're like 7 bucks a car or more.
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Posted - June 30 2015 : 01:07:47 AM
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quote:Looks like this is the place to confess my Tootsietoy addiction. I've loved TT cars for pretty much all my life. I can't remember not having them. Even in my earliest days, I seemed to understand that I could get a whole pack of them for the price of one Hot Wheels ( but I got plenty of them as well.) So here's something I picked up at a flea market a while back. I think I gave 7 bucks for it. The plastic bubble is melted, but the cars are mostly OK. The black one has a warped wheel.
I used to pick up a couple cars every time I went to a flea market, but now....no way! They're like 7 bucks a car or more.
Originally posted by burlington77Â -Â June 29 2015Â :Â 10:06:02 PM
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I have two of those, actually. I have the bright blue hot rod and the black dragster thing. The blue one I got for 50 cents and the black car I got for free because I got it from relatives.
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Posted - June 30 2015 : 02:44:32 AM
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Hi All,
Microbusss: Thanks for the info. on the cars. If the Tootsie dumper has all plastic wheels
including the axle then they should be the original wheels for the truck. Like these.
burlington77: I'm with you, I also collect Midgetoy like this.
Thanks for sharing everyone.
Mytyco
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Posted - June 30 2015 : 11:20:50 AM
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Good to know, mytyco & I has 2 of them locos
you want a TT addiction?
I has one!!
ok there are some plastic vehicles in there 
How's that?
Or even worse is my semi truck addiction
haha
Ok sooo I got a little crazy on DOTW
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Posted - June 30 2015 : 2:22:39 PM
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Maybe a little.I like it, though.
-Steve
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Posted - July 02 2015 : 10:29:57 AM
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goody
Have another truck
Was gonna send this to Walt but he didn't want it
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