Introducing The "Buddy L Steel Toy Collection

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

-1° C /30 F

Sunny and Damp

Introducing the

Buddy L Steel Toy Collection

Please click on this sentence to redirect to this exceptional website resource for Buddy L Toys

I'd been to this wonderful website a fews years ago, but never decided to ask 

for permission to write a blog post. A few days ago, I  was searching for the

site, and I found it. I browsed the site, and I remembered how fascinated by this website when I first discovered it.

I wrote a note to the owner of the site, and within a few days, I got a reply 

from Mr. John Riley. It's coincidental that John lives in Vermont (U.S.A.), which is an American State that borders Quebec (Canada). I have fond memories of Vermont, because when I was young, my parents, my grandmother, brothers and sister, my aunt, uncle and cousins would vacation in St. Albans Bay, Vermont.

I received Mr. Riley's permission to write a post for him, and use his excellent photography. His website is  an excellent website resource for learning about the Buddy L Toy Company. However, when I had browsed John's website, I 

found a section of his site that moved me! 

The section was for Buddy L wood toys, which was an anomaly (something different  from the standard or normal). I thought "wood toys"

from a toy steel manufacturer? Now that's most certainly different,

and I had to investigate.

When I redirected to the section on the wood toys,

I had to stop after reading the first 4 words:

"During World War II".

I immediately knew what John was going to write and. I was very moved.

You can read the what he wrote in the screen-capture photo below. That will help

you understand why wood toys were made during 1941-1945 in the USA,

and most likely, the rest of the world.

Please read the paragraph below for the explanation:

I've never come across Buddy L wood toys, but I've written several posts on

these fine pressed steel toy. So finding Buddy L wood toys was both eye-opening

and a great discovery.

I have to apologize because I didn't enter the written description 

for these special toys. As soon as I have time, I will add the descriptions 

for these toys. 

It's easy to forget that these fine toys were manufactured during extremely hard times. As well, children still needed something to take their young minds away from the hardships of those years. It's sometimes hard to realize that

those times, more than 80 years ago, are memories of mine from reading books. 

How the times flies.....

Thanks for dropping by, and as always,

have a great part of the morning, afternoon, or evening

wherever you may be.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman,

and I can always be reached at:

toysearcher@gmail.com

 

An Upcoming Exceptional Toy Train Auction by Stout Auctions

Monday, February 24, 2025

-1° C /31° F

Overcast and Damp

An Exceptional Upcoming 

Toy Train Auction by Stout Auctions

I haven't written a post about Stout Auctions lately, so I wrote to them for renewed permission to use their excellent photos, and to write a new post. In a short time, 

I received a reply from Mr.Greg Stout via Suzanne Shirley, 

their very hard-working office manager.

For those who don't know, Stout Auctions exclusively auctions toy trains.

The company started their business in 1993, and the company

"has become the leader in quality model trains in both Prewar and Postwar Lionel.

We offer everything from classic postwar Lionel or the colorful tinplate

toys of the '30's, to modern trains from Lionel, MTH, K-Line, 3rd Rail and more.

Stout Auctions also continues to lead the auction field in G scale, HO brass, and

American Flyer S Gauge. If it's related to toy trains you'll find it at Stout Auctions"

Please click on this line to redirect to Stout Auctions Fantastic website

Above: Boucher No. 2500 Blue Comet

four car passenger train set

Above: "Incredible" Howard No. 10 locomotive with

No. 22, 23, and No. 30 gray Adair passenger car

Marklin 0 gauge m.e. 70/12920 gray steam locomotive and tender

Howard steeple cab No. 5 mining locomotive 897

Carette 0 gauge 2350 Vauclain steam locomotive and tender

Very unusual Carlisle and Finch No. 100 four wheel summer trolley 

with rarely found factory installed power pole.

Rare Marklin gauge II armored locomotive and tender. Locomotive is the

variation with the removable shroud. The set also includes armored train

1854/2 troop carrying car, armored train automatic firing car 1853/2

and two armored train automatic firing car 1851/2. This set is very rare,

only a couple of sets are known to exist.

Outstanding Marklin O gauge Der Adler 1835-1935 in rare original box.

The train is high grade C8 (condition). with track, insert, several people.

Early and nice Voltamp 2" gauge 2115 Interurban in two-tone green.

Early version with a wood floor and wooden seats inside. sprung trucks

and cast pilots Factory reverse correctly located at the rear of the body.

This auction most-certainly has a cornucopia of the most old 

and "true" antiques (100 years ++) that I've seen in the years that I have 

been blogging. With some of the being very rare, the auction will be very interesting to see what collectors will be bidding on these toys.

So that's it for today. It's very cold up here in Canada, and our house electric furnace stopped working last night. Fortunately, we have some baseboard wall heaters.

Thanks for visiting my blog, and have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman, and I can always be reached at

toysearcher@gmail.com

PowerCoupleDeals - A Return to an Exceptional ebay Seller

Sunday, February 23, 2025

-2° C / 29° F

Overcast and Damp

PowerCoupleDeals

(A Return to an Exceptional ebay Seller)

Please click on this sentence to redirect to their ebay store

It's been a while since I visited the PowerCoupleDeals store on ebay. I wrote 2 posts last April (2024), and I was surprised to see the number of people who had visited their 2 posts. The visits or, as Google Blogger uses the term  "page views" have been higher than usual, so I was also surprised.

Originally, What attracted my attention was the large number of photos that

each and every listed item has. Also, the photographic lighting is simple

but well done. They use a soft lighting that reduces the dark shadows, and

allows for taking more photos in a shorter amount of time. By also using

a white foundation and background, an additional amount of light 

reflects from the white foundation back onto the toy being photographed.

Description:

Vintage Smith-Miller Pressed Steel L Mack Truck with Flatbed Trailer

Trailer Length: 24.5" / 62.23 cm 

From bumper of cab to rear of frame (Length): 17" /43.2 cm

Hooked together (Length): 36.25" /  92.07 cm

 

So that's it for today.

These fine toys are not inexpensive, and people like to collect them.

I'll bet that when adults buy these "models", when there is nobody around,

I can "imagine" that they play around with them.

Sometimes, some of us, just never grow up!

Thanks for dropping by, and as always, have a great part of the day or night

wherever you may be.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman,

and I can always be reached at 

toysearcher@gmail.com

I'm always looking for new readers to have me write a post for them.

So if you have some nice toys and can take good photos,

 I'm always available to write a post for you.

   

  

A Return Visit to a Great Meccano Resource

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Overcast and Damp

22° F / -6° C

A Return Visit to a

Great Meccano Resource

I haven't written a post for Mr. Tim Edwards in a long while. His website

titled MeccanoIndex is one of the most informative and resourceful websites

for anyone wanting to research or just visit. The site is about Meccano, 

a famous British company that began in Liverpool, England in 1898. 

The owner of the company was Mr. Frank Hornby. Meccano created

metal construction sets that could be assembled with small wrenches.

It came with nuts and bolts, assorted assembly parts, 

and sometimes even small motors.

Please click on this sentence to redirect to Mr.Tim Edward's exceptional website

Tim Edward's website is literally an Internet library for anyone who wants to learn about Meccano. When I was young (pre-teen years), I had a set of Meccano, and it was great to be able to construct small items such as a house. There was a wide range of different sets with which one could erect something. The larger the 

size of the set of parts, the larger or more elaborate the toy that could be created.

Some sets, if I remember correctly, even had small motors with which to 

have a finished item move. An example could be a car or a Ferris Wheel.

Today's post is a sampling of Meccano magazines from 1925,  a century from 100 years ago! The reason for selecting these magazines is that the artwork is appropriate to Meccano's erector sets. I always liked to draw, but my skills 

were not that great. Looking at the artwork on these magazine covers makes me appreciate the talent that the artists had to draw these wonderful covers.

When you visit Timothy's website and find these magazines, you will be able to

read these magazines from 100 years ago.  The amount of work that

Timothy has put into his website is truly a work of art and an exceptional effort 

to have people learn all about these wonderful erector sets.

I hope you visit this site, because it's fantastic. You'lllearn a lot about The Meccano company, and you'll enjoy seeing so much information and photos that illustrate

what Meccano was all about back then.

So that's it for today. 

Thanks for dropping by to visit, and have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be,.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman, and I can always be reached at

toysearcher@gmail.com