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A Return Visit to another

Excellent ebay Seller

If you are a regular visitor to my website, you'll know that recently, I've been

visiting people and companies and seeing how they're doing. The way I've done this is by looking at old posts, and selecting from there. I've been blogging for more that 14 years , and wow, how the time flies!

Please click on this sentence to redirect to the first 2018 Post of the ebay store stripe4107

Please click on this sentence to redirect to the ebay website

When I revisited Mr. Hardy Littleton, the owner of stripe4107,

he had a great selection of Meccano toys for sale.

But the one toy that caught my attention was a French Meccano toy racer.

You don't see this particular toy very often, so it was nice to see this racer.

The description was as follows:

1930's French Meccano Red Boat Tail Race Car Model Kit 14"

So that's another post. Have a visit to Hardy Littleton's ebay store, 

because there are a lot of interesting toys for sale there.

So thanks for visiting my blog, and as always,

please feel free to write me if you have any questions, 

or would like to volunteer to have me write a post for you.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman,

and I can always be reached at:

toysearcher@gmail.com

Mr. Hardy Littleton Helps Out Again

Thursday, January 18, 2018
Cloudy
-3 C  26.6 F

Mr. Hardy Littleton

Helps Out Again

Please click here to visit this fine ebay seller

A. C. Williams Blue Cast Iron Boat Tail Racer w/ Driver & Embossed Pistons 

Antique A. C. Williams Cast Iron Tail Fin Racer Toy Car!  This fantastic c.1930s is an A. C. Williams cast iron toy. This large car features raised exhaust stacks on the hood, and a seated cast driver. The racer has a large tail fin on the end, and sits on 4 white rubber tires. The car rolls very well when pushed.This is one of A. C. Williams more rare large sized racers. 

Measures approx. 8-1/2" L x 2-3/4" W x 2-5/8" H

216 mm L x 70 mm W x 67 mm H

Antique Hubley Red SPEED Motorcycle

Rare Hubley Cast Iron SPEED motorcycle with rubber wheels and rare red paint. Has SPEED raise letters on both sides of motorcycle tank also raised number 5 on riders back.  wear from age . Length:  4" ( 102 mm) 

Hubley Cast Iron Futuristic Streamline Blue Coupe

This great little cast iron coupe was produced by Hubley in the late 30’s. 

The car is 6″ ( 152 mm) long and is in great, 

original condition with red wooden hubs and rubber tires. 

The photography helps to present  the cars with their features in 

their most appealing manner.

It's also a good business strategy when selling your merchandise.

Thanks for passing by,

and have a great part of the day or night.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

A Set of 3 Hubley Terraplanes

Friday, January 12, 2018
Overcast and Raining
6 C  42.8 F 

A Set of 3 Hubley Terraplanes

Please click here to visit this fine ebay seller

I was perusing ebay, when I came across some very nice toys. The store on ebay, is Stripe4107, qnd the owner is Mr. Hardy Littleton. Mr Littleton has an excellent collection of merchandise for sale, and his photography is superb. Hardy also happens to have an excellent reputation as a seller on ebay. I found a trio of nice Terraplane cast iron toys in his store, and decided to present them for today's post.

The Terraplane was a car brand and model built by the Hudson Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan, between 1932 and 1938. In its maiden year, the car was branded as the Essex-Terraplane; in 1934 the car became simply the Terraplane. They were inexpensive, yet powerful vehicles that were used in both town and country, as both cars and trucks bore the Terraplane name.

HUBLEY 1933 TERRAPLANE YELLOW BLACK ROADSTER  with NICKEL GRILLE

1930'S TERRAPLANE CHROME GRILL ROADSTER 3 7/8" ( 98 mm)  LONG. THIS ROADSTER HAS IT'S ORIGINAL BLACK FENDERS AND A YELLOW BODY .

Rubber tires mounted on wooden rims.

Vintage 1930's Hubley Cast Iron Terraplane Phaeton Car Red & Black

Nice example of a 1930's coupe with a baggage box on the back of the car. I

t features a nickel plated grill.  Rubber tires mounted on wooden rims.

Length:  4 1/2"  115 mm

1930's Patent Pending Hubley Terraplane  Blue & Black Coupe Car

From the 1930's, the patent on the underside of this car saying "patent pending", 

puts this model as one of the earliest of this model .

Rubber tires mounted  on wooden rims

Length:  4"   102 mm

 Thanks for Dropping by,

and as always, have a great day.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

A New Toy Seller Helps Me Out

Friday, January 5, 2018
Overcast with strong winds
-20 C   -4 F

A New Toy Seller Helps Me Out

Please click here to visit this very fine ebay store

It's the new year, and lately we've had -15 to -23 C up here in Montreal. With a wind chill factor added, that will certainly free your nose off. We put our 16 year old dog Buddy outside, so that he doesn't have to walk very far in the cold and snow.  Fortunately, it is going to get warmer next week.

That will give me more time outside for shopping, since nobody likes to shop in blizzards!

In His Own Words:

Good Afternoon - Stacey , 

You have my permission to use my toy photos for you blog. You may improve photos with Photoshop but not change the contents of my photo's and you can and I also add a link my ebay store. I've been in the antique business on and off for the last 40 years. Now I'm retired and just collect. I add some pictures of about 1/3 of my collection.

 Always hunting.
Hardy Littleton

Description:

YONEZAWA USAF B-29 BOMBER AIRPLANE TIN LITHO FRICTION JAPAN

VINTAGE 1950's USAF B-29 SUPERFORTRESS BOMBER TIN LITHO FRICTION TOY. 

Made in JAPAN.  YONEZAWA . Friction works , No missing parts. Excellent condition. All 4 Propeller spin when runs!  

About 19" (482 mm) Wingspan & 15" (381 mm)  Long.

The toy was made in 2 sections and came apart. To assemble the 2 parts, 

the underbelly of the toy was shown, and the wing then 

fitted into an opening there. A small lever was then turned to keep the 2 parts together. 

When the toy was moved on the ground, the wheels turned the propellers. 

Some information about the Yonezawa toy company

History

The logo for Yonezawa Toys.

Yonezawa Toys (米澤玩具 Yonezawa Gangu) (known also as Yone or simply Y) was founded in the 1950s in Tokyo. It was one of Japan's largest and most prodigious post-war toy manufacturers and an early participant in the growing radio control market.

The company and focused on the production of thousands of different electrically operated and mechanical toys through the early 1970s. Some were branded not as Yonezawa but as STS. It is unclear as to the origin of the STS label, but it is presumed to be that of an importer. Yonezawa briefly dabbled in radio control in the mid-1980s with the introduction of the 1/10-scale Wave Hunter buggy, sold in North America as the Monogram Lightning.

Under Sega’s leadership, Yonezawa Toys was briefly known as Sega-Yonezawa until the Yonezawa branding was dropped entirely in April 1998. Once Sega Sammy Holdings was formed, Sega Toys was reorganized under Sega’s entertainment contents business.*

*Please click here to read more about the Yonezawa toy company

This particular is in great shape considering it's about 60-65 years old.

These more modern toys are somewhat rare, and as such, this particular one 

is selling in the 4 digit numbers (U.S. Dollars)!

You should have a look at Hardy Littleton's ebay store.

He most certainly has lots of interesting toys for sale!

Thanks for dropping by,

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com