Some of the Most-Visited Blog Posts

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Sunny and no wind

0° Celsius / 32° Fahrenheit

Some of the Most-Visited Blog Posts

    I was browsing through my 1543 posts when I came across one post that has been viewed more than 1500 times. I wondered why that one would have been so popular. From there, I then searched through the entire number of posts, and found other posts that also were more-frequented that all of the others. And so, that's how I cam to write this blog post.

I am very grateful to all of the people and companies who have helped me with my blog.I placed the 7 toy sellers in alphabetical order, with no favouritism to anyone.

They all are my favourites!

If you look at the writing below each company's logo, you will

see the date that the post was published.

Please click here to visit this fine company

Please click here to visit his fine company

Please click here to visit this fine company

Please click here to visit this fine company

Please click here to visit this fine company

Please click here to visit Rick

Please click here to visit Toyclaus

All of the links above these toy sellers and buyers will redirect you to their websites.

You can also view view all of the posts that I have written about any of the above people and companies by entering their name in the white space (where the arrow is pointing).

Also, if you enter the title of the words of the blog posts above, 

that will get you to the original blog post. 

But don't forget to click on the photo or screen-capture of the company

or person that you are interested in reading their original post. 

Clicking on any photo in a blog post will enlarge the image for a

nicely-enlarged photo, as well as easily seeing and reading any writing.

 

I hope that you'll enjoy these posts that were written a while back.

 If you ever want to have a post written about your toy collection, 

please feel free to write to me.

I'm (Mr.) Stacey Bindman

and I can always be reached at:

toysearcher@gmail.com

Visiting Toydecals again

Friday, February 23, 2018
Cloud with rain and snow
4 C     39.2 F

Visiting Toydecals Again

Please click here to visit Toydecals

I often visit Rick's Toybox website on ebay. His store is titled "Toydecals", and as you can tell,

he sells replacement authentic-looking toy decals. However, he also sells toys, and always seems to have rare and interesting old toys.

The 2 wooden toys were made by the Buddy "L" company during World War II (WWII).

During the war years, metal was rationed out in the USA. As such, the  government created strick rules for the way metal was used, as war armaments were needed.  As a consequence, metal couldn't be used for toys, and wood was substituted.

Vintage Buddy "L" WWII Era Victory Toy

Wood and metal

"Wrecking Truck"

Length: 16 1/2"  42 cm

Vintage Buddy "L" WWII War Era Victory Toys

Stake or lumber truck

Wood and metal

Length:  25"  63.5 cm

Kingsbury was a toy manufacturer in New Hamposhire (USA). 

Most of their pressed steel toys had a patented wind-up mechanism (motor)

to run their toys. You can see the wind-up motor in the third image below in the composite.

Vintage Kingsbury Pressed Steel Wind-up Motor Army Cannon Truck

Circa 1920's

Pressed Steel 

Length:  11"  28 cm

The "motor" in the D.B. Clark truck below was a friction motor.

You pushed the truck wheels on a flat surface, and a large rotating 

wheel started to spin the tires. You kept doing this until the wheels were

spinning fast, then you let the toy go, and it moved as much as 15" (4.57 M)

D.P.Clark Hill Climber

Circa 1920's

Length 12 1/2"  30.5 cm

The structo toy below is "somewhat" rarer than other Structo toys.

It has a battery (size "D") compartment to add light to the front light.

Vintage Structo Pressed Steel Tank with Rotating Head

Pressed steel with wooden wheels

Length x Height: 

12 1/2" x 6.5"

31.7 cm x 16.5 cm

Buck Rogers was a favourite comic character in the 1930's, 1940's and a bit later.

I remember going to the Sunday school movies, and there on the screen was Buck Rogers.

The movie effects the were "primitive",to say the least. I remember seeing the toy move on the "invisible" string that was clearly visible. 

Vintage 1940's Wyandotte Buck Rogers Space Ship

Pressed steel with rubber wheels

Length:  6"  15.2 cm

So this is it for today on a very rainy day.

Thanks for dropping by,

and have a great day or evening.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

Rick's Toybox Revisited

Saturday, February 3, 2018
Sunny with Clouds
-9 C 15.8 F

Rick's Toybox Revisited

Please click here to visit Rick's ebay store

I've been revisiting old posts and people to see how I can add new posts about them. Rick has helped me out in the past.I've written about his store and how he sells replacement decals of old toys that are missing them. 

However, Rick also happens to sell fine toys on ebay. So when I revisited Rick's website on

ebay, I did a search emphasizing toys from the most expensive to the least. Sure enough, I found 5 toys in total, with 3 toys I had not seen seen before, and 2 old toys that are in demand by collectors.

 Vintage Cast Iron Kenton Overland Circus Truck 

with Lion and Driver.

Circa: 1930's

Length x Height:  7.5" x 4.5"  191 mm x 105 mm

Vintage Arnold Tin Toy Wind-Up  

Daredevil  Motorcycle Driver and Acrobat

Key Wind-up

Circa: late 1940's-1950's

Length x Height:  8 3/4" x 11 1/4"  215 mm x 311 mm

The way to date this toy is from when it was made.

In this case, part of Rick's description was "Made in Western Germany"

This informs us that that was the name of part of Germany after WWII. At that

time, Germany was divided into Western and Eastern Germany.

Vintage Structo Army Tank

Pressed Steel Military Tank

Length x Height:  12.5" x 6.5"  306" x 165" 

Vintage Marx Tin Gas Roadside Pumps, Grease, Motor Oil

Pressed tin with rubber hoses

Circa: 1940's

Length x Height:  9.5"  x 5.5"  241 mm x 140 mm

Vintage Kingsbury Golden Arrow Racer

Pressed Steel Toy, Wind-up, Blue

Circa: 1930's

Length:  19 1/2"  496 mm

Modelled after Sir Malcolm Campbell's (British) famous racer Modelled after Sir Malcolm Modelled after Sir Malcolm Campbell's (British) famous racer, the "Blue Bird",

he set the land speed record at Daytona (Florida, USA) in 1931

to 246 mph (396 km/h) and some time later to 251 mph (396 km/h) 

Writing about the last toy, which was modelled after a real-life racer  that

raced at Daytona Beach, Florida (USA), I sure would rather 

be there than up here in Montreal (Quebec, Canada).

 Oh well, there's a mere 46 days left until March 20, which is the  first day of spring!

Thanks's for visiting, 

and have a great day or evening.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

Rick's Toybox Revisited

Saturday, November 19, 2017
Overcast
+2 C  36 F

Rick's Toybox Revisited

Please click here to visit Rick's Toybox on ebay

    I get a fair amount of e-mail asking me if I know where to get toy parts. I have several sources, and one of them is  Rick's Toybox, that you  can find on ebay, where Rick has a store. Not only does Rich have toy parts, but he also sells toys and decals of all sorts. I decided to revisit him today, and I discovered that he has expanded his toy parts and decals quite a lot.

Above:

Custom Race Car Hauler Rear Ramp Bed with Winch 

& Ramps for Tonka, Etc.

Above:

Tonka Pickup Truck Wrecker Toy Truck Boom

Kit Replacement Toy Parts

Above:

Nylint Ford Cube Van rear Doors

Replacement Toy Part

Above:

Buddy L Firetruck Replacement Ladder Toy Part

    Today, I've only presented  Rick's toy parts. However, he's quite famous for producing high-quality decals for many different toy companies. So if you're in need of toy parts or decals, please venture over to Rick's  Toybox on ebay.

Thank's for dropping by,

And as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Toysearcher@gmail.com

Stacey Bindman

Rick's Toybox

Wednesday.November 30,2016
Cloud with Rain
6 C  41 F

Rick's Toybox

Please click here to vist this interesting ebay seller

I've been finding all kinds of interesting toys this week on ebay, so I've continued to search there.

I saw a nice Smith-Miller toy, that was out of the "norm" from the usual Smith-Miller toys that I've seen. The "usual" Smith-Miller toys are the trucks or trucks with semis that they haul. This toy happens to be a trailer from 1953, which is certainly  different. 

Vintage Smith Miller M.I.C. House Trailer Pressed Steel Vehicle

THe trailer was produced to take advantage of the "I Love Lucy" TV show, 

and was made only in 1953. Trailer has a blue steel roof, and aluminum sides.

Length: 26" 660 mm

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

Toy Parts & Decals

Thursday, December 10, 2015
Overcast, raining, and very mild temperatures

Toy Parts & Decals

(Rick's Toybox)

   A few days ago, I was revisiting ebay when I came across some nice vintage reproductions of toy decals. A decal is a transfer that you place on a toy. It will contain the name of the toy, or the name of a fictitious name of a company. I browed the seller's  ebay store, and decided to contact him.  The name of the store is Rick's Toybox, and I assume that Rick is the owner. I didn't get Rick's family name, but will write him for that.

Please click here too visit Rick's Toybox site on ebay

A nice pair of Wyandotte (USA) wooden wheels for a truck 

A nice replacement grille for an International Harvester truck 

made by the Buddy L toy company

(below)

Above

Doepke Highliner Scraper Declas

(Below)

Wyandotte Stickers for the Timberland Truck 

(Above)

A vintage Kingsbury Delivery Van Grocery truck.

Painted oppressed steel, with wind-up mechanism for movement

(Above)

The famous patented Kingsbury wind-up mechanism, with the brake stopper to the left.

Kingsbury is the only toy company too have developed and patented this mechanism, and it was added to their toys for a long time.

   I've never seen the above Kingsbury truck, so I was fortunate to have found Rick's Toybox on 

ebay. When I ways buying and selling toys on ebay, I'd occasionally purchase toy parts for toys that were broken. I wrote several posts on how to repaint and fix toys. Also, some of the toys were missing parts. 

  Thankfully, there are companies such as Rick's Toybox, that are available for people who like to restore toys. In this case, you could even purchase a nice vintage truck such as the one above.

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be,

Stacey Bindman,

toysearcher@gmail.com