An Exceptional Toy Website With Some Added Features and Items

Thursday, November 7, 2024

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A Toy Website with Some Added

Features and Items

Please Click On This Address to Redirect to Their Website

I've been to the Gasoline Alley Toys website many times. It's a great resource for looking at toys, and they have somethings that other website don't have. If you don't press on the address above, then please make sure to type their web address exactly as it is below:

gasolinealleytoys.com

The funny thing is that when I searched through my 1625 posts (as of today), 

I couldn't find posts that I had written about Gasoline Alley Toys. Naturally, I immediately e-mailed  them, and a day later I received a reply 

from Kari Christenson. Kari gave me permission, and wrote that there are photos also on their Facebook site with photographs. The company is located in Onalaska, Wisconsin, USA. I'll have to check where that is, but Google Blogger is underlining the city in red to note that the spelling might be wrong. 

I may have to contact Google for that!

Gasoline Alley Toys is a multi-functional company.

The screen-capture below illustrates that they are interested in buying toys,

and the list is quite long.

Gasoline Alley Toys also sells many different brans of toy part replacements.

Wow!  Had I known back when I started buying and selling toys, I  would have contacted them!

The screen-capture below is something of great interest to anyone

interested in old toys. They have videos on YouTube ©  that should be of

interest to anyone interested in toys. When I find the time to read the, I'll try and remember to edit this post and comment on the videos.

I was on the phone and  promised another employee 

(Kari was not there at the moment), that I would add the post.

 So I'm not finished yet, but I will post for now.

I'll work on the post tomorrow for more information, 

and of course, nice toys.

So thanks for dropping by,

and as always,have a great part

 of the day wherever you may be.

My name's (Mr.) Stacey Bindman,

and I ca always be reached at:

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

Thomas Toys, Inc.- Kingsbury Replacement Airflow Parts

Monday, January 18, 2016
     Seasonally very cold with snow
    ( -10 Degrees C / 14 Degrees F)

Thomas Toy Parts:

Kingsbury Replacement Toy Parts

   Yesterday, I posted about the Kingsbury and Cor-Cor companies who happened to manufacture the Chrysler Airflow automobiles.  Although the "real" car never made it as a successful seller, and sold no more than 4000 cars, it's toy counterpart sold tens of thousands of cars. 

   Furthermore, these Kingsbury and COor-Cor cars  were made large with wind-up mechanics and battery-operated lights. Unlike smaller toys which parents could easily throw out or give away without children noticing (I should know), a 14.4-14.6 inch toy ( 368 mm - 420 mm) length toy is hard to dispose of. As a result, many of the original toys are still around to this day, some 82 years later!

   I decided to add 2 pages from the Thomas Toys, Inc. catalogue. Please not the that this 2 pages are from a 2000 catalogue, and the prices are obsolete, and should not be looked at in terms of cots for 2016!

The Cor-Cor and Kingsbury toys are in strong demand, and at auction, a very-good to excellent toy car can receive easily $1000.00-$1500.00 US dollars. Toys that are of lesser-quality, are great for restoring, especially, when a company such as Thomas Toys, Inc. have parts to supply to restorers.

The other good factor about these larger toys, is that they were well-built, and are easy to dismantle and reassemble for someone with a good (not excellent) standard of hands-on work.

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

One of the Great Sources for Old Toy Parts

Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Overcast, snow and cold

One of the Great

Sources for Old Toy Parts

(Thomas Toys)

   When I used to buy toys on ebay, I'd occasionally buy toys with missing parts or broken parts. I figured that I could then write posts about repairs, and of course, I'd be able to buy toys at a discount. Of course, being Canadian, and living across the border from the USA,wasn't much in savings. There is shipping, tax collection by Canada, money exchange (now 32% with the exchange fee), and shipping.

    The positive in buying toy parts for repairs is that I had lots of fun making repairs, and I got to meet some very nice people. Two of the very nicest people that I have met are Mr. Julian Thomas, the owner and his daughter Julieann. Their son, Loren forms the third member of the quartet, of people,followed by Mr. Robbie Roberson, the husband of Julieann. I always enjoyed speaking with
all of them, and they were of course very helpful in identifying the toy parts that I needed.

Below is an e-mail that I received from Julieann Roberson 

"Hello Stacey, Sorry it took me so long to get back to you but its hard 

for my Dad and I to come together sometimes and I wanted him to read 

your blog. Just have a couple corrections; Julian Thomas actually 

formed Thomas Toys 11 years before he retired and he retired from GM 

with his full 30 years and pension. Our staff here at Thomas Toys is 

made up of Mr. Julian Thomas, Mr. Loren Thomas(his son), Julieann 

Roberson(his daughter) and Mr. Robbie Roberson(his son-in-law)

Thank-you for thinking of us and we are looking forward to talking to 

you again. Hope you are well these days. Julie @ Thomas Toys"

   If I couldn't find a part in the catalogue, I'd send some photos to the Thomas' and then phone them. I always received the orders fast and never was there a mistake. All of the Thomas' certainly knew their toy parts!

Please click here to visit this exceptional toy parts seller

I could only find a 2000 catalogue, so please excuse this. I'm sure the latest 2015 or 2016 catalogue is more up to date and has the latest toy parts and better presentation. By the way, I just decided to check out their website, and it's much faster and nicely organized.

Please note that the catalogue posted here is a 2000 catalogue and of course the prices are outdated!

Below: A sample page of tires. THe Julians have metal, rubber and even wood tires and wheels.

When I was buying parts, I could buy the smallest Tootsietoy propellers 

or the larger Hubley propellers!

Lots of people grow up and actually keep their toys. They have fond memories of their days of yore playing with them. AS such, when parts are missing they want to "restore" the toys to workable condition (but of course never to be caught playing with them!).

Below are just some of the cast iron parts available for "really old" toys.

And of course,  if you like motorcycles, there are the Hubley collection of parts…...

Of course, children would lose parts such as those from fire trucks. Ladders were meant to be removed and placed against houses to save the "imaginary people" in the burningbuilding. But talking about saving, the Julians have plenty of ladder replacement parts……..

Not all of the 2000 catalogue has photos or drawings. As such you have to look at the front page directory and sometimes you'll come across a descriptive written page.  AS such, you'll have to read what you want. Just to be sure, I'd recommend photons the Julians for help and to be sure that you are ordering the right part. And as I mentioned earlier, you can always e-mail them.

I hope that I have helped some of you with today's post. Occasionally I receive e-mails  asking me where to find toy parts, and Thomas Toys is among several that I always recommend very highly. 

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

Need a Buddy "L" Part?

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Need a Buddy "L" Part?

  I was on E-Bay the other day, when I caught sight of a huge Buddy "L" toy. I didn't know that they made such a big toy, but they did. As I "checked out" the seller, I noticed that he sells replacement parts for Buddy "L" toys, as well as some others.  However, his sales were mostly for Buddy "L", but I did find a Sturditoy replacement that had been sold. I was curious about this, so I decided to check out the Wikipedia to look up what the population of the USA was when Buddy "L" toys were made. So below are some of the census data:

1910:     92,228,496 

1920:   106,021,537

1930:   122,775,046

1940:   132,164,569

1950:   150,697,361

  Of course, the company continued much later, but the fine pressed steel toys that were the most associated with the Buddy "L"  company were produced in the times that I chose for the census data. Therefore, I concluded (rightly or wrongly) that there certainly would have been lots of Buddy "L" toys made in those 40 years to have someone make replacement parts for these toys.

   I f you go to the link below (One of my Buddy "L" posts) you'll see most of the parts that are made by Buddyktoys. That the name of name of the company that Dave owns, and he sells both through E-Bay and his company in Pennsylvania.

Please click here to redirect to my August 7, 2013 post (Bertoia Auctions) Buddy "L" toys

   If you read my blog regularly, you'll know that I always try and give exclusivity to just one seller or company, so that's why I'm redirecting you there.  I also didn't want to distract you (the readers form looking at other photos, when the images of the replacement parts are so nice to see and focus on.  

Buddy-K Toys

Please click here to visit Buddy-K Toys homepage on E-Bay

   As you can see, some of the parts are very sophisticated, and require lots of time to assemble and weld. The owner of Buddy-K Toys is a man by the name of Dave (I always forget to ask for peoples family names when corresponding with them). Dave's been in business for more than 25 years, and is located in Hellertown, Pennsylvania (USA). Dave also specializes in Keystone, Sturditoy,American National, and Steelcraft. His company also has parts and decals for toys through to the 1960's, and even does restoration work for these pressed steel toys.

   It's nice to see that these old toys, some of which are 90 years old, still have a following of collectors who like these marvellous toys. And it's nice to see that someone  is helping to keep these collectibles in excellent shape for another 90 years.

Thanks for dropping by for a visit.

As always, have a great part of the day or night, 

wherever you may be.

Stacey

(toysearcher@gmail.com)