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Vintage Mattel Electronics Electronic Armor Battle Handheld Hand Held Game VTG

Vintage Mattel Electronics Electronic Armor Battle Handheld Hand Held Game VTG

 - $34.95 36m
Tandy Electronics BLACKJACK 21 Vintage Electronic Handheld Hand Held Game Rare

Tandy Electronics BLACKJACK 21 Vintage Electronic Handheld Hand Held Game Rare

 - $64.95 1h 9m
VTG Electronic Quarterback by Coleco 1978 Needs 9V Battery Directions on Back

VTG Electronic Quarterback by Coleco 1978 Needs 9V Battery Directions on Back

 - $9.99 1h 29m
ColecoVision System with 6 Coleco Vision games included

ColecoVision System with 6 Coleco Vision games included

 8 $35.00 1h 30m
Crazy Climber Tabletop Mini Arcade (Bandai, 1981) with box

Crazy Climber Tabletop Mini Arcade (Bandai, 1981) with box

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 $99.99
$169.99		 1h 33m
Tandy Electronics RADAR SEA BATTLE Vintage Electronic Handheld Hand Held Game

Tandy Electronics RADAR SEA BATTLE Vintage Electronic Handheld Hand Held Game

- $64.95 1h 36m
Vintage Nintendo Game & Watch Handheld Electronic Life Boat Game 1983 RARE EXC

Vintage Nintendo Game & Watch Handheld Electronic Life Boat Game 1983 RARE EXC

 1 $49.99 1h 38m
Rare Mattel 1978 Electronic Handheld Basketball Game

Rare Mattel 1978 Electronic Handheld Basketball Game

 - $34.99 1h 38m
VINTAGE HAND HELD VIDEO GAMES SOCCER AND BASEBALL BOTH WORK

VINTAGE HAND HELD VIDEO GAMES SOCCER AND BASEBALL BOTH WORK

 - $12.99 1h 50m
Vintage 70's Sears Electronic Touchdown Football Game with Box and Manual WORKS!

Vintage 70's Sears Electronic Touchdown Football Game with Box and Manual WORKS!

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 $14.99
$19.99		 2h 23m
Vintage Marble Madness Tiger Handheld LCD Electronic Travel Game

Vintage Marble Madness Tiger Handheld LCD Electronic Travel Game

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 $19.99
$24.99		 2h 33m
VINTAGE ELECTRONIC TALKING BATTLESHIP Game - TESTED! 100% Complete! - MB - VTG

VINTAGE ELECTRONIC TALKING BATTLESHIP Game - TESTED! 100% Complete! - MB - VTG

 - $42.00 2h 44m
1981 Coleco Midway Pac Man Table Top Working Arcade Game - Adapter & Box

1981 Coleco Midway Pac Man Table Top Working Arcade Game - Adapter & Box

 4 $63.00 2h 51m
VTG 1970's COLECO ELECTRONIC QUARTERBACK FOOTBALL GAME TESTED MISSING BATT COVER

VTG 1970's COLECO ELECTRONIC QUARTERBACK FOOTBALL GAME TESTED MISSING BATT COVER

 1 $5.00 2h 59m
Tiger Electronics Hand Held Baseball 1988 Tested NICE

Tiger Electronics Hand Held Baseball 1988 Tested NICE

 - $8.99 3h 3m
Tronica Super Goal Keeper SK10

Tronica Super Goal Keeper SK10

 - $5.00 3h 12m
Vintage Tiger Handheld Electronic John Elways Quarterback Football Travel Game

Vintage Tiger Handheld Electronic John Elways Quarterback Football Travel Game

 1 $6.99 3h 23m
Intellivision Intellivoice with B-17 Bomber and Space Spartans RARE!

Intellivision Intellivoice with B-17 Bomber and Space Spartans RARE!

 1 $29.00 3h 28m
Intellivision Melody Blaster. Sealed. Very Rare!

Intellivision Melody Blaster. Sealed. Very Rare!

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 $139.00
$169.00		 3h 29m
Intellivision 25 New Factory Sealed Games

Intellivision 25 New Factory Sealed Games

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 $119.00
$149.00		 3h 29m
Vintage Game & Watch Mario Bros. Multi-Screen & Octopus Handheld Game

Vintage Game & Watch Mario Bros. Multi-Screen & Octopus Handheld Game

 - $80.00 3h 46m
Vintage Radio Shack 1850 Computerized Chess Set

Vintage Radio Shack 1850 Computerized Chess Set

 - $45.00 4h 1m
Nintendo Mickey (EGG) Game and watch wide screen Mc25 Rare!

Nintendo Mickey (EGG) Game and watch wide screen Mc25 Rare!

 21 $46.00 4h 2m
1983 MONTY PLAYS SCRABBLE ~ ELECTRONIC COMPUTER CONSOLE GAME VCG WORKS GREAT!

1983 MONTY PLAYS SCRABBLE ~ ELECTRONIC COMPUTER CONSOLE GAME VCG WORKS GREAT!

 - $4.99 4h 13m
SPEAK AND SPELL TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BOXED , INSTRUCTIONS , VERY NICE 1978

SPEAK AND SPELL TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BOXED , INSTRUCTIONS , VERY NICE 1978

 - $29.99 4h 20m
Vintage Radio Shack 2 Player Championship Golf Handheld Electronic Game Works

Vintage Radio Shack 2 Player Championship Golf Handheld Electronic Game Works

 - $10.00 4h 25m
Vintage Saitek Kasparov Chess Catalog 30 pages Vintage Handheld Hand Held

Vintage Saitek Kasparov Chess Catalog 30 pages Vintage Handheld Hand Held

 - $9.99 4h 29m
VINTAGE 1978 SIMON MEMORY GAME TESTED BOX INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED GOOD CONDITION

VINTAGE 1978 SIMON MEMORY GAME TESTED BOX INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED GOOD CONDITION

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 $44.99
$52.99		 4h 29m
Radio shack bridge companion electronic hand held game

Radio shack bridge companion electronic hand held game

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 $10.99
$20.00		 4h 30m
Vintage Electronics Space War Rare Electronic Target Handheld Hand Held Game

Vintage Electronics Space War Rare Electronic Target Handheld Hand Held Game

 - $89.00 4h 40m

Model News

  • More Plastic Kit History The first plastic models were manufactured in the 1950s by the British firms Frog and Airfix. American manufacturers such as Revell, AMT, and Monogram gained ascendancy in the 1960s as French Heller SA in Europe. Since the 1970s, Japanese firms such as Hasegawa and Tamiya have dominated the field and represent the highest level of technology. Brands from Russia, Central Europe, China, and Korea have also become prominent recently. Many smaller companies have also produced plastic models. While injection molding is the predominant manufacturing process for plastic models, the high costs of equipment and making molds make it unsuitable for lower yield production. Thus, models of minor and obscure subjects are often manufactured using alternative processes. Vacuum forming is popular for aircraft models, though assembly is more difficult than for injection molded kits. Resin casting, popular with smaller manufacturers, particularly Aftermarket firms (but also producers of full kits) yields a greater degree of detail molded in situ, but as the moulds used do not last as long, the price of such kits is considerably higher. In recent times, the latest releases from major manufacturers offer unprecedented detail that is a match for the finest resin kits, often including high quality mixed media (photo etched brass, turned aluminum) parts. How to Build Plastic Models Most plastic models are injection molded in polystyrene, and the parts are glued together with plastic solvent. While often omitted by novice modelers, specially formulated paint is applied to assembled models. Complex markings such as aircraft insignia are typically provided with kits as slide-on decals. A recent trend has been to offer kits where the parts snap together, with no glue needed, and with a paint scheme reapplied to some or all of the parts. Plastic ship model kits typically provide thread in several sizes and colors for the rigging. Model Scales Almost all plastic models are designed in a well established scale. Each type of subject has one or more common scales, though they differ from one to the other. The general aim is to allow the finished model to be of a reasonable size, while maintaining consistency across models for collections. The following are the most common scales for popular subjects Aircraft    1/24, 1/32, 1/48, 1/72, and 1/144, with 1/48 and 1/72 being the most popular Military Vehicles   1/35, 1/48 ,1/72, 1/76 Automobiles 1/12,1/16,1/18,1/20,1/24,1/25,1/32,1/35,1/43 Ships 1/96, 1/350, 1/450, 1/700, and other odd scales In reality, models do not always conform to their nominal scale; there are 1/25 scale automobile models which are larger than some 1/24 scale models, for instance. For example, the engine in the recent reissue of the AMT Ala Kart show truck is significantly smaller than the engine in the original issue. AMT employees from the 1960s note that, at that time, all AMT kits were packaged into boxes of a standardized size, to simplify shipping and the overriding requirement of designing any kit was that it had to fit into that precise size of box, not matter how large or small the original vehicle.