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Vintage Lite Brite - Works great

Vintage Lite Brite - Works great

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 $3.00
$12.00		 30m
Vintage Hasbro Romper Room Mr. Potato Head Boxed 1980 Incomplete

Vintage Hasbro Romper Room Mr. Potato Head Boxed 1980 Incomplete

 - $14.99 31m
VINTAGE WONDER HORSE CHILDRENS SPRING ROCKING RIDING WESTERN HORSE PONY TOY!

VINTAGE WONDER HORSE CHILDRENS SPRING ROCKING RIDING WESTERN HORSE PONY TOY!

 - $249.95 33m
Vintage chicago flying scout roller skates

Vintage chicago flying scout roller skates

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 $24.99
$70.00		 35m
Vintage yoyo YO YO russell RARE COCA COLA MEXICO LOT MASTER COLLECTION 80s BLACK

Vintage yoyo YO YO russell RARE COCA COLA MEXICO LOT MASTER COLLECTION 80s BLACK

 16 $56.00 36m
Fisher-Price SpongeBob SquarePants View-Master 3D Gift Set NEW

Fisher-Price SpongeBob SquarePants View-Master 3D Gift Set NEW

 - $23.79 37m
Viewmaster Reel #3301 Cairo, Egypt -1950

Viewmaster Reel #3301 Cairo, Egypt -1950

 - $2.00 37m
Magic YoYo N6 Magistrate Red Aluminum Professional Yo-Yo + 5 Strings

Magic YoYo N6 Magistrate Red Aluminum Professional Yo-Yo + 5 Strings

 - $23.75 37m
Vintage yoyo YO YO russell RARE COCA COLA MEXICO LOT MASTER COLLECTION 80s BLACK

Vintage yoyo YO YO russell RARE COCA COLA MEXICO LOT MASTER COLLECTION 80s BLACK

 8 $10.00 39m
COLORFORMS FUN POCKETS "THE BACKYARDIGANS AGES 3-8 *NEW

COLORFORMS FUN POCKETS "THE BACKYARDIGANS AGES 3-8 *NEW

 - $8.99 41m
Vintage yoyo YO YO russell RARE COCA COLA MEXICO LOT MASTER COLLECTION 80s BLACK

Vintage yoyo YO YO russell RARE COCA COLA MEXICO LOT MASTER COLLECTION 80s BLACK

 17 $43.00 42m
Bicycle Brainwave - Magic Cards - Poker Size

Bicycle Brainwave - Magic Cards - Poker Size

 - $6.99 42m
MILTON BRADLEY WATERFULS TIC TAC TOE GAME *NEW* HTF

MILTON BRADLEY WATERFULS TIC TAC TOE GAME *NEW* HTF

 - $27.99 43m
VINTAGE BAKELITE TOY MAGNAJECTOR RAINBOW CRAFTS WALL PROJECTOR

VINTAGE BAKELITE TOY MAGNAJECTOR RAINBOW CRAFTS WALL PROJECTOR

 - $12.99 44m
Slinky Ideal Deluxe 100 Trick Magic Tricks Suitcase # 4769-new

Slinky Ideal Deluxe 100 Trick Magic Tricks Suitcase # 4769-new

 - $43.00 44m
Vintage yoyo YO YO russell RARE COCA COLA MEXICO LOT MASTER COLLECTION 80s BLACK

Vintage yoyo YO YO russell RARE COCA COLA MEXICO LOT MASTER COLLECTION 80s BLACK

 19 $12.00 45m
Quarterly Returns David Eldridge Restore Torn Card VHS

Quarterly Returns David Eldridge Restore Torn Card VHS

 - $10.99 46m
Magic Performance Disappear Yellow Plastic Box Tool

Magic Performance Disappear Yellow Plastic Box Tool

 - $4.83 46m
NEW Squeeze and Run Fart Bomb Novelty Gag (Set of 3)

NEW Squeeze and Run Fart Bomb Novelty Gag (Set of 3)

 - $0.99 47m
SUPERMAN POGO STICK- UNIQUE 1977

SUPERMAN POGO STICK- UNIQUE 1977

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 $105.00
$125.00		 48m
Classic Kids Toy Gift Diablo Diabolo Juggling Spinning Chinese Yo Yo & 2 Sticks

Classic Kids Toy Gift Diablo Diabolo Juggling Spinning Chinese Yo Yo & 2 Sticks

 - $0.99 49m
Brand New Classic Retro Sock Monkey Stuffed Toy Doll Kids Americana 19" Huge Big

Brand New Classic Retro Sock Monkey Stuffed Toy Doll Kids Americana 19" Huge Big

 - $17.85 54m
YO-YOS ELECTRIC YO-YO KOZMIC HEAD SHOP HIPPIE UNDERGROUND COMIC YO-YO 1972 RARE

YO-YOS ELECTRIC YO-YO KOZMIC HEAD SHOP HIPPIE UNDERGROUND COMIC YO-YO 1972 RARE

 - $39.96 55m
1971 Vintage BRADY BUNCH & PARTRIDGE FAMILY 4 Reels for VIEW MASTER Gaf stereo

1971 Vintage BRADY BUNCH & PARTRIDGE FAMILY 4 Reels for VIEW MASTER Gaf stereo

 - $2.99 56m
Tom Kuhn "Flying Camel" No-Jive 3-in-1 yo-yo

Tom Kuhn "Flying Camel" No-Jive 3-in-1 yo-yo

 9 $50.00 58m
Tom Kuhn "Snowflake" Mandala, No-Jive 3-in-1 yo-yo

Tom Kuhn "Snowflake" Mandala, No-Jive 3-in-1 yo-yo

 17 $47.00 1h 1m
Criss Angel Mind freak Platinum Magic Kit 250

Criss Angel Mind freak Platinum Magic Kit 250

 - $26.99 1h 3m
Tom Kuhn "Sunburst" Mandala, No-Jive 3-in-1 yo-yo

Tom Kuhn "Sunburst" Mandala, No-Jive 3-in-1 yo-yo

 5 $51.00 1h 3m
HOW TO JUGGLE DVD.......POLLIO

HOW TO JUGGLE DVD.......POLLIO

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 $15.00
$19.95		 1h 3m
Playing Cards Double Deck of Golf game Playing Cards Novelty

Playing Cards Double Deck of Golf game Playing Cards Novelty

- $7.89 1h 5m

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.