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An independently owned toy store in Rosemead, CA made shopping for toy cars a process and an adventure! This is where my collection really got started In the days before globalization and corporatism imposed a monolithic sameness on every neighborhood in the country, locally owned independent toy stores were the norm rather than the exception.Continue reading “Memories of TOYTOWN – Rosemead, CA 1977-79”

BODY: Aurora WHEELS: Vincent TIRES: Road Race Replicas While this is not the first of the original Aurora bodies I added to my collection, it is one of the earlier ones that I bought. I have acquired 4 copies of this body to date; two of them were conversions from Cigar Box freewheelers, but thisContinue reading “Meet the Fleet – Sportscars: Porsche 904 Carrera GTS”

The author reflects on the challenges of landscaping a model train track representing south-central California. They navigate balancing brown and green tones while creating a mound with insulation foam for a water tower. Although the final result is greener than intended, the project teaches valuable lessons and sets the stage for future enhancements.

The final battle of Drag City’s sports car challenge featured a half-fleet round allowing 32 eliminated competitors a second chance to race. Sherman “Throttlestop” Steele triumphed with his Cheetah, narrowly defeating Federico Santana’s Ferrari and Dean Quinten’s Corvette. Steele celebrated his 10th tournament win, raising anticipation for future challengers.

I’m probably as guilty as the next guy of making “impulse buys” but its rare that I’m this impulsive. So here we have something I totally cannot do anything with; it doesn’t belong anywhere or go with anything. And yet…its still pretty cool. I was buying some sundries on Amazon recently and this popped upContinue reading “NEW BUILDS: Odd Bug Out”