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So what are the hardest to get aurora models?

 

Big Frankie, without a doubt. Not many were made since the $4.98 retail price gave most modellers a bad case of sticker shock when it was issued in the mid-sixties.

 

A distant second would be Godzilla's Go-Kart, King Kong's Thronester or the larger Lost in Space diorama kit.

 

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I should have some good stuff given how long I've been collecting. I've been pecking away at the model kits since about 1983 and the other toys since about 2000.

 

I pick up most of my kits and toys these days from either Ebay or Hake's Auctions.

 

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Here are some more of my super-hero related cards:

 

1966 Donruss Marvel Super Heroes

 

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1975 Topps Comic Book Heroes Stickers

 

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The checklist card backs were also puzzle pieces:

 

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1976 Topps Marvel Super Heroes Stickers

 

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The checklist card backs were also puzzle pieces:

 

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Here are scans of my 1980 set of Leaf DC Secret Origin Mini Comics:

 

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And here are some scans from a very cool thirty sticker set that was a bread issue in Langendorf, Sunbeam and Taystee loafs among others in 1978. I've completed Sunbeam, Taystee and blank sets but I don't at this time have any Langendorf stickers:

 

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Those cards are awesome.

 

I'll try to scan a few more sets over the next couple of weeks.

 

In the meantime, here are some pics of my Marx Three Keys to Treasure bagatelle. The MAN is holding it up in the first pic to provide a perspective of its size:

 

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The bottom picture is a close up on some of the extra prizes I've collected over the years.

 

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What year is that from? I remember having one of those as a very young kid.

I think a few of the prizes may still be hiding somewhere in Mom's house. hm

 

 

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I think it's from 1963 or else 1964. I never had one as a kid but I remember seeing it advertised one time on a Detroit, Cleveland or Erie television channel at the house of a buddy of mine who had cable TV. I've wanted one ever since that day and I fulfilled my dream by means of Ebay about ten years ago.

 

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I was born in '68 so that seems a bit old for me. Then again I had several hand-me-down toys from other relatives, so I guess it's possible.

 

I saw your game and I was thinking it looked familiar, then when I saw the prizes it dawned on me that I used to have this. I don't remember the rings so much, but the other things I know were in my game.

 

For some reason I also think there was a little key thing that you used to put the prizes into the game.

 

 

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Here are some photos from Xmas a few years back. First here's my dearly departed roommate Phoebe in the large bedroom:

 

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Up on the tower of power:

 

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With our buddy Blizzard by the Xmas tree:

 

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Here's Blizzard again with Deuce on the front porch:

 

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The MAN always makes sure his feathered friends are perched well up in the tree beyond our easy reach:

 

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