Learning Curve

OK,

So, this blogging thing is a learning curve. I posted two the same session not realizing that I had to specify new stuff goes UNDER the old. I hope this one goes right.

I need to figure out how to put pictures with the appropriate text. Hey, I'm old! OK, 52 isn't THAT old, but the fact that I'm doing this blog thing is new to me.

BEANIE BABIES

Let me write about Nancy's past obsession with Beanie Babies. She got caught up in what turned out to be almost a fraud. Ty indicated that certain BBs would be discontinued or only a certain number made. Collectors went crazy buying them wherever they could. I had a co-worker that had a connection and sold them by the side of the road. Yes, I bought some from him for her collection.
We have hundreds I think. I know there are pictures of the collection somewhere, but they are film ones so I will have to locate them and scan. I remember she found this rare squirrel one and paid like $30.00 for it! Is that spelled right? Squirrel? You know like Rocky the flying....
Currently they are all in those big vacuum sealed bags under the stairs. She wanted to donate them at one point. I talked her out of that. Too much invested.

GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS

Another collection that I supported by buying them for her was glass paperweights. There are some awfully pretty ones. Many are like the marbles that have stuff inside, like fish and things. Pretty cool. Anyway, they are all up in a very heavy box in the attic. See, here's the thing, I'm all for displaying all the stuff we have. She, rightly feels that we live here, it isn't a museum. So, until we somehow win Publisher's Clearing House and can have the three car two story garage extension built on the house, many of the collections will remain in boxes and bags.

HO SLOT CARS

Now these I can tell you about because although they are in a box, it is right here in this very room and I will tell you about them.
My brother Jim and I despite being less than wealthy on my Dad's salary managed in the 1960's and early 1970's to have quite a sizable collection of Aurora HO slot cars and track. This was post-Vibrators and pre-AF/X.
However, our parents unilatterally decided that we kids didn't need so many toys. So, they "donated" many of them prior to our move to Denver in 1971.
Back to the present. Thanks to our coming across a toy show one Sunday Nancy and I entered the world of vintage toys.
I settled on HO slot cars because they are playable and the kids would and did enjoy them. She chose HO trains because she still had her Dad's trains.
Thanks to eBay I have added some other to the collection as well. Here is a list. A photo to follow. We have 42 of them and they all fit nicely in a Priority Mail box:

TYCO Porsche 956 red/white #56. AMRAC Datsun 240Z race car red/white/blue #1.
AF/X Datsun 240Z race car BRE red/white/blue #46. AF/X Datsun 510 race car BRE
yellow/orange #46. AF/X Porsche 911 race car orange/blue/black #3. TYCO Porsche 911 race car four headlights, red/yellow flames #78. AF/X Can-AM McLaren (?) Orange Autoworld #54. AF/X Can-AM Shadow Black #101. AF/X Can-Am Porsche 917/10 L&M White/red/black stripes no #. AF/X Can-Am Porsche 917/30 RC Cola white/red/blue stripes #16. TYCO Porsche 956 orange/white #3. TYCO Porsche 956 yellow/black #56. TYCO Porsche 917 (1970) Gulf Racing Blue/Orange no #. 4: AF/X Porsche 917 (1970) White/purple, white/green, yellow/blue, Gulf Racing Blue/Orange ALL #2. 2: AF/X Ferrari 512S (1970) 1: Red/white #6, 1: Blue/white #2.
TYCO (1970) Ferrari 512S Red #4. AF/X Trans-AM racing Chevy Monza White/green #0. TYCO Porsche 935 racing Silver/various no #. AF/X Trans-Am racing BMW (?) Yellow/red/orange #3. AutoWorld AF/X Dodge Viper ACR yellow/black stripes no #. AF/X rally racing Ford Escort (English) green/blue stripes #28 has spares on roof rack. AF/X Datsun pickup off-road racing Yellow/black #211. TYCO Ferrari F40 RED no #. 2: TYCO Lamborghini Countach 1: red 1: yellow no #s. LIFE LIKE 1970 Ford Mustang The BOSS yellow no #. NEW Thunderjet 1968 Chevy Camaro green/white stripes no #. NEW Thunderjet 1968 Chevy Camaro Sunoco Racing Trans-Am blue #9. 2: Vintage Aurora 1968 Ford GT40 Le Mans race cars 1: Gulf Racing Blue/Orange 1: White/orange both #5. Aurora Ford racing "J-car" red/orange/white stripes #3. Aurora Lola Le Mans race car black orange/white stripes #3. Aurora Shelby Daytona Coupe Le Mans race car blue/white stripes no #. Aurora 1963 Chevy Corvette split-window coupe blue no #. Aurora Porsche 904 white/red stripe no #. Aurora (?) 1960's Le Mans race car red/white/green stripes #3. LIONEL 1964 Chevy Corvette coupe yellow no #. Mercedes 300 SL roadster red/white top.

That's the descriptions of the cars. They all run. The oldest are from the 1960's and are much smaller than the later ones. All run on the same track. The old ones are more fun because they are slower, have skinny tires and no magnets to hold them to the track.

I ASSUMED THAT I COULD ARRANGE PHOTOS WITH THE PARAGRAPHS THAT MENTION THEM!
HOWEVER, I HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT. BEAR WITH ME. IN THE MEAN TIME TO SEE IF A PHOTO HAS BEEN POSTED RELATED TO THE TEXT, PLEASE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM.