Toys And Prices

Presents pricing on 35,000 toys, from action figures to western toys, offers collecting advice, hobby insight, and secondary-market prices for post-World War II toys.

Welcome to Toyland! Easy-to-use and offering a nostalgic romp, Toys & Prices features 35,000 listings and 100,000 values to some of the greatest toys ever created. From Action Figures to Western Toys, this handy, comprehensive guide provides expert collecting advice, hobby insight and secondary-market prices for a massive assortment of post-World War II toys. Inside you'll find: Action figures, Advertising toys, Barbie, Battery-operated toys, Fisher-Price, Games, GI Joe, Hot Wheels, Lunch boxes, Marx play sets, PEZ, Robots, Sci-fi & space toys, Star Wars, TV toys, Vehicles, Western toys, and a lot more! With Toys & Prices you can relive your youth with the joy of a child--and the knowledge of an informed collector.

The book Why Didn't I Think of That! includes the passage "If a toy has magic, when people see it they say, 'Oooh! What is that?' . . . It appeals to the kid in everybody." That same kind of magic captures "the kid in everybody" when they pick up Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them. Timeless Toys represents one of the finest documentaries and displays of modern toys ever written. Author Tim Walsh, a successful toy inventor himself, reveals a world of commerce, toys, and wonder that is equally fun, fascinating, and nostalgic. Readers of every age and background will find it impossible to pick up this book, turn a few pages, and not become spellbound by its insightful stories and the personal memories that the text and 420 brilliantly colored photographs bring forth. Slinky, Lego, Tonka trucks, Monopoly, Big Wheel, Frisbee, Hula Hoop, Super Ball, Scrabble, Barbie, Radio Flyer Wagons: All of these and many, many more are featured in this fascinating tome, along with the toys' histories, insider profiles, and rare interviews with toy industry icons. It's simply magic!

Prize toys found in the Cracker Jack candy box from the late 19th century to the 1990s are shown and identified. Over 290 color photos depict the front and back of many prizes and aid in identifying individual toys and sets of prizes. The categories of prizes assist in easy cataloging.

The toy collector's identification and value guide.

Interested in knowing how much your 1959 Jack Dan Space Gun is worth in Mint-in-package conditions or what a 1972 Fisher-Price Nursery Set sells for in today's market? Look no further than Toys & Prices 2010. &break;&break;This up-to-date 17th edition of the best-selling Toys & Prices contains the most comprehensive identification information and collector prices of your favorite childhood toys. Everything from action figures, Barbie, games, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and vehicles is includes, not to mention all the other great toys you remember and collect! &break;&break;You'll also find: &break;&break;Current pricing &break;New listings and expanded coverage for more than 32,000 toys &break;Updated commentary and advice from the country's most renowned toy collecting experts &break;Historical information, collecting trends and advice for evaluating toy condition &break;Special 16-page color section featuring toys from the 1980s

Current market values for 31,000 listings and 2,000 photographs are included in this publication that has been revised with new toy categories.

This book highlights the thousands of colourful, clever toys manufactured by the Fisher Price Toy Company. Information on the Fisher Price Collectors Club, Toy Town Museum, and Fisher Price Toy Store is included, as well as a detailed history of the popular toy company that still cranks out wonderful products to this day.

Here is the thorough list and newly updated price guide for the thousands of toys and collectibles distributed by McDonald's restaurants with Happy Meal*r boxes and bags, given out in all countries around the world except the U.S. (they are in the companion volume). Thousands of all-color photographs show the toys, boxes, bags, advertising materials, buttons, pins, value range and variations.