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Title: Vintage Toys: Robots and Space Toys by Jim Bunte, Dave Hallman, Heinz Mueller ISBN: 1-58221-025-X Publisher: Antique Trader Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Nicely done
Comment: Granted, this is just a pretty slide show, but its done well, and I love looking at these old toys, some of which I had as a kid. The book is really well made, but lacks SUBSTANCE, know that you are buying a picture book and you will be happy with it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice pictures, anyway.
Comment: ... yes, it has lovely production values with super clear pictures but it also has its faults.
1) With so may space toys the book could have covered (and remember, this book does not claim to exclusively be a tin toy robot book) there are far too many of the same sort of toy. Many are just duplicates with a different paint job and could have been ditched in favour of a bit more variety, or at least shown in the context of the original toy they were based on. Where are Ideal's Zeroids? How about Major Matt Mason? Surely important space toys? Instead we get Rock 'em, Sock 'em Robots twice!
2) The toys are shown in alphabetical order within their respective decades which means that it's hard to see how trends developed within any ten year span. Sometimes toys are described as copies or alternative versions of existing toys but the original is only found further on in the book because its name is later in the alphabet. So much for their clear, easy layout which is hyped within an inch of its life.
3) Information is sketchy at best with many discriptions being almost identical and relying only on visual observations of the toy, something which anyone could do. Surely someone can supply reliable information about Japanese tin robot manafacturers? Some information is also incorrect. The UK Smash robot came from an advertising campagin for instant mashed potato not a comedy show whilst toys described as being influenced by real-life rockets are in fact copies of Thunderbird 1 from the Gerry Anderson 60's TV show.
All in all this is a nice coffee table book with nice photography but as a resource for space toys from the 50's to the 90's it sure lacks a lot. The authors would have been better off doing better research and thinking more about their choice of toys than to constantly congratulate themselves about a page layout that isn't very special at all.
Rating: 5
Summary: An invaluable reference for collectors and dealers!
Comment: Vintage Toys: Robots And Space Toys is an outstanding compendium of 300 space and science fiction toys from yesteryear. Jim Bunte, Dave Hallman, and Heinz Mueller collaborate in offering the history of the companies that made these popular toys and the present day market valuations of each toy cited. Profusely illustrated throughout in full color, specifically designed for ease of use as a reference, authoritative and exhaustive, Vintage Toys: Robots And Space Toys is nostalgic, practical, and an invaluable reference for avid collectors and antiquarian dealers alike.
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Title: Robots (TASCHEN Icons Series) by Teruhisa Kitahar, Yukio Shimizu, Teruhisa Kitahara ISBN: 3822855669 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Blast Off! Rockets, Robots, Ray Guns, and Rarities from the Golden Age of Space Toys by S. Mark Young, Steve Duin, Mike Richardson, Harlan Ellison ISBN: 1569715769 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 07 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: 1000 Tin Toys by Teruhisa Kitahara ISBN: 3822820172 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: So Crazy Japanese Toys! by Jimbo Matison, Rodney Alan Greenblat (foreword) ISBN: 0811835294 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Ray Gun by Eugene W. Metcalf, Frank Maresca, Charles Bechtold ISBN: 1584180048 Publisher: Fotofolio Pub. Date: 29 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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