CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL DREAM REALIZED!!!!

All your hard work and dedication has really paid off! Good luck at Toy Fair, we hope you sell a million copies!!

I always knew you were capable of accomplishing amazing things. You have done it, and certainly deserve it all. I wish you all the success and happiness the world has to offer!
Linda

Dear Tim, Congratulations on your new book, and best wishes from all our family!

We are very impressed with your new book!! I would like to order an autographed copy.

It is most impressive. It certinaly will be the coffee table book for many years to come!!

Love to all,

Marge and Ed

Page by page I’ve strolled thru your book, remembering …
how much fun I had as a kid, and that my kids now have experienced most of those toys today.
Your book is funny, well designed and great reading.
You did a wonderful job on a monumental task.
What’s next?

My son, 15 saw the book on the coffee table and went to bed asking to read it…
my daughter, 12 paged thru most of the book.
I heard many “I’ve played that!” and “Grandma has that in her attic”
and lots of “I didn’t know that”
and the magic continues…..

“A walk down memory lane” is what I am hearing at book signings Judy. I had one nice lady freak out over Mystery Date, which she hadn’t thought about in 35 years. She saw the “boys” on one page and wondered why they looked familiar… then she saw the game and all these memories came flooding back. It was really fun to see!

I am so proud to say you are my “little” brother! The book
is awesome. A job well done,
but I would not expect anything
less. The memories came flooding back
when I looked through the book…..most
especially the Flexible Flyer!

Ah, the Flexible Flyer. It was that vehicle through which you committed the most dastardly deed of your entire existence. To leave your little sister abandoned in the middle of the road on the family’s sled! To drag your unconscious brother to the curb, only to mock him from the warmth and comfort of the Girl Scout carpool. I can only assume you claimed another badge for “bravery” to go along with your shoot the moon rollerskating badge. What an evil young woman you were.

I think I still own half of these toys including the ‘39 Viewmaster and an old Flex-Flyer. Nice job. Just wish I could find more old Viewmaster reels. (I love Tri-Bond too!) I feel like I just met someone with whom I grew up. Thanks for all the hard work. Hope you sell a million copies.

Thanks! My whole family and I LOVED our Flexible Flyer sled. It’s amazing how toys connect us isn’t it?

Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks for all the kudos Chris. I appreciate it. No doubt toys connect us. I like to tell the story of meeting an editor from a paper and how at first glance, we appeared to be so different - in height, race, backgrounds, childhoods, etc. Yet when he asked me my favorite toy in the book and I said the “Big Wheel,” we had an immediate bond. When I told him how I used to flip my Big Wheel over and crank the pedals with my hands while yelling “Ice Cream!” at the top of my lungs, he almost went into convulsions. “You did that!? I did that too! Why did we do that!!!??” It was hilarious and connecting at the same time.

As far as the pictures of Monopoly are concerned, beyond Thomas Forsyth’s website (http://tt.tf/index.html) I highly recommend a trip to the Forbes Collection Museum in NYC. It has a great collection of early Monopoly games including Darrow’s round board and a Brer Fox ‘an’ Brer Rabbit game.

Flattening an early View-Master might be more of a problem. I know they were made from a Bakelite-type material and were really prone to warp. Try Mary Ann & Wolfgang Sell - they are the View-Master experts! (http://www.cinti.net/~vmmasell/)

Blessings to you Chris! Thanks again for stopping by.

Tim:

Bob and I were thrilled to hear your interview on WGN and learn more about your book last week. Best wishes to you and your wonderful family.

Amy Phelps

Congratulations on a wonderful book Tim!
I learned lots of new and interesting tidbits about the toy industry. There will never be enough good books on the toys we loved and cherished. All the best, Bill Hanlon, author of PLASTIC TOYS - Dimestore Dreams of the 40s & 50s
www.AmericanDimestore.com

hey tim i hope you have the merriest of all christmases you are truly santa claus i belong to catholic mens group called emmaus jesus christ is truly risen he has risen in deed he will bless you kenneth a briganti

I had a toy in the late 60’s early 70’s that was a red and maybe yellow ball, it was round and had several cones attached to the center with smaller balls on the ends of the cones….you through it and tried to catch it by the knobs, can you please help me find one, and please tell me the name of this toy! Stephanie

That doesn’t ring a bell Stephanie, but I put the call out to several toy experts that I know. I hope to hear back from them and track this one down. Sounds fun.

Amy!

Thanks for listening. I miss you all at OSC!

I have been trying to find the different models of Jenga. My daughter told me about a Jenga Ultimate which I cannot find. I have found two models, the approx. $10 one and another for about $15 - is there more than two models? Can you also tell me where I can find them? Gary Traywick, Okatie, SC, 29909 (Near Hilton Head and Bluffton, SC) thanks for your help

I am looking for Hasbros’ Mr.Peanut.

I would appreciate it if anyone could put me in the direction of finding one.