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Show Toy Collectibles More and more parents are finding that their children chil-dren are becoming collectors . . . and having a good time in the bargain. And while fun is still the primary reason rea-son for buying toy vehicles, many are enjoying a second life as collector's items. Toymakers have responded re-sponded by producing a variety va-riety of finely detailed die-cast die-cast trucks and cars that may range from l'i llh scale (an inch equals h.'i feet) to the larg.-r l2.".th scale. The Ertl Company reports that young collectors are enthused en-thused about replicas of clavsic Ford, Chevy and Mercury cars from a favorite era of their parents the 50s. All are authentic copies of the real thing, for realism real-ism is a key to collecting potential. Most in demand currently current-ly by young collectors, however, how-ever, are miniature versions of famous racing cars like the slock cars of Richard Pelty and Darrell Waltrip or faiihtul copies of trucks and cars made famous on action- fllletl 'V series or feature films Kor example, Ertl re. ports that. ;ales for its flen-eral flen-eral I,ee ,ar from "Dukes of lla..ird" may be counted in the millions. |
