Do you have the original boxes? This can enhance the price especially for the older models. The signs on the sides of the cars are important. There are collectors who strive to get cars with certain logos. The steam engine model is described as a type 4-4-2 (4 lead wheels, 4 driver wheels, and 2 wheels under the cab). If the tender is the correct one for this engine type, it is important to keep the pair together.

I guess I was a quiet little girl, I played cards...had a set of Authors and Old Maid cards...and my great grandmother taught me to play casino. My grandfather made me a spool knitter and I made miles of that stuff and then coiled it for mats. I had a bead loom. And for several yearsI had a washing machine box which got folded up and stored in the garage when it wasn't a house. It had a door with a knob on it and windows with shutters and even a chair inside. The grand kids loved it! And there was always a sandbox....I remember once when my husband was planning on doing some brick work in the backyard and he had about 2 tons of builders sand dumped on the drive way. Like magic that pile gathered kids with little cars and dolls and it was perfectly silent as each one made roads and ran their little cars around!

Caroline, I love your 'Great Aunt Matilda' thing.... wouldn't it be fun to make an entire book like that? I'm thinking photos, especially if the time period could be identified, names, and stories! Stories told either about or 'by' the person in the photo. 100% fictional of course. I'd do it in a big (preferably old) scrapbook. My DH and I both love old stuff and digging out treasures at garage sales and second hand stores. This might be something we could do together this summer. Last summer, we bought a old trunk/wardrobe. The kind people used to carry on ships. The mother of the woman we bought it from had used it when she came to the US from hawaii, to marry this woman's dad who was shipping home from the service. We have information on the year, where she came into the US, how she traveled to Michigan, etc. What a treasure!

Shoot...my kids had that one...I've played it several times...It would scare the bajeebies outa me.... Now I'll be thinking about that all day unless someone can come up with the answer. It was yellow with red shapes. OH>>>>....."Perfection"....!!!!!!! okay...I admit...I had to call my daughter....hehe Couldn't take it ...Her kids have it. patti