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| 2,000 1/64 Farm Toys |
Every year there is toy shows popping
up everywhere you look. The only problem is that there are so
many which ones do you go to. Today there are twice as many as 10
years ago. They are also starting to overlap on them selves and
on the Bigger shows too. I try to got to at least 10 shows a
year. That is a pretty good high goal from a collector.
Most of them our local. One or two are out of state and I
usually go with a group of collectors for those. Some shows are
not advertised at all. They might be part of something far
bigger than toys. They might be at or near a Machinery show,
Auto parts expo, Animal show, Or even a fair. I my self have
mistakenly walked into a room full of venders to which I had no prior
knowledge of. I wish I had more money before I walked in the
room.
There is one show I would like to
elaborate on that comes to mind. Brandon Cooper comes to mind.
Not only is he a good friend of
mine and others but he has been brought to a lot of toy shows by his
Grandfather and Pedal Legend Wayne Cooper. He was 4yrs old when
He started going to Lafayette/Lebenon, Indiana show in Feb. That
was the age also when he was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy (MD).
But as his health has decreased his number of toy show visitations has
increased. He has only missed one or two shows at
Lafayette. He loves his John Deere's and Chevy pickups.
His senior year at
Riverside High he was required to do a senior project as do all
seniors. He knew he could not physically make something for a
good cause do to his health. But he is a very smart guy and he
wanted to involve toys. He himself has a great collection of
farm and construction toys of mostly 1/64. He knew a lot of toy
venders and publications and thought "I should have a toy
show". Now the main requirement of his project was to benefit
the community. Brandon thought at that would be easy he said.
"I'll just donate all the proceeds to Muscular Dystrophy.
So he started early of spring 2003 and planned for a new show in
October. It was to be held at his church he attends near Beaver
Falls, PA minutes from where Charlie Baird hade his show Big
Beaver show years ago.
Beaver Falls, PA Toy Show
The show was a success.
He and his tractor friends like Charlie Baird and family pulled lots
of strings and gathered all kinds of good people. There were
lots of venders, displays, and even the Toy Farmer came all the way
from LaMoure, North Dakota. The donations and door prizes poured
in. The displays were all different and unique in there own way.
This
fall we had the show again because of popular demand. The show
was not as exciting as last year because the world gets more busy
everyday. There were many Toy Talk members there.
Brandon himself (scalefarmer), Kevin Beikert(1206IH) with his IH
dealership display, Gerry Russell (grussel) with his farm display,
Richard Keesey (Allismandick) with his custom 1/64 Allis Chalmers
collection, David Shaw(IHMAN3388), and myself Nate Sawyer(64Sawyer).
I would like to thank all who came.
Lastly, I would
like to share with you something probably never heard of at a show
show or even seen. At Brandon's show this year a group of
collectors got together and decided to have a huge dealership display
to see how many toys they could put on one display. Together on
9 tables they loosely displayed over 2,000 1/64 toys. They
ranged from tractors, combines, trucks, implements, and pickups all
around two dealership buildings. It took six collectors bringing
almost they're whole collection to pull it off. That's more toys
than people at the show!
Nate Sawyer
Danny, Chad, Vernon, Nathan, David, and
Sara show off they're collections on one huge 2,000 toy display.
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Toy Farmer Big Bud 16V-474 Display
Farm Display
More Toys Than People |
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2000 Plus Pieces |
