by Rehg | Aug 26, 2014 | Blog
What Popular Children’s Toy Was Originally Created To Solve Structural Problems? Lego Erector Set Rubik’s Cube Playdoh Answer: The Rubik’s Cube One of the world’s most iconic and best selling toys didn’t begin life as a toy at all. What we now know as the...
by Rehg | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog
Discovering Louis Slobodkin Last night a gentleman came by on his bicycle ran into the gallery and handed me an old children s book as a gift. I had never met the man and was surprised but he said he heard I liked toys and thought I might enjoy the book. Wow it...
by Rehg | Aug 20, 2014 | Blog
Collectors Decorating 2 Yesterday I re-addressed the discussion of decorating with your collections and today I will expand on this limitless topic of collectors decorating! One of the easiest decorating tricks is too incorporate your collection into another. A...
by Rehg | Aug 19, 2014 | Blog
Collector’s Decorating 1 I love to see how different collectors include their collections in their home, especially when the collection becomes a feature component or is the decoration. Nothing is worse when I hear the collection is stored in a box under the bed...
by Rehg | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog
Tin toys are very desirable as collectables currently thou most do not meet safety standards for toys so are no longer labeled “toys” but “collectables” and this is usually accompanied by 14 years and up. Prior to the mid-seventies tin toy...
by Rehg | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog
Drug Dealer Barbie I just read the funniest Barbie story on the internet in awhile “Drug Dealer Barbie”… poor Barbie cannot get a break. I was going to put the link to the Daily Mail but my computer alerted me to virus ad ware so I will cut and paste...
by Rehg | Aug 12, 2014 | Blog
I have always loved this line and am proud to have their wonderful products online and in the gallery. It is wonderful to still see a toy line made in the USA! Other than the silly-yet-sophisticated mascot, no one at Uncle Goose wears a suit to work. It’s not...
by Rehg | Aug 9, 2014 | Blog
The Treasures of Childhood -“Struwwelpeter” When looking for inspiration and or themes for the blog I often go to my collection of toy reference books. This morning I rediscovered the book “The Treasures of Childhood” by Iona Robert Opie and Brian Alderson. This is a...
by Rehg | Aug 8, 2014 | Blog
Google Words Have you ever used the wonderful tool Google Words from Google where you can choose key words for Google to send you info on what is happening with that word in the current news! Wow what a help and yet I cannot decide if there truly is no news in the...
by Rehg | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog
Thinking Toy – Erector Sets The holidays will be on us before you know it and a great toy for all ages is a thinking toy – Erector Sets. Take a toy that is timeless fun and requires a child or adult to put some thought into planning and construction. The...
