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Joe says that collecting is a sickness! He has
Cap Guns, Steam Engines and Erector Sets. His is not a large collection (so
far), but it gives you an idea of how you can start yours. |
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We'll start off with some fine Nichols
Stallion 45's, bullets and holsters. That caption seems familiar
too.
This is a close-up of the bottom 45 pictured
above.
Another close-up. That little kid's cartoon is from an old photo
of your author of this website from back in the 50's.
A great
Roy Rogers set.
The fabulous Nichols G-45 and a Dyna-Mite,
both gold plated. I think the box is worth almost as much as the
gun.
Good close-up of the name insert on the above
holster.
Can you believe it? I asked a young waiter at a major restaurant
whether or not he had heard of Roy Rogers and he said, "No." What's the world
coming to?
Nice boxes and an ad.
Good
close-up of the boxes.
Here's a pile of Hubley Cap Guns and
underneath are some working steam engines. I wish I had one of
those!
Cast iron Hubley Texan.
A
really nice black Hubley Texan Jr.
Hubley's full-sized Texan.
Joe
says he's had this poster for over 35 years.
Nice
corner. I really need to put my Cap Guns on the wall, or in the corner...or
just somewhere!
A much more up-to-date photo of this
particular Nichols (and others) corner of Joe's room.
A
little closer for detail.
Here's a good close-up on the blued version
of the Nichols Stallion Model 61.
For most Nichols collectors, this is the
second hardest Cap Gun in the series to obtain, much less with a nice
reproduction box from Toy Tent. But, if you will notice, this gun also has my
Uncle Talley's signature on the grip. Nice touch. Now why didn't I think of
that, and I visited Uncle Talley and Aunt Ruth quite often.
Here's
a great close-up of the Stallion 45, but it's the Tex Tan packaging. This
version is much more rare and also has the notches on the cylinder. You will
also notice that it has the machined bullets and the little cardboard box
around those bullets PLUS the instruction manual and 2 boxes of
caps.
And another Pasadena Stallion 45 (1st Model
and in a Nichols One-Piece Box) with the notched cylinder. So many people threw
away the boxes it's incredible. Now they could probably buy a new Honda with
all of the boxes the kids in their neighborhood threw away! I know I could.
(rats!) This was the gun that made Nichols Industries!!! It was the "Toy of the
Year" in 1950 at the World Toy Fair and next thing you know, my dad and Uncle
Talley were internationally famous. I (Mike Nichols) got a Indian bow and arrow
out of the whole affair! (I'd rather have this set!)
Now
why didn't I think of getting my Uncle Talley to sign one of the boxes? Simple.
I was stupid!
Here's a more up-to-date photo showing both
original version of the Pasadena Stallion 45. It's always nice to have any of
the Pasadena guns. I especially like them because I am the only one of my
siblings to remember those "Good Old Days."
The
above box and gun were labeled "Nichols," but this one is labeled "Tex Tan."
For some weird reason I have got to have both. Aluminum machined bullets! I
included it because it shows the front of the box.
Here's
the Tex Tan box lid and a Dyna-Mite shown off, PLUS you can see a Gilbert
Erector Set. My Uncle Talley gave me one of these for Christmas and I thought I
was an instant engineer.
Simply a close-up of the famous Tex Tan
box.
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