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THE ULTIMATE DISNEY COLLECTIBLE

The Schuco Disneyland

Alweg-Monorail Systems

There have been a vast array of Disneyland collectibles since the opening of the park on July 17,1955. But it was in 1959 when the opening of the Mark One monorail at the Disneyland park was christened. In 1961 the Schuco Toy Company of Germany, manufactured an electric toy reproduction of this legendary Disney collectible. One of the most memorable toys, with the collectible status of Disney, which caught my interest!

This is my hobby, my passion, for preserving this spectacular toy, electric train, for generations to come.

It was a sunny Sunday one day in October 1987 at the Annual Canadian Toy

Collectors Society show (CTCS), when I first spotted an unusual toy on a dealers table. I really couldn’t afford the price, even at the time, and besides it didn’t even have a transformer with it. Boy what a mistake, a brand new 3-car blue

set in a mint box, never run. I passed that one up and to this day I’ve never

looked back…

This is an incredible Disney Collectible and its’ story deserves to

be told.

The DISNEYLAND SCHUCO ALWEG-MONORAIL SYSTEM, a 1:90 scale model electric

toy train of the original Mark One monorail at Disneyland! This toy was

produced between 1961 to 1968 in Western German by the late Schuco Toy

Company, a name renowned the world over for quality and ingenuity, in the

construction of the finest toys in the world!

The sets originally came in three sizes, the small set (Model 6333G),

most recognized, had a 3-car configuration with the engine having the same

shell as the 3rd end car. It came in three known colors, Blue, Red and Silver.

These “Gift” sets also were produced in two versions, one having twelve

curved track and four straight track, and the other version having twelve

curved track only with no straight track. The 3-car trains were also

different, in the 1st version the engine had no burden plates which were

two metal plates, to give the train weight. These burden plates allowed

the monorail to climb a track which had no more than a 30 degree slope to it.

The burden plates (2), gave the train weight to attack these climbs. The

wider and larger of the two burden plates also activated part #6333/26,

the automatic switch control. (explained later). Most of the pylons, which

held up the track, in the earlier sets were much the

 

Transformer Toys – Part 1

Transformers, the movie recently caused a stir in the US box office, and ever since I can remember, as I kid I had dozens of transformers toys. Today transformers toys have become collectable items, and there is a market for old transformer toys, I remember my first ever transformer toy was a green tank. Recently I was surprised to find out that the tank was now worth nearly $500! If you have been smart enough to hold on to your transformer toys then you should log on to different sites to know how much your transformer toy is worth.

Contrary to popular belief transformer toys too are catalogued based on their year of manufacture; the earliest being transformers manufactured between 1984 and 1990. In fact if you have a transformer toy that was manufactured between 1984 and 1990, then you will be surprised to know that a lot of the transformers from that time are now collector’s item and can go for upwards of $100. Transformer toys have been popular in countries like Japan, USA and Canada; in fact a majority of transformer toy collectors are in Japan, however the demand for transformer toys in America is also on the rise.

Depending on the condition of the toy and also the year of manufacture a transformer toy can be worth a lot, in fact if you are lucky to be the owner of a limited series transformer autobot from the 1984 series, an original unopened transformer from the first generation of transformers could be worth close to $1000.

Another popular collectors item in transformer toys are ‘bootleg’ transformers, these toys are actually made for a particular country, since they are not authorized for distribution in countries like the US or Canada, they are very rare to find. Another misconception with ‘bootleg’ transformers is that they are poor quality copies; this is not true sometimes the ‘bootleg’ transformers are superior in quality to authorized transformers products. If you have a transformer toy that was not an authorized transformers product, then you might just be in possession of a rare product and you should hold on to it.

With so many transformers toys produced in the past 3 decades it’s become increasingly difficult to keep up with all the product lines, in fact in Japan alone there are some very interesting transformers available. One of the most controversial lines of transformer toys called the Kiss Players line is considered to be for adults only and some toys are pornographic in nature. Once again since this was a limited series created in Japan alone, this makes for a popular collector’s item.

If you are looking for transformers toys or other collectables related to transformers, you can visit sites like transformersnation.com that offer quality transformer toys, and offer transformers toys that attract both first time buyers and collectors alike. If you are still not sure what you are looking for, or how much your transformer toy is worth, you can always search for other transformers related articles and products online and find out what your transformer toy is worth today.