ALL IMAGES ON DVD - 300 DPI

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"ALMOST 100 PAGES OF RARE MECCANO CONTENT!"


THIS DVD CONTAINS 6 REPLICAS OF VINTAGE TOY LITERATURE:

FIRSTLY! 3 DIFFERENT AUSTRALIAN-MARKET MECCANO CATALOGUES, FROM 1950, 1951 & 1954! THESE UNIQUE PIECES OF SELLER-TO-CUSTOMER TOY ADVERTISING GIVE QUITE AN INSIGHT TO THE CHANGES OCCURRING IN THE HOBBY OVER THE EARLY POST-WAR YEARS. INFO APLENTY ON THE FAMOUS BUILDING SETS, HORNBY O-GAUGE & 'DUBLO' TRAINS AND THE DINKY STANDARD & SUPERTOYS RANGE.

AND! A 1963 AUSTRALIAN MARKET MECCANO WHOLESALE PRICE LISTING; 4 PAGES OF DETAILED PRICE LISTINGS FOR MECCANO SETS, BAYKO OUTFITS, HORNBY SPEED BOATS, DINKY TOYS [SUPERTOYS, STANDARD & DUBLO] HORNBY TRAINS [CLOCKWORK & ELECTRIC, INCL. DUBLO].

NEXT! THE HEFTY 32 PAGE 1956 MECCANO NEW ZEALAND PROMOTIONAL CATALOGUE! PACKED WITH COLOUR [UNLIKE ITS CROSS-TASMAN COUNTERPARTS], THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST VISUALLY-DELIGHTFUL PIECES OF AUSTRALIAN/NZ MARKET MECCANO FAMILY PAPERWORK. INTERESTING NOTE: DESPITE A PLETHORA OF LISTED DINKY CONTENT, ALL ASSOCIATED PAGES BEAR THE MESSAGE - "Dinky Toys generally are not available at present in New Zealand, due to import restrictions" ...HMMM. THINK I'LL TAKE THE BLAND AUSSIE BOOKS & SOME ACTUAL DINKYS PLEASE!

FOLLOWED BY! THE 1957 MECCANO MAP-FOLD PROMOTIONAL CATALOGUE - ISSUED IN NEW ZEALAND ONLY! ANOTHER NZ BLAST OF COLOUR & DELIGHT, THIS 8-PAGE BUILDING-SET-SPECIFIC WORK OF ART OPENS OUT INTO A SPECTACULAR DOUBLE-SIDED MECCANO INVENTORY POSTER [MEASURES 24 BY 20 INCHES (60 BY 50 CM)] WHEN PRINTED OUT!].

AND FINALLY! IT'S BONUS-TIME!

FROM AUSTRALIAN MAIL-ORDER TOY MAESTROS WALTHER & STEVENSON - 13 PAGES OF DETAILED LISTINGS FROM THEIR 1954 CATALOGUE STOCK OF MECCANO SETS, DINKY TOYS [SUPERTOYS, STANDARD & DUBLO], AND HORNBY TRAINS [CLOCKWORK & ELECTRIC, INCL. DUBLO]... ALL WITH RETAIL PRICES.

WHAT A WAY TO FINISH!


PACKED WITH HIGH QUALITY DETAILED IMAGES, OBTAINED FROM EXCELLENT CONDITION, VERY HARD-TO-LOCATE, ORIGINAL VINTAGE SOURCE MATERIAL! 

IMAGES ON THE DVD ARE LARGER THAN ORIGINAL ERA SIZE, TO ENABLE MORE DETAIL!

DVD IS PERFECT FOR USE WITH MAC & WINDOWS!


PLEASE NOTE: THE FIRST IMAGE SHOWN FOR EACH CATALOGUE IS THE ACTUAL SIZE & PIXEL QUALITY OF ALL THE IMAGES YOU WILL RECEIVE ON YOUR DVD; ANY COMPOSITE IMAGES SHOWN IN THIS LISTING ARE MUCH SMALLER SCALE, SIMPLY TO ILLUSTRATE THE DIVERSE CONTENT OF THE DVD.


PRINT YOUR OWN REPLICA CATALOGUES, DECORATE YOUR PC DESKTOP, MAKE YOUR OWN TOY-THEMED GREETING CARDS... OR SIMPLY ENJOY THE FLASHBACK-FANTASY THESE RARELY SEEN IMAGES WERE MADE TO FULFILL!!!


1950 AUSTRALIAN CATALOGUE IS 8 PAGES LONG; 1951 IS 8 PAGES; 1954 IS 24 PAGES; 1963 PRICE LIST IS 4 PAGES.

1956 NEW ZEALAND CATALOGUE IS 32 PAGES LONG; 1957 MAP-FOLD IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 8 PAGES.

1954 WALTHER & STEVENSON BONUS SECTION IS 13 PAGES LONG.

EACH SINGLE PAGE IMAGE MEASURES: 

1950 AUSTRALIAN CATALOGUE - APPROX 9.0 INCHES BY 7.2 INCHES;
1951 AUSTRALIAN CATALOGUE - APPROX 8.4 INCHES BY 13.4 INCHES;
1954 AUSTRALIAN CATALOGUE - APPROX 9.0 INCHES BY 6.8 INCHES;
1963 AUSTRALIAN PRICE LIST   - APPROX 5.7 INCHES BY 11.5 INCHES;
1956 NEW ZEALAND CATALOGUE - APPROX 8.4 INCHES BY 12.3 INCHES;
1957 NEW ZEALAND CATALOGUE - APPROX 10.0 INCHES BY 12.2 INCHES;
1954 WALTHER & STEVENSON - APPROX 4.7 INCHES BY 7.1 INCHES.




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