ALL IMAGES ON DVD - 300 DPI

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"ALMOST 200 PAGES OF RARE MECCANO DINKY & HORNBY CONTENT!"


THIS DVD CONTAINS 3 REPLICAS OF RARE VINTAGE TOY LITERATURE:

FIRSTLY! 2 BIG & DIFFERENT AUSTRALIAN-MARKET MECCANO-SPECIALTY CATALOGUES - ONE FROM 1937, & THE OTHER 1938-1939! BOTH WERE ISSUED BY THE FAMOUS SYDNEY-BASED MAIL-ORDER ENTERPRISE OF 'WALTHER & STEVENSON' PTY. LTD., AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST EVER TOY RETAILER, KINGS OF THEIR LOT FROM THE LATE 1930S UNTIL THE MID 1950S. BEST KNOWN FOR THEIR GENERIC TOY CATALOGUES, THERE WERE A SMALL NUMBER OF BOOKS ISSUED THAT DEALT SPECIFICALLY WITH THEIR BINNS ROAD STOCK, & WE PRESENT TWO HERE. THESE UNIQUE PIECES OF SELLER-TO-CUSTOMER TOY ADVERTISING GIVE QUITE AN INSIGHT TO THE CHANGES OCCURRING IN THE HOBBY IN THE EARLY PRE-WAR YEARS. INFO APLENTY ON THE FAMOUS BUILDING SETS, HORNBY O-GAUGE & 'DUBLO' CLOCKWORK & ELECTRIC TRAINS, HORNBY SPEEDBOATS & THE EXPANDING DINKY DIECAST VEHICLE RANGE; EACH BOOK WITH OVER 70 PICTURE PACKED PAGES... WITH ORIGINAL-ERA PRICES, TOO!

AND! A 1930 AUSTRALIAN MARKET MECCANO CATALOGUE; 16 PAGES OF DETAILED ILLUSTRATIONS OF MECCANO SETS FROM #1 TO 10, WITH NUMEROUS PICS OF CONSTRUCTED MODELS POSSIBLE FROM EACH SET; THERE IS ALSO A SINGLE PAGE DEVOTED TO THE ELUSIVE 'MECCANO SUPER MODELS' OF THE ERA, FOR WHICH YOU HAD TO PAY 3D. TO RECEIVE THEIR EXCLUSIVE BUILDING INSTRUCTION LEAFLETS... TALK ABOUT ELITISM!

AND FINALLY! IT'S BONUS-TIME!

WE CANNOT GO INTO DETAIL HERE, BUT FOR REASONS THAT WILL BECOME OBVIOUS ONCE YOU HAVE RECEIVED & DELVED INTO YOUR CD-ROM, YOU WILL ALSO HAVE OUR 'SECRET MECCANO BONUS FILE' OF MORE THAN 30 PAGES OF FURTHER MECCANO-DINKY-HORNBY-ETC RELATED AUSTRALIAN PRE-WAR CONTENT.

WHAT A WAY TO FINISH!


PACKED WITH HIGH QUALITY 300 DPI DETAILED IMAGES, OBTAINED FROM EXCELLENT CONDITION, VERY HARD-TO-LOCATE, ORIGINAL VINTAGE SOURCE MATERIAL! 

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

DVD IS PERFECT FOR USE WITH MAC & WINDOWS!


PLEASE NOTE: THE FIRST 4 IMAGES SHOWN IN THE LISTING ARE THE ACTUAL SIZE & PIXEL QUALITY OF ALL THE IMAGES YOU WILL RECEIVE ON YOUR DVD; THE LATER COMPOSITE IMAGES ARE OF MUCH SMALLER SCALE, SIMPLY TO ILLUSTRATE SAMPLES OF 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 FULFIL!!!




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