Steve Butler

By Steve Butler THE PICTURED green hot rod was issued by Saunders Tool & Die. The majority of this very popular toy were in red plastic with much fewer examples in blue, green and yellow [...]

By Steve Butler IN THEIR 1932 FACTORY CATALOG Tootsietoy introduced twenty-five new toys. That group included a new No. 4666 Racer which the company touted as being “An exact reproduction of the [...]

By Steve Butler AN ARTICLE IN last month’s issue of Antique Toy World dealt with situations in which packaging information and or graphics are misleading. They were called discrepancies. That is, [...]

By Steve Butler THE CAB ON THE pictured rig is a B model Mack. This style cab was the fourth semi tractor issued after WWII by Tootsietoy. The three preceding styles in order of issue were their [...]

Subscribe now. By Steve Butler ONE DEFINITION OF a discrepancy is “a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts”. After only a few experiences in buying, collecting and [...]

Subscribe now. By Steve Butler KANSAS TOY was in the habit of numbering their slush cast toy vehicles and including that number on the left side of the toy. This 3 3/4-inch tractor is numbered [...]

By Steve Butler TIN TOYS NOW considered vintage have a definite advantage in comparisons with toys made of pressed steel, die cast white metal, plastic, cast iron, et. al. That advantage is the [...]

PICTURED IS A 4.8-inch broom introduced by Renwal in 1950 and offered as a doll house accessory item. It is the earlier of two versions that the company made. Both were numbered and named as [...]

By Steve Butler TOPPING MODELS is primarily known for their desktop aircraft models of which the company made many different examples. The company also made White 3000 van semis for use as [...]

By Steve Butler CUSTOM SPORTS Car? Hubley should have called it a Corvette. A proper identification may have greatly improved sales. The car is a decent and readily identifiable rendition of a [...]