Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys (Official Hake Price Guide to Character Toys) [Mass Market Paperback]

Ted Hake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1998

DID YOU MISS THE FIRST EDITION?
"This is without a doubt the most informative price guide written. It would well serve as a guide to anyone attempting the genre. . . Reading this guide may convince you to collect this wide field of pop ephemera. Highly recommended!"--Maine Antique Digest

"I don't have to tell you how tough it is to put down a book like this once you start browsing. It had my attention for a long time before I came up for air."--Leonard Maltin

Written by Ted Hake the most noted expert on character toy premiums, and assembled by Robert Overstreet and Gemstone Publishing. The most serious price guide people in his business, this is the book that redefines what a price guide should be.

IS THERE ANY OTHER BOOK LIKE IT?
Not yet. Not even close.
HAKE'S PRICE GUIDE is high definition TV in a world of black and white sets with poor reception. Here's why:
More than 6,000 entries
Each entry illustrated with a photo!
350 separate categories
More than 200 characters
Rare and hard-to-find items!
One-of-a-kind premiums

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 761 pages
• Publisher: Avon; 2 edition (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380800764
• ISBN-13: 978-0380800766
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,701,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Collectors of character items will find this engrossing, February 20, 2001

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This review is from: Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys (Official Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys) (Paperback)

Price Guide to Character Toys blends a price guide with small black and white photos of character toys ranging from Superman and Mr. Peanut to Gumby, Howdy Doody and more. The alphabetical arrangement by both item character and brand make it easy to look up individual items, while snippets of historical background add interest and educational value. Collectors of character items will find this engrossing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars To This Giant Of A Publication Effort !!, November 5, 2000

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This review is from: Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys (Official Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys) (Paperback)

This is the third edition guide of the popular collectible. It contains more than 10,000 photos (some in color) covering 360 unique categories in its 928 pages. Nearly 2 inches thick, this exceptional work weighs nearly 5 pounds !! The clarity of each photo is exceptional. The volume is carefully and completely indexed for ease of item location. Three prices are quoted for each item. Many one-of-a kind items are included. You name the character toy, it's in there. Toys range from A Date With Judy, Bachelor's Children, Drew Barrymore, to Flub-A-Dub, Katzenjammer Kids, Pebbles, to Tom Mix, Uncle Remus and Jack Webb. It's a wonder how so much information can be collected to provide a reference work like this. This book is amazing. Character Toy Collectors will marvel at it. It's not inexpensive, but well worth adding to your library. Would make a super gift.

5.0 out of 5 stars The best toy book and historical reference!, October 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys (Official Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys) (Paperback)

As a long-time collector, I was blown away by this book. It's huge and maybe the price tag is high, but I've never seen a toy guide that actually offered a picture with every entry! Let's face it, most of these guides, which supposedly catalog some of the most colorful and deightful artifacts from our childhood, look like mimeographed phone books. This one is a true nostalgic delight, with pictures of things I never knew existed, and plenty of visual cues to spark a memory or two. If you're a fan of pop culture collectibles from any era in the last hundred years, there's something to see here. It's well worth adding to your shelf.