Toys & Prices is the most highly regarded value guide for toy collectors; this revised and updated. 2005 edition will be in fierce demand. This comprehensive annual price and identification guide features 31,000 listings for toys from the post WWII era to present and now contains the most comprehensive listing of toys ever assembled. Inside, collectors will find everything from tin wind-ups to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Every chapter contains new listings, expanded information, and updated dollar prices from leading toy experts. This edition offers collectors up-to-date pricing for their favourite toys as well as accurate, detailed listings, and more than 2,000 photographs for easy identification. This is the guide toy collectors and dealers have been waiting for.
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About the Author
Karen O'Brien is a book editor for Krause Publications and a lifelong toy collector.She is also editor of Standard Catalog of[registered] Farm Toys and O'Brien's Collecting Toy Cars and Trucks.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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ALWAYS A FAVORITE,
This review is from: Toys & Prices 2005 (Toys and Prices) (Paperback)
The Krause book of Toys and Prices has long been a favorite of mine. It is comprehensive, layed out well in its format and sections, as well as providing informative information on the hobby or business of toy collecting. Each year Krause does a better job of including more modern day toys as there are so many companies now producing toys specifically for a collectors market. Like any good book the Krause guide provides manufacturer, year and of course condition based prices.
While No one guide can ever be totally comprehensive, Krause is one I buy every two years or so along with the Schroeder toy price guide. Those two I think provide the best wealth of information and accuracy of any toy price guides.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Considered to be the toy bible for serious collectors,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toys & Prices 2005 (Toys and Prices) (Paperback)
Browse through favorite childhood toys and learn just how much they're worth now in the new twelth edition offering the latest updates in what is justifiably considered to be the toy bible for serious collectors and antique dealers -- Toys & Prices 2005. While small black and white photos and a sampling of color photos are included, the meat of Toys & Prices 2005 lie in alphabetically arranged listings organized into 23 main categories, from games and lunch boxes to space toys and more. Three price ranges reflect different condition ratings: especially valuable considering it's a medium which typically is difficult to preserve from young players.
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12th Edition Toys & Prices 2005,
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This review is from: Toys & Prices 2005 (Toys and Prices) (Paperback)
This was a complete disappointment. They reduced the size of the book from 8 ½" by 11" to 7" by 10". This in itself is not so bad, but they reduced all the information in this book as well. They no longer cover any antique toys at best they only deal in vintage / classic toys. If your ideas of antique toy cars are Red Line Hotwheels you will like this book. If you are looking for Aircraft, American Paper Toys, Animal Drawn, Banks, Dollhouses and Miniature Furniture, Erector Sets, Farm Toys, Lionel Trains, Movie, Radio & Television Toys, Ramp Walkers, Schoenhut, Ships, Soldiers, Sparklers and Plunger Toys, Steam Toys, Wooden Toys, Cast Iron Vehicles and anything else before the 60's forget it! This has been reduced to nothing more than a baby boomer's toy guide. If you enjoy Antique Toy World, this book is not for you! If you like Toy Shop Magazine, well that is all this is. If you own the 11th Edition of Collecting Toys, hold on to it and get a second copy before you waste your money on this dreadful price guide.
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