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Books/Price Guides: Toys, Dolls and Bears

Find out more about your favorite dolls, bears and toys through these books.
The My Little Pony G1 Collector's Inventory
The My Little Pony G1 Collector's Inventory
Top Picks for Pop-Up Books
Paper artist Robert Sabuda's books are an engineering feat that only an older child or adult can truly appreciate. Pinwheels turn, mice open fortune cookies, ballerinas dance in a music box -- amazing art created with paper.
Toys & Prices 2008, 15th Edition
This has always been one of my favorites for an annual series. The 15th Edition of Toys & Prices 2008 is definitely a no-frills book, but loaded with lots of good information about the toys we collect and love from the beginning of the baby boom era to the next hottest thing on the toy shelves
Standard Catalog of Farm Toys
If you love Farm vehicles, this is a book for you. Lots of pictures, prices and information.
Hot Wheels 40 Years
Finally a book that captures the passion and spirit of Hot Wheels.
Warman's Children's Books
I'm a sucker for children's stuff and I'm always picking up vintage toys, cards and little books that my kids used to enjoy reading. That's where Santi's newest book will come in handy for me and others that love these little colorful, fun books.
Transformers, Identification and Price Guide
I won't even pretend to know about Transformers -- but I do know lots of guys that loved them as kids probably wished they kept those original toys and had them today. Why? Transformers are popular again, but it's those old toys that are commanding high prices.
Warman's Little Golden Books
Warman's Little Golden Books Identification and Price Guide
Toys and Prices 2005, The 12th Edition
Another nice pricing guide has recently arrived here -- the 12th Edition of Toys & Prices 2005. Although there are hundreds of black and white pictures, along with a 16 page section of colored pictures, I consider this a no-frills book. This is not a bad thing, as it lists prices and lots of them!
Book Picks: The Sand Pail Encyclopedia
Growing up -- Mention sand pails and I remember summer days at Coney Island and Far Rockaway Beach. Memories come flooding back of Nathan's hotdogs, crowded beaches, Good Humor Ice Cream (usually melting)and trying to build sand castles before the waves knocked them down.
The Official Price Guide to Dolls, The Definitive Guide on Antique, Vintage, and Modern Dolls
There are price guides and there are PRICE GUIDES.... clearly this is the latter. The huge 606 page book is what every collector likes to see. Prices and lots of them! Want to know what your Googlies or Frozen Charlottes are worth? Perhaps it's that Remco John Lennon in the back of your closet or maybe the Franklin Mint Dorothy of Oz doll you want more information on? This gives you a small idea of the scope of this book. Antique, vintage, and modern are all listed, explained and priced.
Book Pick: Hopalong Cassidy Collectibles
Collecting Hopalong Cassidy Collectibles is hot -- Take a ride back to the days of our youth, to the time when the values that Hoppy espoused were real and the good guys didn't always wear white!

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