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Troy's Toys - Fueled by burning love of fire trucks

9/23/2016

 
by Larry LeMasters
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Troy Shannon, owner of Troy’s Toys & Collectibles in Overland Park, Kan., fondly remembers his childhood. “Dad, John R. Shannon Jr., was a career Navy man, so I lived all over the country. As a young teen, I spent four years in Honolulu, but basically we moved every two years or so. I made friends easily, but the only constant friends in my childhood were my toy trucks.”

Those childhood friends included fire trucks, cars, tanks, trucks and construction equipment. “I had lots of Matchbox and Tonka trucks to go along with my LEGOs,” Troy said. He enjoyed building miniature roads, pretending to clear brush and rushing his fire trucks to the scene of an imaginary brush fire—always in the nick of time. 

“I used to get totally ‘lost’ in playing with my toy trucks,” he added. “I can’t tell you how many fire stations and fire trucks I would build with my LEGOs and set up all over my bedroom. When we moved to Hawaii, Dad said everyone had to scale back, so many of my childhood toy trucks were sold in garage sales.” 

Today, Troy’s collection includes a few of his childhood trucks, including Matchbox Super Kings, Matchbox Battle Kings and Models of Yesteryear. Sadly, none of his childhood fire trucks made it to the present. 

“I made sure to take care of that problem, though,” he said. “I now have a burning desire for all things related to fire trucks.”
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Conrad celebrates 60 years

9/14/2016

 
By Carsten Bengs
Note: This feature is in the Nov. TT&C 2016 issue.
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The dozer with its anniversary display.
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The man cage on Schmidbauer’s Tadano ATF 220.
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The original Demag AC 100-4L Merkel was modeled by Conrad.
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Printing examples displayed during the anniversary.

Meeting Joseph at the 2016 NTT'NC Show Auction

9/9/2016

 
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Joseph sharing his story and how he became a "Riley Kid."
The 26th Annual Toy Truck 'N Construction Show has made history. The chrome-plated O'Hare Wrecker truck (one of six made) was auctioned off to raise funds for the Indianapolis Children's Hospital - Riley Children's Foundation.
Joseph Peters who is a "Riley Kid" who attended this year's auction and personally shared his story at the Show's Auction. Joseph is one of the 2016 Riley Champions.
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O'Hare Chrome wrecker that was auctioned off for the Indianapolis Children's Hospital - Riley Children's Foundation.
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Joseph was able to operate one of the R/C models after the auction.
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Mark Syherd from Auction Auctions, Inc. auctioned off the O'Hare Chrome wrecker as well as a Midwest Specialized Transport for the benefit of the Riley Children's Foundation.

#O'Hare #chrome wrecker #Indy show #last one #Riley Hospital 
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Lots to see at Toy Truck 'N Construction Show

9/8/2016

 
By Mark Macreading
Note: This feature is in the Nov. TT&C 2016 issue.
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Liberty hall.
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Custom Smith-Miller doubles.
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Restored Ertl IH payhauler.
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A few of Irv Termuende’s wooden masterpieces.
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Adding light to 1/64 scale trucks.
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Rare Winross promotional model on a pen stand.
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A couple of the unique models entering the “Build Off” contest.
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Internal DCP run for Oak Harbor Freight.
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Nice graphics on this DCP rig.
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Chuck Sword of DHS.
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Custom Allied Van Lines.
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An original Tonka.
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Mike Terebecki, author of the “The Trucking Pioneers” series of books.
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A sample of the auction replicas.
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Awesome Diecast is now importing these Australian replicas based on PEM tooling.
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Tonka Big Mike.
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Old Motor Trucks classic doubles.
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