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| My piece of Mb history !!; They're finally done !! | |
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| bigtractormike | Sep 28 2013, 11:24 AM Post #1 |
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Lets start from the beginning !! This past July, I attended the MC Gathering in NM . During my time there , there is a lot of in room trading , going from attendees rooms to rooms finding new die cast treasures. I happened upon Russel Olsen's room, ( vettoys ) , he had come across an old '70's child's sleeping bag , a little frayed and abused. On the sleeping bag were pics and names of MB models . his wife suggested he cut out the model panels and make pillows out of them. The sleeping bag has the pics on both sides, so there is a set of all of the models. Of course Russel kept the Corvette panels for himself. So as i was looking thru his stuff, he mentioned the story above. yes they were a little thread bare and faded, but they were SOOOOO COOL !! I couldn't resist to buy a few, as well as others gobbling them up. I bought 7 over all and passed on a few to my friends in there bought state , just as rough panels . The rest I took and ran with Russel's wife's idea . I had some pillows made !! And after a few weeks walla !! Here they are !! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I picked the motor home and Ford Courier for myself, the refuse truck for my friend Kenny, a '57 Chevy went to a flea market customer , and a Citroen went to Christian as he loves this model. There were many more, but I didn't want to be greedy. They turned out a little smaller than I anticipated, but I am VERY HAPPY with the results !! They will take up a prominent position in my toy / gun / storage room !! thanks for looking !! btm |
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| realgone58 | Sep 28 2013, 01:34 PM Post #2 |
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Those are cool! |
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| Bill50 | Sep 28 2013, 02:50 PM Post #3 |
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Look good Mike,thought of thing i would buy and in fact a Mini one i bought similar to the pic.
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| bigtractormike | Sep 28 2013, 04:53 PM Post #4 |
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About 8 years ago, I had room for a twin bed in my toy room, and we wanted it to blend in with the room, so we went to JCPenny's and bought a twin HW comforter set, nothing MB around at this time. looked alright, well the bed had to go, and so did the HW comforter. |
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| cody6268 | Sep 28 2013, 05:32 PM Post #5 |
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It's interesting how much licensed things are made for a popular toy brand When I was little, I had a T-shirt with a tanAirlift helicopter on the front I also had a Hot Wheels sweat suit, and a pair of Hot Wheels shoes (I believe I got them for the car they came with). Edited by cody6268, Sep 28 2013, 05:33 PM.
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| pjedsel | Sep 29 2013, 12:38 AM Post #6 |
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Awesome BTM - those really turned out nice. |
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| cobratoys | Sep 29 2013, 07:16 AM Post #7 |
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What a great and now very unique addition to the collection. These are so cool |
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| bigtractormike | Sep 29 2013, 09:43 AM Post #8 |
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Thanks everyone !! I'm glad I had them done, but wished I would have bought more of them !!
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| Swifty | Sep 29 2013, 11:41 AM Post #9 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Those are awesome! I never knew there was a Matchbox sleeping bag!
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| Hosspower98 | Sep 29 2013, 11:58 AM Post #10 |
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Too nice to drool on! |
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| bigtractormike | Sep 29 2013, 12:27 PM Post #11 |
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Hey Sean, Russell said it was from the '70's !! A little before your time perhaps ??
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I never knew there was a Matchbox sleeping bag!
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