Do you like my noo pooem?

Posted on 09. Oct, 2010 by Toy Expert.

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If I were…the trees
I could bend for you
I could be cut, and molded into shapes

If I was…the wood
I could ply for you
I could build you homes and little children’s toys

If I am…the dust
I could swirl round you
I could draw sweet tears from your widened eyes

But I…am just…a man
Bowed down for you
Building fires and tiny wooden trains

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‘Am’ is the beginning of the Pinocchioian transformation from wood to flesh…Ta Doo!
You kmow…as in "God made man from dust…"

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painting wooden trains?

Posted on 08. Oct, 2010 by Toy Expert.

chip paint from thomas and friends wooden trains, i want to polish up where its chip, i bough TAMIYA COLOR ACRYLIC PAINT(GLOSS) AND MODEL MASTER ENAMEL PAINT(i was told i need a thiner for this paint, what if i used it without thinner, i bought some scrap wood to try it on and it had a strong smell even after it dry), i have not used them because im afraid of them being toxic, not sure is they are, lets keep in mind im painting my son thomas trains, are they toxic? can anyone suggest what kind of toxic free paint for wood i can used… CAN I USED TAMIYA COLOR ACRYLIC PAINT AND MODEL MASTER ENAMEL PAINT TO PAINT MY SON WOODEN THOMAS TRAINS?

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German toys or games?

Posted on 18. Sep, 2010 by Toy Expert.

I am looking for a toy or game that people in Germany would play. I know the girls have dolls in the traditional german attire and there are wooden trains, but i live in America, and i am trying to find something similar to any toy or game. I am doing a cultural study on Germany and i need to find a game or toy. Where can i find some stuff in america, also other ideas of what germans played

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Where can I find some good cross stitch Christmas stocking patterns?

Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Toy Expert.

Growing up, my mom stitched Christmas stockings for our whole family and I’d like to do the same thing for my husband and I. I’m looking for something that is not childish and not terribly complicated. I’d prefer something with his and hers versions.

For example, my dad’s stocking has a workshop theme…where they make little wooden trains and boy toys like that. My mom’s was a scene where they made dolls and girly toys…

Also, any tips on the same kind of thing for pet stockings? We have 2 pugs, a male and a female, and they’re like our kids.

Feel free to add any other information you feel might be beneficial when venturing out onto this kind of a project!

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system subsitution word problem help!?!?!?

Posted on 02. Aug, 2010 by Toy Expert.

a toy maker produces wooden trains and wooden airplanes.Each train requires 3 ounces of paint and each airplane requires 5 ounces of paint. The toy maker has a gallon can of paint ( 64 ounces). If he wants to use it to paint 14 toys, how many of each can he paint?

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4 year old Birthday?

Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Toy Expert.

What can i get my 4 year old twins boy and girl for there birthday.

My daughter don’t like playing with dolls.

They like drawing and painting they have loads of pencil glitter glue paint so i dont want to get them anymore.

They both love trains they got loads of wooden trains toys and loads of thomas toys.

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Which Thomas the Tank Engine figures (with magnets) are the standard size for the tracks?

Posted on 24. Jul, 2010 by Toy Expert.

My son has just begun a Thomas the Tank Engine collection including small figures with magnets. It seems we have 2 different sizes of trains. One train was purchased alone (at Target) and is plastic. The other trains are wooden and came with DVDs we purchased. These trains also seem to be a bit bigger as each of the wooden trains have wheels that are spaced out farther than the plastic train mentioned earlier. We would like to expand his collection and purchase tracks for the trains, but we do not know which of the trains are "standard." Do we continue the plastic, smaller trains or the wooden, larger trains? Does anyone know exactly? There isn’t a major difference in the size, but there is one. Thanks in advance!

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What century would "old fashioned" clothing be in?

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Toy Expert.

Okay right, i’m writing a story and basically i want it set in old times. You know when you have that image in your head of little girls wearing pretty frocks and ribbons in their hair, men in long coats with posh bowler hats smoking a pipe, and women in big dresses and nice hats … i’d really love to know what year about people wore that sorta stuff.
Also if it helps, when there was big open fires in living rooms; wooden, creaking staircases; and stockings at christmas full with toy wooden trains and books and dolls, hehe
Help?

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Where can I buy train toys?

Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by Toy Expert.

My little brother,who’s three,loves Thomas trains.Where can i buy him some?I’ve already tried Wal-mart,but they only have battery powerd ones,I want original Thomas the Tank Engiene wooden trains.Any suggestions?
Any ways I don’t want second hand trains so no ebay!

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Does anyone know where I can get a list of all the Thomas the tank engine wooden trains?

Posted on 20. Jun, 2010 by Toy Expert.

I found a list of the 67 characters but their are many more wooden trains. My son loves Thomas and we are trying to collect all of the trains including the special editions. There doesn’t seem to be a complete list of the trains only many partial lists.

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