Looks like someone's college fund if those are all first-run.

First runs I believe. They are stamped 1968 on the bottoms.

Been that way here in SW OH for a while now Byron. Somehow it seems like only the local Kroger's have been able to get new shipments.

Finally scored some at a local Target http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1641826229.jpg

All of mine got tossed in the 70's, along with trains and erector sets, etc. I had enough of the straight track for 2 runs down the basement steps, and we used to have races. A friend had a racetrack, you would hit a lever every time your car came around to give it a boost.

I did keep the HO slot cars, have enough track to cover 2 ping-pong tables, but it hasn't been setup since the early 70's. I suspect decades of neglect will have taken it's toll on that stuff.

^^^^More fun playing with them than collecting.

I was more of a Matchbox kind of guy, back when they were Made in England. Then something happened... and another thing happened... and now they're one and the same, I think. I'm too lazy to look it up.