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Posted 1 year ago
Dr_Rambow
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Believe it or not, this is my only actual shadow box, I tried type set trays, but my stuff is always a little bit too big! Anyway, lots of wacky stuff in there from all over. It looks good on the wall, which is what matters most!
I'll give a nickle to the first person who can name everything!
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that is very cool!!!
Can't name everything but I have a few of the same items: the plastic man on motorcycle bottom corner, one of the Barclay cars and even the plastic windup robot on the right... and a few other items feel familiar. Yeah, typesetter trays are great but not for everything.
Actually the cars are cast iron, re-painted unfortunately. I got them as a birthday present a few years back, and never bothered to research them. Might be something I have to look into sometime.