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January 21, 2011

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Thank you for all the entries in last week's raffle. Congratulations to Frank from NC who won last weeks raffle prize.

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DIECAST Collectible Model Cars And More

Item#	Description	Stock Status
73203/16D	Showcasts - Chevy 454SS Pick Up Truck (1:24, Asstd.) 73203/16D	Restock
73212/16D	Showcasts - Ford Mustang Convertible (1964, 1:24, Asstd.) 73212/16D	Restock
73213/16D	Showcasts - Ford Coupe Hard Top (1949, 1:24, Asstd.) 73213/16D	Restock
73215/16D	Showcasts - Ford Thunderbird Convertible (1956, 1:24, Asstd.) 73215/16D	Restock
73216/16D	Showcasts - Chevy Corvette Convertible (1959, 1:24, Asstd.) 73216/16D	Restock
73217/16D	Showcasts - Ford Coupe Hard Top (1934, 1:24, Asstd.) 73217/16D	Restock
73224/16D	Showcasts - Chevy Corvette Convertible (1967, 1:24, Asstd.) 73224/16D	Restock
73233/16D	Showcasts - Ford Pick Up Truck (1937, 1:24, Asstd.) 73233/16D	Restock
73234/16D	Showcasts - Ford Pick Up (1940, 1:24, Asstd.) 73234/16D	Restock
73236/16D	Showcasts - Chevy Step Side Pickup Truck (1955, 1:24, Asstd.) 73236/16D	Restock
73247/16D	Showcasts - Chevy Coupe Hard Top (1939, 1:24, Asstd.) 73247/16D	Restock
73248/16D	Showcasts - Chevy Bel Air Nomad (1955, 1:24, Asstd.) 73248/16D	Restock
73250/16D	Showcasts - Ford Sedan Delivery (1940, 1:24, Asstd.) 73250/16D	Restock
73251/16D	Showcasts - Ford Coupe V8 3-Window Coupe (1932, 1:24, Asstd.) 73251/16D	Restock
73268/16D	Showcasts - Chevy Bel Air Hard Top (1950, 1:24, Asstd.) 73268/16D	Restock
73273/16D	Showcasts - Ford Mustang Hard Top (1964 1/2, 1:24, Asstd.) 73273/16D	Restock
73292/16D	Showcasts - Mercedes Benz SLK55 AMG Convertible (1:24, Asstd.) 73292/16D	Restock
73301/16D	Showcasts - Chevy Camaro SS Convertible (1967, 1:24, Asstd.) 73301/16D	Restock
73302/16D	Showcasts - Chrysler C300 Hard Top (1955, 1:24, Asstd.) 73302/16D	Restock
73315/16D	Showcasts - Dodge Coronet Super Bee Hard Top (1969, 1:24, Asstd.) 73315/16D	Restock
73316/16D	Showcasts - Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster Convertible (1:24, Asstd.) 73316/16D	Restock
73330/16D	Showcasts - Subaru Impreza WRX Hard Top (1:24, Asstd.) 73330/16D	Restock
34201	Maisto - Ford Model A (1929, 1:24, Asstd.) 34201	Restock
34231	Maisto - Hummer H2 (1:27, Asstd.) 34231	Restock
34256	Maisto - Dodge Charger Hard Top (1969, 1:24, Asstd.) 34256	Restock
34257	Maisto - Chevrolet Camaro SS 396 Convertible (1968, 1:24, Asstd.) 34257	Restock
34258	Maisto - Chevy Malibu SS Hard Top (1965, 1:24, Asstd.) 34258	Restock
34260	Maisto - Ford Mustang GT-500 Hard Top (1967, 1:24, Asstd.) 34260	Restock
34262	Maisto - Chevrolet Nova SS Hard Top (1970, 1:24, Asstd.) 34262	Restock
34263/4D	Maisto - Dodge Challenger R/T Coupe Hard Top/ Convertible (1970, 1:24, Asstd.) 34263/4D	Restock
34275	Maisto - Chevrolet Corvette Convertible (1957, 1:24, Asstd.) 34275	Restock
34280	Maisto - Dodge Challenger SRT Hard Top (2008, 1:24, Asstd.) 34280	Restock
34281	Maisto - Audi R8 Hard Top (1:24, Asstd.) 34281	Restock
34286	Maisto - Hummer H3T Pickup (2009, 1:24, Asstd.) 34286	Restock
34291/99	Maisto - Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Hard Top (1:24, Asstd.) 34291/99	Restock
34294	Maisto - Nissan GT-R Hard Top (2009, 1:24, Asstd.) 34294	Restock
34295	Maisto - Buick Century California Highway Patrol (1955, 1:24, Black) 34295	Restock
34932/45	Maisto - Dodge Viper Convertible (1:24, Asstd.) 34932/45	New
34935	Maisto - Ford F-1 Pickup Truck (1948, 1:24, Asstd.) 34935	Restock
34943	Maisto - Ford Mustang Boss Hard Top (1970, 1:24, Asstd.) 34943	Restock
34952	Maisto - Chevy 3100 Pickup Truck (1950, 1:24, Asstd.) 34952	Restock
34960	Maisto - Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 Hard Top (1966, 1:24, Asstd.) 34960	Restock
34999	Maisto - Ford Fusion Hard Top w/ Sunroof (1:24, Asstd.) 34999	New
34016	Maisto Custom Shop - Plymouth GTX Hard Top (1970, 1:24, Asstd.) 34016	Restock
34094	Maisto Custom Shop - Ford Mustang GT500 Hard Top (1967, 1:24, Asstd.) 34094	Restock
34220	Maisto - Plymouth GTX Hard Top (1970, 1:24, Orange) 34220	New
34232	Maisto - Dodge Viper SRT-10 Convertible (2003, 1:24, Asstd.) 34232	New
34238/92	Maisto - Lamborghini Murcielago & Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Hard Top (1:24, Asstd.) 34238/92	New
34245D	Maisto - Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Convertible (1:27, Asstd.) 34245D	New
34276	Maisto - Shelby Cobra 427 Convertible (1965, 1:24, Asstd.) 34276	New
34926	Maisto - Volkswagen Beetle Hard Top (1:24, Red) 34926	New
34946	Maisto - Ford Mustang Cobra Hard Top (1999, 1:24, Red) 34946	New
34956	Maisto - Volkswagen Van "Samba" (1:25, Metallic Red/ Off-White) 34956	New
34974	Maisto - Hummer Humvee (1:27, Sand) 34974	New
34980	Maisto - Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible (1:25, Asstd.) 34980	New
34989	Maisto - Chevy Corvette Z06 Hard Top (2002, 1:24, Asstd.) 34989	Restock
34996	Maisto - BMW Z8 Convertible (1:24, Asstd.) 34996	New
34997	Maisto - Ford Mustang GT Coupe Hard Top (2006, 1:24, Asstd.) 34997	Restock
870/3D/16	Attack Force Tanks (3", Asstd.) 870/3D/16	Restock
402D	Sky Shark Airplane (Asstd.) 402D	Restock
403/4D	I.Q. Cars (4", Asstd.) 403/4D	New
403D	I.Q. Cars (4", Asstd.) 403D	New
405D	Power Tank (4.5", Asstd.) 405D	Restock
408D	Air Whale Helicopters (5", Asstd.) 408D	Restock
500D	Show Flight Bi-planes (5.25", Asstd.) 500D	New
503D	State Rescue Team (5", Asstd.) 503D	Restock
503DNY	State Rescue Team (5", Asstd.) 503DNY	New
508D	War Fighter (4.5", Asstd.) 508D	Restock
6020D/10	Sonic Tu Tu Train w/ Lights & Sounds (6", Asstd.) 6020D/10	Restock
7000IC	Sonic Rescue Fire Engine w/ IC Sound & Light (7", Asstd.) 7000IC	Restock
805D	Turbo Jet (7.75", Asstd.) 805D	New
948D	Locomotive (7", Asstd.) 948D	Restock
980N	Flying Tiger (7.5", Asstd.) 980N	Restock
5103D	Kinsmart - Snow Turbo (5.25", Asstd.) 5103D	Restock

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God and the Art of Toy and Diecast Marketing
Stop Stealing from God (Intro)
By Lu Su

As I walked down my hallway, I walked by one of my son's bedrooms and noticed a gnome like creature jumping on my son's bed. I took two steps back and watched from the hallway the good time my son was having. As his hair flopped up and down from each jump, he turned his head to look at me.

"Hi dad," Daniel said, with a flushed face and with no change in pace to his bounce.

"Why are you jumping up and down on your bed?" I inquired. I should have known better to ask such an obvious question. As you experience parents know, the beauty about asking a young child an obvious question is that you get a very honest and simple answer back. But ask your teenager an obvious question, you get a smart answer back that is designed to make you look stupid.

"Because it's fun!", he replied. He would jump a few times and then land square on his back and attempt to pop up into the standing position. He's able to do this on a trampoline, but because the bed is less springy he was having difficulty -but that didn't stop him from trying.

The conversation pretty much went down hill from then on. I've noticed that logic and reason is seldom effective on a first grader, who is intent on doing something. For that matter, logic and reason is seldom effective with full grown adults too. Once a person's heart is set on doing something (i.e. jumping on a bed, smoking, leaving their wife of his youth), it's difficult to get them to stop.

"The heart wants what the heart wants," was Woody Allen's replied in justifying his affair with Mia Farrow's adopted daughter.

I tried to use my powers of prophecy and predicted that if he didn't stop, we're going to have a busted bed. I got a vehement disagreement and my six year old countered with some logic and reasoning of his own. And it sort of went like this.

"This is MY bed. I'm not bothering anyone. I should be able to do what I want to in MY room," argued my first grader. He then told me that I was bothering him and to "Get out of MY room."

"Hmm....," I thought to myself, "This little squirt thinks he is the owner of this room and this bed." Why is that? Because I have allowed him to use it? Because he uses it, now he thinks it's his? Little Daniel didn't make this bed. He didn't purchase this bed. His name is neither on the deed nor does he pay a portion of the mortgage. He doesn't even pay for his food or a share of the property taxes. And yet this little guy REALLY thinks he is the owner.

I have no doubt in my mind that God created these little bundles of joy/frustration to teach us about the relationship God wants to have with us. I know that we adults often have this very same attitude with our possessions (i.e. "This is MY stuff"). At times we act and behave no better than my son Daniel. But when it comes to our tangible possessions, I believe all children who call God their Father should have a very different attitude. The Scriptures teaches us that we are NOT the owner and who the true owner really is.

Who has a claim against me that I must pay?
   Everything under heaven belongs to me. -Job 41:11

for every animal of the forest is mine,
   and the cattle on a thousand hills. -Psalm 50:10

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. -Acts 17:24

I've noticed that people who are in close relationship with God actually think and speak very differently. These people tend to have the attitude that it's all God's stuff and God has only temporarily allowed us to take care of it. Think of something you consider yours right now. Then try to have a longer perspective on it. In 100 years, who will be the owner of this thing you are thinking about. I don't think it will be you.

A friend of mine is both a church elder and a shrewd businessman. As a vocation, Gordon is in the air filter manufacturing and distribution business. Several years ago, he had flown out to his midwest facility for a meeting. And about 20 minutes after getting there, a water main breaks right outside the building and water comes flooding in (I bet his facial expression on their faces was similar to those in Noah's time).

Gordon told me that if water touches these hepa filters, then would be spoiled. To my surprise, these commercial air filters wholesale out in the four figure range and usually end up in hospitals and manufacturing facilities that need a dust free environment. I call my friend Gordon shrewd because 1) he has a product line that his clientele MUST have and 2) he makes a two or three figure profit when he sells one -and they're often sold in packs of six or twelve. I too sell many of my products in packs of twelve, but 1) my clientele do NOT have to have them and 2) the profit per unit can be more easily measured in pennies than in dollars. So my shrewd friend knows how to make dollars. His not so shrewd friend just know how to make a pennies. Anyway, back to the story.

As the icy cold water came flooding into the facility, Gordon and the small staff attempted to rescue as many filters as they could by moving them higher on the pallet racks. In just a few minutes the water was ankle high. Within 15 minutes the water was knee high. So imagine my friend in a suit and wing tip shoes wading through water trying to rescue the inventory.

Later after they did what they could, they were at a higher and drier elevation. The warehouse manager notices that Gordon (the owner) doesn't seem mad or upset. I'm sure the warehouse manager probably did some math in his head and knew the loss in inventory value was sizeable. I think that he thought the normal reaction for an owner who just witnessed a natural disaster hit him in the wallet would be to throw a tantrum and use curse words that could make a sailor blush.

I'm sure Gordon was his normal calm self. I was not there, but I'm sure he was cool and collected like he always seems to be. His warehouse manager probably mistook his unbothered demeanor for being in shock. The warehouse manager looks at Gordon and says, "Are you okay? You don't seem upset by any of this."

"Upset? There's no reason to be upset," my friend replied while wringing out his sock. "If God wants to flood his own warehouse, that's his own business."

Wow, I thought to myself, adopting an attitude like this takes years to achieve. It's not accomplished by throwing a switch, reading a book or downing some magic potion. This type of attitude takes years in walking with the LORD to achieve. This article is on Stop Stealing from God. I am totally convinced that it then becomes very difficult to steal from God, once you truly believe God is the owner of everything. Think about it. God is infinitely wealthy. What is a billion or trillion dollars to him?

The old testament prophet Malachi message in Chapter 3 verse 6 is very simple. 1) Return to God and 2) Stop stealing from God. These two thoughts come together as a pair. Return and Stop Stealing. You can't do the first unless you do the second. From many of us we can't do the second unless we do the first. Remember, Malachi's message was given to God's people (believers). The message wasn't given to non-believers, or else Malachi's message would have been "Come to me" instead of "Return to me" .

But Malachi is not the only prophet who expresses God's longing and desire. Here another old testament prophet expresses the same sentiment, but with different words.

“If you, Israel, will return,
   then return to me,”
            declares the LORD.
“If you put your detestable idols out of my sight
   and no longer go astray, -Jeremiah 4:1

Again, a very simple message 1) Return to God and 2) Drop off your detestable idols at the nearest recycling center. So what's the issue here? What is hampering our return? In Malachi's message, it's because we are stealing from God. In Jeremiah's message it's the detestable idols. What is common to both? The answer is money. The love of money, this detestable idol, draws us away from God. We think we can serve both. God doesn't think so.

I need to make a clarification here or some people are going to be misinformed. Money in itself is neither evil nor good. Money can be used in ways to do a lot of good (or a lot of harm). But it is the love of money that breaks God's heart and makes him long for us to return. People frequently misquote this verse by saying, "Money is the root of all evil." Money is NOT the root of all evil. It's the LOVE of money that is the root of all kinds of evil.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. -1 Timothy 6:10

What I find very interesting is that Jesus in his very short ministry here on Earth spoke more about hell more than he did heaven. And he spoke about money more than he did heaven and hell combined. So it's an important subject. Now the very same issue that plagued 1st century believers plaques 21st century believers. Our love for money or the pursuit of "stuff" interferes with our relationship with God. Because many of us have not yet adopted this attitude that everything is God's, we unintentionally rob God. This is dangerous. This is destructive.

Many of us learn better by experience. In the next article, I want to look at the experiences of one Biblical character. It's a true story (a true Bible story sounds a little redundant eh? Are there false Biblical stories?) where a man stole from God. Needless to say it worked out really poorly for this man, the people around him, and his entire family. Hopefully we can learn from this man's mistakes. I do not believe at the time of the theft, this man thought he was stealing from God. It was an inadvertently theft. I think many of us are currently following in this man's footsteps. By the time this man realized his mistake, disaster over took him. Next week a look at our thieving ways.