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God and the Art of Toy and Diecast Marketing
Marriage in the 21st Century (intro)
By L S Su
A couple nights ago I had dinner with a middle aged entrepreneur. He is the sole salesman for a line of product his dad invented. Like a typical sales representative and a closer (i.e. a person who closes deals), he was very articulate and talkative. We had two things in common. We both did sales and we both lived in New Jersey.
He introduced me to this craft beer called "Flat Tire", which was only available in particular regions out West. We watched the sun set and were dining outside under candlelight. There were many other couples around us.
"This is very romantic," I thought to myself and wondered if others around us perceived us as a couple or two just two guys having dinner together under the hot and dry Arizona sky.
Eventually, the conversation moved to family, marriage, and kids. While sipping our beers, I learned of his recent separation from his wife. What makes it all the more difficult for him was that he and his "ex-wife to be" (the term he kept using) have two young daughters ages 4 and 7. He told me that he now cooks, cleans, and take on additional responsibilities that a single parent takes on. He gave me his schedule on what days he gets his daughters.
"Yeah, it really sucks," were his exact words. His pain was very evident to me, despite the positive and "everything is great" fake veneer many sales reps put on.
"Unless there's violence involved, everyone in your family is going to be better off if you and your wife can restore things," I had stated. Then I thought to myself, I've only know this guy for less than 10 minutes and I'm giving him advice on marriage? I then asked, "Have you considered going to a marriage counselor?"
"It's not me. I'm willing to do anything, but she's unwilling to seek counseling. And every time I bring up the subject it's a big sore spot and it leads to another big argument."
Unfortunately, the divorce rate in this country is very high. Most people in our culture (including Christians) have adopted this consumer oriented attitude towards marriage -like we do with any products or services. For many, if marriage doesn't reach a certain level of performance, you trash it or trade it in and get yourself a new one.
This organization called North Point Ministries produced a really good and clever video called iMarriage. Whether you are married or not, my suggestion is to invest a few minutes. For the most part, we live in a culture where we don't take lessons on how to do marriage, though it should. I know this video could greatly help to improve the quality of your life and the relationships around you. The concept of iMarriage reminds me of this clever remark this witty female comedian made.
"Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with? " -Rita Rudner
Though the concept and practice of marriage is an ancient one, in the late 20th and early 21st century, the definition of marriage has come into question. So what I want to know is who gets to decide on what marriage is?
The US Supreme Court says marriage is for individual States to define and regulate marriage. So States have the ultimate authority in defining what marriage is? State governments are ran like a reprentative democracy. In the US, government is by the people for the people. So should marriage be left to individuals to decide on?
The popular, wealthy, and probably the most influential New York City mayor has ever experienced, weighed in with his thoughts. Mayor Bloomberg in addressing lawyers that oppose same-sex marriage placed them in league with those who fought civil rights measures in the past.
“On matters of freedom and equality, history has not remembered obstructionists kindly,” he said. “Not on abolition. Not on women’s suffrage. Not on workers’ rights. Not on civil rights. And it will be no different on marriage rights.” -Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
So according to the mayor, opposing same-sex marriage would put you in the group that favors slavery and inequality based on sex and race. So, maybe let appointed leaders like the Pope or Mayor Bloomberg decide on the definition of marriage? Who should decide on what marriage is? Is there an ultimate authority when it comes to deciding what marriage is?
For those that believe in a creator, the Bible records an interesting conversation between a religious leader (called a Pharisee) who questions Jesus on this topic of divorce and marriage.
Unlike many Christians today who don't emulate their leader well at all, Jesus reached out to different groups of people. He was a rebel and reached over ethnic and social boundaries that were way outside the norm for a Jewish man living in that time period and culture. Let's look at the conversation.
Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
-Mark 10: 1-9
It's probably been awhile since you've taken a multiple choice test. The above conversation will serve as a launch point on this thorny subject of marriage. Please check off the statements below that are true.
___ This conversation never took place.
___ The conversation took place, but was inaccurately recorded.
___ The premise that "at the beginning of creation God made them male and female" is false, therefore the conclusion "let no one separate" is false.
___ This conversation is only relevant to followers of Jesus Christ.
___ God has no role in uniting a man to his wife.
___ The phrase "one flesh" should not be interpreted as two people joined together in marriage.
___ When Jesus used the term "wife", he meant it more as a role/position that either a male or female can fill.
___ This conversation may had been relevant to marriage back then, but not today.
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