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November 26, 2008

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DIECAST Collectible Model Cars And More

Item# Description Stock Status
19833SV Welly - BMW 328i Hard Top (1998, 1:18 scale diecast model, Silver) 19833SV New
19831BU Welly Premium - Ford F-100 Pick Up Truck (1956, 1:18 scale diecast model, Blue) 19831BU New
18007CR Welly - Alfa Spider Convertible (1:18 scale diecast model, Red) 18007CR New
18004SV Welly - Porsche 911 (997) Carrera S Coupe Hard Top (1:18 scale diecast model, Silver) 18004SV New
12552CR Welly - Mini Cooper S Cabrio Convertible (1:18 scale diecast model, Red) 12552CR New
12550SV Welly - Mercedes-Benz SLK350 Hard Top (1:18 scale diecast model, Silver) 12550SV New
12547CPR Welly - BMW 645Ci Convertible (1:18 scale diecast model, Purple) 12547CPR New
12547CBK Welly - BMW 645Ci Convertible (1:18 scale diecast model, Black) 12547CBK New
12540BU Welly - Alfa GT Hard Top (1:18 scale diecast model, Blue) 12540BU New
12534BK Welly - BMW Z4 Convertible (1:18 scale diecast model, Black) 12534BK New
12524BW Welly - Ford Mustang SVO Hard Top (1986, 1:18 scale diecast model, White) 12524BW New
19839R Welly - Chevrolet Corvette (1999, 1:18 scale diecast model, Red) 19839R New
19836BU Welly - Chevrolet 3100 Pickup (1953, 1:18 scale diecast model, Blue) 19836BU New
18007CBU Welly - Alfa Spider Convertible (1:18 scale diecast model, Blue) 18007CBU New
18005HR Welly - Porsche Boxster S Convertible (1:18 scale diecast model, Red) 18005HR New
18005CBK Welly - Porsche Boxster S Convertible (1:18 scale diecast model, Black) 18005CBK New
12560SV Welly - Ford Explorer (Eddie Bauer) SUV (2006, 1:18 scale diecast model, Silver) 12560SV New
12548R Welly - VW Golf V (1:18 scale diecast model, Red) 12548R New
12528GN Welly - Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Short Box Pick Up (2002, 1:18 scale diecast model, Green) 12528GN New
12522SV Welly - Dodge Viper SRT-10 Convertible (2003, 1:18 scale diecast model, Silver) 12522SV New
12519HW Welly Premium - Ford Mustang Coupe Hard Top (1964 1/2, 1:18 scale diecast model, White) 12519HW New
4004 Kinsmart - Mini School Bus (3.75", Yellow) 4004 Restock
5011 Kinsmart - Toyota Rav4 Cabriolet (1:32, Asstd.) 5011 Restock
5015D Kinsmart - Dodge Caravan SUV (1:32, Asstd.) 5015D Restock
5016D Kinsmart - Audi TT Coupe (1:32, Asstd.) 5016D Restock
5018D Kinsmart - Dodge Ram Pick-Up (1:44, Asstd.) 5018D Restock
5028D Kinsmart - Volkswagen New Beetle Hard Top (1:32, Asstd.) 5028D Restock
5031D Kinsmart - Chrysler PT Cruiser (1:34) 5031D Restock
5040D Kinsmart - Lexus RX 300 SUV (1:36, Asstd.) 5040D Restock
5046D Kinsmart - Lexus IS300 Hard Top w/ Sunroof (1:36, Asstd.) 5046D Restock
5048D Kinsmart - Mitsubishi Lancer w/ Rally Decals (1:36, Red) 5048D Restock
5049D Kinsmart - Toyota 4-Runner SUV (1:36, Asstd.) 5049D Restock
5050D Kinsmart - Kenworth T2000 (1:66, Asstd.) 5050D Restock
5071D Kinsmart - Mazda RX-8 Hard Top (1:36, Asstd.) 5071D Restock
5091DF Kinsmart - Ford Mustang GT Hard Top (2006, 1:38, Asstd.) 5091DF Restock
5092D Kinsmart - Ford GT (1:36, Asstd.) 5092D Restock
5093D Kinsmart - Toyota Prius Hard Top (1:34, Asstd.) 5093D Restock
5305D Kinsmart - Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Convertible (2007, 1:36, Asstd.) 5305D Restock
5310D Kinsmart - Shelby GT500 Hard Top (2007, 1:38, Asstd.) 5310D Restock
5318/69D Kinsmart - BMW Z4 Coupe Hard Top and Convertible (1:32, Asstd.) 5318/69D Restock
50498B RC2 Johnny Lightning JL - Star Trek (1:64, Asstd. B) 50498B New
305D Mini Loco (3.75", Asstd.) 305D Restock
307D Mini Construction (4", Asstd.) 307D Restock
310D Mini Helicopter (4", Asstd.) 310D Restock
312F Fire Engine 312F Restock
9661D Farm Tractor (4", Asstd.) 9661D Restock
9801/2D City Bus (6", Asstd.) 9801/2D Restock
9801DW City Bus (6", White) 9801DW New
8820D Emergency Team (Asstd.) 8820D Restock

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God and the Art of Toy and Diecast Marketing
Blueberry Pie Filling Anyone?
By Lu Su

I need to switch things up a little bit. I'm going to run the essay I had originally planned for next week today. And the one I meant for today, next week. The reason for switch is because Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I think an article that talked about food would tie in better for the holiday. Wow, I find it difficult to believe that another year has gone by already. I felt that I just wrote last year's Thanksgiving article. I must admit that out of all the literary works of art that I have constructed so far (some worthy of the Pulitzer prize, but only in my mind), my 2007 Thanksgiving article called Thanksgiving's Missing Older Brother was one of my favorites; it had a little on Abe Lincoln and a little J.J. Walker from the sitcom Good Times. What fellow human being would not appreciate these two characters? Now enter onto stage the subject of food.

I don't know about your area, but state and county food banks as well as many food pantries ran by local churches are critically low. Even New Jersey's favorite rock star the Boss, known to many as Bruce Springstein, was featured on a full page newspaper advertisement this past week with a catchy headline (I hope I just put my foot in my mouth and now I am going to get hate mail from Bon Jovi fans). Anyway the ad had Bruce saying something to the effect that "This is one bank we cannot afford to let fail". And on the bottom it says the New Jersey Food Bank.

Well, if you think about it, it's probably no surprise that all food banks are critically low. Food banks throughout the country are reporting a 30% increase in traffic. And at the same time donations to these organizations are down by more than 30%. Then factor in the whooping cost of food and you come to the realizations that the dollar buys far less than what it did a few years ago. The other day, I remember stepping out of my local A & P grocery store and walking out with only two bags of groceries. The bill was close to $90 and I pondered all the way to the car what the heck I bought. Another time an elderly lady checked out in front of me. I felt bad because I am sure she was on fixed income and she was shocked when the cashier told her what her total bill was. She kept asking the clerk if she was sure the total was correct. This elderly lady kept saying that total couldn't be correct because she didn't even buy any meat.

Our church and community seems to do an annual food drive this time of year. I noticed that it's always around Thanksgiving time. Maybe this is a marketing ploy where these organizations think that we will have a more thankful heart this time of season. You are about to generously stuff your face, how about something for families struggling to put a roof over their kids? In the past, when there was a call for a donation of food to these panties or shelters, I used to take it as an opportunity to clean out and tidy up my own pantry. I thought I had a very good strategy.

Generally I would start with all the food I didn't like to eat. If the boxes weren't filled by this selfish strategy, I then implemented the second part of my strategy by finding food whose expiration dates had gone past. Believe it or not, at the time I didn't feel an ounce of guilt, because I had this attitude "well beggars can't be choosers". My thinking was, well I was hungry enough, I'd still eat it. And then I would question if dry food or can food that is sealed can actually go bad.

I remember removing off my pantry shelf a can of blue berry pie filling that I remembered placing onto the shelf when I first moved into my current house -about 6 years ago. For those of you who might not know what blue berry pie filling is, it once was real blueberryies that have been boiled to death and then packed in this gooey and syrupy sauce that instantly stains anything you touch. Normally you would take this special concoction and pour it into a pie crust and wa-la, instant desert in 30 seconds flat. It actually take you longer to get the lid off the can than it does to make the desert. Then I remember that this can was in our old house's pantry. I then remember seeing this same brand of blue berry pie filling at my mom's former house too. Then I pieced it together. My wife doesn't make pies; so she doesn't buy pie filling. I probably became to proud owner of this can of blue berry pie filling when my mom moved out of her house about 12 years ago. Now how long it sat on her shelf is a bigger mystery to me. But I figure that this can is of pie filling had to be at least 15 years old. I deliberated for a few seconds on whether I should just throw this can out or thow it into one of the donation boxes. I distinctively remember looking for an expiration date, but couldn't find one (perhaps ink evaporates after 10 years?). I then asked myself, "If there is no expiration date, then technically it's not expired right?" So into the donation box it went.

Then one day, I came to learn that the God takes things personally.

"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.".........The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." -Matthew 25:35-40

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
"Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked.
"I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied. -Act 9:1-5

I think this makes sense. If someone hurts or helps someone you deeply love, you take it personally. The more you love the more you take it personally. If your daughter or son is in a car wreck and a person pulls them out, cleans them up,and gets them back on their feet again, it's the same as helping you right? I bet you might even be more appreciative of the act than your son or daughter. So then it dawned on me. If my local town mayor came to my house, it would be a honor and my wife and I would attempt to put out something nice for the mayor. Now if my wife wasn't around, I would pull out all the stops and serve the best meal that I could produce (and open a bag of chips, a can of salsa, and a bottle of beer). But for the God of the universe, giver of all life, and the one that saved me from death, he gets a can of expired blueberry pie filling. Note here that God isn't even served a slice of pie; he just gets a can of very old blueberry pie filling with no pie crust, no spoon, and no paper plate. Some Thanksgiving offering eh?

Thanksgiving is often thought as an American holiday. For practically all denizen of this earth, tomorrow is a regular working day; but for Americans it is a day off and a day meant to give thanks (thanks to whom is slowly being removed from our society). But in the most traditional sense, Thanksgiving was and is a time to offer thanks to God. What most people probably do not realize is that probably the very first thanks giving event occurred a very long time ago. I believe it was the oldest account of thanks giving ever recorded in human history. It's found in the first book of the Bible called Genesis.

Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. -Genesis 4:2-4

Now I've heard some biblical scholars argue that the reason why Cain's offering wasn't accepted by the LORD was because wasn't an animal sacrifice. I don't buy that argument at all. The practice of an animal sacrifice for the atonement of sin came much later in man's history. You can obtain the answer just by reading the context of the passage very carefully. "Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering". This tells me he did not bring his best stuff. But Abel bought FAT portions from some of the FIRSTBORN of his flock. Abel brought the best. In today's terminology, Abel brought the Filet Mignon. Cain didn't bring first fruits of his harvest; he just brought SOME of the fruits of the soil. I know many of you do what Cain did (what I did too). You keep the best portions for yourself and offer the portions that you don't care for to God. I bet Cain's offering was some fruit and vegetables that were were either a bit bruised or a bit past its freshness date. Maybe Cain even picked some blueberries that turned a bit mushy and that's what he offered God.

How many of us continue to follow in Cain's lead on this? You so want God to bless you, but you continue to keep the best portions. You want God's blessing, but you offer God the dregs. And just like Cain, you still want to be blessed. So if your son's or daughter's car flipped over and all I didn't do anything to help; but I did offer them a can of expired blue berry pie filling, as the parent of your son or daughter, what kind of blessing would you be willing to bestow on me?

This leads me to the conclusion that I believe one can increase one's chances of receiving a blessing by an attitude change. So this Thanksgiving, I want to challenge you to take pause from our busy lives and examine your disbursements of time, coin, and talent. Try to figure out if you are more like Cain or an Abel in your giving.

 

 
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