Toy Guns Info
If your memories of the old Wild West and the gun fights in the all the cowboy series and films brings a smile to your face then the great news is, that toy guns are no less collectable than any action figure or alien space ship. The thrill of finding an original at a boot sale or auction is just as great.
Guns are very tradable items you can sell on to others as well as buying in from other collectors and enthusiasts. Toy collecting is not just about buying and selling items, it is greatly about meeting other like minded people, networking and building relationships. This is a major part of collecting.
Newbies
As in all collecting circles when you are new or just getting started, take your time and build on your own knowledge, start with toys that interest you. That you already know and like, get familiar with buying and selling these before going into wider interests.
If you are looking at guns there is an almost limitless variety, what interests you, pistols, rifles, military, science fiction they are all guns, but totally varied and each is an extensive range. This market is vast and you will never run out of options.
The Wild West is a great place for many people and the range of guns and accessories is never ending, usually the guns will come in black, silver, or gold along with some type of holster or belt. These are usually slim type guns and are worn or vintage in category.
Once you have started your collection it is easy to introduce a variety between the rifles and is, for displays of your collection it is very pleasing to the eye to see a mixture and elegance that the combination of these two make together.
Collection Themes
If you do not want your collection to be limited by a theme but by the variety of guns themselves then you are looking at three major categories pistols, rifles and high powered firearms.
Pistols are the greatest range and variety of collectables, manufacturers can replicate the characteristic of these hand held guns quite easily. The attention to details on these guns mean that at times they can be mistaken for the original item.
High powered gun replicas are less authentic looking and are not mass produced in the same numbers as the pistols, but there is still a market for them, specialist collectors and the internet are a great source of information.
Themes are not set in concrete, they are not limits they are limitless to be expanded on and increased, Add to your collection and be imaginative for links between themes they will often interlink. Talk to people exchange ideas to open up your gun collection to new areas.
For example if you have been collecting Star Wars action figures and then add the light sabers to that collection it can easily interlink with a gun collection as well. There are no limits to your imagination for your collection.
