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Monday, December 30, 2013

How It All Started










I have been asked quite often, how I got started collecting miniatures.  As far back as I can remember, I loved to play with miniatures, and design scenes.  I spent countless hours as a boy building elaborate houses with Legos, Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys, 
and my erector set.  I used to draw all kinds of houses and floor plans too.  My wife and I had a chuckle a while back when we discovered a few of my old floor plan drawings - each one had a large "play room" designed into it.


The first few images are snapshots of some of the first miniature furniture I was exposed to.  It is all by Kage.  These particular pieces were stored in a shoe box at my Great Grandmothers house in Parowan Utah.  I used to love to get that box out and play with them as a child.  She gave them to me as a child and my collection has grown.  To see my Kage collection, click here.

When I was around 5 or 6, I inherited a slightly used, Fisher Price Little People house and a few pieces of furniture that came with it.  I have written about it before here.

Soon after that, I also got the Fisher Price Little People houseboat.  

Early in my childhood, Star Wars hit the big screen.  I loved it, and collected the action figures.  I soon was building housed for the Star Wars figures with my Legos, Lincoln Logs, and the erector set.  I had built a working elevator with the erector set that I used over and over.  I discovered some furniture that was the same scale as my Star Wars Action Figure and began collecting it.  It was by Fisher Price also.



I removed the chalk boards from my toy box, and used them as floors, while creating walls with my Lincoln Logs and Legos.  I found a toy box just like my childhood one for sale online! 
Mine still had the hutch/shelves attached on top.  At any rate - the chalk boards pop right out and make great floors for Lego Houses and Star Wars People.


I still have the Fisher Price furniture that I used to play with.  More to follow.

4 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing your story of how you got into miniatures. You certainly started young. I have never heard of the Kage furniture before but it is really lovely.

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  2. it was fun going down memory lane with you, I remember my brother had the star wars playsets and we used to spend hours playing with them (I dont think Star Wars was gender specific)

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  3. What lovely memories, Troy, thanks for sharing how you got into miniatures.
    I wish you and yours all the best for 2014!
    Ilona

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  4. With your childhood interests, it was a given that you would become a professional architect! How neat! thanks for sharing...and looking forward to more of the story! Best wishes for 2014!

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