New Dukes Stuff - 1/17/203 - New Tin Signs, UK T-Shirts...

Now this is new stuff!  In the last "New Stuff" post I basically stocked up on a bunch of things I already had.  This time I got NEW new stuff.  And it's pretty awesome.

First are these brand new tin signs that were just released.  They are a little bigger than an album cover and look great.

The first one features Daisy and the Boars Nest logo.  They have the correct classic show logo for Boss Hogg's establishment.  Recent products, like the final series in the Johnny Lightning line, mistakenly used the movie's Boars Nest logo.   This sign could hang somewhere in the fictional Hazzard County.  If I saw it on a billboard driving through Georgia, I would head on over to the Boars Nest.  Strictly for the Bar-B-Que, of course.

The other new sign features a familiar shot of our favorite cousins with Uncle Jesse, Boss, and Rosco in the background.  And two jumping General Lees.  You usually only see one General.  I like seeing both sides.  I found these signs on ebay.  They cost twelve dollars each and are definitely  worth it.    They remind me of the Golden Era (HA--- I used it) TV Trays.  

The back has the trademark information.  They are made by a company called Desperate Enterprises, Inc.  I buy everything new that comes out.  Not every other Dukes collector or blog viewer wants to do that.  But everyone should buy these signs.  They are basically metal posters.  The artwork is great.  They already have holes in the corner for hanging on the wall.  And they only cost twelve bucks each, with shipping!  Out of the box, unusual items like this are too few are far between.  We need to support them when they are released.  If we make these a best seller, we will get more uncommon Dukes of Hazzard items.  And they are just so cool,  I'm gonna buy more.  Put them up in the bathroom or something.  Stepping off my pedestal now, let's carry on.  

Totally unexpectedly, one of the blog supporters that I sent a puzzle to sent me a couple of T-shirts that I have never seen before--- probably because they come from the United Kingdom.  

The first one features a classic logo and the General Lee.  The caption beneath says "The General Lee Collection."  My guess is this shirt advertises the release of the UK only VHS set from 2001.  

The font matches on both products.  I wonder if they also made a Rosco and Daisy shirt.  The shirt has that great soft feel.  

The other shirt is pretty crazy.  It says Ringspun Allstars on top of a picture of Bo, Luke, and Daisy.  It has an 01 and a patch on the front.  

The back has a big 01 and says "Hazard County" below.  That is the giveaway that it is not licensed.  It is still a very cool and unique shirt.  Google says that Ringspun Allstars was a British t-shirt designer.  Don't think they lasted too long.  I can't thank James enough for these great additions to the collection.  James runs the website totally devoted to Knickerbocker Dukes of Hazzard Playsets.  I have mentioned it on here several times before.  If you haven't checked it out, you need to do so.  

I picked up a few other shirts as well.  This one is available on 80stees.com, but for some reason, I never bought it.  I won an auction that had these two shirts and the bag.  

This shirt has the movie logo.  I wonder if anyone but me pays attention to those things anymore.  It is also super soft.  

I wanted the blue shirt and bag, but this shirt came with them.  I already have it.  Still a great shirt.  

This bag is...interesting.  It has tags and is licensed.  It was sold at the last Dukesfest and on the Dukesfest site when John Schneider took over running the show from Ben and Alma.  

They had a couple other Dukesfest specific items that I have yet to buy.  I'll find them at the right price.  Perhaps the purpose of this bag was to carry all the items you bought at the event.  Glad I found one with the tags still attached.  

And finally I got a Denver Pyle autograph.  I am still waiting to find one personalized to Larry.  This one was to Garry.  So close!  These go for pretty high prices.  I was surprised that this one slipped through the cracks.  I got it pretty cheap.  Gotta love Uncle Jesse.

"Canada's Biggest Fans'" Dukes Collections

This is what I love most about having this blog.  Meeting other collectors like me.  You can go to a Dukes event and see people's Generals, but who knows if the person standing in line behind you has a complete Johnny Lightning set, or more party supplies than you.  DukesCollector isn't just about my collection, but every collector of Dukes of Hazzard out there.

Recently I got an email from Jim Wilson from Ontario, Canada.  I posted a picture of his custom pedal car at Homecoming (seen above).  He has quite a collection that I'm pleased to share on this post.

Jim and his best friend Jason Darling have been to all of the essential filming locations in Georgia, and have been going to Dukesfests and events since 2005.  I love the gas pumps and oil cans.  They put those together themselves.  The Hazzard Hospital piece is great.  Super collection Jim!  Please keep in touch.

If any other Dukes Collectors out there would like their collection featured, please email at lafre@atlanticbb.net.

New Dukes Stuff - 1/9/2013 - Boardgames, books, and magazines

I am not a hoarder.  Whenever I buy things like the above auction lot, I have to tell myself that.  I bought this bunch all together from a single seller.  He had quite a few other Dukes items all in large bunches.  I asked why he was selling it all and he said everything belonged to his son, and he no longer had interest.  It is sad when we lose a collector.  Especially one who compiled quite a nice collection.  The seller sold all the auctions for a decent amount of money, but he would have gotten a lot more had he pieced it out.  I tried for a few other lots, but got out bid.  Let's take a look at the contents.

  
First we got the random stuff pile.  There are two puzzles with no box, a bag full of View-Master reels and Etch A Sketch screens and the Eric Alter book "Gone Racin" with no cover.  Not exactly your prize crop,  but good items to have on hand for budding Dukes fans.  I have two different copies of this book that are both in such good condition that I don't like to open them to crease the spine.  Maybe now I can actually read this one.  I am not sure which puzzles these are.

I think this is the only new to me item in the bunch.  I don't think I have this Dynamite Magazine.   I have at least two other copies of this Scrapbook though.  I used to read my original endlessly before I went to sleep when I was a kid.  All three of these are in nice condition.

In not so nice condition are these coloring books.  Each one is colored in and pretty beat up.  I have a lot of coloring books.

Steve Ludwig once owned this book and could draw a mean General Lee.  His Gumby wasn't too shabby either.  Good job Steve.

Not long ago, the Shrinky Dinks set was on my list of hard to find items.  Now I have at least three of them, and even Shriny Dinked one of the sets with Jeff.  This lot came with a Colorform playset and Shrinky Dinks activity set.  Both are in decent condition and are complete.

I was wrong about nothing else being new to me.  I don't have this Here Come the Dukes Of Hazzard read along book with Cassette.  There is also a version with a record that I do have.  Also included here are two other read along books, without cassette or record, and Waylon's 45 of the theme song.  Pretty good shape too.

The problem with not being as organized as I would like to be, is not knowing exactly what I have.  I don't know for sure if I have this orange box puzzle.  I have two of the yellow Carnival of Thrills puzzles. I bought a sealed one not long ago at the Steel City Con.  Both of these are complete.

It is funny that they used this image.  Before, I always thought that this image was one of a miniature that they used in the last season of the show.  But this puzzle came out in 1981, years before the last season.  It is a picture of a real General busting through a barn, they just sort of "enhanced"  the image.  There must not have been enough detail in the image, because someone added a lot more orange and drew a blue 01 on the door.  It sort of looks cartoonish.  That's why I always thought it was a picture of a miniature--- they never looked right either.

Speaking of cartoons, these are the other two puzzles that came in this lot.  The Boss Hogg puzzle is a classic with such a great photo of Boss.  The other one I have isn't in the best shape.  This one is much nicer.   This is a puzzle that would be great to put together, frame, and hang on the wall.  Gotta love Boss.  The other puzzle has a cartoon scene.  To my knowledge, this artwork was only used on this puzzle.

It is very well done.  It includes a very recognizable Hazzard Square background.  Both of the Hazzard Sheriffs look like Rosco though.  And they never did that much damage to Boss Hogg's Cadillac.  Very nice detail was giving to each of the vehicles.  The front bumper of the General looks weird, but it is a very cool and unique piece of Dukes art.

The highlight of the lot are these three boardgames.  Two are in great condition, and one is in decent condition.  I have seen single boardgames go for more than what I paid for the whole lot.  When I was a kid, a friend who was about five years older than me had this game.  I loved going to his house to play it.  He gave it to me after I bugged him so much.  Then our basement flooded and destroyed the game.  Fast forward to when I was in high school and the boardgame was one of the first things I ever bought online.

And look, one of these games has a different color gameboard.  All of the artwork used for this game was also unique to the game.  I wonder if the originals are out there somewhere in the depths of the Ideal Toy Company.  Wikipedia tells me that Mattel now owns what was Ideal.  Mattel keeps everything, so it is conceivable that the artwork still exists.  That would be fun.

And finally, I got this compass from a separate auction.  It is from of the Gordy International line.  It is unique because it features Coy and Vance instead of Bo and Luke.

Coy and Vance.  We all know how Rush feels about them.

The inclusion of the Phonetic Alphabet on the ruler/compass is pretty awesome.  Odd, but awesome.