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So I'm at the cash-point withdrawing funds for a burger when a voice says; "Don't make any funny moooves".
We're Here & are rightly concerned about these uppity cattle.
Hand-held in Pembrokeshire, where there are more cows than people. Composite from two different camera systems jammed together in Photoshop, Camera Raw and Lightroom; the Abode mafia in full effect... ;-)
For Macro Monday: "Keeping it Cool"
I found this coin on a beach in San Diego years ago with the holes already drilled in it. I've always thought it would be very cool to incorporated it into a necklace or bracelet, which I plan to make someday when I have something called "time"...
Juxtaposition is everything: zoom in on the rubbish skip for “Cash For Scrap”! Hopefully not an omen for the future of the 2 venerable Streamliner locos on this empty grain train! CLF6-CLF5 waiting for Viterra to finish unloading, Jan 8, 2021
during JJF ~ Clarksdale MS.
LINK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHcAgWS4STo
PHOTO (c) 2014 Shein Die~ All rights reserved.
I need folks to weigh in on this. This says:
JOHN R. CASH
(SUN) 7/1/57 (SUN)
ROCK ISLAND LINE
706 UNION AVE.
MEMPHIS, TENN.
I didn't think much of this until I typed the address into google and it turned out to be the address of Sun Studios. I believe the studio is located only a few blocks from the old Rock Island Line. I researched the date and on 7/1/57 he was in Sun Studios recording "Give My Love To Rose" and "Home Of The Blues."
SOOO... Is it possible? I can't tell what this is written with, but if it was new I'd guess a white-out pen... Did anything with a similar line quality exist in 57? And is it possible that a car that old is still rolling the CSX Main? It was a rusty and beat to hell old gondola, with a faded Conrail Stencil on it...
Anyway, like I said, skeptical, but really curious. How bout it, internet?
From our Peanuts plush collection. This is a Snoopy Flying Ace plush from Applause.
When we opened our collectibles store in the early 90s, Applause was one of the first vendors we established an account with. Applause carried a wide range of toys and novelties, including a LOT of Peanuts. That was definitely a selling point for us. Applause was very kind to us and always treated us like a major customer instead of a little store on the Gulf Coast. We were sad when they went out of business and will always have very fond memories of the company. 😊
The history of the Applause toy company is a story of massive pop-culture success in the 1980s and 90s, followed by a rapid financial decline in the early 2000s. Applause was best known for its high-quality plush toys and PVC figurines. We were hopeful when we applied for a vendor position with them, as Applause held the licenses for some of the world’s most recognizable characters, including The Smurfs, The California Raisins, and the Disney library. And, Peanuts. Did we mention Peanuts?
The company was founded in 1966 by Wallace Berrie as The Wallace Berrie Company. Initially, it was a modest novelty gift business, but its fortunes changed dramatically in 1979 when Berrie acquired the worldwide rights to The Smurfs. At the time, The Smurfs were relatively unknown outside of Europe. Berrie released PVC figurines for $1.50 each, and they became a global phenomenon, selling millions of units and establishing the company as a major player in character licensing.
Flush with cash from the Smurfs success, the company looked to expand. In 1982, it purchased the "Applause" division from Knickerbocker Toys. This was a strategic coup, as it came with licenses for Disney, Sesame Street, and Raggedy Ann & Andy. Oh, and Peanuts!
In 1986, the company officially changed its name to Applause Inc. to focus on its identity as a premium gift and toy manufacturer. During this period, Applause became ubiquitous in gift shops, greeting card stores, and fast-food promotions.
Applause became the "king of licenses," securing rights for The California Raisins, another massive cultural hit in the late 80s. Applause was also timely positioned to produce plush and figurines for the "Disney Renaissance" films (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aladdin).
Next up, Applause gained the license for Looney Tunes an produced an amazing variety of high-quality figures and plush associated with Warner Bros. One month, they ran a special and we purchased enough Looney Tunes product so that we could get a free custom Looney Tunes display. We still cherish that display and it is in the main toy room:
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I'm sure we have a better shot of the display somewhere when it's not so 'full', but you can see the design here. It is a series of wood crates designed to be stacked akimbo, like they're almost to fall apart. Very Looney style.
The crates have 'ACME' stenciled on them at different places. There are little nooks that contain red round tubes like dynamite sticks and there is a very large painted plastic lit fuse with a "BOOM!" effect that goes on the very top.
Currently, in addition to various toys including the Snoopy plush being photographed in our current series, the display houses the Bijou Planks West theater stage and the Seinfeld apartment set.
Applause went on to secure licensing for The Simpsons, Star Wars, Star Trek, Garfield, and many others. And, Peanuts. I'm sure we mentioned Peanuts. 😉
Another aspect we loved about Applause was that they were known for higher production values than standard toy aisle fare. Their stuffed animals often featured better fabrics and detailing, positioning them as "gifts" rather than just disposable toys.
In late 1995, Applause merged with Dakin Inc., another legendary plush manufacturer (famous for the "Garfield" plush with suction cups). The merger was intended to create a toy industry giant, but the company soon faced significant headwinds.
The gift market began to shrink as big-box retailers (like Walmart and Target) squeezed out the smaller Hallmark-style gift shops where Applause thrived.
In addition, the culture was becoming increasingly 'collectible conscious' with various booms such as comic books, Beanie Babies, and baseball cards happening. As a result, the cost of maintaining top-tier licenses skyrocketed.
So, by the late 90s, the company was heavily leveraged. Despite continued sales, the debt load from acquisitions and operations became unmanageable.
The company’s end was sudden and tragic. In 2004, Applause Inc. filed for liquidation bankruptcy. And, terribly sad, just prior to the filing, the company's CEO, Bob Solomon, tragically committed suicide as it became clear the company could not be saved.
The company’s assets were auctioned off. The "Applause" brand name and intellectual property were purchased by Russ Berrie & Company (a former competitor) for a fraction of their peak value.
The brand has changed hands several times since the original company folded, existing primarily as a label rather than an active manufacturer. Russ Berrie & Co. eventually renamed itself Kid Brands, Inc. and divested its gift business.
In 2018, the modern toy company Jazwares (known for Roblox and Squishmallows toys) acquired the rights to both the Russ Berrie and Applause brands.
So, today, vintage Applause items—specifically the PVC figurines and 1980s/90s plush—are popular collector's items. If you check the tags of high-quality Peanuts, Disney, or Looney Tunes plush from that era, you will frequently see the Applause logo, a testament to their dominance in the 20th-century character toy market.
We miss them.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
In our toy collecting, plush is not a strong point and that remains true for our Peanuts collection. The 2001 'Many Lives of Snoopy' series from McDonald's Japan is a plush series that we featured from 2020-2021. Because each plush figure was themed, it was easy to create specific scenes.
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Also, in Japan we did pick up a nice series of small plush, about 16mm. These plush seem to have the same origin though there are different tags. The Law Label (The label that is sewn to plush toys containing copyright and materials information.) always has 'Peanuts' and a copyright for United Feature Syndicate. The cardboard tag labels vary with many carrying the 'RM' label. All of the plush were manufactured in Hong Kong. So, we think a Japanese company (Perhaps Nakajima Corporation) manufactured these and released them to various distributors.
Most of these plush have no distinguishing themes or names but rather standard figures released in a variety of colors. We've photographed a couple from this series here:
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And here:
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So, rather than creating scenes with stories, we decided to feature these lovely plush among the Peanuts collection and provide some fun information.
An impromptu build while seeing this year's Creator toy shop set instructions... this is the cash register for the alternate build. Was happy that I had the parts so I just built one for fun... XD
Inspired by this Brickset photo
This is a picture of Cash Lake on the South Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Laurel, Maryland.
more like Zombie Cash. This drawing is a sketchbook drawing that I coloured. It was also used on a poster for a Johnny Cash Festival in Texas in 2010.
believe it or not this is a repair man fixing a cash machine on the strand in london. the machine pops out of the wall on a huge bracket. i just snapped at the right angle to cover it up though!
Something so old and yet so beautiful. The craftsmanship of the day was amazing. And doesn’t use electricity.
The best App ever! Never again the annoying search for the next cash machine. Smart Cash Machine makes your smartphone act as a mobile cash machine.
;-) 😂
James Ritty erhielt am 30. Januar 1883 zusammen mit John Birch das Patent auf seine Entwicklung. Seine neu gegründete Firma zur Herstellung von Registrierkassen wurde 1884 von John H. Patterson gekauft, der sie in National Cash Register Company (heute: NCR Corporation) umbenannte. NCR wurde sehr rasch in den USA zum Marktführer und vertrieb das Erfolgsprodukt Registrierkasse bald auch weltweit.
James Ritty received the patent for his development on January 30, 1883 together with John Birch. His newly established cash register manufacturing company was purchased in 1884 by John H. Patterson, who renamed it the National Cash Register Company (now NCR Corporation). NCR very quickly became the market leader in the USA and soon sold the successful cash register product worldwide.
a really outstanding kustom bike seen at a car show earlier this year...was looking in Dream Car Garage and noticed I was lacking some cool two wheeled representation...SMH
image copyright SB ImageWorks
C-FULI, a Boeing 737-8 MAX 8, climbing out from runway 23 at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario.
It was departing as DAT605 (1263343 Alberta Inc., doing business as Lynx Air) to Orlando, Florida.
The company was originally known as Enerjet. It was rebranded as Lynx Air on November 16, 2021 and began operating as such on April 7, 2022. Lynx Air was the latest Canadian ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) to enter the fray and operated nine MAX 8s.
On February 22, 2024, the company announced that it would cease operations at 2:01AM (Eastern Standard Time) on February 26, 2024. All nine Lynx Air MAX 8s were parked at Calgary, Alberta on that day.
Cash became very, very ill 48 hours ago. I took him to the vet yesterday morning. After blood work and x-rays... Cancer. He was bleeding internally and had a mass in there. I had to put him to sleep. He was 7 years old. I was devastated. I'm still in shock. I was not expecting this because he was acting normal just the morning before. It seem to come out of nowhere...
I brought him home afterwards and let my other two dogs sniff him outside, so they don't think he just disappeared. It seemed to help them both. I then asked my friend and neighbor, Jim, if he could help me bury him in the garden.
It will be nice to see the flowers over him in the spring.
... and it happened on my other dog, JJ's birthday. Ugh...
This is a repost and reedit of one of my favorite pics of him. He will be missed...
Cash Trowbridge swam in the Naples Island Swim on Sunday, August 21, 2022. The event consists of three swims of varying lengths in Alamitos Bay in Long Beach. The most challenging event is the three-mile swim that circumnavigates Naples Island.
Batch download this album from Mega (including many more videos and bonus images):
mega.nz/folder/j7JRDIzQ#nUeEPg4ylYvQP7soBr3D0w
5561 545 Cash Trowbridge Still006
This is a picture of Cash Lake on the South Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Laurel, Maryland.