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Welcome to the TomSwift group! This is your forum to discuss reading and collecting Victor Appleton's Tom Swift series (and maybe even Don Sturdy and the Movie...
Bob Finnan
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Mar 17, 2004
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the TomSwift group: WHich is your favorite Tom Swift series? o Tom Swift Sr. o Tom Swift Jr. o Tom...
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Mar 17, 2004
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Thanks for the invitation to join the group. Tom Swift is a character I never cared for as much as I did Nancy Drew, the Dana Girls and the Hardy Boys until...
kevinadenis
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Mar 17, 2004
2:39 pm
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In "Tom Swift Among The Diamond Makers" there is the following passage: "These diamonds, some of which were large, proved very valuable, though the total sum...
Bob Finnan
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Mar 17, 2004
3:01 pm
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... You can order these titles (among others including Sr/Jr/III/IV) from my Tom Swift Amazon.com Sales page: http://users/arczip.com/fwdixon/tsamaz.htm#3 ...
Bob Finnan
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Mar 17, 2004
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An engagement lasting 25 books? Not likely. I think that it was a step in that direction, perhaps with some prodding by Ed. Stratemeyer, but I can not see any...
Luc Mitchell
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Mar 17, 2004
9:55 pm
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... step in that direction, perhaps with some prodding by Ed. Stratemeyer, but I can not see any definitive reasoning for that ring in the way of engagements. ...
Bob Finnan
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Mar 18, 2004
3:05 pm
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Well, I am not aquainted with those times, not being 578 myself. Sorry if my responce was rather dated due to that. However, "it was set in a ring, <b>instead...
Luc Mitchell
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Mar 18, 2004
9:12 pm
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the TomSwift group: Which Tom Swift series do you collect? Pick all that apply. o Tom Sr. o Tom Jr. o...
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Mar 18, 2004
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... Think of it this way. At that time, a synthetic diamond would be more uniqe than a real one. It also was a rememberance of the adventure. I don't think...
James Keeline
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Mar 18, 2004
11:28 pm
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Hi Bob, I wanted to thank you for inviting me and I'll have to tell my brother as he is the one I collect the books for but I like to read them as well. Jackie...
Jackie
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Mar 19, 2004
4:37 pm
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New to the group. Tom Jr. was my first SciFi experience which started a lifelong love of the genre. I read the Jr. series voraciously waiting impatiently for...
markltu
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Mar 19, 2004
9:24 pm
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... started ... called ... purchasing ... Check my Unofficial Tom Swift Home Page for information about Tom, book sales and links to my other sites about other...
Bob Finnan
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Mar 20, 2004
1:21 pm
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I can't decide if TS Jr's most important invention was the repelatron or Tomasite. Without Tomasite, many of Tom's inventions simply would not be possible, but...
Bob Finnan
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Mar 21, 2004
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... repelatron ... Tom Jr. didn't invent Tomasite, his father did....
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Mar 21, 2004
5:47 pm
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... Perhaps I should have said what is the most important invention in the TS Jr. series....
Bob Finnan
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Mar 21, 2004
9:34 pm
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My favorite TS Sr. story has got to be "In The Caves Of Ice". This story has everything that makes a TS Sr. story exciting: Airships, the electric rifle makes...
Bob Finnan
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Mar 23, 2004
3:23 pm
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Hi there, fellow Swift fans! I'm working on a Tom Swift Jr. related project right now, and I need some help from the juvenile fiction experts here. I'm...
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Mar 26, 2004
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Whoops! Actually, e-mail me at c3px2001@.... I don't get to check the other account very often. Adrick ... related ... and ... can...
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Mar 26, 2004
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Hi, When I was in New Orleans on March 27 for the Nancy Drew convention I spoke with a rep from S&S who says the company is looking at the Stratemeyer...
kevinadenis
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Apr 3, 2004
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Tom Swift in the first person--scary. Anyone know when the copyright expires for the Tom Swift name? ... convention I ... Tom ... started ... 2002....
Luc Mitchell
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Apr 4, 2004
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... Names like "Tom Swift" are not copyrighted, they are trademarked (US Patent & Trademark Office). Stories, like TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRSHIP, are copyrighted....
James Keeline
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Apr 4, 2004
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James, Thanks for reminding everyone that the new series may not be in first person narrative. S&S didn't mention one way or the other, and the reason given...
kevinadenis
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Apr 4, 2004
11:48 pm
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Does anyone know any details about the Parker Brothers Tom Swift Game? In particular, how many were produced? My understanding is the game was only ever test...
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Apr 18, 2004
5:39 pm
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I never heard about it being test marketed only, collectors in California have had it before the internet. However, I don't have a definite answer. paul Mular ...
Mular-Takahashi
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Apr 18, 2004
7:23 pm
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Nice copy on eBay at the moment: cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dllViewItem&category=1184&item=3191895428&rd =1 I seriously doubt that it is worth the $599 asking...
Luc Mitchell
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May 6, 2004
10:40 pm
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Considering how rare it appears to be, that is probably a reasonable price. See: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/3712/tsjgame.html for more information...
Roger Smith
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May 6, 2004
11:42 pm
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... auction. I don't "claim" that they have gone for > $500, I reported fact, not supposition. ................................................... Bob Finnan ...
Bob Finnan
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May 7, 2004
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I was using claim in the same sense that reporters used allege, to avoid seeming to be stating something as fact, when they don't know it of their own...
Roger Smith
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May 7, 2004
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Well, as the seller points out, it SHOULD be worth the asking price ten fold, seeing as there are currently 5 copies of 33 for sale. Interestingly enough,...
Luc Mitchell
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