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...
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 2:10 pm
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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...
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...
... 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 ...
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...
... 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. ...
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...
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 9:31 pm
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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...
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...
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...
... started ... called ... purchasing ... Check my Unofficial Tom Swift Home Page for information about Tom, book sales and links to my other sites about other...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... Names like "Tom Swift" are not copyrighted, they are trademarked (US Patent & Trademark Office). Stories, like TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRSHIP, are copyrighted....
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
... auction. I don't "claim" that they have gone for > $500, I reported fact, not supposition. ................................................... Bob Finnan ...
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...
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,...