I hope this wonderful gentleman is still alive. He's so alert and a very elegant gent. Most people with these collections are extremely picky, but his collection looks a little haphazard, and he allows the interviewer to really paw his stuff.

I'm 56 but could spend an afternoon or two mesmerizing...wonderful collection Mr. Jim

Jim sounds like a hell of a man, what a treasure. His die cast collection is incredible too. Thanks for sharing

@nikkimckinney2025

3 жыл бұрын

I know

Wish I had a neighbor like that. Awesome die cast with great life stories to tell! I hope to be as half as sharp as he is if I make it to 91! Welcome to the internet and KZread Jim, thank you for sharing!

@dougsnider8780

5 жыл бұрын

He's 95...

Thanks to Jim for letting us see his collection! Superb! Thanks O-Dawg!

@saiftheamazingdrifter1393

8 жыл бұрын

sup race grooves

@racegrooves

8 жыл бұрын

Wassup!

@pulokdey1650

8 жыл бұрын

+RaceGrooves wassup

@Attck.

7 жыл бұрын

I love ur channel

@joeypurczynski3927

7 жыл бұрын

hey race grooves

it would be awesome to sit and talk to this gentleman. I can only imagine the stories he has.

Just finding this video. This is an amazing collection. Jim sounds like a amazing man, and I have so much respect for him. He is from a very tough generation and I hope Jim is still around and collecting.

I just goes to show, man's best friend is his dog ( oops I mean toys). and that you're never too old, bless..... great vid

I would of been really nervous touching some of those pieces due to there age and rarity. Jim has a incredible collection. Not only do I want to thank him for his service but I want to thank him for allowing us to view his amazing collection.

@wtffor

8 жыл бұрын

+John Byrd It was truly a privilege to explore his collection hands on. Jim and I discussed the video at parameters beforehand, and he did warm up to the experience as the interview continues (in total it was 4 hours, but I have edited it down to 30 minutes or so, which I will release on KZread weekly for the next month.

Love this video and love talking to the old timers like Jim. When I was 20ish I spent a lot of time around WW II vets and heard some incredible stories: One guy was in Germany, most of the others were in the Pacific. One of them served on a submarine. These guys were all like Jim, some of the happiest and friendliest guys around. I think they saw so many horrors of war that it made them just grateful to be alive and able to enjoy the simple things in life (like collecting die-casts). Anyways, thanks for posting the video.

if i could meet any movie star/rock star or Jim,id pick Jim any day,his a real hero

Wow! Tell Jim my father was an officer aboard the H.M.S. Illustrious with the far east fleet during WWII. What an awesome collection! I started in 1965 when my grandfather came over from England and brought a huge case of them, and Dinkys with him. I was smitten right then and there. I have close to 5,000 die cast and the majority are now Hot Wheels, but my heart remains faithful to Corgi and Dinky. Jack Canada

Wow, thank him for his service and for hanging on to some gorgeous vehicles. Privileged to bear witness to this mans collection.

Love the collection Jim,I am 29 and collect die cast models,will display it proudly like your collection some day.

His collection may be made out of die cast, but Jim is pure gold god bless him.

My collection is around the same size mostly dinky and corgi toys from the 1930s to 1960s and I'm only 12 years old now!

@wtffor

8 жыл бұрын

Congrats! How did you get so many Dinky Cars?

@fordmodelcars3258

7 жыл бұрын

I have around 300 1/18 1/24 and 1/43 ford model cars

@lovedogs2030

7 жыл бұрын

The pyke same but I got cars from 1920 to 1980 and I'm 11.

@lovedogs2030

7 жыл бұрын

I have some of the army ones to got the tank and the trailer and lots more mostly dinky

@the.magnus

7 жыл бұрын

The pyke I am 12weeks old and I have a bigger collection

Amen to this Guy! Thanks Jim for your service! Not many men left from WW2 to tell these stories!! Just amazing! What a amazing collection!!

Bless you Jim, what a brilliant and beautiful collection, some of your pieces I remember as a boy.

2 of my favorite things WW2 truly the greatest generation . MY grand father was in WW2 D+20 on He only spoke to me once about the war. See he was a medic and just did not talk about the war. Not many of tease guys left. My grandfather pass in 99 . Its cool this guy lives next to u. His collection is truly epic . Bravo for putting it out there. So often tease great collections we all put together largely go unseen. KZread let's us see inside the mind of collectors .Great collection Jim

Awesome collection..... ty for your service Jim!!

Fantastic collection and a classy gentleman! Thanks for sharing this OD! 👻

@ericheaton642

8 жыл бұрын

Hi ghost jerker

@hwroadbeasts

6 жыл бұрын

GHOSTJERKER how are you

@kailyrcarchassez0618

5 жыл бұрын

GHOSTJERKER wheres tge wh Picking?

thank you for sharing Jim to the World ♡

What a treasure to have Jim around to share with you, and then yourself to share with all of us. Please extend our thanks to this gentleman our great appreciation- it means a lot to pass this kind of stuff on. Wonderful!

Thank you JIm, for your service, without people like you we would not be able to enjoy hobbies like yours.

thanks for sharing your neighbors collection, its a joy watching and seeing two collectors share the love of the hobby

Jim - thank you for sharing your history and experiences with us, let alone your amazing collection! Thank you for your service - From San Diego, CA, USA

Wow! My Grandfather was also in the war (US Navy) aboard the Carrier USS St. Lo, that was hit by a kamikaze and sank. He was the guy that set the cables to catch the planes when they landed. Thanks for your service, sir!

Amazing collection of an amazing man, I thank you deeply Jim, you've made the world a better place.

I have some dinky toys... but damn... that is sweet...just amazing.. Love hearing his stories of days gone by..

@isaacsrandomvideos667

3 жыл бұрын

baremetalHW FANCY SEEING YOU HERE!

@talwindersingh3721

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Baremetal,nice seeing you here!!

Truly enjoy the military story's and he's collection of die-cast vehicles.

that's a wonderful thing sharing a love of collecting with someone from a different generation. it's a bridge to bring people together. and now the things you've learned from him. not just Diecast, will be with you forever and I'm sure, will be pasted on to others. just because of little toy cars!!! that's why I collect also, to connect with others!!! thank you and Jim!!! AMAZING life and collection!!!

Firstly Jim, thank you for your service. It means a great deal to me to hear the stories of men and women such as yourself who helped create the world we enjoy today. Secondly thank you for sharing you collection with us. I wish you all the best for the future.

God bless you and thanks for your amazing military service. You are a true hero.

Lovely chat between 2 great guys. Thanks for sharing. 😃👍

Outragest collection , Thanks for the video , Mike

Jim thank you for your service. My grandfather trained in England and was in the 1st armoured devision which ended up being the 4th and Later the 5th. He served in Italy. Your collection of military vehicles is impressive and one of a kind. Thank you for sharing it with us. Truly enjoyed. Looking forward to seeing your trucks. Awesome video!

What a quiet, modest man, who's achievements will probably never be fully known. My very best wishes to him!

Me again +wtffor i just have to say that i have MUCH RESPECT for Jim amd want to thank him for his service and also thank him for allowing you to film and share wirh all of us his pride and joy of cars and trucks,it truly is a legendary collection,60+years of collecting,i wish i can be like jim

I would love to sit with him and hear of his 4 years in ww2. Bring his past to life again.

This collection is exquisite! Thanks to Jim for taking the time for allowing you to film the collection, chat with him and share it with us.

@787crew5

7 жыл бұрын

Diecastic 4a

Thanks to Jim doing his part to save the world ! Without these brave soldiers prevailing in WW2....who knows how different the world would have turned out. Freedom is priceless!!! Great collection ! Thanks for sharing.

A very impressive collection my respect admiration and a little bit of jealousy well done sir

So glad you shared, I'm 50years old old nd I have to say, Corgi, and Mtachbox, I held on to a few! Thank you Jim, You did what I Wanted to do!.. I had thousands of Matchboxes and 1/25th scale I loved

Incredible collection! Thanks for sharing it. He would definitely be my very bestest friend!

Thank you for not only showing the collection but for letting Mr Jim tell his story. Great job and let him know how much we love this!!

seeing things like this when I was growing up made me start collecting. my Beast of Burden

@wtffor

7 жыл бұрын

It all starts somewhere, Dinky was a super cool toy and also inspired my collecting

WOW, what a collection.

Great collection. Thanks for sharing with us Jim

Wow! That's one of the coolest collections that I have seen. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, incredible collection, and an amazing story. I love talking to older folks, so much wisdom and knowledge. Great video as always!

I am a Canadian Law Enforcement Officer, and I am delighted to see your collection, Jim. Thank you for your service to us Canadians, Brits, and Americans, and please keep up the great work, as well as you "wtffor." I love seeing these collections in such great condition, and with such a thorough and intimate history as you have with many of them. Cheers, gentlemen.

@wtffor

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your message! Jim appreciates it also! Cheers!

this older gentleman is beautiful history of collecting god bless him simply fantastic long live you bud............... so so much history I got to the point in this video where I went from liking his collection to loving him and his stories you are extremely lucking to have a neighbor like him cherish this older brother bro because people like him are a dying breed .

Older video, new collector. USA based, 44 years old with a 4 year old son. I love old VW's so Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche is what I force my son to collect, haha. I love how you just want to touch each one, get good shots of them, etc... and yet you're semi-restrained and very respectful.

I love KZread for things like this, we woldn't know it existed

Very nice , thank you for your service!

Wow what an amazing collection and an even more amazing guy. Thanks Jim for letting us take a look.

Just incredible , incredible ...

Now we're talking diecast! Loved the video. Thanks for showing us.

Thank you Jim for your service. From England

Awesome Video!! Glad to see you mingling with your neighbours too. To Often do people forget their elders, and not pay attention to them. Plus he does have a very impressive Dinky Collection.

Very very nice, I love listening to the stories. At out of this world collection! Thank you, for sharing that mans collection.

Thanks a lot for sharing Jim's awesome collection to all of us!! Jim is so kind to let you record this amazing treasure, and you are a great collector for giving this man the recognition he deserves for preserving history in all of those pieces. A great pleasure to watch these videos.

Fun to see this classy gentleman collect die cast cars....I'm 12 and started the collection in early April Good luck Jim , may you collect foreve

Super great collection......it definitely takes the gentleman to great memories and stories!

Brilliant a pleasure to see a collection of this magnatudte

Thanks Jim for sharing your amazing collection and thanks for your service.

What a great Beautiful collection born at the perfect time.Going thru time collecting for us to view in the future.The Collector thank you

wow mind blowing, thats cool to have a neighbor who enjoys the same thing !

Now That's entertainment..man beautiful collection...I wish I had a Neighbor like Jim!

@drshrukh

6 жыл бұрын

Hot Wheels Costa Rica hhhjii

Beautiful & diversified collection....many many thanks to let us have a view..THANK YOU

@wtffor

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, and glad you enjoyed!

Between the two of you That's a ton of amazing diecast on just one block!

I feel like very tiny right now...... You what?!? Collecting since 55? Wow!! And an actual ww2 veteran! Outmost respect to you Sir. Cheers. That second car the blue one very rare was made in Portugal. The irony me watching this and spotting that, ah ah the, odds of that.

Wonderful! I have a very small collection of Matchbox toys that my parents started buying for me straight the age of two or three

@SeansModelBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

My parebts gave me my first Hot Wheels about 40 years ago. I still have them.

What an exceptional collection of memories. This collection is a great treasury comparable to oral storytelling.... My opinion may be exaggerated but truly amazing! Wow! A living encyclopedia! Cheers and thank you for sharing. Best post I've ever seen! Double the gratitude! Take care

Great guy with loads of life stories to be told. I love how vague he is about the toy collection yet remembers the war like yesterday. Memory is recall, and his mind is still there in 1943. Seriously had all my favourites that I owned. The Pink Panther Mobile, Space 1999 craft, UFO interceptor, Bond space shuttle, Dinky Stalwart, Centurion tank and trailer, Rocket firing halftrack, Kubelwagon and field gun. My dad bough me something new every 2 weeks, I had most of the best Dinky and Corgi's around. I destroyed them all in play. What a wasteful kid I was.

now that's a real collector and share the passion he has for his cars . real cool video

What an interesting chap!

@wtffor

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

Thank You For Your Service and Allied Forces Sacrifice Jim...Great Collection of History. Thanks WTFFOR For KZread Documenting this Collection. Best Of KZread!!!

He is a cool man👌

About 30 years ago in the market of old things in Moscow, I heard from a dealer of car models: "Buy models! Collectors live long because they don’t want to part with their collections." Thank you, Jim, for turning this joke into the truth. Thank you from all the collectors of the world who, enjoying their hobbies, want just as much as you can to prolong this enjoyment. And you prove it)).

now thats a true collector...thank both for sharing

Amazing Collection!!

jim is the man,..wow he is so impressive and entertaining! thumbs-up!

Awesome collection... and I could listen to jim for hours on his war stories

Great collection and man. He speaks of 50 60 years as if it was last week. He's lived..

@wtffor

5 жыл бұрын

He is amazing, very sharp man.

hey buddy great review I knew a guy named Jim to he was in ww2 also we became close until he passed away may 2014 miss him dearly

@wtffor

8 жыл бұрын

+ron p Thank you, it is true we must appreciate our elders and friends always.

What a privilege , honor to know and interview a treasure of a man like Jim !!!!...............................Erik

@wtffor

6 ай бұрын

Yes it was, thank you Erik!

Great collection thanks for putting this on KZread hi from Lancashire England

thanks jim for letting us see your great collection best dinky and corgi collection i ever seen and hearing your stories and your service jim and all the other men you served with my dad was in ww2 ty you a lot

From one Trucker to another...From one collector to another....Major props sir! NEVER TO OLD TO COLLECT.. neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

It's nice to see some one how take care about his toys! Thumps up!

What a collection!

Great video! Amazing collection...! Thanks for sharing.

WOW amazing collection.

Outstanding!!! Please thank Jim for sharing his collection. Jim is a fine man! Wish I had a cool neighbor like him!

Love his classic collection and his wonderful story.What a tough war to live through.My grand dad lived though Japan and the Philipenes in '43-45.i hope when he passes someone with a respectful passion will keep the collection and maintain it.What an honor to know and see this man and his 60 year hobby.

I need to tell you 2 things. 1 thanks for your service.2 I love your collection. It reminds me of my Grandpa who was in Vietnam. Your collection is awesome

@wtffor

7 жыл бұрын

I'll pass on the message to Jim! Thank you!

THIS MAN IS MY IDOL. RESPECT

Wow! Jim has a trully amazing collection, really amazing! Wonderful pieces and in great state, totally a treasure 👏👏

That is a amazing and jaw-dropping mint collection of vintage toys. I wish I had a neighbor like that. They sure don"t make toys like they used to.

@ryanmccartney3567

8 жыл бұрын

They absolutely don't my friend those are some amazing pieces that he had in his collection in priceless condition, I bet those are worth a fortune!