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Who would think of building anything out of these.
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I remember the matchstick building from years ago. It was a cheap hobby.
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50 years ago we built matchstick crosses (wall hangings) in Cub Scouts. My mother was a den mother and we did it for a craft project-our little town was pretty religious so it wasn't an issue. I do remember it being an issue how to get them lit and extinguished-we had no plans.
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(01-18-2020, 07:15 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: I remember the matchstick building from years ago. It was a cheap hobby.
Nowadays a box of full size matches are a buck a box.
Fantastic, I actually looked into a few years. It was a popular hobby in the 50's and 60's.
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That was fun to watch. What a skill. Thanks.
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An amazing man doing what he loves to do. Did they mention how he makes a living gluing sticks?
I thought this model of the Eiffel Tower was designated as the tallest stick structure (at that time-2017)? Located at "Ripley's Believe it or Not" in San Antonio Texas.
If I remember- around 24 ft tall. I did stare at it for quite some time wondering how it supported itself.
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(01-19-2020, 12:54 PM)daddo Wrote: An amazing man doing what he loves to do. Did they mention how he makes a living gluing sticks?
I thought this model of the Eiffel Tower was designated as the tallest stick structure (at that time-2017)? Located at "Ripley's Believe it or Not" in San Antonio Texas.
If I remember- around 24 ft tall. I did stare at it for quite some time wondering how it supported itself.
Interesting photo, but -
what is with the . . . . ummmmm . . . "items" hanging from the ropes?
A rather unique method of displaying things in the collection.
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Looks like the hanging "things" is a representation of an Indian Sun Dance.
Kind of weird and irreverent to display it in that manner, but it is Ripley's.
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(01-19-2020, 02:22 PM)WJB Wrote: Looks like the hanging "things" is a representation of an Indian Sun Dance.
Kind of weird and irreverent to display it in that manner, but it is Ripley's.
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