Cost of the fire truck

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chuckybaby-928-790328 — 15 years ago(December 19, 2010 09:54 PM)

Could someone tell me what they said the price of the fire engine was that the little boy asked for? I thought they said $8.50 or $4.50.

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fastobe — 15 years ago(December 24, 2010 08:22 AM)

I am pretty sure Kris said $8.50. Per the cost index I looked at, this would be about $80 in today's dollars.

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ablast — 14 years ago(December 25, 2011 07:38 PM)

Yeah, it was $8.50was thinking that was a lot of money back then!!
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strntz — 13 years ago(July 28, 2012 07:03 PM)

Yeah, a lot of money back then, but if you were to examine toys from that era, they'd prove to be worth the money. That firetruck would have most likely been American made, or perhaps German. Toys from that era were exceptionally well made and finished out, unlike the total crap that comes out of China these days. With only a little care, a toy like that would last the child's childhood, and his children's as well if he held on to it.

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hifijohn — 11 years ago(December 12, 2014 07:03 PM)

a toy like that back then would have been made out of thick metal and lasted a life time.

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kw25x — 11 years ago(December 20, 2014 03:33 AM)

Most likely lead and poisonous. Ha ha!

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rship1 — 11 years ago(December 22, 2014 10:30 AM)

A toy firetruck that has, as described by the boy, a real hose & squirts real water probably would be around $50 today

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isitin — 11 years ago(December 22, 2014 12:06 PM)

And would last one season before you had to throw it away.
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jgroub — 10 years ago(December 10, 2015 09:55 PM)

Not German. Not in 1947. Not after Germany had been bombed flat in WW II and their industry hadn't recovered yet.
Yes, it definitely would have been a quality toy, no doubt. But still - 85 bucks!?! That's a sh!tload for a little kid, especially just coming out of a war.
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fiveforme — 11 years ago(December 22, 2014 12:33 PM)

The CPI Inflation Calculator that I checked was $90.01.
However, that would only be money. If you could find one of those with a working hose today, it would easily cost hundreds.