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The Toy

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Initial release December 10, 1982
Directors Richard Donner
Box office47. 12 million USD (US)
Composers Patrick Williams
Screenplay Francis Veber
Carol Sobieski
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1397183
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About The Toy


Unemployed journalist Jack Brown (Richard Pryor) is attempting to make ends meet as the night janitor in a ritzy department store owned by Louisiana millionaire U. S. Bates (Jackie Gleason). On his annual visit to his father's store, Bates' pampered son, Eric (Scott Schwartz), is told he can choose one item in the toy department. To everyone's horror, he chooses Jack. Paid handsomely to spend one week with the troublesome kid, Jack soon discovers the roots of Eric's bad behavior. …

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By Alex SmithBBC News

The world's largest collection of Pokémon memorabilia amassed by a superfan over 25 years is to go under The Hammer .

A Woman from Hertfordshire - who wishes to remain Anonymous - has accumulated a World Record number of items, with More Than 20,000 set to be auctioned.

The haul will be sold as a single lot on 18 October.

An auction firm, based in Etwall, Derbyshire, believes The Collection could Make Up to £300,000.

The Collection consists of trading cards, Video Games , manga, films, posters, toys, action figures, books and even toilet paper, with items from the UK, US, France and Japan.

But after More Than two decades of catching 'em all, The Seller said she had decided to sell her haul " for financial reasons" although she will be keeping a few sentimental items.

The Guinness World Record certificate, which has been displayed at Hertford Museum as part of an exhibition on popular culture, will be kept as " an important keepsake" Derbyshire-based Auction House Hansons said.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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