Fact is, a gun-wielding Sylvester Stallone as Rambo marked the end of the Golden Age of the metal collectibles. Urban legend has it that the change was sparked by an effort among Florida moms to push the state legislature to ban the metal boxes, because kids were using them to whack one another. Woodall recounted how the lunch box industry went plastic in 1986. He invites visitors to touch them, and even purchase his duplicates (price tags average $85-$150). Most of the collection is not locked behind glass. His most expensive pieces - a metal lunch box and thermos bearing Toppie, the Top Value Stamp Elephant from the ’60s - are valued at nearly $10,000. The museum's most expensive pieces - a metal lunch box and thermos bearing Toppie, the Top Value Stamp Elephant from the ’60s - are valued at nearly $10,000.
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