A couple of those items in the collection are nostalgic for me! Many years ago, when I was still a teenager, my Uncle Carlo -- my father's younger brother -- came from Italy with his wife to visit us in Novato, California. They were my Godparents (I was going to say he was my Godfather, but I didn't want any misunderstandings). They brought me a special gift from Italy. It was a little white Corgi diecast X1/9 with a green roof, pulling the speedboat! X1/9s started turning my head when I was 14. I'm not sure if my parents told them about my interest in X1/9s, but before I got their gift I had already bought the same Corgi diecast X1/9, with more typical colors -- green with a black roof -- and no boat. Until I got the gift I didn't even know X1/9s could pull a boat.