I have found that if you watch the cheap knock offs at Walmart/Target/kmart/biglots ect every once in a while you come across somthing really cool. For intance I recently purchased this horrible construction set because it came with is amazing crane. Don't get me wrong everything else in the set clearly garbage put the crane is great. Its in store now by the way.

Sometimes the tonka stuff is dead on too like there garbage truck or fire truck. Hell even the stuff you get a toysrus is great for the Oktober guard.