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After Banner bought Thomas in 1958 they set up Alden as a subsidiary to sell the exThomas toys. Alden was located next door to the Banner building.
Alden - Card of Babies. (1)
Alden - Header card with baby and carriage. (2)
Another small maker from the 1950s who made small vehicles and these farm animals. Animals have the Allied logo on their sides in a circle but often it was not molded completely and is unreadable. Perhaps copying Auburn they painted the top of the backs of the horses and cows. Animals are hollow and were made in two pieces and glued together. See Caldwell below for more Allied info.
1950s Company located in providence R.I.
- Set#230 Colts and Corral, blistercard with two colts + corral pieces.
American Civil War
The above figures were first thought to have been produced by Ideal. It has since been learned that a small company known as ANDY GARD was the true manufacturer.
Cowboys and Indians
WWII GIs
Accessories that came with a big lot of figures. M1 Rifles are a bit smaller than MPC.
Reissue ANDY GARD - NOT MPC seated GI. About 54mm in scale. Has an attachment wedge on rear end that can easily be cut off. Made in dark olive green.
Original seated GI/construction worker, blue.(2)
Made in 1963
The Andy Gard toy soldiers were not ready when the 1963 catalog was made so they used MPC figures.
5.00 Andy Gard Cannon x 2, recast/reissue 54mm cannons (figures shown for scale and are not included). (3)
Andy Gard speed boat people.
Dogs
Andy Gard made 12 different nicely detailed dogs that were sold in header card bags and with their kennel truck.
- Andy Gard horse from horse trailer, 45mm.
Andy Gard made a fireman to accompany their Fire trucks. It looks to be based upon an Auburn figure. We have seen examples with the helmet badge numbered; 1-9. There may be two poses as the recast figures picture are holding a nozzle while the vintage yellow figures are ring hands to accept a separate nozzle or hose. Or the cavity may have be revised.
Fire Hydrant, Andy Gard??
In 1970 Giant Plastics reorganized and changed their name to ARCO (using family member's initials). They maintained offices in New York but all manufacturing was in Hong Kong. In 1985 they were sold to Mattel.
2324 Die-Cast Motorized Military Mountain Pass playset. Never played with, box top has one split. Made in 1982. Contains; two die cast motorized vehicles, 2 hard plastic mountain sections, soft plastic bridge and about 25 soldiers (45mm knockoffs of Airfix WWII GIs). Has instructions.
ARCO made a set of Vietnam war "Rambo" GIs in two sizes, approximately 2 inches and 4 inches tall.
ARCO made a series of unique fantasy figures for their THE OTHER WORLD sets in the early to mid 1980s. Most were 4-6 inches tall but Jipps and Mogs are only about two inches in height.
ARCO made these small 45mm or so fantasy figures in the 1980s.
- Linc from the Mod Squad model kit, 70mm HP.
- Fay Wray from King Kong model kit.
- Female figure from Lost in Space model kit.
- -Chauffeur from a model kit. Not sure of maker.
In the early 1950s, Ausley made hard plastic cowboys with clip on swivel arms. They come unpainted and have rectangular bases marked AUSLEY. Larger figures have also been found and we are unsure if they were also made by Ausley. These figures have an arm assembly that plugs together that also swivels. They come factory painted and have more oval bases with no markings, but with only two mold ejector pusher pin holes
Bachmann made a line of buildings and accessories tio go with their trains called Plasticville. The Plasticville range covered a wide range of "O" scale buildings for model train layouts. Animals are about 30mm in scale. Made of hard plastic
Bachmann Brothers made varying items in varying scales. Pump above is 45-50mm other items 30-35mm.
Plasticville line also included several different kinds of fence including the split wood fence seen above.
Good for 54/60mm figures.
Big tree, 4 inches tall.
Banner was owned by Emanuel Pressner and Bernard Schiller about 1944 at 150 Buckner Blvd, Bronx New York. They bought Bergen Toy and Novelty (BETON) in 1958 and Bonnie Bilt and Thomas MFG (toys) about 1960. They went out of business around 1967.
Freedom Fighters Military Set, carded bagged set (taken out for picture), AA Gun & tractor are Banner. The two soldiers are Bergen which was taken over by Banner in 1958.
- Canoe, logo inside, HP, yellow, about 6 inches long.
Picture courtesy Sharon Elosser.
Most vehicles are about 30mm in scale.
Circus train car.
Train, SP.
Nice old hard plastic mini vehicle and train set. I assume you break them apart for play. Never used, but one break in the plastic. Original rubber bands that held the two strips of vehicles to the card degraded so replaced.
Army truck, hard plastic body with tin top and hard rubber wheels. Cannon is hard plastic with wooden wheels. Both pieces have the Banner logo. About 45mm in scale.
Rocker HP with damage as seen above + 2 babies.
BEST Baby, 70-80mm, vinyl.
White Tastee freez sundae premiums.
Bonnie Bilt may have been the retail arm of Hardy Molding. The series of Hardy vehicles were also sold in Bonnie Bilt packaging. Any information on the connection between these two companies would be welcomed. Banner Toys ended up with many of the molds.
Cowboys, horses & cattle are all hard plastic.
Jaunting cart.
Bonnie Bilt boxed fire engine for you to build, has instructions.
20.00 Fire engine as seen, Peg attaching horse to wheel is broken but can be glued.
Bonnie Bilt boxed Stake wagon.
Also sold in England at Spencer stores.
Bonnie Bilt made some semiround/flat GIs in the 50s. Someone made smaller copies which were sold by PAL in Headercard bags and REMCO with their bulldog tank.
Brumberger located in New York made primarily photography accessories They did make some toys including Walkie Talkies and tin banks. In 1968 toy maker T.Cohn filed for bankruptcy and Brumberger bought their molds and tooling. They used this equipment to make toy doll houses, service stations as well as; farm, Fort Comanche and military play sets at least through 1979.
Prehistoric family as seen above. Both figures marked 1988 The Carnegie Safari LTD Miami FL, Australpithecus 1.4 meters Made in China. Man also marked MALE & woman FEMALE. Made of a rubbery plastic and about four inches tall.
A small compny based in NJ.
Tank (blow molded) with headercard bag, Tim-Mee figure to show scale and is not included. Tank removed from bag for picture.
Made by Commonwealth Products of Massachusetts (a commonwealth) these figures were perhaps made first but we think they were made due to the popularity of the Van Brode premiums. It is possible that the molds for both the Van Brode and Commonwealth figures were made by the same mold maker. In 1951 when first made they were sold painted in window boxes in sets of 12. Then they were sold in four boxed sets of eight figures and also on individual cards (pictured below). The quality of painting varies and the figures can also be found unpainted in a variety of colors. The figures have bases with two raised diamonds on the underside as can be seen in the above picture on the right. Some countries have male and female figures but most do not. A boxed set of all 32 figures in the flesh colored plastic was also sold complete with paints for the child to decorate the figures. In later years (probably after Alaska became a state in 1959) five of the bases were revised and given new names; Eskimo to ALASKA, Early American to ENGLAND, China Boy to JAPAN, India to SIKH and Austria to SWITZERLAND (man). These revised names have only been found in the later unpainted plastic colors. So a total of 37 figures in 32 poses have been found to date. In later years the unpainted versions were sold in small header bags as seen below and the mold was sent to Mexican here they were also made and distributed in Rubenstein International (a promotions company) also in small header card bags. I have been told these figures were also used as ice cream premiums with the two diamonds fitting into slots in the plastic holder and the surrounded by ice cream. You would then need to eat the ice cream to see which figure you got. These may also have been Nabisco cereal premiums. There was a Commonwealth Moulding Company in Australia and maybe there was a connection with the US company. Distinct Asian poses have been found in Australia in lots containing poses identical those made in the USA. Perhaps a friendship stuck up during WWII led to a joint international operation.
The above group came from Australia with poses not made in the USA.
Commonwealth sold the figures, factory painted in sets of eight (four sets) and individually on cards.
May be two different companies.
MIP set of GIs. Copies of Tim-Mee and smaller in size.
1964 Deluxe Reading catalog pictures show the exciting Armored Battalion. It was part of the "Johnny Seven""Topper Toys" line up by Deluxe Reading. Of interest it appears that the figures were not ready when the catalog was made and three MPC ringhands can be seen in the photo.
Above picture shows two incomplete examples of some of the vehicles that came with the white GIs. The jeep is bigger than 54mm.
30mm Sailors.
We know of at least 11 human figure poses made for the Deluxe Reading rocket base playsets. Not included in the above photo is the Astronaut in seat for one of the space capsules. Also made to ride in one of the three space capsules were a dog and a monkey. The third capsule held equipment.
From the same 1964 Johnny Seven, Topper Toys catalog by Deluxe Reading is the above service station playset. Two of the figures are based upon Auburn poses. Made of soft plastic in orange.
54mm Firemen & jumper (jumper picture courtesy Bill Sencio).
The Deluxe Reading vs Eldon dilemma
The firemen on foot pictured below were sold with firetrucks made by Deluxe Reading and Eldon. Obviously based upon the MPC ring hands the actual maker is unknown. The white accessories are very similar to the ones made by MPC and the ones pictured below came with a Deluxe Reading firetruck but we can't be totally sure some were not made by MPC. The Deluxe Reading fire truck drivers are silver and have clip on red helmets. The Eldon drivers were also made in a silver color but their helmets are molded onto the heads. Foot pegs for Deluxe Reading truck attachment are often missing or short.
Unknown Maker Firemen on Foot
Topper Toys by Deluxe Reading. Silly Safari game pieces. Thanks to Roger Meservey for the ID.
Dillon beck made small 30mm scale hard plastic vehicles in the 1950s and sold under their own name and used Wannatoy as a brand name.
- 30/35MM Tractor.
- Firetruck, 3 inches long, HP.
11040 Dragonriders of the Styx playset; Sold in 1982 from the Pennys Christmas catalog whose catalog item number 655-2053 is marked on the plain box twice. The castle with instructions, playmat and large dragon are still in their factory sealed bags. The other figures have been taken out of their bags but look unplayed with. The printed paper above the two piece vacuform mountain lists the figures you should receive. There was one fewer gargoyle, but two extra demons, one extra knight and one extra titan for a total of 115 figures. Penny's catalog information and pictures courtesy Joseph Svec.
DFC 11301 Fantasy Heroes; header card bag, 20 pieces, MIB.
Fantasy Figures
Made in Hong Kong for DFC.
Later in the 80s? a company Sky Kids got the molds and revised some of the poses.
In the early 1980s DFC made a series of playsets. The prehistoric set came with a heavy vinyl playmat, three vacuform "mountains", cardboard raft and a nice series of 45mm cavemen compatible with Marx, a series of smaller animals mostly copied from Processed Plastic (Tim-Mee) and a double set (12 animals) of copies of Sinclair dinosaurs. The Sinclair dinosaur mold was made in 1964 for the Sinclair Oil Company who sold bagged sets of these dinosaurs at the 1964 World's Fair. The "Sinclair" dinosaurs are also compatible in scale with Marx. All in all a nice set if you can find one.
- Cardboard "raft".
Cavemen
Made in Hong Kong for DFC. The above picture shows one butterscotch and five cream cavemen made by Marx and the five dark brown cavemen made by DFC. As you can see the DFC figures are compatible with Marx figures.
The first "fat" triceratops is I think a copy of a cereal premium. The other seven are thin copies of the 1970s Processed Plastic prehistoric(Tim-Mee) animals. All are marked made in Hong Kong for DFC.
Pack of three 1/72 WWII playsets as seen above. Each set has 35 pieces including soldiers a tank or jeep and a vinyl playmat. Dated 1983 and made in Hong Kong.
The Plastic Toys & Noveltiies Corporation was founded by Michael "Mickey" Denmark after WWII and in business until about 1985. Based in Brooklyn NY products from this company are often incorrectly thought to have been made by Payton.
The Plastic Toys and Novelties Corporation made copies of the Tim-Mee 60mm GIs in Metallic blue and army green. These were misidentified as having been made by Eldon in the Geppert Guide.
- Reissue 48583 Combat Soldiers; 28 Pieces. Made by Victory Buy.
Combat Soldier Set, carded bagged set (removed for picture). Has unique rocket shooter + six copies of Tim-Mee GIs.
Thanks to and ad by Bill Kipper in PLAYSET MAGAZINE (see pictures above) we have found out that figures that we thought were by MPC are instead by a small company known as "DK" Plastic Toys & Novelties Co. The figures have been found in gold, silver and metallic blue and are of the "ringhand" style which caused the identification problems.
WWII Military Figures
Thanks to Paul Greundler for the ID on these figures.
The 45mm Marines came in small numbers in sets with; LCVPs, Helicopters, cargo planes and transport ships. The sets usually had one or two of the similar size military vehicles as seen above.
Elmar, tiny 5 piece white replica of the US Capitol Building in a small suitcase box (some damage to box).
Figure grouping and Transogram Photos courtesy of Rick Koch.
These figures were designed by Marcel Jovine the man who also designed the visible man & woman kits for Renwal. He later found fame designing various medals including those used in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. Born in Italy Mr. Jovine was in the Italian army in WWII and was captured by the allies in North Africa and sent to the USA as a POW. After the war he stayed in the USA and pursued his love of sculpture. The Emenee Fairy Tale figures were produced in 1951. They were part of the "Once Upon a Time" series by the Emenee Toy Company (thanks to Bob Wilson of Phoenix Toys for pointing this out). Ememee mainly made toy musical instruments, but made other odd toys such as a Munsters mold set as well. Each little Once Upon a Time window box would hold the figures and accessories from one fairy tale along with a copy of the story. These early 50s figures were made of a rubber like vinyl and some had painted highlights. Like most eastern US toy companies Emenee had an office/showroom in the Toy Building at 200 5th Avenue in New York City. Paul Stadinger has also found the figures in a series know as Playbook in which six fairy tales are each given there own small book/box and dated 1958. The six fairy tales in this series are; Vol.1 The Three Little Pigs, Vol. 2 Little Red Riding Hood, Vol. 3 Jack and the Beanstalk, Vol. 4 Hansel and Gretel, Vol. 5 The Three Bears and Vol. 6 Cinderella. There is no manufacturer on these boxes, but the pictures at Paul's site show that the figures do not seem to be painted and they look like they are made of polyethylene. At some point Transogram (thanks to Rick Koch for this information) either leased or bought the molds and in 1963 released the figures in a polyethylene soft plastic as part of their "Story Time Erasable Coloring Set" series. We are uncertain how many different pieces were made but have seen the number "65" on back of the "grandmother" and some pieces apparently do not have a number. The older Emenee figures (some accessories were a stiffer plastic) were made of rubber like vinyl and factory painted (competition for the Marx fairykins?), while later Transogram figures are unpainted and made of polyethylene soft plastic. Both Emenee and Transogram seems to have kept the figure colors the same over the years. In the 1980s copies without numbers and marked HONG KONG were made but we are unsure of who made them or how they were sold.
In 1946 Caldwell Molding started up in Canada. By 1948 they had moved to the Bronx in NYC and then to nearby Pelham Manor around 1955. They made molds for others and also for themselves with their primary business of making plastic buttons for clothing. They also started making molds that made small toys. They set up a subsidiary, Empire Plastic (New York is the "Empire state) to sell the toys they were making. They made all sorts of small vehicles as well as farm animals. They made the mold making the hollow belly animals Ohio Art used in their farm playsets. In 1960 they were sold to Carolina's Enterprises and moved to the Raleigh Durham area (Tarboro) of North Carolina. There they made a line of 3 inch jointed western figures sold on blister cards that competed with Marx's similar line. They also started making blow molded Halloween and Christmas decorations that would light up and be used inside or out. In 1976 for the Centennial they made a set of six inch figures. There were 8 figures, 5 colonials and 3 Indians. A few years later they made the four space figures during the Star Wars craze. When Marx went out of business in 1979 they bought the tooling to make the "Big Wheel" tricycle but it seems the toy range was phased put in the 80s. They became part General Foam Dynamics in the 1980s who went out of business in the late 1990s.
Fish rattle, one of the first plastic figures made, circa 1948/49, HP, blue.
Twirl-N-Toss, plate on a stick.
White house model kit. Looks like it is all there and still has the original tubes of glue.
- Jet about three inches long, HP, marked under Right wing; EMPIRE 53, LOCKHEED SHOOTING STAR, unde left wing; F-80-C, ALLISON J33, 5200 LBS THRUST, 600 M.P.H. Unsure if EMPIRE 53 denotes Empire plastic.
Larger hog; 1 cream, 1 brown.
Empire Plastics also sold under the Hav A Toy name as can be seen on the box in the picture below. Most of the large animals are hollow and act as rattles. Animals with legs are marked HAV A TOY inside one leg.
Rocking horse rocker with original destroyed box.
Dog picture courtesy Sharon Elosser.
Dog rattle; 1 light gray with black swirl.
Red horse picture courtesy Sharon Elosser.
Horse rattle; 2 light gray with black swirl
Cow rattle.
Swan rattle.
Pig photo courtesy of Mike Germain.
Pig rattle.
EMPIRE (CALDWELL PRODUCTS) PLASTIC CORP. VEHICLES
Boxed set, 40 Vehicles, hard plastic, Circa 1950-52, Empire Plastic Corp with Bronx address.
- Most common Empire vehicles perhaps due to comic book sales. 1956 ad has changed the name of the trolley cars which were being phased out across the US to a "bus".
Circa late 1940-50s. Sold by both Empire Plastic Corp and under the Vibro-Roll name which might have been an Empire trade/brand name.
Empire Plastics (Caldwell), streamliner on card, hard plastic, circa 1950-54.
Empire made some nice mini airplanes that were then copied by Lido and may have influenced MPC. They were originally made in hard plastic but by the time they moved to Pelham they were made in "UNBREAKABLE" soft plastic. The Lido copies are marked "LIDO" and include a X-15 that was not made by Empire.
Caldwell made a nice air craft carrier about 8 inches long. It came with four small HP jets.
Carded sets pictures courtesy ravenrose413 on ebay.
Photo courtesy of Steve Nyland who ID'd them for us.
These spacemen are pictured bigger than actual size (about 1 inch high). They were also made in a larger scale by Coma of Spain (or Italy). These may have been made in the US and copied by Coma (or vice versa). They date to the 1950s.
MAYBE EMPIRE?? Photo courtesy ravenrose413 on ebay.
In 1961 Empire of NY was sold south to Tarboro NC becoming part of Carolina Enterprises. It became part of General Foam Dynamics in the 1990s.
These large 5 to 6 inch figures were produced for the 1976 bicentennial celebration. They were sold in header card bags and individually as "bin" toys. They were made of a slightly stiffer plastic than polyethylene, perhaps polypropylene and can be damaged. Original colors were; blue, red & yellow but some were also made in a nice tan.
Picture courtesy Chris Saloman.
Tanker Truck, MIB, 1960s era about 6-8 inches long. Made of polyethylene.
Teeny Tiny Trains, 1977, with marble rolling action.
Based in Michigan the Littleton and Yoquelet families launched Gay Toys Inc. in 1962, changing its name to American Plastic Toys in 1986. They are still in business.
Photo courtesy Chris Salomon.
Gay also made a blow molded barn with window insert ( seen in 1965 Spiegel catalog). It was filled with 8 different kinds of farm animals made in white soft plastic. The four smaller animals seem to be based upon Auburn.
Once thought to be made by Empire Plastic the box in the picture above is marked Gay Toys. Gay Toys briefly made four large 5 to 6 inch scale space figures. Probably in the late 1970s when Star Wars and Buck Rogers were popular. Photo of two figures in the center courtesy Rick Koch.
CUSTER'S LAST STAND
Gibbs was a small molding company in Henderson Kentucky. We believe they made mostly auto parts but in the mid 1950s they made a unique Custer's Last Stand playset. It came in a can that advertised there being 80 figures, but we have found 84 different pieces pictured including; 1 wagon, four teepees with unique artwork, 7 horses without riders, 17 horses with riders and 55 figures on foot. Also included was a booklet on the battle and a map of the battlefield. The figures are roughly 40/45mm in scale and semiflat. They can be found in hard and soft plastic (some cans have a combination of both). The 7th Cavalry are in blue and usually the mounted Indians are in red and the foot Indians in yellow, but we have found a few foot Indians in red. The hard plastic figures are prone to damage and getting the cavalry horses in soft plastic still attached to their bases is difficult. We like the set as every figure was a different pose. Figure top left is usually assumed to be Custer. Of course the 7th did not have a wagon and their swords were left behind (so they would not rattle and give the troops away) and not at the battle.
Gibert made a series of 3 1/2 inch figures from the 007 James Bond spy movies. They are made of an odd hard plastic and factory painted.
- Warriors Play Set, MOC, blistercard, dated 1985, same space/fantasy/Viking figures with clip on weapons, also sold by Marty Toys (see below).
Halsams is primarily known for their domino sets, American Bricks and American logs sets. In the early to mid 1960s they made a wooden fort playset "FORT AMERICA" Earlier sets will have Lido figures (as shown on the box) but as Lido went out of business in 1964 Halsams at some point switched to Tim-Mee Toys for figure supply (box lid stayed the same showing Lido figures). Although we have see a few sets with Lido figures they usually have the Tim-Mee ones.
- Kilroy was here, pregnant girl. First figure made by Hartland using a humorous WWII slogan.
Large gray & white prancing horse NOT HARTLAND BUT A HONG KONG COPY OF A BREYER HORSE.
3-4 Inch horse.
Figires,from 1957 game Fearless Fireman, HP.
Marvel Handful of Heros circa 2010. 30-35mm plastic figures.
Hasbro Star Wars command figures about 54mm in scale.
2.00 Battle droid, redbrown. (8)
2.00 Battle droid, tan. (6)
5.00 Darth Vader, silver. (2)
5.00 Emperor Palpatine, silver. (NONE)
2.00 Royal guard, red. (1)
2.00 Imperial pilot with pistol, black. (9)
3.00 Stormtrooper? weapon at waist, silver.(1)
2.00 Imperial officer pistol pointed forward, gray. (2)
2.00 Imperial officer pistol pointed up, gray. (2)
2.00 Stormtrooper standing weapon pointed upward, white. (3)
2.00 Stormtroooper standing shooting long weapon, white. (2)
2.00 Stormtrooper standing with short weapon, white. (13)
2.00 Stormtrooper kneeing shooting short weapon, white, (9)
2.00 Stormtrooper standing looking forward, weapon at waist, white. (1)
2.00 Stormtrooper facing left weapon pointed down, very light gray.(5)
2.00 Stormtrooper standing with binoculars, white. (5)
2.00 Stormtrooper kneeling with long weapon, white. (2)
2.00 Stormtrooper standing facing forward long weapon at waist, white. (3)
2.00 Stormtrooper standing facing left weapon at waist, white. (1)
2.00 Tuskan Raider sand people with staff overhead, tan. (3)
3.00 Round droid, orange. (3)
3.00 Droid, headless, silver/gray. (4)
3.00 Alien, purple. (1)
3.00 Human weapon pointed upwards, silver. (1)
3.00 Woman crouching with weapon,red. (4)
3.00 Man (Boba Fett?) with two pistols, gold. (NONE)
3.00 With red light saber,red. (2)
4.00 With four arms and light sabers.(1)
4.00 Obi Wan? light saber to the side, brown. (9)
4.00 Obi Wan? light saber to the front, brown. (8)
5.00 Yoda, gold. (NONE)
3.00 R2D2; 2 blue, 3 black.
2.00 Hoth Rebel trooper, standing, light blue. (3)
2.00 Hoth Rebel trooper, kneeling light blue. (4)
2.00 Hoth Rebel walking, gray.(4)
3.00 With blue light saber, silver. (1)
3.00 With blue light saber, gold.(3)
5.00 Luke?, rebel pilot, gold. (1)
4.00 With blue light saber, gold. (2)
1.00 Rebel pilot walking, orange. (7)
2.00 Rebel pilot running, orange. (1)
1.00 Rebel pilot standing hand with pistol held out, orange. (8)
5.00 Gold Luke with blue light saber.(2)
4.00 Chewbacca with bow, brown. (4)
5.00 Han Solo with pistol, 2 blue, 1 gold
2.00 Snowtrooper standing, white. (7)
2.00 Snowtrooper running, white, (5)
2.00 Pilot with pistol, light gray. (4)
2.00 Hoth rebel kneeling with binoculars. (5)
SEE BELOW - AT-AT, gray small. (2)
5.00 Darth Vader walking, silver.(NONE)
4.00 Boba Ferr with ywo pistols, silver. (NONE)
5.00 Mace Wido with light saber, gold. (2)
4.00 Luke with green light saber, gold. (1)
2.00 All green Luke? with light saber. (1)
5.00 C3PO, yellow. (NONE)
2.00 Rebel pilot fighting, orange. (NONE)
2.00 Land speeder. (NONE)
2.00 Small gray transport?
2.00 Tie fighter.(2)
3.00 Vader's Tie fughter. (NONE)
2.00 Smaller Tie fighter. (1)
2.00 Yellow ship. (2)
2.00 Four prong black ship.(1)(
2.00 X-Wing fighter. (2)
below the others.
2.00 Yellow ship with peg for attachment to?.(1)
2.00 Snow speeder. (6)
2.00 Transport lighter gray. (2)
2.00 Blue figuter (2)
2.00 Transport; 1 darker gray, 1 lighter gray.
3.00 AT-AT.(3)
3.00 Bug like land vehicle. (1)
below the others
2.00 AT-ST. (3)
Another small US company. They made a number of toys including medieval fantasy and WWII playsets. The figures were made in Hong Kong.
Fantasy figures are about 50-52mm in scale. The knights are based upon Britains deetail poses.
About 1981 Helm Toy copied (in Hong Kong) some of the Marx German and American poses (barbwire, small cannon, six Germans & the first three GIs in the picture) and three Deluxe Reading poses (Three GIs on right in picture) to put in their own sets. These are not found very often. They are a bit smaller than the Marx originals (probably pantographed) and each base is usually marked "HELM TOY HONG KONG".
Germans were made in light grays.
HG Toys started in the 1950s and has made many licensed toys. In the late 1970s they took over; Winneco, Palmer & Payton + used some of the old T.Cohn molds and made a number of playsets.
In 1979 HG came out with a Buck Rogers playset. Human figures are about 40mm in scale while the robot aliens are smaller.
Space station as seen above, yellow hard plastic with three separate legs and drop down ladder + transparent red dome.
Starfighter, white SP.
Draconian Maurauder, maroon SP.
From an early 80s HG playset. Playset picture courtesy Joseph Svec.
Western playset cowboys lot as seen above.
After the Russian Sputnik was launched powers that be panicked and went around trying new ways to give children a better education. Houghton Mifflin along with a group of college professors developed these plastic objects to be used with a Kindergarten program "Getting Ready To Read" to help children learn consonants. Developed in the mid 1960s the 88 objects were first made in red. In 1981 the set was revised, enlarged and the now 114 plastic objects switched from being made in red to yellow.
Wagon is marked Hubley. Others are not but were are pretty sure all are by Hubley as they have the unique attachment points.
Hubley made a nice metal poutry and swine farm trucks as seen in the 1957 catalog ad. The crates and pigs are hard plastic, the fowl soft plastic.
Motorcycle cop, wheels are vinyl the rest is hard plastic.
After LIDO was sold one of the owners, Effram Arenstein along with the man who made Raggady Andy dolls set up Toy Innovations/Innovative Promotions in Hong Kong. Among the products they made were copies of Timpo's swoppets. In 1972 copies of Timpo American Revolution figures were used as give aways at Shell gasoline stations. These same figures became more popular when sold on blister cards during the bicentennial of 1976 and to collectors they are called "Men of 76".
There were 12 different Shell Gasoline giveaways.
There were ten different blistercards with 2 or 3 figures + a cannon or horse.
Black sedan as seen above, about 6 inches long.
These Popeye figures were not made by MPC, but by Irwin Due to the hole in their bases it had been assumed they were made by MPC. Marked K.F.S. (Kings Feature Syndicate)owners of the Popeye copyright. 1/32 in scale. Jim McGough provided pictures of the figures in a canoe clearly marked Irwin. See the ALL OTHER USA MADE A-O page for availability
We believe these figures were made by Irwin but have not seen them in packaging or a catalog. They can be found with or without bases. The first base in a circle with a hole that was used to attached the figures to packaging. We have also found the mother with a more complete base. They were made in red, blue yellow & white soft plastic.
In the mid to late 1940s Judy Toys made a series of Farm sets. The people, vehicles and animals are made of a bakelite type of dense hard rock like plastic. The vehicles are almost 2-D. Most items are painted in one color. Farm buildings in the playsets are made of a heavy cardstock/cardboard.
Thanks to Greg Plain for the ID.
The small standing chick is marked Knickerbocker Plastic Co. Other are unmarked. They all came together but may be by Thomas Toys or Empire Plastic. Most likely used as Easter basket toys.
Hollow belly animals. Marked MADE IN USA up inside the animal and LAPIN - PRODUCTS just inside bellyedge on left side. About 3 inches long by 1 3/4 inches tall.
- M-TOY #1003, dated 1983, Warriors of the Galaxy, space fantasy figures.
- Gold figures
- Gray figures.
Figures in picture are part of the 1957 Hasbro Game Fearless Fireman.
Ferris wheel marked "MARVI NO.10 U.S.A.", HP. As seen above.
Carry case for the Mattel circus gas station give aways. Neat vinyl folds open.
- 10.00 EACH 1972 Mattel Shell Oil premiums, bags opened to show contents. Compatible with Marx circus playsets.
These 54/60mm cowboys were made in the late 1970s for a The Power Shop "sawmill" set where kids got to cut things to make a western town. Like to see that for sale today....
- Two thingmaker rubber GIs, one with backpack.
- NONE - Mattel Heros in Action (1976)Pair of 3-4 inch swivel waist GIs. Thanks to Michael a. Bradsell for the ID.
Mattell made a series of vinyl soldiers about 70mm in size. Titles "GUTS" they depiced various special force style warriors including Green Berets as seen above.
GREEN BERETS
These figures all had some type of bondo put over the MT 1988 CHINA markings found on the backs of the figures and were then painted. We have stripped the new paint, but the bondo type material is still there although you can see through it.
Attack boat, deck cracked and needs repair. Hard plastic olive army green.
Miller made these; blow molded, waxy, very fragile aliens (Earth Invaders) in the 1950s. I remember have some including the purple people eater lower right (made after a popular humorous song came out with the same title). Can't remember who sent these photos.
Made of hard plastic we know nothing about this brand.
In 1983 Multi Toys sold a playset based upon the the popular 1980s TV show "The Love Boat". It came with the figures seen above, the first six are hard plastic, factory painted and represent the ship's crew. They were the regular cast led by Gavin Macleod as the Captain Stubing. The single colored figures represent the weekly guest stars who usually had some travail but eventually found love aboard the boat by the end of each weeks show. They have three dress styles; formal, casual & bathing suits. Figures are about 50mm in size. Characters are marked under their bases; "C 1983, Aaron Spelling Prod. Inc". All figures are marked "MTC" on their backs which we assume stands for the Multi Toys Inc.
Football Chess pictures courtesy of Frank Cecala.
These football players are dated 1967 and are about 70mm in scale. There were made in gold and silver as part of a "Football Chess" game. Perhaps the red and blue figures were in header card bags. They would make good cake toppers. Made of a stiffer "soft" plastic in red and blue.
Above picture courtesy Mark Hegeman.
Norge made a series of soft plastic US President from Washington through LBJ. Half round with name and other information on the flat rear side.
Brown and bronze are the two common colors. The back of each flag has the presidents name, number, years he was president and other information.
Camel is by Nosco, but we are unsure about the reindeer. Circa 1950-55.