Another cutting lost to the mists of time,
probably another syndicated piece from a Floridian paper, and it could be one
of the first 'Bendy Toys', if not the original, it's not something I've studied
that closely! LRM not LRG . . . go Bendy!
It appears - from the hat - to have been
aimed at the Halloween market? Anyone know anything else about it? Wham-O or Uncle Milton perhaps?
Confiscated toys went to the very top of our kitchen dresser. My younger brother was notorious for coming home from school with small toys obtained by curious means. One time, in 1966, he came home with the first "Bendy" toy I ever saw. They were all the rage at school for a few weeks, and he tried bringing one home.
ReplyDeleteThe Bendy was called "Mr Zebra", I think, but I don't know why. I've never seen one again and he fails to show up in Google searches. So far. I think the character had a bowler hat and the typical skinny limbs with wire inside. I also remember the day my mother put this confiscated item out with the old toys being sent off to The Smith Family appeal when we were getting ready to move house in 1971.
I have never found an image of him. But this one in your blog might be close!
The cauuting came from the James Chase collection, which extented from the late 1930's until about 1980 at the latest, so this could fit in with your target date of - what I gather to be - the late 60's?
ReplyDeleteGlad you found it! What's Andor like at this time of Universal Rythem, it's all a bit grim here at the moment, I'm afraid!
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Cutting!
ReplyDeleteLooks like he's British, I picked one up today at Sandown Park toy fair, with made in England on the base.
ReplyDelete11.11.11 lest we forget . . . we will remember them.
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