Pages

▼

Thursday, September 6, 2018

F is for First Bendy?

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!

Bendy Man; Bendy Toys; Cuttings; Ephemera; Novelties; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Toy; PVC; PVC Figurines; PVC Plastic Toy Figurines; PVC Rubber; PVC Toy; PVC Vinyl Figures; PVC Vinyl Rubber; Rubber Figurine; Rubber Man; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Uncle Milton; Wham-O;

Bendy Man; Bendy Toys; Cuttings; Ephemera; Novelties; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Toy; PVC; PVC Figurines; PVC Plastic Toy Figurines; PVC Rubber; PVC Toy; PVC Vinyl Figures; PVC Vinyl Rubber; Rubber Figurine; Rubber Man; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Uncle Milton; Wham-O;
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?
at

7 comments:

  1. Therin of AndorMay 5, 2020 at 5:16 AM

    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.

    The 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!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hugh WalterMay 5, 2020 at 5:23 PM

    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?

    Glad 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!

    H

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AnonymousDecember 10, 2024 at 7:09 AM

      I have one of these and it’s at least 60 years old
      Any ideas where I might find out more please?

      Delete
  3. Hugh WalterMay 5, 2020 at 5:24 PM

    Cutting!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Hugh WalterNovember 11, 2023 at 8:57 PM

    Looks like he's British, I picked one up today at Sandown Park toy fair, with made in England on the base.

    11.11.11 lest we forget . . . we will remember them.

    H

    ReplyDelete
  5. Hugh WalterDecember 10, 2024 at 7:02 PM

    None at all I'm afraid Anon, this is all I have on the subject after which I found an actual figure over here (UK), other than that nothing, I don't even know what paper this is from or when, but it could be as early as the 1940's from other stuff in the same collection?

    H

    ReplyDelete
  6. Hugh WalterDecember 13, 2024 at 11:32 PM

    Yes, do, I'm just as interested!

    H

    ReplyDelete

Put your bit here and thanks for visiting....Feel free to correct, add something, ask a question, have a dig or blow a metaphorical raspberry!