I have been building-up a bunch of
Nostalgia folders for anytime, or even a new Blog I've half a mind to at some
point, but this one needs to go out at this time of year so it might as well be
this year, as these were in our Christmas stockings many, many moons ago.
I can't now remember if we got two each one
year, one each over two years, or one each with the spare mouse and cat
retained by Mum? The fact is I do remember 'the' mice (at least two) being in
Christmas stockings (which we always seemed to open about 4am!) one year toward
the back end of the 1970's.
Made by the German firm Pelikan (pelican) similar-to but
unrelated to Schwan-Stabilo, another
German stationer, I don't know how many there were in the series or what other
animals might have been produced, while Google and feeBay only seem to confirm
they are hard to find! The black's dried-out and the green's gone a bit weird,
while the Blue's gone turquoise!
I'd shot three before the blue one
turned-up elsewhere, I don't know how they ended-up here, as they should have
been played-with to death with by my Brother and I, but I guess Mum saved them
when we'd gone off to big school! Nice thing to find many years later anyway!
They are similar to a series of trucks/cars
both freewheeling and - I think - pull-back motor, which were also given
animal/rodent faces and big coloured wheels, which were also popular novelties
at the time, we had a gray rabbit and . . . a yellow cat? Also Crimbo-stocking
presents but long gone now. D'you remember these?
4 comments:
What a coincidence that you posted about these recently! Last night as I was falling asleep, the memory of these markers suddenly swam up from the depths of my brain. I never had them but used to see them in some catalog that was around in the '80s and always thought they were so cute.
Well Anon' I'm pleased they were here for you to find, as I know I failed to find them when I Googled them prior to blogging them! They MUST turn-up on eBay occasionally? If you ever find the catalogue, we'd love a scan of them!
H
I have 11 Elf or Dwarf markers by Pelikan, Made in Germany. They are definitely 'Vintage' collectibles; .... any idea of value ?
No, Anon, I'm afraid not, it would seem that this post is all there is on the Internet! Presumably yours stand like the cat, with pointy-hats uppermost? They sound delightful and we'd love photographs . . .
H
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