As I posted some of this back in lockdown and as the lockdowns are all a couple of years ago, they might as well go here too! A rather eclectic collection, but the 'Seen Elsewhere' folder is one I have managed to migrate, find and get to grips with.
From the Hong Kong firm
Star Toys' catalogue, their range of
Timpo/Britains (and other makes?) wagon/coach clones. Amusing to see both Stage Coaches ripped-off, and
Britains horses on
Timpo bases.
This is from the retailer
Josef Kober of Vienna's catalogue, from the mid 1970's. We see
Timpo Indians attacking a
Timpo cavalry/union-manned fort, while
Elastolin cowboys get up to all sorts down in the town, including laying in wait for a
Timpo stage! Wooden buildings exclusive to Kober.
I believe the shop only closed in the last few years, and when I posted it previously Gubányi István of Hungary recalled the shop was popular with Eastern European visitors during the Cold War, presumably due to Austria's NATO/Warpac neutrality.
This went on Brain Heiler's facebook group, where they like a bit of early evening, older kids, TV serial-related stuff, preferably Canadian, but this is British and another retailer (or actually; wholeseller)'s catalogue,
Dekkertoys. I might even have a couple of those fake medal/badge 'Bling' items somewhere! Childhood Fun!
Not intending to park my tanks on Moonbase's lawn, it just happens there's a few white-button/wind-up, giant insects down the bottom of this collection of plastic kits from
Bandai's 1975 catalogue, all of which have the clockwork 'walking action', I previously posted this on the STS Animal Forum over a year ago.
At the same time as I posted this image of the
Marx prehistoric playset by
Burbank Toys, presumably - by then - a
Dunby-Combex sales vehicle (also marketing some
Mattel), although originally formed in 1957. They also sold the last version of the
Guns of Navarone playset, both in contents-photo' box-art, along with a third which I think was a Wild West set, with fort? It'll go on the A-Z listing in the end, with lots of other stuff!
6 comments:
As you have mention a heterogeneous collection indeed. I especially liked the old west and dinosaur collections.
Thanks Jan, I seem to have seriously F'ed-up my new Laptop this afternoon, so it may be a few days before I post anything else!
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I like the concept of a stage coach with one horse. I had no idea horses in the old west were so strong?
And going at quite a lick!
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I still have a lot of Timpo wagons and figures, thanks to my Father retaining them. A bit the worse for wear, but capable of 'riding again' with a bit of gluing and general reno.
Regards, James
The origianls are always better than the copies James, glad you still have them!
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