Vintage Australian Toys & Ephemera
The MYER LEGO National Building Competition 1984 By 1984 LEGO had already cemented it’s place in the psyche of kids all over the world with fantastic products, lead by the now-classic Space series. The time was right for the company to move in for the kill by staging building competitions in major department stores. I remember well the excitement and … Read More “MYER LEGO National Building Competition 1984” »
More Star Wars from the 1982 Waltons Wishbook $60 was a lot for a toy in 1982, hell it’s a lot for a toy today. Just as well then that you received one of the all-time great play-sets for your cash back in ’82, the Kenner Millennium Falcon. Walton’s caption writers went off the deep end … Read More “Star Wars in the 1982 Waltons Wishbook” »
Two more Special Offer mysteries solved… A couple of years ago on Toltoys.com we presented a feature on all the known Star Wars Special Offer boxed toys that had surfaced in Australia during the 1978 – 85 period. In the post below we were able to confirm that the Attack Base was a Waltons Department Store special offer and … Read More “Waltons Special Offer Star Wars” »
Toltoys Star Wars Special Offer origins revealed! A couple of years ago I was lucky enough (thanks to the eagle eyes of fellow Toltoys collector Dax) to pick up a very cool Imperial Attack Base featuring a huge “Special Offer” sticker across the front, indicating that four figures were included. As featured in a previous post on … Read More “Toltoys Star Wars Special Offer Origins” »
Action Man, Masters of the Universe and Hot Wheels 1982 The next page from the 1982 Waltons Wishbook sees some of the final incarnations of Toltoys Action Man. This late version figure came with eagle eyes and the ability to pose in a sniper position, popular with all budding assassins. That chopper was bloody expensive at … Read More “Action Man, Masters of the Universe and Hot Wheels 1982” »
Treasures from the Waltons Wishbook Not to be confused with the American Waltons of Walmart fame, Waltons Department store in Australia was a retail institution during the 70’s and early 80’s, especially at Christmas time. Over many years they offered a Christmas “Wishbook”, an idea most likely borrowed from Sears in the USA, with whom they had … Read More “Waltons Free Spirit BMX” »
Indy Coco-Pops Premiums A few weeks ago I featured the Indiana Jones Coco Pops box from the Temple of Doom tie-in. Inside each box was a card premium which broke apart to reveal two picture cards from the movie, one photo and one sketch jigsaw piece. The same design was used for the Kellogs Ewok … Read More “Indiana Jones Kelloggs Premiums” »
More Kenner Indy Goodness Here we go with another four of the Indy Kenner line of figures from 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. First up is Indy’s digging buddy Sallah, played on screen by Middle Earth’s tallest Dwarf, John Rhys-Davies. This is the hardest to find of the the figures shown here, and tough to … Read More “Kenner Indiana Jones Figures” »
One green, one red. Indy might need to seek medical advice. There wasn’t a lot of merchandise available for Temple of Doom, a small run of LJN action figures, some food tie-ins, soundtracks and such, but Lucasfilm were really scraping the bottom of the barrel with the licensed Blaster Balls shown above. I have vague … Read More “LJN Indiana Jones Blaster Balls” »