Vintage Australian Toys & Ephemera
Cheap and Cheerful – Imperial Toy 1973 Catalogue No 70’s childhood is complete without at least one Imperial Toy memory, I bet you all have one, you just may not know it… Remember those little plastic parachute guys that you hurled skyward or chucked off the Grade 5 balcony, and then stood entranced as his … Read More “Imperial Toy Catalogue for 1973” »
Another Classic LEGO Sticker A while ago I showcased a very cool vintage Lego Classic Space promotional item, a large sticker with a couple of space mini-figs and a great space scene. It seems there was a sister piece to that item, a large Legoland Town sticker promoting the various Lego Collector Packs available at … Read More “1978 Legoland Town Promotional Sticker” »
MEGO Toltoys Captain America A very cool item this week, a MEGO World’s Greatest Super Heroes Captain America boxed figure. According to Benjamin Holcomb’s World’s Greatest Toys the box is a USA issued 1975 5th version Captain America, and the figure is a Type 2. This particular example however is an Australian issue with the … Read More “MEGO Toltoys Captain America” »
Kenbrite Playmobil / Pocket People Update I’ve been remiss in not posting about the wonderful new third edition of Axel Hennel’s Playmobil Collector book. This great book is an extraordinarily comprehensive reference guide to Playmobil worldwide, containing 4500 images over 650 pages. This edition has an expanded Australian Kenbrite section, as well as increased coverage … Read More “Kenbrite Playmobil / Pocket People Update” »
Star Wars Update We recently featured a rare example of the Toltoys Free 4-LOM promotion on a Yoda card, and now we have been spoilt again with this 41 Back Jawa above featuring the same front and back sticker combination. Thanks to Martin Lacy and Jason West for bring this example to Toltoys.com Local contributor … Read More “Star Wars Update” »
More Ice-Creams! Long time readers of this blog will know that licenced ice-cream items, and Star Wars in particular, are my favourite vintage items. So imagine the smile when the images below came down the line from Queensland, a few guerilla “on-the-run” snap-shots of a collection of original art-work and related items that remains for … Read More “Star Wars Ice Cream Update” »
Star Wars Toltoys Update Our latest Toltoys Star Wars update features the unassuming little green guy above. A regular ESB Yoda you say? Computer says No. What appears to be a regular Kenner USA release is in fact a rare Toltoys release Survival Kit Offer card, see the reverse shot below. Or at least that’s … Read More “Star Wars Toltoys Update” »
“I found my thrills…” When Happy Days burst on to Australian TV screens in 1975 nobody could resist the lovable geekiness of Richie, the wisecracking mouth of Ralph or pure dumb nerdiness of Potsie. Everything 50’s was cool again; the cars, the clothes and of course the tunes. Standing above all though was one Arthur … Read More “Happy Days Confectionery” »
Have Fun with Scanlens Gum! So went the slogan of this much loved Aussie confectionary maker, active from the 1930’s to 80’s. But how do you make bubble gum fun? How about producing animal-dropping sized pellets and packing them in calico bags with a Gold Rush theme? Kids were apparently more than able to look past the … Read More “Scanlens Store Display Boxes” »
Superman at Safeway The Aussie Safeway catalogue from Christmas 1978 (I think!) features all the usual specials one would expect from a large grocery store; nappies, bananas and … …the Man of Steel and his big green mate The Hulk. Yes sitting there among the no-name brand trikes, bikes and ray-guns were the beautifully crafted 12-inch MEGO … Read More “Safeway catalogue from Christmas 1978” »