Archive for Toys
1970s Remote-Control Flower-Power Wheelie Dune-Buggy
This Remco “Beachcomber” Dune Buggy Wheelies Pick-Up motorized with corded remote control was at my grandparents house for me to play with whenever I visited. A few years ago Grandma gave it to me. I’m glad she did because she has a bad habit of throwing stuff out. I never did like the “flower power” aspect to this toy, but I sure loved playing with it. It turns, goes forward and backward, sports a surf board, has authentic “mod” dune buggy styling, and best of all, it does wheelies. The box says 1971, but the car says 1970.
Anthropomorphic Wind-Up Car and Train
I think this is the last of the blurry pics for a while. The car on the left rolls over and then pops back up on it’s wheels.
Banana Splits Wind-up Toy
This just sucks, why is the background clear and the main object blurry? And why didn’t it show up better in the little preview window so I’d know to take the picture again? Anyway, this little Remco wind-up walking toy from the Banana Splits TV show is in my Dad’s store.
Old Hot Rod Toys
What kind of camera focuses on the background, not the big thing in the middle? Stupid thing. First we have a Bonneville type racer (or could be a dragster) running a 4-carb engine that is actually an electric motor. The two-door Model A sedan I’m pretty sure was mine when I was a kid, yet here my dad has it in his store. I’m sure he’d let me have it back, but what am I going to do with it? Stick it in a box? Anyway, it says TONKA and Flower Power on the stickers. Plastic Toy Cars of the 1950s & 1960s: The Collector’s Guide
O’Brien’s Collecting Toy Cars & Trucks 4th Edition (Paperback)
O’Brien’s Collecting Toy Cars & Trucks 4th Edition (Paperback)
Cardboard Records – Swingy by Mattel
Swingy, 1969, from Mattel toymakers and Auravision. Swingy was the “swinginest doll around.” Is that safe?
More Toy Trucks
Some more toy trucks. The Lazy Daisy Farms lift truck is from Mexico, I think. The Stucto cattle truck I played with a lot as a kid. I don’t remember the trailer.
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