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Noddy Builder Construction Toy
I have a Noddy Builder toy which is essentially a Tinker Toy copy with wooden pieces. The tube container is metal and missing it’s lid. The contents is incomplete, but consists of the typical Tinker Toy wheel and rod components. The tube shows “Registered” near the bottom of the metal container. However, I think this
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Hollow Polystyrene Cereal Toy Motor Cars
R&L Cereal Toys issued two different sets of Hollow Polystyrene Cereal Toy Motor Cars. The vehicles are hollow moulded with fixed wheels in a single casting. The cars have tow loops on the rear and the towing trailers have a bar and pin for attachment. The earliest release was the 1960 Vehicles & Road Signs
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Breakfast Barons Cereal Critters and the Rosenhain & Lipmann Legacy
For anyone interested in cereal toys, or Australian made toys, there is no better book than Craig Halls’ indispensable reference Breakfast Barons, Cereal Critters and the Rosenhain & Lipmann Legacy. Craig L. Hall 2002 ISBN 0 9578614 0 0. This book is a bible for R&L Cereal Toys, made in Australia and exported to pop-up
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More Neptune Switched-on Seaweeders Band
Among the new acquisitions are More Neptune Switched-on Seaweeders Band. Of the 4 items 2 are colour variations that I wanted. While I do have some of these already, I will pick the better condition ones and update my collection listings.
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Swinging Pets Cereal Toys 1969
Also in the bag of bits I got today were 5 of the Swinging Pets Cereal Toys 1969 series. Another series that I had not specifically collected, probably because we tended to have Kellogs or Sanitarium cereals and these were issued by Nabisco in Weeties packets. I’ll make a category section for this series later,
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Stars of the Big Top Cereal Toys 1974
I picked up a small bag of mixed cereal toys earlier today. They span a variety of series and years. As I sort them I’ll give each series a quick post or update. These were a bit late for my school days. The Stars of the Big Top Cereal Toys 1974 is a series I
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Robertsons Jam Golly Band Figures
The Robertsons Jam Golly Band Figures were issued in the 1960’s. I have not done much research but it looks like there are 8 figures all made of plaster. There also appears to a re-issue of these possibly made by Carltonware. I have 6 that I acquired recently. Left to right they are the Drummer,
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Totem Pole Cereal Toys 1971
Added to my collection today with thanks to Pete from WA for keeping these in excellent condition. Will need to sort out doubles, but a quick photo of these Totem Pole Cereal Toys 1971. See more of my collection of Totem Pole Cereal Toys.
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Vintage Model Kits 1962 Cereal Toys
I received a letter today from Philip in Canada providing photos of some Vintage Model Kits 1962 Cereal Toys and asking for more information about them. The Vintage Model Kits series was issued in 1962 by Nabisco across Australia, France, Switzerland, Japan, Sweden and the USA. The kits were in various cereal boxes, like Weeties,
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Novelty Toy Works Little House Builder Toy
The Novelty Toy Works Little House Builder Toy is a set of machined timber building blocks which has its origins in the U.S.A, or at least it is an obvious copy of a U.S.A patented toy set. This toy is one I was asked to investigate and ended up with tracing a lot of information