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L & I Glenn Plastic Toys Melbourne
Thanks to David I now have a Glenn FJ Holden sedan in my collection. L & I Glenn plastic toys were made in Melbourne in the 1940’s and 1950’s and in 1956 they released a Holden FJ sedan in a range of colours. I was pleased to add this blue coloured model to my collection
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Touring Australia with Holden Board Game
I was asked recently about a small model of a Holden HK Monaro and as I was researching this I came across references to a board game that featured HK series Holden models. The Touring Australia with Holden Board Game is one I was not previously aware of. There are a few references: ByteBoss Document
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More R&L Cereal Toy Photos
I have added more R&L cereal toy photos to the gallery today. The 1967 Airport set has been updated with 15 new photos. I added 4 new items to the 1969 Carnival series gallery.
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New Cereal Toys
Today I have added some new cereal toys to the collection. The Elephant Ride from the 1969 Carnival series in 3 colours of blue, green and red. I previously only had an orange item. Just need yellow and grey to complete the colour array. And a new flicker or wiggle ring of the drummer in
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Pope Product Aussie Cap Guns
A couple of recent additions to my collection are two Pope Product Aussie Cap Guns. Review the photos and updated page for A Pope Product Diecast Toy Gun.
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New pages for Cyclops, Moldex, and Ross Plastics
I managed to make some time today to create new pages for Cyclops, Moldex, and Ross Plastics. The Cyclops page I should have added ages ago, but I do not have much in the way of toys, just a fabulous Cyclops Toys sales brochure from the 1960’s. Moldex Ltd made plastic toys in Melbourne in
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Pope Products B-29 Supa-Fort Aircraft
I first wrote about the Pope Products B-29 Supa-Fort Aircraft model earlier this year when I was researching the Buick diecast toy car that I had added to my collection. Thanks to a contact from Queensland I am now the proud owner of my own Pope Products B-29 Supa-Fort Aircraft! My thanks to Tony Lourensen.
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Another Pope Product Buick
I was very pleased to be contacted with an offer of another Pope Product Buick diecast toy car. This one is in much better original condition than the first one I purchased. The paint appears to be original and 80% complete.Watch movie online Logan (2017) See the updated A Pope Product Buick gallery for more pictures.
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Toy Collection Updates
Time flies when you are having fun. That means I must have been having fun since April when I last updated anything on this site! Today, I managed to get a couple of hours to work on my toy collection updates and have updated all the thumbnail images to be 200 x 200 to provide
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Australian Pope Industries Diecast Toys
The galleries and pages on Australian Toys have been updated today to cater for more items and information as I learn about the diecast and plastic toys made in this country post World War 2 and before it all went pear-shaped in the mid to late 1960’s and Australia stopped trying to compete with the