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 overseas manufacturers. Added Australian Pope Industries Diecast Toys pages … [Read more...] about Australian Pope Industries Diecast Toys
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Updated Crater Critter Galleries
The updated Crater Critter galleries now include a gallery of 1968 series 1 and 1972 series 2 comparisons to help distinguish them. The galleries were also expanded and now include all of my collection of both the 1968 Crater Critters and 1972 Crater Critters. More information and gallery links are found at my R&L Cereal Toy Crater Critters information page. … [Read more...] about Updated Crater Critter Galleries
Blue Box Plastic Toys
Added a new gallery and some details on a retail counter display box of Blue Box Plastic Toys from the 1960’s. I’ve had this one for a while, purchased from the USA. The outer box has been a bit water logged at some stage along with the contents of the box, but as that is only cardboard and plastic, there is not too much damage. Have a look at the Blue Box Plastic … [Read more...] about Blue Box Plastic Toys
ASC Japan Monkee Mobile
Added my ASC Aoshin Japan tinplate Monkee Mobile to the site today. There are a number of pictures of this 1960's japanese creation. It was interesting that the made similar models to the Corgi Toys diecast models. I might try to get the James Bond Aston Martin and a Batmobile one day if funds permit. In the meantime, have a look at my Monkee Mobile … [Read more...] about ASC Japan Monkee Mobile
Open Road Cereal Toys added.
I collected over the last month or so some really nice items from a collection. The ones I added today are a blue Valiant Station Wagon with grey wheels, a green speed boat complete and with a matching green trailer, and a red Jaguar E-Type with the rare Tow Truck towing bar. 1966 R&L cereal toys Open Road series. … [Read more...] about Open Road Cereal Toys added.
Cereal Toys gallery updates
The R&L cereal toy gallery for Neptune and his Switched-on Seaweeders was updated today to include some more information and update the photos. Also updated the Funny Fringes (Inges) pages and added 5 new items to the collection. New wants or buying lists have been added for Neptunes Band and Funny Fringes.Watch movie online Rings (2017) … [Read more...] about Cereal Toys gallery updates
Cereal toy collection updates
The curating of my toys is taking more time than I ever planned for and I forget where I am up to. So I am starting to post my site updates into this list as much as anything for me to keep track of the changes. Today was all about my cereal toy collection. I've recently acquired a large collection along with several other smaller purchases and I need to sort them out. My … [Read more...] about Cereal toy collection updates
Hotwheels Redline Olds 442 Spoiler question
An interesting question was put to me today via my RecoverToy site that I thought I would share. My thoughts, without really knowing, was to offer the following: “I could not tell you what the original spoiler had on it. However, my reproduction Hotwheels Olds 442 Spoiler show the numbers 6467-015 8 which suggests to me that the repro’s are a copy of the 8th mould … [Read more...] about Hotwheels Redline Olds 442 Spoiler question