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TSR2 lookalike toy
A Marx toy TSR2 lookalike on sale on Ebay UK...- uk 75
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Majorette Hermes Space Shuttle Toy
Hi, just rediscovered in my shed a Majorette toy from the 80's? It did come on a fairly basic low-loader. I think I purchased 2 of them at the time at pocket money price in a general store. Only a couple of inches long. Pop out wings presumably so the transport vehicle it was on could drive...- Barrington Bond
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- 1980s cnes cold war france french fifth republic majorette nasa space age space race space shuttle toy toys western europe
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Dreamchaser toy from Matchbox
I love Toys and have been collecting them since I was a child. I have just bought this Matchbox Dreamchaser toy in their planes range. It is about two and a half inches long. For comparison the Mercury capsule on this old German Siku toy that I was sent for Christmas in 1963 is about an inch...- uk 75
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- 1960s cold war great britain lesney products & co. ltd. matchbox space age space race toy toys united states
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Toys and Reality
One of the must have expensive toys of the mid 60s in the US and UK was the Johnny Seven One Man Army. Read what it was here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Seven_OMA Seems a bit far fetched, but at about the same time there was this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoner_63 -
Britain's GI Joe toy
Back in the 1960s a company called Palitoy introduced the American GI Joe figure to the UK market as a toy soldier called Action.Man. Generations of schoolboys have played with them and adults collect detailed versions made specially for enthusiasts. The British Toy industry still existed in... -
Braniff"s 747 that never was
The German toymaker Schuco produced a nice clockwork toy Boeing 747 in the early 70s..It was about ten inches long and I was treated to a Lufthansa one as a kid. I was fascinated to see that Schuco made a Braniff version, in its famous orange colour scheme. I was surprised to then find a green...- uk 75
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UK Secret Projects Toys
As a 9 year old I was fortunate enough to be given a Marx Toy TSR2 for my Birthday. Unfortunately I could never persuade my Dad to buy the matching Bristol 188 for Christmas, but I did get one years later at a Toy Fair Today in the market in Oxford I weakened and bought a Marx Rocket Plane... -
a couple of interesting tin toys
Hi All I recently came across these beauties in a museum in New Zealand, and I though I would share. I *think* this is the most appropriate/relevant place on the forum..? I guess many companies over the years produced many different things, but I'd be fascinated to know if anyone has more...