#554 Valtoy – Coche Acrobático Super Fricción (Around 1978)

Valtoy is the construct used past times the Sociedad Valenciana del Juguete S.A., a companionship founded inwards Alicante to a greater extent than or less 1975. It was some other toy companionship which reached a rather high expose of workers past times the destination of the 70s (over 120), but afterward declined together with disappeared onetime during the 80.

Unfortunately at that spot is no data available on the internet, except a twain of patents registered inwards the mid 70s, together with a lot of products for sale inwards sites similar todocoleccion.net. If you lot convey data almost this company, together with desire to part it, delight travel out a comment below.

The machine presented inwards this entry is made of tin amongst a plastic base. I works life it a few Christmas ago, together with bought it actually inexpensive novel together with boxed equally you lot meet it correct directly inwards the pictures. I intend it is a quite interesting toy, an acrobatic machine amongst a really powerful friction motor together with a plastic cone to expand the play possibilities. It is in all probability a re-create or a license from some other company. It reminds me a flake of the Japanese toys from Tonka, but this is only my impression.If this were true, the machine powerfulness live slightly newer equally indicated, in all probability from the early on to mid 80s.

The same model was available inwards 2 decorations: rally (white/red/blue) together with law (green/white).
I must say, that I convey never tested this toy or removed it from the box, but it must live actually fun to play with.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: COCHE ACROBÁTICO SUPER-FRICCIÓN
• Scale: Unknown
• Year: Around 1978
• Company: Valtoy (Spain)
• Size: approx. xx cm

#643 Reamsa - Babe Can Ready (Juego De Aseo Para Bebés) (Around 1952)

This is non a toy, although it may genuinely expect similar one. It appears inwards this weblog because it is made past times Reamsa, the famous Castilian toy soldier manufacturer. If yous are a toy soldier fan, yous volition certainly bring heard nigh them. REAMSA comes from REsinas Artificales Moldeadas, S.A. too was an of import figure manufacturer from Barcelona. The companionship seems to bring released it starting fourth dimension figure, which was a Mounted Police from Canada, inwards 1952. It was genuinely a re-create of a figure made past times Beton Toys, too it would finally move the logo of the company.

During the starting fourth dimension years, figures were five cm high, merely hence they changed the size to seven cm. Some people debate that the starting fourth dimension figures were genuinely derived from tin soldiers, which are ordinarily this size.

Until 1955 figures were made of soft plastic, too from that twelvemonth on, figures were made inwards polyethylene. The figures were manus painted too looked genuinely great, merely later many years, most figures bring lost much paint.

This educate I am showing today is from that same twelvemonth 1952 or fifty-fifty a few years earlier. It was non intended equally a toy, to play alongside babe dolls, merely it was a existent educate for existent babies.

The educate comprises:

• a washbowl
• a bottle for talcum pulverisation (3 pieces including comprehend too slice of cork)
• a lather box
• a comb
• a brush
• a slice of stuff (cannot assure it's original) 

It was made inwards a soft plastic, mayhap about variety of butyrate (like the starting fourth dimension Scalextric models) or bakelite, too it seems today to live genuinely fragile. The lather box has a modest fissure at i side, merely it is non broken. I recollect this educate was never used, fifty-fifty the comb withal has all its teeth. It is interesting that all pieces bring similar drawings, merely they are all unlike inwards size too details. They are manus painted, at the 50s, the handwork was withal affordable for companies inwards Spain, today it would live unthinkable.

Several pieces are marked on the base of operations REAMSA 653. I estimate the educate was likewise available inwards bluish for babe boys too it was mayhap decorated alongside other motives.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 real curious educate I am pretty certain yous bring never seen before! I dubiety at that topographic point are whatsoever of these sets consummate out there. This i must live the lastly remaining educate inwards Kingdom of Spain too the remainder ofthe world.

FACTS too FIGURES:

• Name: BABY TOILET SET (JUEGO DE ASEO PARA BEBÉS)
• Year: Around 1952
• Company: Reamsa (Spain)

#646 Ideal - State Rover Safari Alongside Friction Motor (1974)

This is a toy I got inwards a lot alongside many other things. At root I didnt intend it was something special, although the friction motor worked actually fine. It takes a long fourth dimension for it to stop, solely afterward having gone over a long distance.

At or thence signal I saw the mark (which is a fleck hidden) IDEAL New Bailiwick of Jersey 1974. Of course, I knew Ideal from before, it is 1 of the keen historical American toymakers, thence I started looking at this toy differently. The car is quite sturdy, although a small-scale little fry that borrowed it made or thence cracks inwards the chassis construction past times pushing also difficult down. I repaired it. My boy also dropped it a few times together with the dorsum bumper broke. This is the close weak part. I repaired it, together with and then reinforced it alongside or thence pieces of wood. My boy likes it a lot.

So, dorsum to Ideal toys, the companionship was founded inwards 1907 inwards Hollis, New York alongside a slightly unlike name: "Ideal Novelty together with Toy Company", together with its founders were Morris together with Rose Michtom. They claim to locomote the inventors of the Teddy Bear inwards 1902, afterward that famous anecdote alongside president (Theodore "Teddy") Roosevelt together with a existent bear, although the existent fact is that the Teddy Bear was invented simultaneously inwards Deutschland past times Steiff too. So, the Michtoms are at to the lowest degree the co-inventors of the Teddy Bear.

The dolls were introduced inwards 1907 together with gained popularity for beingness advertised equally unbreakable, because they were made of a novel cloth based on sawdust (wood dust) together with gum called "composition".

One of the close renowned dolls were Betsy Wetsy, which was produced for to a greater extent than than 50 years starting inwards 1934. it was 1 of the root African American dolls e'er produced. Today these are real sought afterward past times collectors. The Toy Industry Association named it 1 of the 100 close creative toys of the 20th century.

The master holler was changed inwards 1938 to Ideal Toy Company, together with due to the Baby-Boom afterward World War II inwards the U.S., Ideal grew to locomote the largest American manufacturer of dolls, increasing its revenues together with fifty-fifty selling licenses for other countries, including Australia, United Kingdom, Canada or Brazil.

The proficient trouble concern together with success stories continued until the 80s, moving from New York to New Jersey, also reallocating factories inwards Hong Kong. In 1980-81 the companionship distributed the "official" Rubik's Cube toy, that was a piffling fiasco, at that topographic point were many bootleg cubes together with the bussiness was non equally proficient equally expected. Apparently Ideal sued many distributors together with retailers.

In 1982, the companionship was sold to CBS Toys, together with inwards 1987, CBS would sell it in 1 lawsuit again to ViewMaster International, creating View Master Ideal. In 1989, View Master Ideal was bought past times Tyco Toys, together with Tyco Toys would merge inwards 1997 alongside Mattel.

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: LAND ROVER SAFARI
• Year: 1974
• Company: Ideal (U.S.A.)
• Size: Around ix cm
• Scale: Unknown

#681 Rico Mini Sansón – Buggy Dunne Sin Capota (Ref.504) (Around 1970)

Buggys were quite pop inwards the 70s, they were simple, fun, could movement over sand (for instance on the beach) as well as were associated amongst liberty as well as freshness. There were thousands of buggy toys, as well as this is ane of them, made inwards Kingdom of Spain yesteryear Rico nether license of Tonka.

In around Rico boxes it is clearly specified that the license comes from Tonka, although inwards this instance it is non stated… H5N1 friend of this weblog posted a comment inwards ane of my onetime Tonka/Rico entries, telling me that at that topographic point are around hints that Rico started manufacturing Tonka models without the license as well as later existence warned, they turned everything legal.

I would similar to test this, perchance I tin inquire person at the Toy Museum from Ibi (when I lastly dice to view it), or maybe, if you lot are reading this as well as you lot know something, you lot could larn out a comment inwards this entry.

I dear this buggy, it is sturdy every bit every other Sansón product, it has a prissy colour as well as a sticker that gives it a really “hippie” look. The box is besides really interesting: the buggy is depicted inwards greenish instead of cherry as well as at that topographic point are around Sansón Trucks on the back: the machine transporter, 2 burn downward trucks, an excavator…

I desire to write ane or 2 entries on Sansón trucks, simply I e'er forget to get got pictures of them. Hopefully I get got around other endangerment adjacent as well as the entry volition live published soon.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: BUGGY DUNNE SIN CAPOTA (Ref. 504)
• Year: Around 1970
• Company: RICO (Spain)
• Size: Around ix cm.
• Scale: Unknown

#694 Robots, Spaceships Together With Other Tin Forcefulness Out Toys (The Teruhisa Kitahara Collection)

First I bring to tell that this is non just a mass you lot read. It has just three pages amongst text, inwards which the writer explains a couplet of things close his collection. Mr Teruhisa Kitahara has established seven museums inwards Nippon too is a renowned too famous toy collector inwards his country.

The residue of the mass (it has closed to 350 pages) are simply (impressive) amount page pictures of toys (photographed yesteryear Yukio Shimizu). There is a big chapter dealing exclusively amongst robots too spaceships, too 2 shorter chapters dealing amongst cars too figures & scenarios.

The photos are impressive, because the toys themselves are amazing. Rare too mint pieces of toys from the 1920´s to the 1970´s, most of them from Japanese brands like: Nomura, Yonezawa, Line Mar, Horikawa, Bandai, Masudaya, Daiya... The fascination of Nippon amongst robots comes since a long time. In the tenth trial of Figuras En Acción I wrote close robots, too at that spot I learnt how the Japanese toy manufacture was created afterward WW2 too how they manufactured for American companies similar Cragstan. This operate is non inwards the book, if you lot desire to larn to a greater extent than close Japanese tin robots, you´ll ask some other book, this ane is exclusively to await at too give away marvelous one-time toys.

While watching it, I genuinely though of my recent see to the Toy Museum inwards Singapore, that equally good features a dandy collection of toys, amongst ane flooring of their edifice dedicated exclusively to robots too infinite toys.

So, I recommend the mass for people who are interested inwards curious toys, but amongst the remark, that at that spot is null to read close history or whatsoever interesting facts close the toys. Each toy has its name, the toymaker companionship too the decade inwards which it was built. In 2 item cases, I detected that the deccade was wrong: inwards the machine chapter, at that spot are 2 dissimilar James Bond´s Aston Martin DB5 (from the Goldfinger movie), too they are both dated 1950s... piece the moving-picture demo is from 1964, if I hollo back properly.

#724 Boglins - Glow Boglin Klang Together With Babe Boglin Boink (1986)

Boglins are a work of hand-puppets made yesteryear Mattel betwixt 1987 in addition to 1990 or 1991. They are made of soft rubber, precisely similar many figures used inward exceptional effects for science-fiction in addition to horror movies inward the minute one-half of the 80s. Most sources of information betoken out that they were in all probability inspired yesteryear movies similar Gremlins, Ghoulies, Critters that were real pop dorsum in addition to then (and some are nevertheless today). I am non thence familiar with those movies (except Gremslins), but they seem a chip unlike to me.

 

 

Something remarkable were the boxes inward which they were sold: they were cubic cardboard boxes simulating woods in addition to the front, instead of a window had bars similar if it was a jail. Nice details similar "do non feed" in addition to "do non touch" signs were the perfect appeal for children to behavior upon the puppet with their fingers in addition to having that funny-but-disgusting feeling of the soft condom touch. It is sort of humid but dry, in addition to soft but cannot live deformed. The dorsum of the box included a description of the species with an evolutionary tree written equally if they were a existent species. Very funny to read.

 

There were several Boglins sub-series inward unlike size, but all of them shared some distinctive features. Most of them bring bigs heads, brusque tails in addition to equally good arms.

 

From the within yous tin command the opening of the mouth, but equally good the eyes (or eye), inward a real impressive effect. The arms are articulated, in addition to could live motility from the outside. With some practice, yous could genuinely motility the puppet in addition to teach inward hold off similar a living creature. The biggest ones (called only Boglins, or inward latin: Boglinus Humungus) were genuinely large in addition to yous could command all previously listed features. The Small Boglins (boglinus minimus) were slightly smaller. The white Boglin I am showing has this same size (but is non a minor Boglin). There were seven characters available inward this size. Here yous cannot command the arms, which only hang nether the caput equally inward their bigger brothers (where yous could insert ane finger inward each arm).

 

 

There were many other sub-series or sub-species of Boglins, including the Soggy Boglins, Baby Boglins, Halloween Boglins, Acrobat Boglins, Mini Boglins, Hairy Boglins, Talking Boglins, Bash'em Boglins, Action Boglins, Baby Squirt Boglins, Glow Boglins, Ric Fair Boglins (something inward mutual with the wrestler?), Batty Boglins in addition to Moggy Boglins (the finally 2 were never volume produced nor released). Every sub-series included characters inward unlike colours, in addition to depending on the previous category, they came with hair, fluorescent pigment to glow inward the dark, detachable torso parts...

 

The white Blogin I introduce today is a Glow Boglin, in addition to was alone available inward Europe, non the US, thence an "EURO exclusive".

 

 

I bring been looking at some commercials in addition to pictures, in addition to I must tell they hold off amazing. Some (like the Halloween Boglins) hold off genuinely frightening fifty-fifty today. i sympathise that they are nevertheless real sought-after yesteryear collectors worldwide. Unfortunately, I bring some doubts most their durability. I intend inward a few years, mayhap 10 to a greater extent than or mayhap 20, the condom peel may deteriorate, harden in addition to finally intermission into pieces, thence they are non a work I would "collect" or pass much coin on. They are cool toys, but inward my opinion, they are non collectables.

 

I equally good ain ane "Baby Boglin", which, inward comparison, is quite unproblematic in addition to boring. Just a real minor beast with goggly eyes inward which yous tin insert ane finger (one adult finger), but yous cannot motility the mouth, arms or anything else. They were with the cheapest Bogling yous could buy, in addition to came inward a plastic egg. The peel in addition to the feeling of touching it is the same equally inward the minor Boglin that appears inward the pictures, but the playability is real low.

 

 

 

Here is a real skillful origin for Boglins, both normal, small, infant in addition to all the others: http://www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk/boglins.php

 

I wishing Mattel releases something similar for children roughly 8 years, which I intend would similar to play with them. They are dandy toys: lift imagination, coordination skills (eye-hand coordination) in addition to are genuinely a lot of fun to play with. But... arrive at these toys nevertheless bring a jeopardy against Pókemon Go in addition to similar games?

 

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: KLANG (GLOW BOGLIN) in addition to BOINK (BABY BOGLIN)
• Toy Line: BOGLINS
• Year: 1986
• Company: Mattel (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: Around ix cm tall the large ane in addition to roughly six cm long the minor one

#875 Goula - Colegio (Ref. 600) (Around 1979)

As a kid I had a structure laid from this brand. Now it is lost, exactly I would actually similar to detect it as well as play amongst it, correct now. Unfortunately, it was in all likelihood thrown away years ago, thus I won't live able to gain this.

Instead, I constitute this prissy laid inward a flea marketplace several years ago, the pieces are similar, although inward the laid I was referring to, at that topographic point were basically edifice parts amongst a few cars, people as well as fifty-fifty to a greater extent than or less trees. On the contrary, this laid includes solely schoolhouse or shape slice of furniture as well as people, exactly notwithstanding the means of the manufacturer cannot live mistaken. The woods is real low-cal coloured (light brown) as well as many pieces stimulate got to a greater extent than or less coloring applied inward i side, e'er inward basic/plain colours.

Both the laid I owned equally a kid, as well as this i I stimulate got instantly belong to a celebrated serial called "Construcción Urbis". They were the classic contruction block set, perchance inward a smaller size than the commons game (probably to continue the prices equally depression equally possible), as well as amongst dedicated sets including detail pieces non available inward other sets. The serial was divided inward several subgroups according to the size of the box: Urbis, Urbis-2, Urbis-3... upwards to Urbis-5, which included the biggest boxes amongst the highest total of pieces. Some sets were likewise available inward bags.

Note for example this curious schoolhouse class. The blocks stimulate got the shapes of desks, chairs an blackboards, as well as this pieces, of course of written report were especific to this set. There are likewise to a greater extent than or less figures included, exactly they are made of plastic. It would live much to a greater extent than expensive to gain them inward wood, exactly before versions of this game had wooden figures, inward a less realistic style, as well as curiously, the instructor was a nun (something non real odd at the fourth dimension inward Spain). The figures are slightly flat, inward the tin soldiers style. My laid is in all likelihood missing ii pupils (at to the lowest degree compared amongst the motion painting inward the box cover).

Note the prissy sculpt of the unlike furniture: teacher´s desk (with platform), blackboard, pupil´s desk... it is a real interesting structure set, perchance likewise intended to live a toy for girls?

Among the boxes inward this Urbis serial as well as this size, which I hollo back it was the smallest i (17x11 cm), the references were:

• 600 Colegio (School)
• 601 Granja (Farm)
• 602 Fuerte (Fort)
• 603 Garajes (Garages)
• 604 Estación (Train Station)
• 605 Aeropuerto (Airport)
• 606 Zoo
• 607 Castillo (Castle)

And instantly a few lines well-nigh the manufacturer. The companionship which made this toy is Goula, a Castilian companionship that is notwithstanding active, although instantly it is purpose of a bigger concern, equally it is Diset.

Theirofficial website (http://www.goula.es/content/sobre-goula-15) tells us the even out of a identify unit of measurement work concern run since 1942. The ready get upwards comes from the surname of the founder Josep Goula from Vic (near Barcelona).

The work concern in all likelihood derived from a carpenter´s workshop especialized inward Christmas ornament goods. Soon they started producing wooden toys for children (around 1950) as well as since then, they stimulate got been participating inward the Toy Fair inward Nurenberg every year.

Currently their toys notwithstanding utilisation wood, exactly sometimes combined amongst other materials, similar textile or cardboard. The pattern is notwithstanding beingness made inward Barcelona, although goose egg is said well-nigh production...

Goula is purpose of the Diset grouping as well as is the leader manufacturer inward wooden toys inward Spain. It exports to to a greater extent than than sixty countries. Great! I wonder if they ever idea well-nigh reissuing these Urbis sets. Do yous hollo back they would stimulate got whatever commercial success nowadays?

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: COLEGIO (Ref. 600)
• Year: Around 1979
• Company: Goula (Spain)