"cute " vinyls

Lovely!

 

Love Azrael’s ear with a chunk missing. A little touch that adds a lot of attitude.

 

It certainly does!

Combex Cribs ...

 

Vintage blow mold, the donkey has googly eyes.

 

Castle Duckula, home for many centuries to a dreadful dynasty of vicious vampire ducks ...

The clip-on figure is 1989 by Cosgrove. The one on the right is possibly a bottle top made by Grosvenor of London, but i cant find any other examples online so i'm assuming its quite rare! He's the star of one of my fave animated TV shows, from when i was a young - 'Count Duckula' which was a spin-off from 'Danger Mouse'.

 

Jinro Soju Frog (advertising mascot)

 

6" high Sonic bootleg. I prefer this one compared to any official toy i've seen of Sonic.

 

SANKYO (or quality bootleg) Musical pull-string Lemon. One of the eyes doesn't move, but the pull string and music works. I might try opening it and seeing if i can fix the eye movement, which is a long-shot but you never know. It might just need an extensive clean.

 

Bootleg Pikachu set .... nice and chunky.

 

... and for anyone interested in the mechanical side of vintage pull string toys ...

I got it open and quickly realised its an official Sankyo product because the logo is etched onto the music box. The eye stopped moving because the wire has popped out of the fitting. I don't have the tools to fix it at the moment, but maybe sometime in the future. The wire just doesn't seem to want to go back where it used to be, and its very tough so i cant bend it.

Anyway, it was a good opportunity to give it a proper clean.

 

I bet Toy Polloi could fix that.

 

No doubt, LOL .... I could fix it if i had a proper tool kit, but i don't.

 

Toy Polloi is in the South West but I think you could take it to a men's shed https://menssheds.org.uk/find-a-shed/ and have someone help you in minutes.

 

Old chinese squeakers ... 60's / 70's i think ...

 

Tomy 1977



Seven Towns

 

You know that ET has a copy of 2600 magazine in his tool box.

 

that combex castle is absolutely awesome!

 

Yeah, I love it. It's quite a rare one, the only other one I've seen for sale had the turrets all bent out of shape.

 

Found a genuine GRAIL ... i don't ever use that term lightly and this one i've been after for about 15 years or so. Finally found him for a reasonable price. He's very rare and one of Ledraplastics biggest squeakers they ever made. There is a rabbit of similar size and style but its a bit shorter in height.

Vintage rubber squeaker, about 19" tall. From the 1960's.

 

Vintage novelty erasers, 1980's





Vintage Keyrings

 

That middle one looks like it was the reference for the Milkboy It bear.

 

More 80's erasers.



Mini View-Masters (Slideshow)

 

Vintage squeaker with articulated head (6" high). I've been waiting for this one to pop up from a UK seller, and it finally happened. I've no idea why he's green but i like it ... maybe the factory had some extra green vinyl they needed to use up.

 

Cheburashka & Gena the Crocodile (6" / 3" high)