there was celluloid . saw this up for auction and thought i would share . a wolf thats getting ready to eat a poor little piggy . now thats my kinda toy !
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| Author: | vintagevinyl [ Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:27 pm ] |
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there was celluloid . saw this up for auction and thought i would share . a wolf thats getting ready to eat a poor little piggy . now thats my kinda toy ! |
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| Author: | joshuajh [ Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:20 pm ] |
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holy poop, that is rad! |
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| Author: | brianflynn [ Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:06 am ] |
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Three little pigs analogy maybe? |
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| Author: | GiLLy [ Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:17 am ] |
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That's actually quite creepy - i think it's the blank look on the wolf's face.... |
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| Author: | kopponigen [ Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:18 pm ] |
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Some people here already knew about celluloid toys. I had heard about them but didn't really know what they were. And besides, in Mexico they're called sololoy (or sololoi) pure phonetic translation. Which made all very confusing. So I was walking around some antiques stores in Puebla (a nearby city) and found this amazing looking doll. SOme kind of cat I thought. Or a dog? Or phetus... or what? I still don't know what it is!!  SO I bought it. It turned out it's made out of celluloid and ended up buying two more toys. There were a bunch of them but not really in good condition. These supposedly go back to the 1920s. I find them extremely interesting and beautiful. I hope to find more in the near future. Here's my pic.  There's another thread for celluloid toys but didn't really have photos viewtopic.php?f=17&t=5752&hilit=celluloid |
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| Author: | psilo110 [ Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:24 pm ] |
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it looks like they're slow dancing |
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| Author: | dokuroking [ Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:36 pm ] |
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The wolf and the little tiger are awesome. Just don't let them get close to an open flame! |
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| Author: | kopponigen [ Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:59 pm ] |
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Yes, I read about this material being extra flammable. It actually feels like paper. |
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| Author: | Polyestercowboy [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:40 pm ] |
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Just saw recently on NHK a craftsman in Japan that is still making celluloid toys. Was pretty cool to see. Mostly dolls but cool nonetheless |
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| Author: | zapatoloco [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:17 pm ] |
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Axolotl wrote: Yes, I read about this material being extra flammable. It actually feels like paper. Ping pong balls are still made of celluloid, they burn like crazy ! |
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| Author: | kopponigen [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:59 pm ] |
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Really? They don't feel the same. Much harder and dense. Cool fact though. zapatoloco wrote: Axolotl wrote: Yes, I read about this material being extra flammable. It actually feels like paper. Ping pong balls are still made of celluloid, they burn like crazy ! |
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| Author: | atom gray [ Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:22 pm ] |
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same reason old film stock was such a fire hazard (and partly to blame for so few original prints surviving), a la 'inglourious basterds'... django reinhardt lost his fingers to a celluloid induced fire - his wife was making artificial flowers out of it in their gypsy wagon. which worked out fine, i suppose, since he became one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived because of that accident. i digress... |
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