Thanks, i do get lucky sometimes!

Here's the other two i bought on the weekend. The duck is by Combex . . .
the whale and cat dont have any makers marks.

I'm guessing they are all 1960's, but they could be 50's . . .

^ I love them! little jewels~

^^ Classic. Nice buy.

I love my Koro-chan. I assume yours is Kero-chan because of the eyelashes.
Or maybe i've got them round the wrong way . . . .

^^^ Ooh I love it! Dang now I gotta find him someday... and you're right, mine is Kero-chan

Today at the thrift~

^^ Nice . . . crazy looking toy.
I love the colour.

thanks Moog~ it's a finger puppet. only marking is "made in Japan"; the store tag had "Linus finger puppet" written on it.

No idea what toy line this is from or when it was made, but its way cute.
60mm high soft vinyl

Cross-post from What You Just Got in the Mail..

Strongman and Monarch The Big Bear of Tallac pendants

^^ Super cool . . . nice buy!

Thanks! My first vintage pendants, trying to think of a cool way to display/hang them now...

these were Crest toothpaste premiums from the 60s i believe. there are several different animals, they're pretty easy to find and really cool!

^^ Yep,
Thanks for the info, I just googled it . . . . interesting that the lion looks like the only one with sprays.

^^^ Very cool thanks!

Moomin character "Snufkin" vinyl coin bank~

^^ that is a great rendition of that character too!
nice find.

i had the chance to buy a few Moomin banks when i was in Kyoto,
I regret not pulling the trigger now, of course . . . .

Pull-along Rosebud rabbit . . . . very rare, found in a fly-tipped pile in the woods.
It was covered in 50+ years of black grime and then mud. Cleaned up very nicely.
Still squeaks like a good 'un.

Its a bit boss-eyed but that adds to the charm!





I noticed his backside is very, very similar to a Rosebud dog i already had.
Rosebud must of liked the pose and reused it . . . .

Wow you really are a toy hunter! Beautiful stuff~

Antique store gets. The "bee guy" on the left is porcelain, but I found it irresistible as well. Hoping to find out something about it~

^^

Love the bird with the big hat . . . quite unusual, i've never seen anything like that one before.

And yeah, the bee guy is pretty cool. I would guess he's part of a set but then i could be wrong.
I've been tempted with porcelain cuteness before but i stick to a vinyl-only rule. I even tend to avoid
the thinner hard plastics nowadays - they are too easy to break!

Its one of the reasons i think collecting vinyl is the best . . . you can throw 'em at a wall if you want and they just bounce back.
Very hard to damage. For a clumsy (or should i say, drunk?) fool like myself, i find it too easy to drop stuff on the floor.

I try to stick to the same rule, mostly for aesthetic reasons, but love at first sight cannot be denied

^^ Indeed.

Recent orange bear purchase. I bought the larger one ages ago really cheap but he has a forward lean so cannot stand on his own.
Its cool i now have a smaller friend for him that i can lean him against . . . .

Both made by Combex.

More boot sale finds . . .

I cant find any reference to this character in Doraemon.
Maybe a Doraemon-esque bootleg?

Chinese Doraemon?


This is Dolfi. I think it is the mascot of Novotel Hotels . . .


Tiny figure around 55mm high. Probably 1950's.

I just don't even know what to think about Dolfi...