tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9997100328767631912024-03-18T04:03:23.627+01:00Toys from the PastVintage toys made before the mid-1990s: action figures, scale and slot cars, traditional toys, board games...Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.comBlogger1042125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-53847203013547695002024-03-10T17:13:00.015+01:002024-03-10T17:13:00.130+01:00#1041 WL SPEEDRIVE – FORMULA RACERS (Around 1987)These two models were made by Summer and then by Tintoys. Later, they were marketed under the Speedrive brand and the name “Free-Wheeling Formula Racer”. I have two different which I received from my friend Steven (visit his Motorcade), and what I like most about them is the illustration made for the blister, in the style of the early 80s (although I think these blisters are from the late Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-71195661461825259642024-02-25T17:09:00.016+01:002024-02-25T17:09:00.341+01:00#1040 KINDER SURPRISE – TRAKTOR POWER RACE (2003)This a complete series (it comprised only three models) of fantasy tractor dragsters made by Ferrero for their famous chocolate eggs. I do not collect them and they are too new for this blog, but I liked them so much, that I decided to keep them.They are relative simple and carry plain bright colours. They are all made up of three pieces that fit each other (one of them chromed) plus the wheels. Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-47325899823064706142024-02-11T17:03:00.033+01:002024-02-12T13:50:06.799+01:00#1039 BRAVESTARR – MARSHALL BRAVESTARR (1987)There is not much I can say about Bravestarr which has not been told already one hundred times. We all know more or less what this toyline (and the corresponding cartoons) is/are about, and which the characters that were made into a figure are.I do not collect this specific figures, but as I usually get many figures in lots, exchanges, flea markets and so on, I have come through them many times. Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-53176528385237808352024-01-24T21:27:00.001+01:002024-01-24T21:27:00.133+01:00#1038 PILEN – MASERATI GHIBLI (MOD. 507) (1973)This model is the original one from 1973 and it looks great, as most models from this manufacturer and that approximate year do. As a matter of fact, the Pilen models from the 70s are comparable in quality to other European brands of the time. This is acknowledged by most collectors, and is reflected on the prices that are paid for models in mint condition.This model was found in Austria, which Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-23210981465416726532024-01-14T18:01:00.024+01:002024-01-15T10:58:13.292+01:00#1037 EFSI – MERCEDES LONG TRAILER “SHELL” (around 1985)I have presented in the past several Efsi trucks and trailers, but this is my first “long trailer” made by the Dutch company. I found it in a flea market, and I liked it a lot. It represents a long tanker from Shell, in bright yellow and red. The truck is identical to the ones we already saw, so I am not going to comment on it. The trailer is, surprisingly, not very well done. The metallic base Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-41280572722972144642023-12-15T17:13:00.000+01:002023-12-15T17:13:55.977+01:00#1036 FIGURAS EN ACCIÓN (F.E.A.) Nr. 29 + ¡¡¡ME LO PIDO!!! + MOSQUEPERROS Y PIRATASThis is the cover from the latest issue of Figuras En Acción (short: FEA), and, as you can see, we bring a mixture of topics as heterogeneous as it gets.The main articles deal with toys from the TV series Maple Town (with a special focus on Spanish merchandising), the off-road Scalextric STS 4x4 made in Spain by Exin, an extensive article about Matchbox´s Regular Wheels era, never-seen before Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-62400132871370541512023-12-03T20:00:00.025+01:002023-12-11T11:28:46.051+01:00#1035 FOREST FAMILIES – CAT and TIGER FAMILIES (Around 1989) Forest Families was the cheap knock-off to Sylvanian Families or Maple Town (La aldea del Arce in Spanish, Les petits Malins in French, a powerful license of the late 80s.) made by MC Toy (May Cheong) from Hong-Kong. At the time this company had already some major success with cheap, but qualitative die-cast cars that were sold worldwide. With the time, this company would change its Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-23759210417198009972023-11-23T20:12:00.002+01:002023-11-23T21:41:27.963+01:00#1034 VARITEMAS S.L. - ROBIN HOOD (AROUND 1999)Card manufacturing in Spain has been traditionally dominated by Heraclio Fournier, followed by other brands like Naipes Comas. But there are many other manufacturers, like Mas Reynals from Barcelona, a company founded in 1989 that produced lower quality and cheap decks of cards that looked very similar to other more famous ones. Their products were sold some "100 pesetas" shops, the equivalent ofGoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-89517851601721299032023-11-05T20:06:00.058+01:002023-11-05T20:06:00.145+01:00#1033 DARDA - FERRARI F1, BMW-WILLIAMS F1 and TEAM DARDA (Around 2006)These three cars by Darda are among the most modern in my collection. Darda is still selling and producing very good-looking cars and tracks, but they are not precisely cheap toys. Maybe that is why they are so hard to spot today. Two of these Formula ones represent the models driven by Michael Schumacher (RN5) in the 2006 season and one of the three drivers that ran for BMW-Williams in 2005, Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-68953924943312943182023-10-22T16:08:00.000+02:002023-10-22T16:08:00.147+02:00#1032 TRANSFORMERS – POWERMASTER DREADWIND with HI-TEST (1988)It took me around 15 years to complete this toy. I found the plane/figure first so many years ago, then the two guns around 5 years ago, and finally, last year, I got the Powermaster figure in a lot where it was not depicted! It was a “gift” from the seller. I had actually bought other Transformers stuff, but not this part.This model is one of my favorite transformers in my collection (I do not Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-16712062612853115802023-10-08T18:55:00.035+02:002023-10-09T20:55:38.447+02:00#1031 CORGI JUNIORS – CITROEN DYANE, 2CV and 2CV (1975, 1985 and Around 2005)Each die-cast manufacturer usually focuses on the car brands that are more popular in their own countries, and specifically on those that are manufactured there. It is, after all, a business, so cars that are well known sell better. I say this because Corgi Juniors is based in Wales, United Kingdom, while Citroen is a French car manufacturer, so the models shown here are kind of rarities. Really?Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-33853813880456925232023-09-24T20:28:00.015+02:002023-09-24T20:28:00.140+02:00#1030 PAYÁ INTERNATIONAL – FERRARI 312 FORMULA 1 (Ref. 2134) (Around 1972)This International Payá Formula 1 is unmarked, what makes it difficult to identify. The quality of the cast stands out, and you can easily notice that it is not a cheap toy, but unless you are familiar with the company, you won´t be able to recognise it.It is the Ferrari 312 F1 (Ref. 2134), a nice cast that I cannot assign to any other manufacturer, it was probably made by Payá themselves. Other Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-23637253772565472722023-09-10T20:15:00.001+02:002023-09-10T20:15:00.139+02:00#1029 SOLIDO – LOLA T 280 (Nr. 15) (1973)I have had chances to buy many Solido models over the years, but most of the times, I refused. Models by Solido are mostly in 1:43 scale, which was not very interesting for me until quite late in my collector´s life. Recently I found this excellent model of a Lola Sport Prototype with Swiss Cheese decorations (funny!) and in perfect shape. I couldn´t let this go. It is beautifully made and it Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-55734298218664137142023-08-27T18:23:00.041+02:002023-08-27T18:23:00.144+02:00#1028 HEIMO - PLASTIC PVC BARBAPAPA (1979)I don´t recall the series, never saw it on TV or had any merchandising as a kid, I knew them later, as an adult, so let's go directly to the toys.The original release by Heimo comprised 9 pieces. 5 "male" and 4 "female" Barbapapas. The ladies can be recognised as they carry a kind of bun (hairstyle) at the top of their heads.Barbapapa (Pink) (waving hello?)Barbahelle (Blue) (scratching head?)Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-17588697924989601762023-08-06T20:39:00.122+02:002023-08-06T20:39:00.143+02:00#1027 HASBRO'S WWF – MARTY JANNETTY, GIANT GONZALEZ, FATU, SAMU, BUTCH, LUKE, RAZON RAMON and SHAWN MICHAELS (1994)I was missing the entry (or entries) for the 10th wave of Hasbro´s Official WWF. There are 11 waves in total (as we have numbered them), and I have covered 1-9 and 11 already. Let´s close this now (although we would come back to talk about the mail-aways and other rare stuff).There were 8 or 10 figures included in this group, all sold in individual blisters although there were two tag teams. 8 orGoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-15687294855630025032023-07-21T20:30:00.001+02:002023-07-21T20:30:00.133+02:00#1026 MATCHBOX 2000 – ROCKET (1990)I often talk about Matchbox lines which are not the superfast or the ordinary 1-75 series. I would like to review also those series, maybe I will do that more often in the future, as there are still hundreds of cars in my collection waiting for their turn to have their blog entry. Matchbox 2000 was a short lived series of small cars equipped with a magnet on the rear half that could be Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-13282931390078295322023-07-07T20:03:00.063+02:002023-07-07T20:03:00.156+02:00#1025 M.A.S.K. – THUNDERHAWK with MATT TRAKKER/ SPECTRUM (1985)The most popular reference from this toyline has to be the Thunderhawk, the red Camaro from Matt Trakker that can fly in its alternate mode. It was the vehicle that featured most of the comic stories and cartoon chapters, and included the main character of the M.A.S.K. organization, so it was 100% the favorite toy of children, when they had to choose one of the boxes in a toystore. The car Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-39497874250025163592023-06-24T20:29:00.031+02:002023-06-24T20:29:00.155+02:00#1024 TOMICA – TV TRUCK (Nr. 75 or Nr. 29-75) (1974)I haven´t
shown any die-cast made by this brand since a long time. (Almost) All cars I
had in my collection have been shown already in this blog, but this one was my
last acquisition. I bought it in my city and collected it directly from the
seller. It was not very expensive, and since it is my first and only carded or
boxed vintage Tomica, I decided to buy it. I love it,
it is a nice TV van, Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-84683682513626050732023-06-04T20:31:00.064+02:002023-06-05T19:56:08.895+02:00#1023 FIGURAS EN ACCIÓN (F.E.A.) Nr. 28This time we chose a slightly different cover story, as we are going for My Little Pony. This toyline is 40 years old and it was a nice occasion to review all the series ever made of this neat and cute creatures. We rarely review toylines "for girls" as we do not have the experts for that, but this time we had the chance to collaborate with Perikoala, and we simply couldn´t miss that!Other big Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-14135218806159882422023-05-21T20:21:00.001+02:002023-05-22T11:50:33.174+02:00#1022 NOREV – RENAULT VAN (Around 1995)This time I
want to show only one die-cast van marked Norev, which is, to my knowledge,
very rare. I haven´t seen any Norev like this before. The quality is not very
good, the base is plastic and the paintwork is also not the best possible. It is also a "Made in China" model. The wheel design is, to my knowledge, unknown to this brand.Other Norev
from these years are much better casted, have Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-58280121768379556192023-05-11T14:39:00.063+02:002023-05-11T14:39:00.140+02:00#1021 BIKER MICE FROM MARS – LAWRENCE LIMBURGER and DR. KARBUNKLE (1993)The Biker Mice from Mars was maybe one of the last great action figure collections of the 90s. Galoob made very good action figures, accesories and vehicles. The toys had a supporting TV series that was also well done, and, in general, had everything they needed to succeed. Unfortunately, it was already 1993 and children were not so interested anymore in action figures. The market was saturated Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-63516871703474321042023-04-23T20:04:00.052+02:002023-04-23T20:04:00.261+02:00#1020 GUISVAL - CENTURION MK.III TANK + KNOCK-OFF (1977 and Around 1993)MONTH OF
THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PASTToday I
want to show two small toy tanks. The first
one is made by Guisval and is a Centurion MK.III model, which appeared for the
first time in the catalogue from 1977. There were several versions of it made
those first years: in green (with british or Spanish roundels on one side), in
light brown (with Spanish roundels) on and also in light brown with Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-7177026394250351492023-04-09T19:20:00.002+02:002023-09-10T10:37:05.033+02:00#1019 EARTH FORCE - LAZAR (1985)MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!Pace Toys is known only for this excellent series of sci-fi action figures. There is nothing to be found on the internet, but according to the information shown on the blister is another American-Hong-Kongese company of quality (but cheap) toys in the style of other popular lines.Earth Force figures are copyrighted in 1985, so they would fit somewhere Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-36669646836276986822023-03-26T11:56:00.053+02:002023-03-26T11:56:00.212+02:00#1018 JARVIS PORTER LTD. - KAN-U-GO (Around 1960)T. G.
Porter Ltd. copyrighted this game in the year 1934, and many other companies
followed and exploited the license, such as Milton Bradley (MB) or
Waddington´s. The game I own is a reprint or reissue, probably from the late 50s or early 60s by Jarvis Porter Ltd.We could
easily describe the game as a card Crosswords or maybe a Scrabble (which, by the way, was patented in
1948), that consists ofGoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-999710032876763191.post-19369099210640573722023-03-12T16:13:00.033+01:002023-03-12T16:13:00.261+01:00#1017 REDONDO – McLAREN SERENISSIMA F.1. (Around 1970)In entry #194 I already introduced the brand Redondo as a die-cast manufacturer with two formula ones in bad condition, and I updated the entry later with a formula one in a keyring. Today I am presenting three more formula ones, but all new in their boxes. Unfortunately, they are all the same reference and cast: Nr. 12 McLaren Serenissima, but, at least, this will help me showing the Goghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011186898064397549noreply@blogger.com5