vintage toys

[V.C. Brunswick]

Irwin Interior Decorator Set

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

A look inside the Lesney Matchbox factory in 1962.

[video=youtube;d_Yjyy_Rp2A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Yjyy_Rp2A[/video]

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Arctic Explorer Playset by Marx
circa 1950s.

Boy would I have liked to have that set.

My favourite games from the 70's we're escape from colditz and battle of the little big horn, alone with Johnny West.

http://http://www.vintage-playtime.com/vintage_board_games/prod_2946171-The-Battle-Of-The-Little-Big-Horn-Board-Game.html

 

[Stearmen]

A look inside the Lesney Matchbox factory in 1962.

[video=youtube;d_Yjyy_Rp2A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Yjyy_Rp2A[/video]

Thanks VC. I remember my first Matchbox, it was Jimmy Clark's Lotus, I believe the Indianapolis version. A new friend of mine had just moved into the neighborhood, his dad was stationed in Great Britain prior to the move, so we traded. I can't remember what I put up, must not of had any sentimental value!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Today's flea market finds

 

[Stearmen]

How many of you can remember you're first Matchbox car? As I stated earlier, mine was one of Jimmy Clark Lotus's. Funny how that sticks with you almost 50 years latter!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I don't remember my very first one but two of my favorite Matchbox were the Ford tractor and the Jag XKE.

 

[DeaconKC]

My first Matchbox car was a Unimog.

 

[Renault]

My first Matchbox car was a Unimog.

Ferret or a Dingo scout car! I think I still have it. I know I have some of the classic cars like a Maxwell and a Rolls silver cloud(?).

Ha! Think I will find them and make them a special spot in the man cave project!

 

[Stearmen]

Ferret or a Dingo scout car! I think I still have it. I know I have some of the classic cars like a Maxwell and a Rolls silver cloud(?).

Ha! Think I will find them and make them a special spot in the man cave project!

That would be fitting!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Tin Friction Mercedes 220 by Bandai

 

[Renault]

That is awesome Victor!!! The condition looks great from the photo!

I dunno how it happened, but these three relics somehow survived our two sons ( now 35 and 33). I managed to find them on a very dusty shelf in their old bedroom. They were originally mine. I think I got the scout car in like '64. Had a few other models, but they have long gone the way of the Dodo.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Thanks, Renault!

I was selling at a flea market today and found that Mercedes there. Those cars of yours look like Matchbox. I had the one in the middle. It was from their Models of Yesteryear series.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Greyhound Scenicruiser by Tootsie

 

[Renault]

Top is 1907 RR Silver Ghost and the middle is a 1911 Maxwell Roadster. I remember having a 27 MErcedes Benz too, a Gazelle mebbe????

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

And last but most certainly not least of today's flea market finds...
Pressed Steel Tonka Service Truck

 

[1930artdeco]

V.C., that is one really nice Tonka you got there. How did you manage to find an unscratched version.

Mike

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

V.C., that is one really nice Tonka you got there. How did you manage to find an unscratched version.

Mike

Just luck I suppose though I believe it might be a restoration. It's a lighter blue than the original paint and the lightning bolt on the decal seems to be skinnier than the original. I was selling at a motorcycle/bike flea market yesterday and came upon it when I was walking around there. The seller had several other vintage Tonkas but this one, of course, stood out. I paid $60 for it.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Lesney Matchbox Superfast #11, Flying Bug
1972-75, Mint Condition

I won this on eBay recently and it just arrived today!

 

[Stearmen]

Of course, I sure could break mine! [video=youtube;xMjxOD1lJq0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMjxOD1lJq0[/video]