#1960s toys

[dallasgallant]

Including some toy stuff in my time period Christmas post but I want it to be known no toy shall ever surpass Gaylord from 1962. He is the saddest most beautiful creature. He walks! He has batteries! That’s some advanced shit!

His ad is art

Fur-real friends will never live up to him.

… he’s loud and he ate batteries but that don’t matter to me.

[cinderelmo]

Advertising for Ideal Toys Muppet Puppets

[doctorbeth]

Secondary Hospital for Toucan and Hippo

Sometimes, animals need to go to a higher level hospital, kind of like visiting the Mayo Clinic after having first been treated at the local community hospital. When the toucan's person first wrote to me, he was looking for that higher level hospital.

Toucan was born in 1965. His person got him by sending in box tops from Fruit Loops Cereal. Earlier this year, he decided that Toucan, while still furry, really needed a bath, and he sent him, along with his friend hippo, to a hospital (not mine). When they came back, they were clean, but their colors were faded, their fur was gone, and their facial features (as well as hippo's ears and tail) had all been replaced. Their person was, needless to say, not happy.

Here is the diagnosis photo of Toucan that he sent:

Toucan was supposed to be two shades of yellow as well as blue and purple! His man was ok, with the new eyes, but his beak was malformed (he couldn't get small bugs with that rounded tip) and his tail had a poor patch.

Hippo (who was too shy for diagnosis photos) was similarly pale and unfurry, with the wrong ears, eyes, nostrils, and tail!

The only treatment I can offer for fading and balding is new fur, which I explained to the pair's man. He thought this would be acceptable (especially since it was reversible if he didn't like it, unlike their earlier cleaning), so he sent them in -- I got to be the Mayo Clinic :-)!

We went through a few options for colors and furriness amounts, but eventually figured out the right balance and surgery commenced. Here is the Toucan all better and waiting for some Fruit Loops:

The hippo took a bit longer. While the man had photographs (old original photos from film!) of them younger, the angle on Hippo was not great for his nostrils, and it took a few tries to get them and his eyes just right. But here he is all better too... he's even showing off his new tail!

They flew home (not far, just down to Los Angeles) and their person wrote:

The pair have arrived safe and sound.  They have never looked better.  Thank you so much for your superb craftsmanship.

[dragonfruitghoul]

Bats in your belfry dream toy

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Japanese tin robot & spacemen toys (1950s, 1960s)

[inthedarktrees]

The Island of Misfit Toys

Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Rankin/Bass

[catsofyore]

Gone fishin'. Photo from my collection, 1968.

[goobersplat]

1975 Snoozie Turtle, 1970s Yellow mouse with cheese, Blue, red, and yellow dog (lost the link.), 1987 Lil Hooks sneaky snail

[goshyesvintageads]

Tootsie Roll Industries, 1969

[gameraboy2]

Barbie and Ken (1962)

[misforgotten2]

I love smell of Play-Doh in the morning. It smells like childhood.

Parents Magazine  - November 1967

[retropopcult]

Electronic RADAR SEARCH game from Ideal, 1969

[vintageadsmakemehappy]

1969 Hot Wheels Super Charger

[houseofcatwic]

Mr Peabody and his Pet Boy Sherman

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine ads (1960s)

[helloparkerrose]