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A vintage Topper Toys Johnny Seven One Man Army produced in 1964. The top selling toy of 1964! It was called the One Man Army because the gun has 7 functions. A complete one in the box commands top dollar! The gun was released during the Vietnam War and I guess they were getting Johnny ready for WAR. During this era, many televisions shows had a war theme, such as Combat and others. Topper Toys was a divsion of Deluxe Reading Corporation who only sold toys on the top shelves of grocery stores and drug stores (out of the reach of our grubby little hands) while Topper Toys sold there line in toy stores. I remember bugging the heck out of my parents to get me those toys and most cost a weeks salary. They don't make em like this any more!!!! It would be a Politically Incorrect! Where's OSAMA???
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classic
nostalgia
Deluxe
Topper
Guns
Toys
Added: 14th August 2007
Views: 5768
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Posted By: dezurtdude |
 
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A cool battery operated from the 60's from Ideal Toy Corporation. King Zor came with a dart gun (not shown)and 5 or 6 darts. You were supposed to shoot King Zor's tail and if you hit it, he'd turn, and fire yellow balls at you. I wouldn't dare shoot his tail now for fear of breaking the it! You can nudge the tail to get the same effect. Oh man, please forgive the filming. This when I started doing toy vids and the TV was on in the background and I was looking through a view finder and trying to make sure Zor didn't fall off of the table, all at the same time. I now use a tri-pod. I will do another in the near future. If any one has this or parts, I need some, especially the box and some darts. Co
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toys
classic
nostalgia
Ideal
60s
Added: 14th August 2007
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A cool plastic model of Wonder Woman made by Aurora in 1966. Sales of this kit were dismal and it appears that young boys just weren't interested in woman superheros. Wonder Woman is controling the menancing octopus with her magic lasso. A truly cool 60s kit!
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Aurora
Models
Plastic
Wonder
Woman
Super
Heros
Added: 14th August 2007
Views: 6231
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An Ideal Classic that was so popular that Ideal adopted Mr. Machine as their official logo! This toy was designed by Marvin Glass a freelance toy designer and he fashioned Mr. Machine after a henpecked husband. He squawks as he walks. You could take Mr. Machine apart and even though they say it was desinged for a 5 year to do, many a Mr. Machine laid in pieces only to be tossed out by parents who couldn't figure out how to put him back together either. I repair and take apart old toys to clean them and I had one heck of a some fun putting him back together-NOT! LOL. There were two variations of Mr. Machine that came out in the 70s and one in the 80s, but nothing compares to the original Mr. Machine!!!! His orginal box is shown too!
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Ideal
Toys
Old
60s
Classic
Added: 14th August 2007
Views: 6708
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Posted By: dezurtdude |
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A vintage Jimmy Jet in action. Deluxe Reading sold these in grocery and drug stores and their toys were place on the top shelves to keep grubby little hands like mine from them. I remember bugging the heck out of my parents for this toy and many others. Most of Deluxe's toys were big and fanstastic! The grocery and drug stores had lay away for the items because most of these toys cost a week's salary back then. Please excuse the filming. I was sick when I was doing the filming and looking through a view finder. The lights were dimmed so you could see how it operates.
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flying
jet
toys
classic
deluxe
reading
Added: 16th August 2007
Views: 4251
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A television commercial of King Zor by Ideal Toy Corporation.
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toys
commercials
tv
Added: 18th August 2007
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Credit to drapersmokes
Another great big Deluxe Reading Toy from the 60's sold atop grocery store shelves. You could actually put talcum powder into the tank barrel to simulate smoke. I had one of these babies as a kid!
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tank
army
classic
toys
Added: 23rd August 2007
Views: 5280
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Posted By: dezurtdude |
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This video starts with a very brief history and description of the dolls, Beautiful Chrissy and Velvet which were part of a line of growing-hair dolls that were released by the Ideal Toy Corporation. THIS is a stop-motion animation of how their hair could go from long to short to long without using scissors, wigs, or hair extensions.
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Beautiful
Chrissy
Velvet
history
dolls
growing
hair
Ideal
Toy
Corporation
long
short
Added: 4th February 2009
Views: 2333
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Posted By: mia_bambina |
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This wonderful Musical Variety aired live once per month in the time period normally occupied by the dramatic anthology series Climax! Both were sponsored by the Chrysler Corporation and shared the same host, Mr. William Lundigan. There were occasional plays and lots of music and skits. The most familiar face on the Shower of Stars was Jack Benny who appeared in several shows. Grable appeared in the Premiere Episode. . .
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TV
Shower
of
Stars
Betty
Grable
Jack
Benny
Added: 23rd November 2007
Views: 2366
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A demonstration of a vintage collectible classic toy. I hope the quality is good. For some reason, it won't let me upload from youtube onto here.
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toys
deluxe
reading
vintage
60s
guns
rifle
military
Added: 29th January 2008
Views: 4265
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