Toys
Toys of the 80′s
Tank Battle Board Game
Published August 5, 2008 | 
Tank Battle Board Game from by MB Games from the 1970′s
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Scalextric
Published August 4, 2008 | Scalextric commercial from the 1980′s
Scalextric came from the Scalex brand of Minimodels Ltd, which was a clockwork powered race car system that first appeared in 1952. Their inventor, Mr B. Francis, showed Scalextric (“Scalex” plus “electric”) cars at the annual Harrogate Toy Fair in 1957. In 1958, unable to meet demand for their popular range, the parent company was sold to Lines Bros Ltd, who operated as “Tri-ang”. Their subsidiary Rovex, which specialised in plastic, then developed Scalextric, converting the metal cars to the easier and cheaper to mould plastic. The track, which was originally a rubber compound, became moulded plastic at a later date. Production continued at Mini-models in Havant until 1967, when it moved to Rovex’s own site.
Corgi Rockets
Published August 4, 2008 | Corgi Rockets ad from 1971
Corgi Toys first appeared in July 1956, manufactured by Mettoy Playcraft Ltd. in Swansea, Wales, as direct competition to Meccano’s Dinky Toys model vehicles, which had dominated the British toy car market for many years.
The Mettoy company was founded by German emigree Philip Ullmann in 1933 who set up a business in Stimpson Avenue, Northampton, England. Ullmann had twenty one years experience running his own toy company called Tipp in Germany, and he was soon joined by South African born German, Arthur Katz who had worked for him there.
Bluebird Kitchen Toy
Published August 4, 2008 | Bluebird Kitchen Toy “Wake Up Daddy” 80′s Christmas advert.
Transformers (1983)
Published August 1, 2008 | 
ransformers advert from 1982 promoting Ultra Magnus Galvatron.
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