Toy Soldiers Civil War. Comic Book Classic Toy Ads. Here you will find a wide selection of ads for the toys of your youth! Whether it be Star Wars, Marvel action figures or Evel Knievel, you will find the ads here. Check back for more ads to be added! 104 Different Cars - Yeah, an ad for a bunch of different cars. I like the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang similarities in the ad. AFX Factory Cars - You can tell this is a 70's ad as it just has the look. AFX G-Plus - Nice pics of some fine slot cars. AFX G-Plus Penny Sale - A sale on cool slot cars? AFX Racing - I remember these race cars when I was a kid.
Aircraft Carrier - Love those old toys that would throw or shoot toys around. Aurora $50,000 Model Motoring Invitational - A cool ad for classic Aurora cars including the Ferrari. Aurora '67 Ford Mustang Contest - A chance to win a Ford Mustang! Aurora Anzio Beach - Yes, they made a model of the famous World War II model. Aurora American Astronaut Model - A nice picture of an astronaut. Aurora Contest - They dare you to enter this contest. Toy Spotting: The Budget Charge of 132 Roman Soldiers. THE "LOST" MAIL-ORDER MYSTERIES. As I worked on the layouts for my book Mail-Order Mysteries, the limited number of pages quickly became my enemy. In fact, early in the process Kevin Toyama, my amazing editor, was granted a request to bump up the page count to better accommodate all the goodies.
But even with the added space there were a number of items that didn't make it. Some never even appeared in the rough layouts and some kept getting shifted around before finally getting cut at the last minute. But thanks to the internet these images needn't go unseen, actually you will be looking at them in just a few seconds! 12 Ivory Elephants in a Bean- Of all the omissions this one is probably the most heartbreaking for me. Fully Furnished Doll House- This is another regrettable cut mainly because it was a pretty popular ad and it exemplifies the "it's actually made of cardboard" principle. Whack Jack Tension Reliever- This is a fun item but the poor guy already looks so world-weary that it doesn't feel right to smash him. TOY SOLDIER HQ INC<P> 1/72 GIANT + OTHER HONG KONG AND CHINA MADE TOYSOLDIERS AND FIGURES. YOUR PLASTIC ARMY HEADQUARTERSQuantities Are Limited GIANT (ARCO) OF New York & Hong Kong The blue, red, yellow & brown figures above were copied from the Marx 60mm WOW series while the silver, green and gold figures are copies of the Britains Herald 54mm Trojan series.
Giant called them all Romans. Copies were made and Giant went back and "patented" their figures (which were copies themselves). The old logo was blobbed over and a new one with a P in a circle for patented was added to the molds. 1.00 Walking with sword and shield; NONE. 1.00 With shield, throwing spear; NONE . 1.00 Attack with sword, shield back; 1 red. 1.00 Standing with spear; NONE. 1.00 Bowman; NONE. 1.00 Standing erect sword pointed down; NONE 2.50 Mounted with standard; NONE, (1.00 standard short or missing 1 gold). 2.50 Mounted with spear; 1 gold, 5 yellow, 1 red, 1 blue, 3 green, (1.00 Missing one leg peg 1 yellow) 1.50 COPY Mounted with spear; 2 orange. 2.50 Mounted with sword; NONE.
NONE IN STOCK - Siege Tower. Infantry. Helen of Toy | Board Game Publisher. TOY SOLDIER HQ INC<P> CEREAL AND OTHER PREMIUMS, COMIC BOOK OFFERS AND GUMBALL PRIZES. YOUR PLASTIC ARMY HEADQUARTERSQuantities Are Limited Children around the world delighted in getting premiums/prizes as a bonus in their cereal boxes and with many other types of food and non food items. Nabisco and Kelloggs were around the world by the 1930s and some premiums were used in several different countries. Many of the cereal box pictures are courtesy Dan Goodsell. See the direct link to his web site "MISTER TOAST" above where you can find neat things to buy and at TICK TOCK WORLD many more cereal boxes. - 4.00 Dino?
- 40.00 Kelloggs Crater Critters "Kingly Critter", light purple, circa 1972. 6.00 Lot of six rubber comic paratroopers. We have been told these football players may have been used as premiums. 3.00 #35 crouching looking backwards; 1 red. 3.00 #16 Crouching halfback? 3.00 #44 In three point stance; 1 red. 3.00 #59 About to catch the ball; 1 red, 1 tan. 3.00 #66 About to be handed the ball; 1 red. 3.00 #60 Quarterback about to get the ball from center; 1 red. Dr. Dr. Cuba. Those Little Soldiers From the Backs of Comic Books. Many kids who grew up in the 1960's and 1970's saw ads like this on the backs of comic books: A lot of us just looked at them and wished we had the scratch to get them. At some point my brother and I were lucky enough to get our parents to order us a couple sets of these guys.
I've heard some people complaining about disappointed when they got their soldiers, but we loved our sets and spent many happy hours setting these 1" tall figures and fighting imaginary battles. According to The World of Comic Book Toy Soldiers these figures came from Lucky Products or a "Nameless Mail Drop Company" and not one of the better known companies like Helen of Toy.
Actually, the above page seems to cover this subject pretty well. Even luckier, these little guys survived. A couple of patriots pose in front of a pile of dead lobsterbacks. The Continental Line. Here is a shot of all the poses. My pile o' toy soldiers. Below is another ad for these soldiers with an actual photograph of them. 100 Toy Soldiers. Comic Book Toys and Games. Copyright 2011 by the editors of the Armymen Homepage Posted as a service by The Army Men Homepage and Milihistriot Back in the 1950s and 1960s, comic books were the preferred form of printed communication for children.
As with any other type of periodical, comic books were supported by an assortment of advertisers. You might see anything from "X-ray" glasses to potato pistols to opportunities to sell an obscure publication called "Grit. " They weren't. One of the more memorable ads promoted a "Footlocker" with 100 pieces. A few years ago, a gentleman named Elliot showed up on the toy soldier scene. With our consent, Elliott copied some of the Sandy Hook Battle Game rules from the Army Men Homepage, printed them up and packed them in with his toy soldiers.
The last item Elliott offered was a twelve-inch action figure of a disabled soldier. Elliott and I communicated via email. One thing we have is his work on the comic book toys. Milihistriot@comcast.net. WELCOME TO THE WORLD<BR>OF<BR>COMIC BOOK TOY SOLDIERS !<P> (See Bottom of Page for Photo/Image Links) From the very early 1950's, through the mid-1980's, comic book companies printed the beloved, now-classic advertisements for Toy Soldier Sets in the infamous "Back Page Mail-Order Ads" of most typical comic books.
The Sets always looked HUGE in the Ads and were always sold CHEAP enough for the average kid to actually hope to buy! Often consisting of "Flats" ("2D" Toy Soldiers made of thin, hard plastic) and later of tiny "3D" soft plastic miniatures, these Toy Soldier Sets had many themes including WWII, Cowboys & Indians, American Civil War, Revolutionary War, Roman Wars, Medieval Wars with Knights, Vikings, Pirates, Circus, Space Wars and more! Some Sets were even complete War Games with official Directions, 3D Soldiers/Game Pieces, Fold-out Playmats and Accessories. Here's an incomplete list of typical companies with their locations as printed in vintage comic book Ads. Notice the similarity in general location. "JOSELY CO. " "COMPIX, INC. "