HI Woodster,
In case they are also suitable blog material, I enclose some pictures of some great early toys (which I'd love to have but could never afford!). They are 1930's Tootsie Toys Buck Rogers rockets (although a zeppelin has also crept in to the boxed set). Must be some of the first space toys? They have great names, too e.g. "flash blast attack ship".
All the best,
Andy B
Well thats a blast from the past!
ReplyDeleteI always get Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon mixed up. Who came first?
ReplyDeleteBnbb Buck!
ReplyDeleteYou've said that before. Still don't gerrit!
ReplyDeleteBuster Crabbe played Buck in the thirties serial and went on to di Flash Gordon.
ReplyDeleteFLASH- AHAAA
I remember one of them - black and white - on telly on Saturday mornings about 10 years ago over Xmas, Flash? Buck? Dunno.
ReplyDeleteThat would be Flash, not sure any Buck Rogers survives
ReplyDeleteYes some Buck Rogers survives, had it on video a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Buck Rogers was set in the 25th Century, the early stories were written in the 1920s and 1930s, when airships rather than aeroplanes were being used for long distance air travel. Therefore airships appeared in the stories. Tootsietoy just included their existing U.S.N. (not U.S.S.) Los Angeles airship model as part of the Buck Rogers set. What a great set of models, I would love to have those, but they are well outside my price range. I would not consider the 1930s a Golden Age for space toys, as there was so little available at this early date. The 1950s onwards, and especially the 1960s with Gerry Anderson.
ReplyDeleteBuck Rogers appeared in 1928, Flash Gordon in 1934. Their names are in alphabetical order. Nice and simple.
Very interesting Paul. Different generations will have theor own Golden ages for toys. My daughters would be the Eighties and early nineties I imagine. Those early radio and TV shows are adored especially in the States and the merchandise likewise.
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