I've had thousands of old toys in my hands at one time or other, as a kid and an adult.
One I once bought was a huge plastic ferry set for pre-school kids. A sort of an Early Learning Centre style toy involving a large plastic track, plastic cars and a car ferry.
I think it was called the Big Ferry Set by a classicly Seventies and Eighties toy outfit called Romper Room. They had a really cool logo too.
The ferry set was ginormous and the box was like a trunk. I recall buying it at a car boot in the early 1990's and struggling to get it to the car!
Despite still having quite a few of the old toys I bought back then this is one set I don't think I have now. Trouble is my loft is a mess - like the bridge of the Enterprise after a major Klingon blast - and I wouldn't be able to find it if I wanted to.
Yet I just don't recall selling this massive plastic set!
Does anyone remember Romper Room's Big Ferry set? Photo anyone?
Memory can play strange tricks Woodsy- can't find any reference to a big ferry set, but there is a bridge & ferry set (sounds similar, though it was made by Ideal, not Romper Room Inc ).
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean Steve. My memory's a complete romper room! I've had a look at the Ideal ferry just now. It's not that one. Wish I'd taken pictures of everything I sold back in the day.
DeleteRomper Room were distributed by Airfix in the seventies, the toys appear in a few of the catalogues, but I dont recall the Ferry. I think the company was owned by another agency more recently
ReplyDelete