Hello,
Here are pictures of metal recasts from 1930's moulds. The moulds were sold for home casting which was popular back then. BUCK ROGERS OF THE 25TH CENTURY
They are 2-3" high and being sold on eBay.
The US home castings are always large items, even the 54mm stuff is chunky and basic whereas UK casting sets were almost as fine and detailed as Britain's. The US one's seem to be mostly in scale with large electric train sets.
Interesting that on your last radio broadcast you discussed toys. Will modern kids play with toys or just electronics?
Well my 34 year old daughter firmly has the tactile need to hold and read a book. She is not sold on electronic books other than the convenience of when traveling being able to have a library on an i-pad. Even then she will buy and discard a trail of paperbacks.
We will continue this with our grandson who will inherit books, comics and toys from his mother and me.
It is a given fact that toy soldiers for example are not played with the way earlier generations did, but by the same token the annoying modern LEGO figures are selling like hot cakes so styles change and with guidance, imagination will be triggered in modern kids if the parents stay engaged.
My parents generation were upset at the omnipresence of television, I think rather than being passive entertainment it opened knowledge to a wider audience it wasn't just westerns, detective stories and spy stories. Again it depended on parental involvement.
So I believe there will always be toys of some form to develop hand eye co-ordination other than video games and computers.
Capt Scarlett, Thunderbirds, Stingray will continue to exist in some form of imaginative entertainment. Not everything will be computer generated. animation, even puppets will be new again one day.
Regards,
Terranova47
NYC
Those casts are really nice- I might even find room for one or two, (although I don't do ebay).
ReplyDeleteInteresting comments on how toys are played with. What I don't like about modern toys is that they are generally linked to a TV series or a film, which I think restricts their imaginative value.
I like those casts too Andy. Imagine, a toy set for home casting! Wouldn't happen now!
DeleteOh, and I suspect the images are taken from the Buck Rogers newspaper cartoon or comic strip?
ReplyDeleteI wanted to say that LEGO have massive drop in sales for second or third year in row as the kids preffer to get phone or tablet to play rather to BUILD something that is not in Minecraft.
ReplyDeleteAlso Japanese animation (yep, Anime) is now mostly 3D computer animation but they STILL make some series with PUPPETS like Thunderbolt Fantasy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1muOeJ4fBps
I am 30 years old, and even if I know that I spend waaaay to much time on PC or gaming console, I still have more "analog hobbies" like model kits and stuff around it. There is a high chance that some company will "reinvent the wheel" and sell 2D handrawn animation/puppets/toy bricks as something new and fancy for new generation of kids in 5-10 years from now
Interesting insights Ranulculus. Parts of our hobby are changing for sure. It may be even be less social than it used to be. I wonder if youre right that simpler toys ay return for a new generation. By the way, I have some of your models to make this winter!
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DeleteI am happy right in my heart after hearing the last part.
Also, if you need more Japanese model kits/toys, then just say ;3
Thanks Ran!
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