Thursday, 4 June 2020

BRAND NEW!



Sometimes I see toys that I think, Hmmm, not sure about that.

This is one, a vintage toy cowboy branding iron!

There's even a chart of famous brands.

Looks like its actually a toy ink stamp but still!

Am I being overly-2020? After all I do eat bacon and beef!

4 comments:

  1. Paul Adams from New Zealand6/04/2020 7:22 pm

    What a strange toy - what period would it be from ? There is no barcode, so I would assume it is an older toy. Made in Hong Kong for a US company.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Never mind the barcode. Where on your friend did you 'brand' them?

    ReplyDelete
  3. One thing I can tell you for sure,that price tag is a K Mart tag.K Mart started using scan codes in the late 80s ,so I would guess it's from the 70s.I can't really gauge the toys size,but I would guess that the toy might be in scale with an 8 or 9 inch action figure.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I had a printing set called the John Bull Printing Set. Not sure who the maker was. Spears? It had a similar slotted bar where the letters where inserted. I still have a set somewhere, a modern version. I suppose the branding gimmick was just another way to sell kids printing sets!

    ReplyDelete