A mosey round the huge Elsecar emporium, despite not buying anything, did throw up a few things to photograph.
A Tufty Club bendy. It must have been a bigger deal than I recall on TV, the Tufty Club. I've seen books, games and now a bendy!
I had thought at first glance this was Tom Baker but it's Austin Powers of course.
This was Tom Baker though!
Maybe the earliest Superman annual I've handled, this was dated 1958!
Lots of Hornby trains with many many red boxes items.
Two attractive early space age pictures.
Pennybrix? New to me. You?
And seen a few times in MC, old Tivvy, this one being a plastic savings box for a bank.
Anything you would have been interested in readers?
Wait, there were action figures of Baker's Doctor?!
ReplyDeleteYep, by Denys Fisher Baron: Lot 952 - DENYS FISHER TOYS, DOCTOR WHO TOM BAKER https://share.google/sDUgBnArdeCK23I7F
DeleteFrom the book Building Toys, by Brian Salter, Shire Library of small paperback books (all packed with information), 2011.
ReplyDeletePennybrix were made by Minic Ltd., part of Tri-ang (Lines Brothers). Introduced in 1964. Made of brightly coloured plastic. There was a mascot figure, named Periwinkle Pennybrix, who looked like an Irish Leprechaun, and was dressed mainly in green.
Described as 'A Building Toy That Young Children Enjoy - Pennybrix - Safe Big-Size Bricks In Distinctive Colours'. Periwinkle had his own car, and there was a railway as well. I have no idea how long they were around.
Thanks Paul, great info. I suppose in the early Sixties various companies were vying for that brick space in the toy market. My own chosen bricks were called Stickle Brix. Lego rules supreme now I guess.
DeleteSpace pictures of the Tiros satellite and Polaris missile are nice - but why would you frame them and ask £40? Pennybrix were one of many brick sets vying for Lego's crown, but like so many similar ones, they just didnt have the grip strength or versatility of Lego and perished in the mid sixties. Bill
ReplyDeleteI looked at those pictures. They were prints with the names of the craft printed on the bottom edge. £40 seemed steep but there was hardly any other space stuff in the huge emporium.
Deletespace memorabilia is as rare as an atmosphere on the moon. considering the amount of stuff washing about in the sixties, it should still be around today!
DeleteIt's a mystery about the lack of space stuff in emporia. I'm not sure it was as mainstream as we think. It's just not Pyrex.
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