I just came across this 1960s TV commercial for a toy called King Zor, made by Ideal. It is a battery-powered dinosaur, that came with a dar...

 Ideal's Derry Daring was their mid-70's homage to female stunt motorcyclist Debbie Lawler. Capturing the whoosh of the Evel Knevel ...

More Ideal 6x6 High Risers! This time on the telly! You Tube has these ace old 80's TV ads for the hill-climbing behemoths. Wow...

I think I'm in love with Ideal's 6x6 High Risers. Part of the 80's monster climbing wheeled toys craze, I'm only just n...

Yet another mid-1980's power range I don't know, here we have the 12x12 Power Climbers by Road Champs I saw on an old auction. ...

Now that was a big game! I enjoyed owning this beautiful toy-game for a while before selling it in in the late Noughties. Photo t...

Dear Woodsy,  I came across this page in Ideal Toy Catalog of 1958 (from the http://www.usdimestore.com/ website). Look at ...

This is a decent video demonstration of the functions of the 1960 Astro Base by Ideal. Its a You Tubed sales pitch from 2010 by a chap...

I 've never seen this toy before and can't believe how versatile it is on land AND underwater! Anyone have one? Courtes...

In Winter 2015 I did some research into the likely origins of the Project SWORD Moon Ranger pilot, cockpit and dome released by Century 21 ...

A few weeks ago I talked about how Century 21 Toys probably re-used the astronaut from earlier version of the Moon Ranger and likely as far...

Looking at Ideal's Astro Base space vehicle [name?] below I couldn't help noticing its similarity to both the Miniflex Space safari...

Here's my slightly tarnished 'Whirl-a-way' Runabout from Ideal's Boaterific range. Like my other Boaterific toy boa...

Here's my slightly knocked about 'Atlas' Harbour Tug toy from Ideal's 'Boaterific' range. For a toy it...