TUT TUT

 

I always love pictures of this toy as it so reminds me of my childhood.

King Tut is the stablemate of a toy I adored, the skeleton version of it called the Restless Spirit.

These toys were all the same, magnetic and great fun. The 'bodies' just won't stay down.

King Tut Arises!

This King Tut was made by Fairylite no less.

My own Restless Spirit was bought from mail-order kings Ellisdons of Liverpool.

Did you have anything like this?

WHAT'S THE ATTRACTION?

Repairing an old picture the other day I stacked my frame pins on an orange magnet.

Well, the memories came flooding back of just such a gadget I got one Crimbo in the early Seventies. I seem to recall a load of metal shards on a heavy magnetic base, which allowed the shards to be pillared in any way you wanted. Upwards, sideways. Great fun!

Do you remember it?

ROB'S MAGNETS! THEY'RE SUPER MIGHTY!

Woodsy,

Inspired by your recent toy compass post, here is a pic of my tiny vintage magnet collection, and a pic of a painting I did awhile back of a vintage magnet toy package, "Super Mighty." I have that actual toy somewhere in the dungeon, but could not locate it for the photo shoot. There is something about the red-yellow-silver color scheme of a vintage toy magnet that really "grabs" me.

Rob C

CT 

USA