Ed's Banks

Woodsy,

Here's some of the banks in my collection. A couple you've already seen, a couple you haven't:

The Astro Mfg Guided Missile Bank (I had one of these as a kid - but in a matte finish)

Fosta Plastic Space Ship Bank

Ertl #F004 Diecast Hershey's 1932 Northrop Gamma Plane - Bank

Ertl No. GC-5041 Diecast Miller Genuine Draft Truck Bank

I think there's a couple more out in The Cave that I haven't gotten around to photographing yet.

From Vegas Base

Ed

A Couple of More of Ed's Banks

Woodsy,

I totally forgot my Lionel boxcar banks. Lionel turned several of what we call 'shorty' boxcars into banks.

 They had coin slots on the roof, but no way to access the coins unless you took off the body casting. I only have two of maybe the half-dozen Lionel made:

-Van Camp's

-Swift Premium

From Vegas Base

Ed

All the Way to the Bank

 I remember in the pandemic we featured many money boxes.

Here are three more I've seen online of late that I like.

This is a complicated one, a sort of Japanese temple and Torii gate, where the ubiquitous green hand pops out!

The box art explains further but I'm unclear as to what it means. You?

This is another Japanese bank and one which proves you should never carry loose change on a ship near Godzilla! He's saving up! 

This last one I really like, the Guardsman on the tower bottom left. It's so perfectly proportioned and has that Action Man vibe, which would always draw me in.

I can't make out the branding lower left. Can you?

Have you any good money banks and boxes?

Saved! Arto's Fosta & Tudor Rose Rocket Banks

As an addendum to my comment on Ed's fab October post about the Fosta Grant Rocket Bank, here's a snapshot of my Fosta bank along with two Tudor Rose variants (and friends). The red rocket bank is the one pictured in the seminal book on plastic space toys, Blast-Off! Have you got one readers?

Arto

Helsinki Base

ED'S FOSTA ROCKET BANK

Zigg made mention of how much he liked the rocket ship pictured in my MB 16th birthday greeting.

The bank is from the 1950s and stands 10"H and is a variation on the 'pointy tube with fins' rocket design with the fins being quite long.

From Vegas Base

Ed

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PS. From Arto:

As an addendum to my comment on Ed's fabulous post about the Foster Grant Rocket Bank, here's a snapshot of my Fosta bank along with two Tudor Rose variants (and friends). The red rocket bank is the one pictured in the seminal book on plastic space toys, Blast-Off!

Arto

Helsinki Base

MARSMAN WANTS YOUR MONEY

 

I remember these springy balls dangling.

I think some looked like aliens.

Some may have appeared IN ALIEN along with the nodding bird but I'm not sure.

This one, Marsman, is also a money box! I imagine when a coin is dropped in the Marsman jumps for joy!

Is it something you remember readers?

KRIS AND THE FLARES

 At the house clearance table I rummaged over a lot at yesterday's boot I saw few other things that caught my eye, which I left because I'm saving up....

...... A Midland Bank elephant money box like this online - the one at the sale was chipped and cracked. 25p but I passed. Does anyone collect these?

A large die-cast Zeroid from Terrahawks made by Bandai [or is it Popy?] as seen here in Wotan's collection. It was too dear for me at £5.

A large food bag of small plastic toys, about 100 I would say: small figures, tiny novelties and about 6 Action Man Flare guns like this online. Again, at £5 it was too dear. Could the flares have been knockoffs I wonder too? I wish I'd have got that bag now! ha ha. The booter's curse!

A small Malay souvenir Kris paper knife like this on the net. I recognised this immediately from my teenage years obsessing about martial arts and ancient weapons around the world. I owned several kukris and a katana back then. I still have the katana, a cheapo copy my Mum got me from Kay's catalogue circa 1972, but I loved it then and still do. Seeing a Kris again was a real joy.

Anything you would have got readers?

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Postscript:

I also passed on this little plastic chunky car, a Burger King AERO Record Breaker from 1989. Very cool design. 25p. I could kick myself! [picture from the net]

TERRANOVA'S ROYAL TIN MONEY BOX

Hello Paul,

Back during lock down it was surprising to find I had a substantial money box collection without being aware of it happening. The only conscious purchase was of the British traditional red Post Box/Pillar Box.

The mailing slot in miniature being the perfect coin slot.

Having just returned from a trip that ended with a few days in London I was disappointed not to find a Charles III version. Not surprising in that there probably there will never be a Pillar Box with his cypher as people don't use the mail as much as they used to. Somewhere are probably tons of Elizabeth II waiting to be placed on street corners.

What I did find was a year old Coronation tin money box. I did purchase it for the charming label on the bottom.

The traditional way to rob one of the tin boxes was a knife blade through the slot to balance a coin.

This one has a better solution!

Terranova

NYC

USA

Satellite of Love

Some things a worth the wait.

Even a long one.

This one took me more than a decade!

The Satellite money box was made by a Finnish money box manufacturer MK-tuote in the early 1960's and was probably one of their first designs. 

Even though there are at least five colour variants and an illustrated box it came in, they very rarely come up for sale. 

Complete examples are even more hard to find as the soft plastic antennas are detachable and there is a separate clear plastic display stand too. 

The orb measures 9 cm in diameter.

Hope you like it.

Arto

Helsinki Base

SKULL OF ECONOMICS: THE HORROR MONSTER MONEY BANK

Here's a variation of one my favourite 'classic' toys, the Coffin Bank.

The Horror Monster.

This bank has a whole skeleton exposed so I assume that both hands grab the coin. 

But it wasn't this that intrigued me, it was the fabulous box art.

First up they have lifted the MONSTER lettering from the classic Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine as you can see here on issue 35:

The grave serpent on the box has been lifted too.

Its from a Patrick Woodroffe painting called the Graveyard as pictured below. The skulls have been added on the box art.

What do you think? Would you save money in this?

KONGA WANTS YOUR WONGA!

Surfing for Konga I was gobsmacked by this cool blog's movie pressbook post from 2015.

A veritable simian treasure trove!

Generously, Zombo's Closet posted the entire thing, so enjoy it!

https://www.zomboscloset.com/zombos_closet_of_horror_b/2015/04/movie-pressbook-konga.html

One thing that caught my eye on the page marked Special Exploitation Material was the Konga bank. A statue more or less!

Zooming in on the bank we can see that it was 8 inches high and as the release of the film was 1961 then this bank was available in 1961 too.

There is no mention of the material used or where the coin slot was.

Fascinated by this cash-lovin' Konga I tried to find one online. Nada! Nichts! Nowt!

What I did find was a King Kong bank. In fact hordes of them!

Here's a Kong bank that looks awfully similar to our other simian friend.

The base is labelled.

It reads "Copyright S & O Mdse. Co. 1953. The old auction described it as 'hand painted molded ceramic', 'Meant to be broken to retrieve coins' and 'size 5.5" wide, 3" deep and 7.5" tall'.

I don't know what the S & O Mdse. Co means but at 7.5 inches tall I would say we have a match! Kong is Konga!

Some bright spark simply added a Konga name onto deadstock of these pre-existing King Kong banks from 1953 and flogged them in 1961 when Konga came out.

I can't find a Konga bank because the names have simply dropped off the Kongs!

What do ya reckon fellow ape men?

The Stalco Seattle Coliseum Coin Bank 1962

Hi

A model by Stalco Products Corporation, from the Seattle World's Fair (or Century 21 Exposition) in 1962, was the Coliseum Coin Bank, or Money Box.

The Washington State Coliseum at the Fair housed a number of exhibits, and was later used as a sports arena and convention centre.

The Coin Bank was not a kit, but came pre-assembled. It seems to be a lot rarer than the Space Needle kit, and there are fewer listings for it on Worthpoint. Not being a kit, it is not mentioned on Scalemates.

Stock Number SWF 098, and again I wonder if this was the retail price at the time?

It is basically a square building, with large supporting girders, and an overhanging roof. In the centre of the roof is a coin slot, with a circular opening, and cover, in the base for removing your coins. Moulded along one edge of the roof are the words COLISEUM COIN BANK, with SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR on the opposite edge, and the numbers 19 and 62 in the corners.

It came in various colours and combinations. Those I have found listed on Worthpoint include a white building with a red or blue roof; or a blue building with white roof.

The box is square, and mainly white, orange, and light blue. Again it is adorned with the Century 21 logo, and words Official Souvenir. On the side of the box is Official Seattle World's Fair 1962 Coliseum Coin Bank Souvenir.

The Stalco Products Corp. name and logo appear on the box side, but there does not appear to be an address. The Space Needle Hobby Kit has more information, stating that the company was based in Norwalk, California.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/seattle-worlds-fair-1962-century-21-2023367096

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/seattle-worlds-fair-coliseum-coin-200601730

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1962-seattles-world-fair-coliseum-2062921092

All photographs from Worthpoint.

Did you have a bank like this Stalco?

Paul Adams from New Zealand

- A further post about the Stalco Seattle Space Needle kit to follow.

UFO MONEY BOX

I do like the look of this UFO money box. I saved the pics from an auction. It has a Popy Thunderbirds vibe to it I feel. Reading the box the saucer turns round when given money!

Have you got one?

SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR MUSIC BOX

Hi,

Here is a most unusual little 'model', which I picked up second-hand a few years ago in a model shop. 

It is a wooden replica of a San Francisco cable car, but it is also a music box - the key to wind it up is just visible under the model, between the wheels. Red, white, blue, and gold. 

It came with its box, but there is no maker or country of origin on it anywhere. Looks to be a souvenir item.

Has anyone else got anything like this?

Paul Adams form New Zealand