A Tiny Bible Charm

 I had one of these as a kid.

A miniature plastic bible.

They appear to be still around, in various colours too!

They were very tiny.

This one's by Cosmo ( found online, not my hand!)

The secret was inside seen through a small peep hole.

The Lords Prayer no less!

It appears that the magnification was all possible via a miniature Stanhope lens.

Stanhopes got around.

Here's a metal Chrysler Building TV viewer.

And more metal charms.

I'd still settle for a little black plastic bible like I had as a kid.

Part of my stash of little stuff back then.

Did you have such a stash?

Did you have a tiny bible? 

Famous Keyfobs

I bought this American key fob for my old UK vintage toy fair stall. An interesting item was my logic.

I got the keyfob on eBay about twenty years back from a seller in LA.

It was listed as a Forrest J. Ackerman key fob on account of the 4E repeated on it, one of 'Forry's many nicknames. 4E = For-ry.

I've never seen another one associated with Forry, so I have my doubts now I've dug it out again. 

Maybe 4E was a LA firm after all? 

Anyone any clue?

LORD OF THE KEY RINGS

 

I had a big key ring collection as a kid.

This is a selection, showing examples I've found on the net.

This little bible was a favourite.

Do any of these ring a bell?

This bottle turns into a pen. I adored it.

I so remember this little cap gun.

HANDPAINTED BY ARTISANS

 

I recognised this mouse on this display I saw online! Although its not mentioned on the card it's clearly Topo Gigio next to the tiger [is that a TV tiger too?]

Last Christmas, I used exactly one of these key ring Topos to finish my Century 21 Toys Topo Gigio Ice Cream Van. It became Mrs' Gigio who serves the ice cream at the back.

Did you have any key rings readers?

Do you remember Topo Gigio? Was there a famous mouse when you were a kid?

ROB'S PUZZLE PAGE

Looking for something else yesterday I came across this fabulous website, Rob's Puzzle Page, dedicated to keychain plastic puzzles. Its an amazing menagerie of shapes, rockets, robots and characters. There's even Captain Scarlet's SPC and MSV in there! What can you see?

http://www.robspuzzlepage.com/keychain.htm#keycpeop

BEER IS THE KEY

 

This key ring I saw on Ebay is the same as the Watneys Red Barrel one I had as a kid. Like Terranova47's Red Barrel lorry, this key ring was part of my childhood and a memorable member of my huge key ring collection back in the day.

Did you have any key rings?

BRABO? GO FIGURE!

 These are strange that I saw online.

Odd plastic figures by Brabo and new to me.

They look like key fobs, about 3 inches long and clearly from the Sixties. Sort of Nutty Mad style trinkets.

I would have loved them as a kid.

Do you know these toys readers?

FOBBED OFF

 

Seeing this pen key ring from the Sixties or Seventies on the Bay really brought back memories.

I adored key rings probably as much as toys. I think I got a few at my Dad's cash and carry place but always tried to add to my collection wherever I was.

I had loads: a floppy metal fish, an eiffel tower, a toilet, a metal book with concertina pages, a spanner, a wrench, a rubber footballer, a globe and many many more. I so wish I still had them and often rummage at car boots to see of there are any I had.

Did you like key rings or fobs?

Munsters Key Rings

Hi all

Bella, from Bella's Toy Chest, shows off her latest haul. Mostly 1980s onwards, but towards the end of the clip there are a couple of key rings from The Munsters - Lily and Eddie. I have never seen these before. Very nice. After a bit of checking (I could not really find much on these), there were also figures of Herman and Grandpa. I seriously doubt these are 1960s vintage, but can not be sure. From the few photos I could find on Ebay showing the underside of the base, they have © date Kayro-Vue Pro. and Made in China. The date is very hard to read, it could be 1964 or 1984, and would a 1960s vintage US toy really have been made in China ? In the comments section, one reader does say he thinks they are late 1980s. They also look rather too new to be from the 1960s. Any keyring experts out there ?

(5) First Toy Show Haul of 2021 - YouTube

Paul Adams from New Zealand

KEY-CHAIN COMPASS

God how I remember these key-ring compasses. Do you?

As with most practical skills, I never mastered its use. Are you good with one?

They were part of the key-ring craze in the late Sixties and early Seventies, when everything ended up on the end of a ring: toilets, fish, books and spanners to name a few!

MYSTERY THUNDERBIRDS KEY RINGS

Fellow blogger Hugh Walter of Small Scale World recently acquired a set of Thunderbirds key-ring figures.

Hugh reckons they seem to be the same as those handled by Xandria-Holland of New York in the US . . . 

http://secretfunspot.blogspot.com/2014/07/vintage-ad-sheets_28.html

(about 3/4's of the way down the page)

Another possibility is a Spanish origin maybe. I checked my Dennis Nicholson Gerry Anderson Memorabilia Guide and they look like these Dutch ones from 1968 too, but there's no makers' name. 

Anyway, here they are courtesy of Hugh. Does anyone know their history?