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Toy Box of Miniatures

Wouldn’t it be great to have 100 of your favorite toys in a 1 foot square box?

Well I figured out a way to do that. I collected a variety of miniature games and toys. Many of them were keychains which I removed the hardware from. Of course they had to be removed from their packaging otherwise the box would be 10 times the size. I then organized the toys in 4 categories with each getting it's own container. The 4 categories are Games, Toys, Figures, and Wheels. Both the outer toy box and the inner containers are clear plastic which gives you a glimpse of the goodies that are contained within.

When the manufacturers created these miniatures, extra care was taken to add any nuances that would enhance the toy experience. Very often the original artwork and packaging has been reproduced. Many of these miniatures are just as playable as their original counterparts. I have included a picture and inventory list of each of the 4 containers. I added a Playability rating where applicable. 5 stars is the highest playability rating.

This is one of my favorite collections and I'll be able to easily take it with me wherever I may go. Special thanks to my friend Betsy for getting me started with the keychain toys.

 

GAMES CONTAINER

Name
Original Manufacturer
Introduced
Playability
Cootie Schaper 1949
****
Connect Four Milton Bradley .
*****
Yatzee
Lowe Company 1956
***
Mouse Trap Ideal .
****
Twister Milton Bradley 1966
****
Battling Tops Ideal Toys Late 1960’s
**
Trouble Kohner .
*
Operation Milton Bradley 1965
*****
Don’t Spill the Beans Schaper .
**
Ouija Board Parker Brothers 1966
*
Tip It Ideal 1965
****
Bop It Hasbro .
****
Ker-Plunk! Ideal 1967
****
Perfection Reed Toys Early 1970’s
*****
Booby Trap Parker Brothers 1965
****
Simon Milton Bradley 1978
*****
Boggle Parker Brothers .
*****
Added Since Picture
Don’t Break the Ice Schaper
.
***
Mystery Date Milton Bradley
1965
**
Scrabble Selchow & Righter
1948
*

 

TOYS CONTAINER

Name
Manufacturer/Creator
Introduced
Playability
Wooly Willy Smethport Specialty 1955
***
Etch-A-Sketch Ohio Arts 1960
****
Pez Dispenser
PEZ Candy Inc. 1955
***
Gunsmoke Lunch Box
1955
Brady Bunch TV
1968
Lite-Brite Milton Bradley 1967
****
Play Dough Fun Factory Rainbow Crafts 1960
****
Mr. Potato Head Hasbro 1952
*****
Barrel of Monkeys Lakeside Toys 1966
*****
Lincoln Logs John Lloyd Wright 1924
****
Tinker Toys Charles H. Pajeau 1914
****
Frisbee Wham-O 1958
***
Rubik’s Cube Ideal Toys 1980 *****
Butterfly Yo-Yo Duncan 1958
****
Superball Wham-O 1965
*****
Silly Putty
Peter Hodgson
1950
****
Magic Eight Ball . .
***
Slinky Richard James 1945
****
View Master Sawyer's, Inc 1939
****
Pet Rock Gary Dahl 1975
**
Not Visible
Whizzer Top Mattel
.
***

 

FIGURES CONTAINER

Name
Manufacturer/Creator
Introduced
Action
Howdy Doody Buffalo Bob” Smith 1947
mouth moves via lever, head/arms/waist move
Gumby and Pokey Art Clokey 1955
Curious George
Hans and Margret Rey 1941
head/arms/legs move
Spiderman Stan Lee, Marvel Comics 1962
retractable spiderweb
Barbie Mattel 1959
arms move
Martian Popping Thing AKA Obie 1950s
eyes/ears/mouth pop
Yankee Bobble Head MLB 1960
head bobbles
Midget Giant 1980s
Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan 1919
bendable, posable
Woody Pixar 1995
“comes to life” like pop up puppet, hat is removable
Pink Panther Friz Freleng 1964
bendable, posable
Charlie Brown Charles Schultz 1950
aminmatied, moves forward, misses fottball and falls
Teddy Bear Steiff 1902
arms/legs move
Buzz Lightyear Pixar 1995
wings pop-out, arms/legs/waist move, laser beam in arm
B9 Robot from Lost in Space Irwin Allen 1965
three sayings, arms entend, contract, bend
Rock’em Sock’em Robot
Marx Toys
1967
arms move via levers, head pops up
Jack in the Box .
plays music, pops out
Added Since Picture
GI Joe Action Marine Hasbro 1964
fully articulate
Cabbage Patch Kid Coleco 1983
squeezeable
Alice in Wonderland Madame Alexander .
eyes close when horiz., arms and legs move

 

WHEELS CONTAINER

Vehicle
Manufacturer/Creator
Introduced
Hot Wheels Rally Case Mattel .
Hot Wheels Car Mattel 1968
Speed Racer Mach 5
Johnny Lighting 1967
Batmobile Johnny Lighting .
Stingray Bike Schwinn 1963
Modern Hotwheels Toy Van Mattel .
Dick Dastardly’s Mean Machine Johnny Lighting 1968
Boss Mustang Ertl .
Rat Fink Ed “Big Daddy” Roth early 1960’s
Hot Rod Model Aurora .
Big Wheel Marx Toys 1969
Tonka Trucks . late 1940’s
Transformer Hasbro 1984
Prowler Monster Truck . .
Lionel Trains Lionel 1901
Added Since Picture
The Munster’s Coach Johnny Lighting
.