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The concept of the Thingmaker was introduced in 1963, as part of Mattel's Vac-U-Maker set. This omnibus toy combined the new moulds and Plasti-Goop technology with the existing Vac-U-Form machine, a vacuum forming toy, which molded simple sculptures by heating thin sheets of plastic, then using a vacuum pump to form the softened plastic over hard plastic forms.
Jay Foreman is an American businessman who lives and works in Boca Raton, Florida.He is president and CEO of Basic Fun!, [1] which began as The Bridge Direct in 2009. Basic Fun! and its related companies, Good Stuff, K'nex, Uncle Milton, and PlayHut, design, develop and market toys for children and adult collectors.
Ertl (formerly, the Ertl Company) is a former American manufacturing company and current brand of toys, best known for its die-cast metal alloy collectible replicas (or scale models) of agricultural machinery. Other products manufactured by Ertl include cars, airplanes, and commercial vehicles.
Spud gun, Ant farm toys Eli Joseph Cossman (April 13, 1918 – December 7, 2002) was an American inventor, businessman , entrepreneur and author. With Milton Levine , Cossman was the co-creator of the ant farm [ 1 ] and spud gun toys.
The Massey Ferguson 760 combine harvester was voted UK Toy of the Year in 1978. [9] In the 1980s more than 120 new models were produced for the Britains Farm. 2007 saw the first vintage model, the Ford 5000 tractor. In 2021 Britains celebrated 100 years as Europe’s oldest specialist in farm toys with a limited edition of the Fordson Major ...
The National Farm Toy Museum includes one of the largest collections of cast iron farm toys. [1] The museum is a part of yearly toy shows in June [2] and November. The first floor of the museum has a 10-minute short film for guests to watch, about toy production in Dyersville and farm toy aficionados talking about their collections. The floor ...
Mowbray grew up in Cambridge, New Zealand, and was educated at St Peter's School. [2] His parents owned a dairy farm [3] and Matangi dairy factory. [4] As a teenager, he helped his elder brother Mat to manufacture hot air balloons from Coke cans and plastic bags.
Levine and Cossman also successfully mass marketed the potato gun, [5] toy shrunken heads [6] to hang from car rear view mirrors and balloon animals. [7] In 1956, while at a Fourth of July picnic at his sister's pool, he spotted a mound of ants. This inspired him to found Uncle Milton's Toys, which is best known for its Uncle Milton's Ant Farm ...