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Steel Monsters were a toy series from the Tonka company in the 1980s Produced in 1986 and 1987 by Tonka , they were well-made and colorful 3-3/4" figures, each having its own mini-comic. Sub-labeled as "The Only Survivors", they were very reminiscent of the Mad Max genre, with Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome coming out the year before.
Tonka is an American brand and former manufacturer of toy trucks. [1] The company was founded in 1946 and operated as an independent manufacturer of popular steel toy construction type trucks and machinery, until its sale to Hasbro in 1991.
So, in 2018, instead of adopting a baby chimp, Haddix adopted the Missouri Primate Foundation, including an adult chimp that Haddix had taken a liking to, Tonka. [ 6 ] [ 10 ] Tonka was born at Working Wildlife and rented out for movies such as Buddy and George of the Jungle .
Tonka’s caretakers at the Florida sanctuary, however, say he’s adapted well to living with his own kind. “It’s amazing how well Tonka is doing,” says Ana Paula Tavares, CEO of Save the ...
Smith-Miller and Doepke, because of increased competition, were soon forced out of business. Nylint also introduced a second heavy construction toy in 1951, a large high-quality road grader. This toy, while realistic, wasn't patterned after any specific manufacturer's grader, although it did resemble an Adams grader of the day.
Typical of an early diecasting firm, also made were sundry diecast buildings, road signs, doll house furniture pieces and yard working shovels, pitchforks, rakes and other implements. Some of the larger toys and doll house accessories were apparently tooling from Tri-Ang of England as the Tri-Ang name appears with the clown and Fun Ho! logo on ...
Remco – Mostly Tonka-like toys and trucks. Renwal – Plastic generic vehicles in the 1940s and 1950s. Also many classic and more detailed 1:48 scale "Collector's Showcase Series" kits in the 1960s. Revell – American model kit producer owned by Hobbico. Revell AG Germany – Former subsidiary of American Revell, now a separate company.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a musical production for The United States Steel Hour on November 20, 1957, with (l to r) Jimmy Boyd, Basil Rathbone, Jack Carson.. The television version aired from October 27, 1953, to 1955 on ABC, and from 1955 to 1963 on CBS.