5 Awesome Things on eBay this week- Trolls – Land
5 Awesome Things on eBay this week
Marx Troll Village (eBay Link)—
I honestly don’t know if I’ve ever seen this before but it’s so adorable. Marx playsets are always a good idea in my book but this one is fun and weird. Also, I totally missed the Troll fad as a kid, I was aware of it and it’s reprisal, but I was never the right age.
Land of the Lost Star Spotter (eBay Link)—
Larami Toys is an interesting company, they made spectacular cards for their toys. However, once you take that toy off that gorgeous card there is nothing to delineate that it’s a Land of the Lost item. No sticker on that bad boy, it’s essentially a cheap telescope toy. I know that’s the point but it pays to advertise. I think Hasbro bought Larami like 20 years ago so I have no idea who I’m talking to…
Lost World Belt Buckle (eBay Link)—
Forgive me if I’m wrong but I think this is for the 1960 adaptation of the Doyle Novel by Irwin Allen. I stayed up as a kid until 2 am to watch this, only to fall asleep mid-way, I’ve never seen it since but Allen used the footage a lot on shows “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”. I was never a fan of people slapping fins on actual lizards and pretending their dinosaurs. I’m a stop motion or “man in suit” kinda man.
PPC Activated Superheroes (eBay Link)–
These Marvel Superheroes figures happened in that murky time between Mego and Secret Wars where they didn’t have an action figure license. I remember seeing the Heroes World ad for these and getting so excited, only to discover they were little more than glorified army men. Now, I think they’re super cool and they are HELLA rare.
Big Lot of Gerry Anderson Space Precinct Figures (eBay Link)—
Gerry Anderson’s Space Precinct doesn’t get the love it’s older siblings Space:1999 and UFO do. I’ll admit, even I couldn’t get into it. The toys however are all kinds of fun, they were kind of retro for the mid 1990s and wow, they are “Dick Tracy” cheap to own now. This whole set boils down to like $6 a figure.
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5 Awesome Things on eBay this week
Old enough to remember what may have been the earliest trolls. It would have been the early 60s, when I was a grade schooler, and they didn’t seem to have any kind of marketing. Back when toy stores had closed display cases for the classier, usually imported stuff — Corgi cars, upscale electric trains, high-end mechanical toys — I remember seeing a group of trolls. No accessories or packaging; just ugly little naked guys with big eyes, real hair, and one arms-out pose. Couldn’t see the appeal. Eventually I think my sister got a few, and they ended up as minor players when we played with stuffed animals and such.
In time there were troll/animal hybrids, large trolls with costumes, and tiny knockoff party favor trolls. I faintly remember seeing the playset in the Sears catalog when I was older, and by then was able to wonder if the trolls were public domain. Again, I don’t remember commercials, or coloring books, or any of the other indicators of a “real” toy line.
In recent years there was a troll movie I didn’t see, so presumably they’re an owned property.
Interestingly, that hut in the troll play set is just Madam Mim’s house rebranded.
I am looking for vintage TV trays. I saw a photo of a set. Wondering if it’s possible to buy some.?
When I looked at the [trolls] set, on ebay, the page also showed me this [related item].
It’s a [Marx [tm]], Mystery Space Ship.
It looks like a yellow, flying saucer-type ship, with some orange, + green, figures. The figures have a style of 1950s “army men”/toy soldiers. The Mystery Space Ship is from 1959, I guess.
Here’s the link to this cool toy-
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