Diener heads for outer space
Toyfair 1978: It seemed like every toy company everywhere was blasting off into space this year hoping to get some “galactic windfall”
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I remember going to the bookstore at my elementary school and buying these along with car and shark-shaped erasers. It took me forever to hunt these down as an adult collecter. Once I had the maker's name, however, I find them all the time.
These really couldn't erase anything. Maybe I was dumb and thought they were erasers.
I had these for the longest time. Played with them til they were falling apart. Simple, but fun.
I loved these things!! Does anyone else remember getting these in the first Happy Meals?
I even remember some licensed Buck Rogers rubber toys similar to these.
Oh these were the coolest thing in my pencil box in elementary school . Now I am off to try and find them. (I just know one is in a box somewhere)
Aw man, I TOTALLY had those four starships. They were amongst my favorite toys for a long time since they were so portable–I could bring them anywhere!
My childhood dentist used to have a ton of little character erasers set up in the office and a kid could choose one every time they completed a visit. I got all four of those ships that way, although they really were erasers and worked as well as any other similar character/shaped erasers, better than some! Might the molds have been used for these bendable toys AND erasers? Or are they all the same?
My childhood dentist used to have a ton of little character erasers set up in the office and a kid could choose one every time they completed a visit. I got all four of those ships that way, although they really were erasers and worked as well as any other similar character/shaped erasers, better than some! Might the molds have been used for these bendable toys AND erasers? Or are they all the same?
I too got hte spaceships and brain guy (along with various sharks) from the school bookstore, I loved tose things.
that one looks a bit like Grendizer.