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NEWSLETTER |
December 2020 |
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Tis The
Season for Baseball Games & Toys
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Steven KeyMan |
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By Steven KeyMan |
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Founder of
Keymancollectibles.com,
and a long time
collector, Steven
KeyMan has more than 30
years of experience in
researching, and
cataloging information
on Baseball
Memorabilia.
Researching his own personal
collection, and helping others find
information on their
collectibles, the
website grew into the
largest online resource
for baseball
memorabilia |
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Steven: Direct your questions or feedback,
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For generations, thumbing through
the Sears Wish Book or a local toy
store circular looking for that
game or toy that you just had to
have was just a magical time for a
kid. I still love to check out
vintage catalogs, looking for that
toy I had or wanted. Tis The Season
for Baseball Games & Toys.
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This
McLoughlin Brothers, Base Ball
Parlor Game was part of the "Junior
Series" issued around 1892. McLoughlin Bros. produced its first
tabletop baseball games in 1886, catalog No. 440 called "Game
of Base Ball," the others No. 550
"Home Base Ball," and No. 552 "The
National Game of Base-Ball." The
Junior Series game No. 408, was a
very simple version, calculated
exclusively as a child's game. The
games evolved over the years with
different covers, and variations in
play.
Patented in 1911 the
Inside Base Ball Game was made
by the Popular Games Co. MGF's, 112
East 19th St., NY. The game
features 20 player discs of the
1913 World Series teams, the New
York Giants and the Philadelphia
Athletics. The tin lithograph
featured a Spinner in the center,
two dials (one with 2 arrows, the
other with four) and was sold in
two board sizes, 18" x 18" and 13"
x 13". The 1 1/8" wall around the
game features "Rules of the Game"
Starting off with "Follow the rules
adopted by the National and
American Leagues."
This
1940 Big League Base Ball game
was issued without any manufacturer
credits or copyright date marked on
the box. The game board is nearly
identical in design, with the same
rules, to the 1917 Selchow &
Richter "Home Team Baseball" parlor
game. Selchow & Richter, issued a
newer versions of the the game in
1918, 1948, 1957, and 1964. A
favorite with collectors, the
graphics for 'The Field' spinner
depicts a player reaching and
catching a ball. The 'At The Bat'
spinner depicts a batter holding a
bat.
Invented and Patented in 1946 by
Maximilian C. Meyer, the
Pro Baseball game was
manufactured by the P M Game Co. of
389-5th Avenue, New York 16, NY.
"Educational and recreational,"
this mechanically operated baseball
game was designed to be
substantially governed by the
discretional acts of judgment
exercised in playing the game of
baseball.
All pays; pitching, batting, and base running are all "Voluntary." just as
in big league baseball, players
with the most skills win. "The Gift
for Youth or Adult"...Say Chuck
Dressen & Casey Stengel, the game
is endorsed by Members of Organized
baseball.
First sold in 1952
"Ho-Jo the Bo" a
rubber squeak toy was produced by Rempel Manufacturing Inc. of Akron,
Ohio. Ho-Jo the Bo, came in a Knot
hole fence designed box. The cigar
smoking Ho-Jo, based off the
lovable Brooklyn Bum character
created by renowned cartoonist
Willard Mullin, is wearing a black
jacket, blue pants and hat, with a
White vest. In 1957, Rampel
introduced "Campy The Tramp," the
same as Ho-Jo, but wearing a brown
Jacket, green pants and hat with a
yellow vest.
Founded by Hazelle Hedges Rollins
in 1932, Hazelle Inc., became the
worlds largest manufacturer of
marionettes and finger hand puppets
by 1975 when she retired. Hazelle
Rollins designed over three hundred
puppets and she held three patents
improving the construction of
marionettes including the airplane
style marionette control, designed
for ease of manipulation.
Building off the company's success with marionettes following the
popularity of the Howdy Doody Show,
Hazlle expanded the business by
designing and manufacturing hand
puppets.
The baseball series of hand puppets
were made some time after 1954, and
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This
Animation Wrist Action Dial Watch
was made in West Germany by the
Esco company, copyrighted, and
distributed by the Masal Co. Inc.
of New York, NY. The "action dial"
features a Vari-vue flicker panel
(lenticular lens) of a baseball
player swinging a bat. "Move The
Watch" and "Watch Them Move" as it
read on the vending card. The toy
wrist watches that measure 6-5/8
inches long, and were not made to
tell time. Other "animated watches"
made are pictured on the card,
which includes; a clown, boy with a
hula-hoop, cowboy, cat, dog, birds,
soccer, and boxers.
 From
1963-1964 the Marx Toy Company
manufactured a line of colorful
injection-molded polymer plastic
toy figures called "Nutty Mads."
The comically Ghoulish figures were
reportedly based on original
designs created by veteran Mad
Magazine artist Jack Davis.
Eighteen Characters were released
in three series sets of six.
The
baseball pitcher Bull Pen Boo Boo
was part of series two. The toys
originally sold in five and dime
stores like Woolworth's for about
.15¢ each.
This
Babe Ruth plastic model kit
was part of Aurora's "Great Moments
in Sport" series. There were 6
different kits that were issued in
1965 which also included Willie
Mays, Jack Dempsey, Johnny Unitas,
Jim Brown, & Jerry West. As
Advertised in the 1965 issue of DC
Comics Superman No. 181 "The Sultan
of Swat establishes the home run
record that has never been topped
in a 154-game season. Babe Ruth
comes to bat against the Washington
Senators and bangs his 60th homer
off left-hander Tom Zachary,
another Great Moment in Sport
-Sept. 30, 1927"
From 1962-69, Transogram made a
number of plastic products that
featured baseball Hall of Famers
Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. In
the first year, the endorsement
contract with Transogram earned the
two players more money in royalties
than they did from playing baseball
with their respective ball clubs
that year.
The Copyright MCMLXVII (1967)Transogram Company Inc.
Mantle & Mays Pitch-Up Practice
Batter baseball game came with
a 23 inch plastic bat, an
unbreakable plastic baseball, and a
"pitch-up" peddle. The Pitch-Up was
one of a number of variations of
the "Mantle & Mays Home Run
Trainer" issued in 1962.
The All American Athlete,
Johnny Hero ACTION FIGURE!
"Takes any sports position" Thanks
to his foam latex body reinforced
with wire, he assumes any sports
action pose. In 1965 Johnny Hero
sold for $2.75, and came dressed in
gold trunks, Johnny Hero #16 shirt,
socks and sneakers. In 1968 Johnny
Hero was repackaged as Olympic Hero
Sports Star, and was outfitted in a
number 16 red jogging suit with
"Johnny Hero" printed across his
chest, but the uniform was not
detachable.
Other baseball and football uniforms could also be ordered of your
favorite team. The Olympic Hero
baseball uniform pack came with a
team cap, stirrups/socks, glove,
ball & bat to complement the Johnny
Hero figure. All MLB and NFL teams
of the days had accessory packs for
the doll uh..ah.. I mean Action
Figure. (sorry guys) |
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Tis The Season for Baseball Games & Toys Part II |
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