The next few posts are going to be from a visit to a vintage toy store near Cincinnati Ohio. So technically not thrift - at all - BUT an amazing store!!! with some cool things to see!
LOVE ME some Disneys Gargoyles! This is a prototype for an armored Goliath! COOL!
"TOY FACTORY SEEKS HELP FROM COUNCIL," Toronto World. May 16, 1918. Page 5.
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A deputation appeared before yesterday's session of the board of control on behalf of a toy factory, which aims to employ only soldiers or their dependents. Controller Robbins pointed out that the factory was as yet only so in name, and hoped to gain bond surety from the city council to enable the firm to go forward with the work. The factory is at 227 Gerrard street, and $10,000 in bonds would help along the good work.
Controller Maguire expressed the opinion that the vocational committee. was taking up the re-education of the soldiers.
"This is a matter," said the mayor, "which belongs to the provincial and not to the municipal authorities. The government is always saddling the municipalities with its responsibilities. I shall be glad to consider the grant if possible of a free site to encourage this industry."
Controller McBride was solidly entrenched against any grant of money s or bonds as a pernicious business principle.
Mr. McAndrew (for the depntation). "We are not asking for $10,000, but for cash to help us hold a bazaar. We want to aiso money to continue our business."
The deputation was advised to make its application in writing.
Bootleg/Knock Off Toy Factory Neopets Scorchio found on a Ebay bid,
Though very popular, Neopet bootlegs/Knock Offs are extremely rare and just not as common as other things, though there are ripoffs there is a different between fakie and highly similar made concepts, AKA unofficial made products based off copyrighted characters NOT a highly similar product obviously trying to capitalize on its more popular concept it’s trying to copy with some differences,
Either way, I’ve also never seen Toy Factory create bootleg/unofficial related products, there company always stuck to officially licensed products, either this was made for a quick buck for the Neopets craze at the time or it wasn’t the company but completely different bootleggers who happen to used a Toy Factory tag from whatever factory they got it from, though rare stuff like this does happen, despite that it’s design is very obvious Scorchio based. Also I’m very unsure if the bid is out there or who won it!
Official Announcement | Mantang Fun Products participated in the China (Hong Kong) Asian Adult Expo
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The specific booth number of Mantang Fun Products: C05