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[Cheater]

Most likely because I am a child of the '50s, one of my favorite Facebook pages is:

cool hard plastic toys 1940s 1950s 1960s
 
From the about page: "Sharing memories of great old American hard plastic toys with side trips to general nostalgia, foreign lands, and polyvinylville...mostly '40s-'70s but may not apply every time."
 
In actuality, this page covers an even broader range than promised. There's a lot of advertising, some of which seem almost unbelievable in hindsight, and every kind of model, toy and item you can (or can't) image.
 
This page features over 6,000 pictures in more than 70 albums. What I usually do is click on any image to open it and then use the "forward" arrow on the right side of the image to scroll through them.
 
Here's a few sample images, just to wet your appetite:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
You'll probably waste a lot of time going through these pics, like I did... LOL!

[TSR]

Great page, lots of weird stuff there, and all made in America and not in China! 

[Big Durl]

Between the cars, the monsters, the candy, and the Beatle stuff, that pretty much sums up my youth.    

 

Thanks, Cheater.  

[Cheater]

Ditto for me, Durl!

[TSR]

I personally have an aversion for plastic toys, but not as much as the one I have for die-cast models produced in China. At least American plastic toys were honest in their function of being toys.
 

[ShootinSparks]

I tell ya what... if you can figure out how to install the engine in that Visible Automobile Chassis with what looks like an upside down front crossmember, you're a magician.

 

That bellhousing looks like it's about 8-10 inches from the back of the crossmember.

 

Do you think Renwall gave an unbuilt kit prototype to the artist and told him to assemble it and then make the illustration for the box? 

 

What could go wrong?  

[TSR]

John, that surprises me because while I have never assembled one of these, I have seen several of the factory assembled, dealer displays and they looked OK... I think the issue here is that the illustrator was given an incorrectly assembled model and did not think twice about it!