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18 Nov 2018

History of Toys: Warwick Henderson

From Sunday Morning, 11:20 am on 18 November 2018

A doll with a composite head, torso and hands, made by Plastic Products NZ around 1940.

Wooden Mary Lou crib toy from Ramseys Toys NZ in the 1950s.

Funho! NZ's international panel van made from 1945-58, beside FunHo's later die-cast toys

Aluminium J2 Bedford tip-tray truck by FunHo! Toys

Space has sparked many toys: this is the Lost in Space robot from 1997 although the original TV series was in the 1960s.

Thunderbirds action figures by Carlton Toys.

Thunderbirds movie poster, Japan 2004 - still popular.

A western paint box, from London, 1959.

Laramie annual, 1963.

Warwick Henderson

Toys in the studio... actually as old as some of the equipment...

A rare Bakelite Cord car made by Codeg Toys in England, 1937.

Kauri wooden block set from around 1890.

Noelle got a bit excited about the blocks...

Warwick Henderson is an antique toy collector. In the past he has curated two major antique toy and games exhibitions - featuring much of his own collection spanning 40 years of gathering antique toys, games and other ephemera, from Meccano to Kewpie dolls and plastic cereal toys. They're all presented in a book called "The Fascinating History of Toys and Games Around the World".

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