Well, I've got several shelves of MINI and Mini toys, but my newest obsession is tracking down old toys that have been played with and played with a LOT.

There is something really charming and fun about toys that have endured many hours of play.

Anyway, here are a couple that I have recently acquired. . .

 

I bought the second one from Pier One about 15 years ago.

 

Thanks Rick! That lets me know how old it is. The only label I could find just said that it was made in Japan.

 

Awesome collection. I'll keep my eye out for any around here.

 

I'm having fun tracking these things down on ebay auctions. . . it seems the "MIB" crowd avoids these things like the plague. . . .

 

I just got a played with Mini-Ha-Ha matchbox toy. I had and lost a couple of them when I was a kid. Stupid sandbox ate SOOOO many of my Matchbox cars!

 

Yucca,

Cool

You know I'm with you when it comes to playing with the toys

Of course that doesn't stop me from putting one away either

Agro, Here's what yours would have looked like back in to 80's

 

The ones I had, I got in the early-mid 70s and came in actual boxes. Which were promptly opened and discarded.
I never owned a matchbox car in a blister pack till I moved to the States.