Amusing Toys
During Easter Holidays in few days ago, I went to the Taipa House Museum in Taipa Village to see an interesting aged toys collection.
Two toy collectors from HK and Macau respectively, they showed around 200 toys which were manufactured in Germany, England, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Macao from 1930 to 1980. There are metal toys of transportation vehicles, included the DINKY designed nature models of race cars and toy helicopters manufactured during the Cultural Revolution era of China.
Besides these, the China Can Co. Ltd. in HK produced metal toy cannon during 1950, that company made use of the leftovers from can-manufacturing to make toys and had been able to produce several kind of metal toys in Shanghai. As boys do prefer to play with toys associated with wars, there are also numerous toys were showed out, particularly a green plastic soldier that was manufactured in Japan during 1940 to 1950.
The most hit plastic toys in 60s & 70s are girls fancy – dolls, combine and make up clothing dolls, Mickey mouse, giant robot, Robocop and pinkpanther.
Let’s have a look for some toys came from the Cultural Revolution period:
six sides blocks with chinese animation stories and three traditional chinese dolls
Two toy collectors from HK and Macau respectively, they showed around 200 toys which were manufactured in Germany, England, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Macao from 1930 to 1980. There are metal toys of transportation vehicles, included the DINKY designed nature models of race cars and toy helicopters manufactured during the Cultural Revolution era of China.
Besides these, the China Can Co. Ltd. in HK produced metal toy cannon during 1950, that company made use of the leftovers from can-manufacturing to make toys and had been able to produce several kind of metal toys in Shanghai. As boys do prefer to play with toys associated with wars, there are also numerous toys were showed out, particularly a green plastic soldier that was manufactured in Japan during 1940 to 1950.
The most hit plastic toys in 60s & 70s are girls fancy – dolls, combine and make up clothing dolls, Mickey mouse, giant robot, Robocop and pinkpanther.
Let’s have a look for some toys came from the Cultural Revolution period:
six sides blocks with chinese animation stories and three traditional chinese dolls
Here are the plastic series toys:
um...boys like to play with these guns but I have been played with this cute wind up pushcart when I was a child
Toys made of iron sheet:
Mini-Bar, refrigerator & washing machine and have a look at this battery operated toy, it had been popular during the 50s due to science-fiction film.
This display definitely awoke everyone’s childhood memories and recall those happy moments while being a child. Of course I am the one of them. Although many of those exhibited toys which I haven’t played, but I do know the following ones are my childhood’s toys to have fun frequently.Kaleidoscope AND
By knowing how the playing toys for last generation were, I admit a bit envy the young generation’s modern, new technology toys!