Space Toys Rocket to Record

A Mars Explorer space car helped send a Milestone Auctions event out of this world with nearly $1.3 million in sales during the 723-lot offering of antique and vintage toys in January. The toy sale was a record for the Willoughby, Ohio, auction house. The all-original and complete Exelo (Japan) battery-operated Mars Explorer space car […]

Comic Strip Toys

All sorts of toys have been made to resemble famous comic characters such as the Yellow Kid, Maggie and Jiggs, or Snoopy. Each toy usually dates from the time of the strip or cartoon, but many revivals occur, and during the 1980s there was new interest in Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Orphan Annie, Betty Boop, Flash […]