Hanna-Barbera Productions "The Flintstones" Model Sheets - Pt 11 Pebbles

Pebbles was 'born' in 1963 to Fred and Wilma Flintstone, and according to Flintstones Fandom, was originally slated to be a boy. Then apparently Ideal Toy Co. approached Hanna-Barbera and asked them to change it to a girl so that they could make a girl's doll from the character. Remember, this was still a few year's away from Hasbro's introduction of G.I. Joe and the action figure (aka doll) craze for boys. While Hanna-Barbera agreed to the change, they did eventually follow-up with a boy character - Bamm-Bamm Rubble. It's funny how in 2026, I still occasionally pick up a box of Post Cereal Fruity Pebbles or Cocoa Pebbles as we cycle around the various breakfast cereals we enjoy. And of course, there are still Pebble children's vitamins being sold.

Ed

Hanna-Barbera Productions "The Flintstones" Model Sheets - Pt 10 The Gang (Fred, Wilma, Pebbles,Barney,Betty, and Bamm-Bamm)

This single model sheet finally presents both the Flintstone family and the Rubble family all together.

Ed

Hanna-Barbera Productions "The Flintstones" Model Sheets - Pt 9 Mildred, Fred's Crane

You discover a lot of cool little gems when digging into Flintstones lore, like finding out that Fred's crane at the quarry was named Mildred. Along with the Pterodactyl airplanes, Mildred is one of the larger 'gadgets' in the series.

Ed

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 101 SCORE! Payton Jeeps with Star Stickers

Back in the middle of March I posted a set of Payton vehicles with star appliques' on them. It is known that Payton did apply stickers to some of their sets, and this latest job lot is further proof of that. These don't come up for sale that often so I snagged them up in a heartbeat and can now post them here!! One of the Jeeps has an additional sticker on the rear panel and this makes me wonder what other sticker designs Payton had!

We are almost at the end of our Payton series - whew! This has been one of the longest running series on the blog and as much as I enjoyed doing it, I'm gettin' the itch to move on. There will be a break between today's post and the final post as I'm waiting for one more shipment to come in and the Postal Orifice is slow leaking the delivery. 

Besides the 45mm and 80mm Little Green Army Men posted in this series, Payton made some larger figures as well but I am totally not interested in those and more than likely will not ever buy them or post them. After today, Payton posts will be made on an as-needed basis as my collection gets fleshed out a bit more. Hope you enjoyed this chronicle of Payton Little Green Army Men - lets' see what the next series will bring! 😀

Ed

Hanna-Barbera Productions "The Flintstones" Model Sheets - Pt 8 Dino

The Flintstones actually had two pets, Baby Puss (who appears in the credits but only in a couple of episodes), and Dino (DEE-no) a Snorkasaurus - which is a totally unofficial, made-up type of dinosaur.

Ed