FLINTSTONES Brand Multi-Vitamin Flintstones Car Promo (Toy Development Co., Skokie, IL) 1975

Now here's a really cool Flintmobile from a company called Toy Development Co., out of Skokie, IL. This was made as a promotional item for FLINTSTONES vitamins (which are still being produced!).    The car, as you see it in the third photo, comes nearly all assembled. All one has to do is attach the steering wheel to the floor, the roof to the frame, and the frame to the body. There is a rubber band pre-installed in the rear wheel which provides the motive power for the car by turning the stem by the rear wheel, and the instructions detail how to open the wheel up to replace the band. The car measures 4" (10.16cm) L x 2.625" (6.66cm) W body x 3"W (7.62cm) (when measuring out to the winding stem) x 3.25" (8.25cm) H. I wound up my Flintmobile and it rolled quite nicely across the surface. It could use a new rubber band but the mechanism does work as advertised.

Ed

Shown here with Fred Flintstone from the Marx playset.

Smaller rubber bands provide traction on slick surfaces.

You can see the winding stem just forward of the rear wheel.

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 63 Sets: Pt 5 Payton - Winneco MIB Set with OD Tank (No set no.)

This is essentially the same set shown yesterday but the tank is in the more traditional olive drab colors.

Ed

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 62 Sets: Pt 4 Payton - Winneco MIB Set with Gray Tank (No set no.)

While Payton didn't necessarily make adversaries for their Little Green Army Men like Marx did, they did offer vehicles and troops in other than olive green which could serve as the 'bad guys'. This set has a tank with a gray hull but the Army guys are still olive green. In a later post I'll show some different colors.

Ed

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 61 Sets: Pt 3 Payton No. 420 US Troops

Now here's a header bag set from my collection. The prices for MIB Payton sets is outrageous and I ended up losing out on several lately. I had bid over $100 each for several small bags which came up on fleaBay and got blown out of the water! This one however, managed to find its way to me and I'm thankful. It also was an aid in helping me to distinguish Marx from Payton howitzers because at the time I got this, I was still a bit unsure.

Ed

Notice the cut-down hydraulic pistons

First generation howitzer is on the left with full hydraulic pistons (that's what I'm calling it because I have yet to find a specific nomenclature for these)

At some point the pistons were shortened as seen on the right

What they would look like in real life

Credit to author shown on photo

McDonald's Flintstones Gadgets - McDonald's Australia, Ltd. (1994) - Pt 5 Mastodon Water Squirter

This Mastodon Water Squirter rounds out our McDonald's Australia lineup of Flintstones toys from 1994.

Ed