Dimestore Dreams - Pt 17 No. 20300 Motorcycle and Rider

Because I'm posting these in item number sequence, the next up is a wonderful motorcycle with rider.

The size of Dimestore Dreams motorcycles differs greatly from their cars and trucks. In fact my guess is they were purposely designed to harken back to the Auburn soft plastic motorcycles of the '50s and are nearly identical in size as you can see by the photos. While Auburn's vintage cycles were essentially one piece cycle and frame with separate tires, the Dimestore Dreams version offered a hard styrene plastic cycle and tires with a separate rider in soft plastic. I like this because the drivers came in several colors and one could mix and match at will. For all intents and purposes he looks like a policeman but can be anything - for example a dispatch driver for a telegraph company (back in the day when those were a thing). The cycle stands up on its own by utilizing the frame itself as a type of stand. The Auburn version had small tabs which were used to hold their bikes up, but unfortunately that soft plastic tended to bend out of place allowing the cycle to fall down.

Enjoy! Opa Fritz

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(L) Dimestore Dreams (R) Auburn

My sample came with a blue driver