Wild horses. Carousel, Square Louise Michel, Montmartre, Paris.
France. Castors Juniors. 1979.
France. Pif Gadget. 1978.
Italy. Topolino. 1979.
France. Pif Gadget. 1985.
France. La Redoute mail order page. 1978 / 79.
France. Pif Gadget. 1981.
France. Pif Gadget. 1983.
Creations RC catalogue page. Date Unknown.
Thanks for looking!
August 2017, Montmartre, Paris. Photographs TVTA.
Welcome to the fourth part of Danish Retro. In this edition we look at some half-page adverts found in comic books in Denmark in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
Part Three can be seen here
Thanks for looking 🙂
“Don’t make a monkey out of me”
The cute thumb-sucking plush monkey called Monchhichi was created by the Japanese Sekiguchi Corporation in 1974. The doll came in male and female form with a wide range of clothing and accessories available. Other characters included two Grandparents, a Policeman, a Guardsman, and the “Friends of” series such as Kitty-boo the cat, Hoppy-boo the rabbit, Larry-boo the lamb and Honey-boo the bear.
In the UK and US the doll was renamed Chic-a-boo. In France as Kiki, in Italy Mon Cicci, in Denmark Mon Chhichi then later Bølle, in Hungary Moncsicsi, and in Spain as Virkiki. As well as dolls, Monchhichi also appeared in a number of TV series, music recordings, and household items, including a range of special pencil toppers given away in French washing powder packs – which we will take a look at later in this post.
Denmark. Note here the doll is named ‘Mon Chhici’, a difficult pronounciation for many Danish kids. The name was later changed to Bølle.
Denmark. Bølle.
US. FAO Schwarz catalogue 1980/1981
US. FAO Schwarz catalogue 1980/1981
Speelboom N°5. 1988. Netherlands.
Kiki pencil toppers that were given away free with Bonux washing powder in the eighties
Kiki: bright colours, costumes galore and interesting accessories from surfboards to puppies to a fish!
Who’s your favourite Kiki?
La chanson de Kiki, 45 RPM record, 1978
Do you recognise any of these Kikis? Back cover of record sleeve shows some of the Kiki dolls available at the time.
“C’est mon Kiki!”
1981 advert for the record
France. Pif Gadget. 1981.
That’s all for now vintage monkey fans, thanks for looking 🙂
Post updated September 2018 with new images.
Oh Leia! The princess perils of partying!
It’s my birthday today and I’m a little hungover – not from partying you understand; yesterday I worked my third eleven-hour shift in a row, and then spent five hours working on my novel way into the wee hours (Way Into the Wee Hours is not the title of it by the way). Apologies for any splelling errors – I will never proof read this, ever, and our sub editor long ago eloped to Scotland with the photocopier repair guy. Ah, I love an office romance. Apologies too if the following ads make little sense, but then things don’t always make sense at TVTA, which is absolutely fine, according to Wooof.
The day started off with some nice pressies and cards, but also with the sad news that actor Harry Dean Stanton died. I absolutely love his work with David Lynch, and also his roles in Alien and Pretty in Pink. RIP man!
Alas, there’s nothing in the TVTA archives to represent Harry Dean, other than this cool Japanese Chirashi of Alien in which HD played the character Brett.
In other hungover vintage news…
Feeling scummy? Then you will need Skummy bar! Excellent for long days and late nights, and a guranteed Dolphin to drag you merrrilly into Christmas!
For that lingering hungover feeling…
Try Trill.
Seems to work for budgies! (Please stand on your head to view pic correctly).
Works for Harvey too!
Rufus! Get ootay ma heed! The last thing you need when hungover is a skateboarding cheese with a turd-shaped hairstyle zooming around in your head!
Kaboom!
TVTA is most definitely going to try and find one of these at the next flea market we go to, and turn it into a time machine! And our first stop? 1967…
We will party like it’s 1967!!
Thanks for looking. Happy birthday everyone around the world!
Wax on … Wax off …
Denmark. 1988.
The Karate Kid action figure line was released by Remco in North America in 1986. Based on the 1984 film of the same name, the line consisted of figures with a special ‘Tri-Action’ feature that enabled them to perform karate chops, twists and kicks. A handful of action playsets were also produced in which scenes from the film could be recreated.
Our featured advert above comes from Denmark, and shows the Attack Alley and Training Centre playset along with characters and accessories.
Below: catalogue images from Speelboom Club Journal N°5. 1987. Netherlands.
Introducing a selection of international mini adverts for comic books. These quarter-page and half-page ads were found between strips in the pages of popular 70s and 80s comics. Featuring publications for Human Fly, Buck Rogers, Star Trek, Zorro, Micronauts, Spider-Man, Superman, Tarzan, Sesame Street, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Space 1999, Humbot and 2000 AD.
France. 1980.
France. 1980.
France. 1980.
Denmark. 1980.
UK. 1978.
UK. 1984.
France. 1980.
France. 1980.
France. 1980.
France. 1980.
France. 1980.
UK. 1975.
UK. 1978.
UK.1984.
US. 1976.
France. 1979.
UK. 1980.
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 