Tintin, toy cars, bionics & a Bat horn!

Posted on May 20, 2019 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

New additions fresh from the scanner! Enjoy 🙂

Tintin L’affaire Tournasol. Enamel advert. Date unknown.

Tintin Adventure Club. 1986. Sweden.

Aurora AFX. 1973. US.

Matchbox Super 6. 1976. US.

Siku. 1986. Sweden.

Six Million Dollar Man. 1976. US.

Barbie Yellow Booklet. 1962. US.

Batman Bike Horn. 1977. US.

Captain America Turbo Motorcycle. 1985. Super-Jouet. France.

Télécran / Etch-a-Sketch. France.

Galaxy Rangers. 1988. UK.

Lego Space. 1979. Sweden.

Thanks for looking 🙂

24 thoughts on “Tintin, toy cars, bionics & a Bat horn!”

Resa on May 24, 2019 at 22:57 said:

Of course Barbie stands out to me! That is quite an interesting iteration of Barbie. Wow, 1962!!

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 25, 2019 at 09:39 said:
  
  Yes, 1962 advertising! Barbie’s a grand dame now. I have another 1962 booklet of hers to post up soon, along with a booklet of one of her clone dolls – Babs, Randy & Bill (Barbie, Skipper and Ken on the cheap) 🙂
  
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airlandia on May 21, 2019 at 19:48 said:

Love that Aurora AFX ad. 🙂

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 21, 2019 at 20:45 said:
  
  I’m glad you picked that one out, it’s one of my favourites.
  
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ArcaneHalloween on May 21, 2019 at 16:24 said:

I cycle to and from work in the morning… so I need that bat-tastic Bathorn in my life!! (It’d better play the classic Adam West theme when you depress the button, or I shall be mightily Bat-disappointed!)

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 21, 2019 at 18:38 said:
  
  Ha, yes it ought to play the classic Batman theme (along with Burt and Adam’s intro lines: “Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed.
  Roger. Ready to move out!” – just as you pedal off) I also cycle daily to work and like you I totally need this Bathorn in my two-wheeled life! 🙂
  
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  - ArcaneHalloween on May 22, 2019 at 15:23 said:
    
    Brilliant! I prefer yours to mine … Atomic Batteries and Turbines – awesome! 🙂
    
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80smetalman on May 20, 2019 at 21:40 said:

My brother had that Six Million Dollar Man toy and once I was forced to watch four hours of non stop Tin Tin. By the end, I wanted to slit my wrists.

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 21, 2019 at 09:10 said:
  
  Ouch! Four-Hour-Death-By-Tintin ? Could be the name of a metal band, or album title maybe, or I should add it to my recent post about superpowers 🙂
  
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  - 80smetalman on May 21, 2019 at 09:17 said:
    
    All of the above. 🙂
    
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tref on May 20, 2019 at 20:14 said:

RE-posted on twitter @trefology

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 21, 2019 at 09:02 said:
  
  thanks tref 🙂
  
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J. on May 20, 2019 at 19:38 said:

Tintin and Galaxy Rangers! Man, that made me smile. I used to pick up all the Tintin books from the library when I was younger… loved them. Those and the Asterix books made up my three choices.

As for the Galaxy Rangers, we could be doing with a reboot. Live action space western would be a real treat.

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 21, 2019 at 09:01 said:
  
  Tintin and Asterix books were popular both at our public library and even the titchy school library we had. Loved them, and the animations when they were on TV.
  
  The return of Galaxy Rangers would be good! Was pleased to find that advert of the toy figures for the collection 🙂
  
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wibiwonder on May 20, 2019 at 18:46 said:

Great selection – something for everyone (more than one for me: Barbie and Batman Bikehorn are absolute favourites and wouldn’t mind any of the others). Thank you!

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 20, 2019 at 19:14 said:
  
  Thank you! Barbie will always be a favourite around these parts, and that Batman bike horn is brilliant fun 🙂
  
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For Tyeth on May 20, 2019 at 15:45 said:

Hi TVTA, the Kenner Six Million Dollar Man toys were the ones I discussed with you a while back! I had two Col Austin figures and the Bionic Transport and Repair Station. You might remember I mentioned there were two versions of Steve Austin, one had a rubberised skin on it’s bionic arm which rolled up to reveal the “bionic” parts whilst the either later or cheaper version didn’t have the sleeve. Not only could you reveal the bionic parts but they were removable as little rectangular blocks and each had a hole to attach the diagnostic cables/pipes seen on the Transport/Repair Station.
In the picture you can see Steve Austin laid on the Repair station and above him are two pieces of “equipment”, one is the rocket booster plate (blue) that doubled as an operating theatre lighting lamp and had a magnifying glass built into it. The second is a white rectangular panel with the cables attached, this was meant to be an X-Ray device and there was a small window with a picture wheel located beneath it. The picture wheel had glow-in-the-dark images of body parts and you could turn a dial and the pictures spun round so you could X-Ray various parts! Great play features, great post!

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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 20, 2019 at 17:41 said:
  
  Good info FT. I had the rolled up skin version. Early versions of Steve Austin came with either a girder accessory or the engine block (as seen is the featured ad), which Steve lifted by pressing the button on his back. Mine had the engine block. Nowadays its possible to buy reproduction parts for the doll – like his clothing and the roll back skin. Probably can get the bionic mudules too.
  Was such a great toy, and I managed to hold on to mine right up until about 12 years ago when I lost him in a house move 😦 Still have his red trainers though lol.
  
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- The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 20, 2019 at 17:45 said:
  
  PS – you know what I thought when I saw the Bionic Transport module in the ad? I thought: hmm, that would make a very interesting light saber design for a certain someone I know 🙂 Let me know if interested… I have ideas!
  
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  - For Tyeth on May 20, 2019 at 17:57 said:
    
    Hi TVTA, I am always open for saber design suggestions, you can drop me a message on my email. Other viewers/readers can leave me a message on my contact page.
    And in response to your other comment about Six Million Dollar Man accessories I remember those training shoes….they always remind me of Sonic the Hedgehog even though Steve Austin wore them first!
    
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  - The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 20, 2019 at 19:06 said:
    
    Cool! You have mail, and your challenge awaits 🙂
    
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Neil on May 20, 2019 at 15:14 said:

Leg spacemen. That brings back happy memories

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- Neil on May 20, 2019 at 15:14 said:
  
  Lego
  
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  - The Vintage Toy Advertiser on May 20, 2019 at 17:48 said:
    
    Loved Lego Space as a kid!! Only had a few sets, but one of our neighbours had every set they’d made at that point. A brilliant toy line.
    
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