Here are two vintage toys that were regular stocking fillers during my early childhood in the 1960's. They were great fun in the bath. They both work in the same way, you suck on the plastic tube to make them sink and blow to make them surface. They are very simple, cheap, ephemeral toys that must of been produced in large quantities. Of course that means they are pretty hard to find now, forty years later, especially in their original boxes. I've noticed that they are picking up fairly substantial prices at auction.
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| Tresco - The Diver |
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| Tresco - The Submarine |
Both toys were produced by Tresco Plastics Ltd., who appear to have been based near Northampton (U.K.), and who don't seem to have produced any other similar items. The only other toys I have discovered are an interlocking clear plastic puzzle called 'The Mystic Star' and some 'Alpha-Beta' alphabet teaching sets.
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| Tresco - Wally The Whale |
A surprise addition to the list of Tresco products - Wally the Whale. He works on the same principle as the diver and submarine above but he also spouts.
