Item Reference: 002008
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Scuba diver bath toy with original packaging. The packaging markets the toy as Sea Hunter Wind Up. The toy’s body is yellow plastic, with black plastic legs and soft plastic for flippers and features a wind-up mechanism which would propel limbs. Imported by Salco Toys, based in Harlow, Essex. Made in China.
Date: 1980s
Further Information: The Sea Hunter line was very popular and ran for many years with cosmetic variations. Some were also produced in Hong Kong. Salco manufactured a wide variety of toys from 1947 to 2015, when it was legally dissolved as a company after entering administration.
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