Tag: 1990-2000

Item Reference: 006647
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Holographic bookmark manufactured as part of a tie-in with cereal brand Cheerios and Shreddies promoting Disney’s 1997 film ‘Hercules’. The bookmark depicts a scene from the film with two characters bowing down, with the effect achieved by moving the bookmark. THere were four different bookmarks as part of the promotion.
Date: 1997
Further Information:  UK-based promotion.
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Item Reference: 002043
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: 8 inch long colourfully painted wooden parrot. The paint has a slight veneer. There is a circular hole on the underside of the parrot, which perhaps once secured some kind of pole. There is a small paper sticker on the underside that is stamped with ‘made in Phillipines’
Date: c. 1990s
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Item Reference: 002033
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Fabric butterfly mobile with wire wrapped in thread attached. The frame of the butterfly is wire and made up of felt-like wires. The back of the butterfly features a clip as an alternative form of attachment
Date: c. 1990s
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Item Reference: 002031
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Two miniature plastic kaleidoscopes, one pink and one green. Aside from their colour the are identical. They feature small multicoloured plastic pieces in the tibe and a small twistable end cap. The pink kaleidoscope retains its plastic adhesive label which has the European Conformity symbol (conformité européenne) and that they were made for Stockingfillas Limited with an address in Macclesfield. Made in Hong Kong.
Date: 1990-1995
Further Information:  Companies House has no record of ‘Stockingfillas’ ever being an incorporated company, or any limited company registered at a SK10 1LP postcode, suggesting the use of ‘Limited’ is erroneous. The postcode on the label was terminated by the Royal Mail in January 1995
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Item Reference: 002027
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Plastic three-in-one kaleidoscope. Small plastic tube with three different attachable lenses. Still sealed in original packaging. Sold under ‘Pocket Money Toys’ brand name and made in Hong Kong. Kaleidoscope feature psychedelic designs and the packaging has a cartoon figure of a child using kaleidoscope.
Date: c. 1990s
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Item Reference: 002017
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Illuminated battery-operated yo-yo with red and clear plastic casing through which the battery is visible, though it is no longer functional. Uses a thread string.
Date: c.1990s
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Item Reference: 002016
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Child’s watch made by Tikkers, featuring Japanese quartz movement as its mechanism. The strap is coloured plastic, the watch face back is stainless steel, and the buckle is black metal. The watch face has geometric patterns.
Date: 1992-1996
Further Information:  According to their website, Tikkers began in 1999 however various UK trademarks for ‘Tikkers’ for the sale of watches were filed as early as 1989, with this particular logo font being filed in 1991, with a different font being then entered into the trademark registry in 1996.
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Item Reference: 002015
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Toy right-angle viewer. One-inch cube with right-angle viewer apparatus. The cube is very light-weight and wrapped in a paper material with an intricate design and a shiny veneer.
Date: c. 1990s
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Item Reference: 002011
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Superview adjustable binoculars sealed in their original packaging. Binoculars are black plastic with a vinyl strap. Produced by Quality Toys and made in Hong Kong . Still has price tag attached for 95p
Date: c. 1982-1990s
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