Category Archives: Vintage Toys

Ricky’s Super Speed Safety Razor

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Ricky finds his safety razor

In the I Love Lucy episode Ricky Sells the Car (24 Oct. 1955) Ricky finds his safety razor – minus blade – attached to Little Ricky’s toy rifle.

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Gillette Super Speed Safety Razor seen on eBay

Ricky’s safety razor is a Gillette Super Speed Safety Razor.

The toy rifle is a 1950’s Hubley Davy Crockett Buffalo Rifle Cap Gundavy crockett rifle hubley
Find a Hubley Davy Crockett Buffalo Rifle on eBay

Find the Gillette Super Speed Safety Razor on eBay

Little Ricky’s Fish Bath Toy

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Ricky finds Ricky Jr’s Rubber Toy Fish in the I Love Lucy episode The Ricardo’s Change Apartments

The Rubber squeak toy Ricky finds is a Disney Pinocchio Cleo Rubber Squeak Toy from the Sun Rubber Co.

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Disney Pinocchio Cleo Rubber Squeak Toy – Sun Rubber Co. original box seen on flickr

 

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Vintage Disney Pinocchio Cleo Rubber Squeak Toy – Sun Rubber Co. seen on eBay recently

See one on eBay sold recently HERE

Little Ricky’s Froggy the Gremlin Squeak Toy

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In the “I Love Lucy” episode The Ricardo’s Change Apartments Ricky discovers a squeeky toy under his seat cushion when he sits on the armchair. Froggy the Gremlin  was a well known  character on radio and TV  during that era. In 1948 the Rempel Company produced a Froggy the Gremlin rubber squeak toy and the one Ricky has looks like the 9 inch version. Andy's-Gang-Pasta-Fazooli-vs.-Froggy-the-GremlinLittle Ricky’s squeak toy is a Froggy the Gremlin rubber squeeze toy made famous by Smilin’ Ed McConnell on the Buster Brown Gang radio show in the 1940’s and the later TV show.

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9 Inch Froggy the Gremlin on eBay – Click Picture for details

An original Froggy in his box in good condition is a collectors item now and can easily sell for over $500 on eBay.
If you are buying one read the description carefully, the vintage rubber has hardened in some cases. The Froggy the Gremlin toy pictured above is on eBay this week CLICK HERE to view.


See Froggy the Gremlin on the 50’s kiddie show “Andy’s Gang”.

Click Here to see more Froggy the Gremlin toys on eBay

Little Ricky’s Toy Cars

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Little Ricky’s Toys in the episode “Ricardo’s Change Apartments”

In the episode “Ricardo’s Change Apartments” Lucy is running out of space to store all the baby items. In the screen capture above we can see some of the now very collectible 50’s era toys belonging to little Ricky. On the top shelf to the left there is a Cohen Fire Chief tin pull toy, On the second shelf on the left is a Mattel Tricky Trolly – the original box is to the right of the same shelf. On top of the Tricky Trolley box appears to be a toy drum similar to Ricky’s toy drum we looked at in a previous post.

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Cohen Fire Chief tin pull toy
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Cohen Fire Chief tin pull toy and original box at liveauctioneers.com

The Cohen Fire Chief pull toy was seen on eBay recently with original box but missing the fire chief’s hat at the following link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/T-Cohn-Tin-Fire-Chief-Pull-Toy-Car-with-Box-/161543611109

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Mattel Tricky Trolley in original box seen on eBay -Click image for details

Mattel Plastic Toy Windup Tricky Trolley Bus

The 1950’s vintage plastic windup Tricky Trolley, made by Mattel Toys was based on the classic “Toonerville Trolley” a popular Sunday comic strip.
See Tricky Trolley on eBay

 

Little Ricky’s Party Game

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In the 1957 I Love Lucy episode “Lucy and Superman”, we see a traditional “pin the tail on the donkey” game at little Ricky’s birthday party. This game was a fixture at children’s parties for generations back to the 1800’s. Ricky Jr. game appears to be  “Donkey Party”  by Whitman Publishing Company.
donkey-game Vintage Donkey Party game also known as Pin The Tail On The Donkey seen on eBay

  • See more Vintage Donkey Party games on eBay
  • See more Vintage Donkey Party games on Etsy (US)
  • Ricky’s Toy Drum

    The toy drum Ricky plays in The Young Fans was made by the Ohio Art Company

    In another famous episode, “The Young Fans” (Season 1, 2/25/52) where teenagers, Peggy and Arthur have crushes on the Ricardos, Lucy and Ricky take action and dress up as octogenarians. At one point, Lucy hands ‘old Ricky’ a toy drum to show Peggy that he is indeed Ricky Ricardo.

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    L. Inverted view of the drum Ricky is holding –        R. Similar drum from Ohio Art Co.

    It appears that Lucy actually hands it to him upside down, but that’s how the prop was sitting waiting for her to use.
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    The toy drum was made by the Ohio Art Company (still in business) and looks to be vintage 1930’s or 1940’s by the artwork.

    See Ohio Art Drums on eBay

    See Ohio Art Drums on Etsy (US)

    The Ohio Art Company was founded in 1908. Based in Bryan, Ohio, the company is known for toys including the Etch A Sketch, and Nanoblock. Their Diversified Products segment makes  custom metal lithography products for food containers such as food tins, enclosures, DVD cases, and nostalgic signs.

    Ricky plays a toys drum in The Young Fans

    Credit: Special Thanks to Rick for this post.

    The Ricky Jr Doll

    rickjrad2If you are looking for a good version of the Ricky Jr doll, or the earlier “I Love Lucy Baby”  the run up to the holidays is probably the best time of the year because collectors often save their best dolls to sell during  the holiday buying season.  A nice example of one of the current offers is this one in the yellow outfit.

    Rick Jr Doll on eBay this week
    Rick Jr Doll on eBay this week – click picture for listing details

    When Lucy and Ricky Ricardo of the very popular I Love Lucy television show  produced  “most famous baby in the world”  the perfect tie in was a baby doll. Continue reading The Ricky Jr Doll