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toy land, toy land, dear old …

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … girl and boy land … It’s that season once again. Some folk collect toy cameras. In the days of film, these cameras may or may not have worked. If they did, the result was even worse than a … Continue reading →

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when is a camera not a camera?

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. When it’s a Komic Kamera – a toy handheld  2D viewer for film strips! The size of this viewer suggests 35mm strips. I saw a couple of sites on Google that suggested the little toy was made by different … Continue reading →

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Charlie’s camera

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. In the third quarter of the last century, toy cameras that took photos were popular. Some were used as marketing props – send a few dollars and some labels from the product and you received a camera advertising the … Continue reading →

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FisherPrice Toy Camera

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. If you were or had children in the past half century, then you bought or someone gave you a Fisher Price toy. I gave my daughters many of the toys sold by this famous company. One toy was a … Continue reading →

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