Tombstone / Gravestone toy

[Brer Bunny]

Sorry this is taking so long. I've got no car at the moment, so will not be visiting my Mum until Easter. I'll be able to tell you more then.

[Sculpher]

Re: Liquid motion timers/toys

Groovy.
I have all the time in the World (as evidenced from the fact my search for this on DYR was started July 25, 2005...)

[sixtyten]

Re: Liquid motion timers/toys

Think it might take till 2015 for the answer though

[Sculpher]

Re: Liquid motion timers/toys

Any news?

[Brer Bunny]

Oh, SixtyTen you old cynic!

Here we are, the long awaited photo.
Unfortunately most of the oil has gone, although there is still some blood inside!

[sixtyten]

Re: Tombstone / Gravestone toy

YAY!

[Brer Bunny]

By the way, Sculpher, you wanted to know what they're called?
The back says "TOMBSTONE an ideal novelty"
The toy company is "Ideal Toy Corp."
Do I get a carrot?

[sixtyten]

Re: Tombstone / Gravestone toy

Armed with that info.. found this on Ebay

mentions Tombstones.. monsterific fun!

http://cgi.ebay.com/1982-IDEAL-TOY-C...-/230434580878

[sixtyten]

Re: Tombstone / Gravestone toy

and this..

http://trade.mar.cx/US73345477

[Heather74]

Re: Tombstone / Gravestone toy

Brer told me via PM.... If anyone has an I-phone, they might like to try searching for it on Google Goggles, which can find related images.

Iphone anyone?

[sixtyten]

Re: Tombstone / Gravestone toy

http://www.trademarkia.com/tombstone-73345477.html

blackberry I'm afraid

[Brer Bunny]

It seems these toys were either not very popular or they were prone to disappearing! Am I the only person in possession of one? Internet searching has so far not revealed any evidence to the contrary!
Thanks for the links, SixtyTen. I was going to post similar until I saw you were already ahead of the game.
Has Sculpher actually seen this yet?

[Heather74]

Re: Tombstone / Gravestone toy

I contacted the ebay seller a few days ago on behalf of the forum asking for a picture of the catalogue page with the Tombs on, no reply so far

Has Sculpher actually seen this yet?

No so lets bump the photo

Here we are, the long awaited photo.
Unfortunately most of the oil has gone, although there is still some blood inside!

[Sculpher]

Re: Tombstone / Gravestone toy

Just out of a long and internet free client conference and - YAAAAAAYYY! Wow - just as I remember it. Ideal Toy Co. My brain is certain the individual designs has clever pun-names - but I could be (and probably am) wrong - so I'm going to hang up my hat and say Memory - REMEMBERED! (Like Mythbusters....oh never mind!) Thank you all for your hard work - especially Brer Bunny and Huggie74 - you guys ROCK. Incidentally - if anyone does get more info by Goggling the image - I'd love to hear it. Thank you.

[Heather74]

Re: Tombstone / Gravestone toy

We do love a happy ending here at DYR, and I've said it before all the BEST memories take a while to find!
Thanks for the picture Brer and finally giving us the end result!!