I have been collecting and selling vintage toys since 1978. My mother actually ran an antique shop and began selling toys before then so my interest ran in the family. As an artist, I was especially attracted to the Japanese toys with their whimsical look, bright colors and great action. I began to collect examples of Japanese toys from the early 1950's and soon everything in my collections was Japanese, including the Halloween and Santa collections.

I was drawn to the bizarre items with excessive irrelevant decorations (comic animals, flowers, musical notes, rockets, planets, stars, lightning bolts), combinations of what I termed 50's colors (red, orange, turquoise blue, lime green and cream) and designs and patterns in place of solid colors. The more the better!

At one time I had collections of small cars, motorcycles and scooters, buses, small airplanes, robots and space toys, Halloween toys and candy containers, Santa Claus toys, celluloid figures and candy containers, Pre-War Japanese toys, Japanese novelty toys (an all encompassing category!), Japanese sand pails, Pre-War Japanese whistles and basically anything Japanese and toy related that had the wonderful 50's colors and bizarre look that I loved.

Recently I went back on my resolution to sell, sell, sell and started to buy Japanese menko cards and other paper Japanese stuff that had the same 50's litho I adore. I had always had some of these items but the opportunity to get more came along and I could not help myself. The items are listed on the OldJapanToys website because I did intend to sell off everything. Some are Pre-War, many are 1950's and 60's and some of the Japanese Super Hero and monster things may date as late as the 1980's. Just more great Japanese art !!!

I am currently selling off all my extra stock in an effort to go out of business. Most toy stock has been sent to auction. I still have a few pieces in my collection that are still for sale and I still have my Japanese paper collectibles.

Everything is for sale because I will not be around forever. It is time to allow others the joy of seeing and perhaps owning some of the most wonderful toys ever produced.

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