Another 70's Search Sated

[mazinz]

Diener is definitely the company behind these. From what I've found out, they were sold in many ways. They were sold in sealed bags, but mostly they were sold individually from various counter displays and containers. Later they would be packaged in groups on to blister packs, sometimes even under another company's banner (like Matchbox). At some point, they were also included in McDonald's Happy Meals.

In looking at your first uploaded pic and thinking about it a bit more, I am pretty sure I have some of these as well. Do you have any more pics you could uload?

[starsky]

i had those too! i had some of the spaceships and currently still have brak, the one that looks like r2d2 and the other one to the far right. incidentally, these robots look very similar to japanese robocon characters made by popy. i remember buying mine at the local 5 and 10 store.

[mazinz]

the more I look at these the more I keep thinking I have them floating round here somewhere (or something very much like them). Your yellow hammerhead is ringing a strong bell which means at one point I might have owned it in my life

[garagesale]

These erasers are really terrific! I never had them as a kid, but I remember really well the Frito Bandito eraser I had (came in a sack of chips like a cereal prize). I loved it b/c it was a toy that I could get away with taking to school! Believe me, I never used it to erase anything, and I loved it dearly!

Check this out!

JamesD