Peanuts Finger Puppets? Camp Kamp? Any info?

[megoscott]

Any of our resident Shultzians know anything about this line of toys? They came with these little rubber cars, I want to replace one that has a broken axle. I have a few of them and a car, saw this one on eBay today. I wonder who made them and when? These predate the Ideal Finger puppets of the 70s.

PEANUTS CAMP KAMP FINGER PUPPET PLAYSET! 1950's SNOOPY! - eBay (item 220454304671 end time Jul-25-09 21:03:06 PDT)

[grayhank]

Possibly made by Aviva. Do an Ebay Search for Aviva Charlie Brown.

Charlie Brown Snoopy toy car 1950 Aviva - eBay (item 170357580761 end time Jul-19-09 20:24:24 PDT)

[rche]

Is Aviva the company that made the little people-ish Peanuts characters?
I have a few of those that were in LP lots. Not finger puppets tho.

[grayhank]

Is Aviva the company that made the little people-ish Peanuts characters?
I have a few of those that were in LP lots. Not finger puppets tho.

Yep, that is correct.

[Mikey]

Scott, you see to know a lot more about finger puppets then anyone.
I have a question for you,
My old buddy (circa 1971-72-ish) got 2 finger puppets from his grandma in Norway (she mailed them to him).
They were King Kong and Godzilla.
He had them for a few years and then lost them.

Just wondering, have you ever heard of King Kong and Godzilla finger puppets ?
If so, are they valuable today ?

[starsky]

i had the camp kamp set and loved it! i think they were made by playskool? we bought the set in hawaii circa 1976

[Captain]

I was just going to say I thought these were a lot more current than the late fifties..or else they were made for a lonnng time? My little Cousin Debbie had these...she was about 5-6 years younger than me, so I couldnt see her getting them before about 1975.
Or are there more than one set of these produced over the years?
I'm so confused???

Edited to add:

The more I think about it, her set was a bit different. I recall a die cast roadster car, and the camp had scooters the figures fit onto...possibly tying into the movie from that time? Probably had to be the Ideal puppets...maybe mixed with some Fisher Price stuff? The only other Peanuts figures from the 60's and 70's I can find are the Boecher dolls, and the Skediddlers stuff (Doll LUCY Snoopy Peanuts Skediddler Mattel 1968 - 1208SG734)

Aviva was truly ahead of the curve putting those figures out in the fifties and sixties. Wonder if they were the inspiration for the Sesame Street and Ideal figures of later on?

[megoscott]

Looking closer--the copyright info on the Snoopy I have says 1958 and 1966, so they are at least 60's.