Some say Giant did supply these some say Giant
had folded, some say Toy House used Giant, some say used they copies, and while I
don't have a vast selection of Toy House
mint/carded, so can't come off the fence on all points, I do have this, and can confirm the
contents are Giant-marked with the
full enchilada!
A handful of Giant aliens and a yellow space ship in a blister-card; the blister
is heat-sealed (where early Giant blisters were sandwiched between card), which
could point to a later-dated issue, or just a heat-sealer at the Toy House works, so while a clue, is
only circumstantial, and of no help as Giant's
later blisters were also heat-sealed!
Jack
& Jill was an American kids periodical
(1938-present day), confusing as we had one in the UK (1954-1985), whether
there was any link/license between the two I don't know, while the reference to
Life is because Toy House advertised in it, back in the day.
Also I mentioned on the 'Home' Blog the
other day that there is a 'The' prefix
to Toy House, but even they use the
shorter form and you can see that in the blurb on the card reverse!
Toy House were a bit like Child Guidance, Early Learning or Hestair Kiddycraft,
in that they dressed their toys up in a bit of science and cod child-psychology,
and maintained that all their toys were tested on kids before going to market,
but ultimately, being harsh - this is cheap, Hong Kong, rack-toy, polymer shite!
But . . . "Play Tested & Approved" . . . goddamned right; it's aliens
with feckin' ray-guns!
Close-ups of the blister's contents, I
struggle to come to a single total, but I think it's 26, so either one over 25,
or short on a 30-target, as far as the figures go, all fully marked-up as per
the previous post's figures; 'GIANT ⓟ HONG
KONG', and mostly a matching purple plastic, with three
dark brown and one bighter green.
Another comparison with a cheapo-copy/clone
(pink one!) in the upper shot, and more Giant
base-mark close-up's are seen in the lower image. Note - the lighter brown Giant figure.
Boysie-Boy (Cassius) is not as interested
in this stuff as his much-missed mother was, but he does like an exploratory
bite, not to be encouraged and no damage was done to rare packaging in the
making of these images!
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But is it Giant?
Yes . . . and No! Yes, because it is (or
contains) all Giant 'product', but, No,
as it's A) branded to Toy House and
B) we don't know - for certain - if Giant
provided the product (I suspect they did) or if the originating factory/a
shipper/agent in Hong Kong did. However . . . found loose - all Giant!
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