I feel you! I have an old beaver plushie who is a very awkwardly shaped beaver, LMAO. The expressive eyes are super cute! They give them a really sweet cartoony look which I think is very fitting for plushies. And I feel that! I have a few 1950s/60s plushies that I believe could have started their lives as carnival plushies at one point (they're made on the cheaper side by 1950s/60s standards) and they're still much better quality than the carnival plushies I see nowadays.
That's crazy! I feel like I see them a lot when I go antiquing. Not Rushtons or anything, but the cheaper, sort of mass-produced ones that came out of the 1950s-60s. I definitely see them much more frequently than anything I personally collect. I hope you can get some more rubber-faced stuff someday! Have you tried looking for them on Etsy? I've bought vintage toys from there before and I've definitely seen some variety. I've never properly looked for rubber-faced toys, but you might have some luck with sellers there!
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I feel you! I have an old beaver plushie who is a very awkwardly shaped beaver, LMAO. The expressive eyes are super cute! They give them a really sweet cartoony look which I think is very fitting for plushies. And I feel that! I have a few 1950s/60s plushies that I believe could have started their lives as carnival plushies at one point (they're made on the cheaper side by 1950s/60s standards) and they're still much better quality than the carnival plushies I see nowadays.
That's crazy! I feel like I see them a lot when I go antiquing. Not Rushtons or anything, but the cheaper, sort of mass-produced ones that came out of the 1950s-60s. I definitely see them much more frequently than anything I personally collect. I hope you can get some more rubber-faced stuff someday! Have you tried looking for them on Etsy? I've bought vintage toys from there before and I've definitely seen some variety. I've never properly looked for rubber-faced toys, but you might have some luck with sellers there!
1 year, 3 months ago