CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: JUST WHERE IS YOGI BEAR?

Monday, 8 April 2013

JUST WHERE IS YOGI BEAR?

When I was 4 or 5 years old, one of my favourite toys was a LOUIS MARX friction-drive yellow scooter with YOGI BEAR riding it. In fact, I liked it so much that I got another one for my 6th or 7th birthday. By that time the first Yogi's scooter had disappeared, but I still had Yogi himself, and would let him have a 'backie' on new Yogi's scooter.

I've been trying to track down a replacement for many years, but so far with no success. The closest I've gotten is to the above picture of the box in a HANNA-BARBERA TREASURY book I purchased a few years back. If any of you happen to own this toy or know where I can obtain one, please get in touch. I'd even settle for seeing a photo of it. If you can reunite Yogi with his childhood pal, let me know in the comments section.

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And thanks to the kindness of 'J', I can now show you some photos of Yogi himself, sitting astride his yellow scooter. I hope to be buying this very item quite soon, so I'll keep you posted on what transpires. This is the first time I've seen this toy since I last owned my two as a child, so it's amazing to see it again.

4 comments:

DeadSpiderEye said...: I have a friend who's ventured into the the classic toys, tin-plate, mostly automata but it does mean that he gets around auctions and comes across other stuff. I'll mention Yogi to him when I get the chance he might come across something. Generally prices seem to be depressed but if you're after something hard to get hold of, that doesn't necessarily hold true.; 8 April 2013 at 15:36
Kid said...: I'd appreciate that, DSE, thanks very much.; 8 April 2013 at 18:29
Chris Sobieniak said...: Wish I could help you here. Nice to see Marx released something like that (I knew them more for things like the Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots).; 8 April 2013 at 23:35
Kid said...: They did loads of great stuff, Chris - Daleks, robots, comics, TV & movie characters, etc. A brilliant company. I noticed you haven't posted anything on your blog for a while.; 8 April 2013 at 23:51

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From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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