03 July 2015

Fun Ho!

I'm going to try and get everybody caught up on what we've been up to since our South Island trip. I expect it will be a whirlwind tour, so hang on.

At the end of March we took a Sunday afternoon and drove north on State Highway 3 to Inglewood. Inglewood was home to the Fun Ho! toy factory for the better part of the 20th century. They made toy cars, trucks, and farm equipment for little Kiwis.
On the road to Inglewood with Abbey
Playing in the casting-sand box
Hoisting a fake lead brick
Fun Ho made action figures as well

What I found interesting was the 'resolution' of the early vs late toys. The early toys were made with lead using sand as a casting medium. Later toys were die cast aluminum. It was also amusing that some early molds were knock offs of toys made in the US.

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