Tabonga | 2,528 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) I collect chess sets - one of the ones I got recently is this little guy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Regal-Solid-Metal-Chess-Figures-Pieces-Black-Silver-/153814069032?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=iLHNhIq6W1oYkbdefFEOTux6ge8%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc Nothing super unusual - I have a lot of small metal sets - I had just not seen this particual brand before. When I got it I found that the side of the box had this printed on it: Manufactured by _AMES INDUSTRIES, INC. P.O. Box 486 Paoli Penna. (The first letter is torn off - so I assumed it was a J. That is also a strange abbreviation for Pennsylvania) Elsewhere on the box it says "ANOTHER SLINKY TOY". So with a bit of digging I found that the inventor of the Slinky was Richard T. James and that he and his wife set up a company to manufacture the Slinky line in PA. They also made other toys I guess (or at least chess sets like mine). I had Slinkys when I was little - never could keep the things from getting bent. Any random appearances of toys from your childhood? (And now I have that GD slinky tune stuck in my head - it is worse the the oscar mayer one........) Edited February 10, 2020 by Wandering Tellurian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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