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TIM-MEE TOYS

Tim-mee toys started about 1948 as a subsiiary of the Anchor Brush company through an idea to make toys to keep the machinery always in use. Tim-mee figures were sold in bagged sets of varying sizes and contained a wide arry of subject matter. They were mainly sold in grocery, drug and 5 & 10 stores. Below are some of the trade ads used to woo these stores into carrying the Tim-mee line.

The above ad came from a 1958 trade catalog that lists the following 98 cents as being available;

140 Farm Set.

156 Cowboy and Indian Set.

158 Frontiersman Set.

161 Army Ambulance Corps.

162 U.S Soldiers.

163 Soldiers with Tank.

165 Calvary and Apache.

166 Western Set.

168 U.S. Air Force.

169 Soldiers with Jeep and Gun.

187 Navy Men.

188 Clowns.

189 Rodeo.

192 Robin Hood Set.

Although most of the coolest molds were sold to countries in South and Central America, Timmee still exists as Processed Plastic and sells a few lines in Wal Mart and Toys R Us