Joel Siegel's Popeye Toys

 January 22, 2022

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Joel Siegel's Popeye Toys

Among the many toys that are up for auction, there are several interesting Popeye toys from the 1930's - 1940's. I've already written a previous post about the Late Joel Siegel. You might want to visit this post that is the one before this one. Mr. Siegel was an exceptional man whom you might have seem on Good Morning America on ABC years ago.

Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years. The character has also appeared in theatrical and television animated cartoons.

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye

"Popeye in a Barrel"

J.Chein Wind-Up Toy

1930's, tin litho, King Features Syndicate

When wound up with integral key, Popeye hops around

"Popeye and Olive Oyl on Roof"

Louis Marx

Circa 1935 Wind-Up Toy

Wen wound up with integral key, Popeye dances and Olive Oyl sways

"Popeye Dippy Dumper Funny Car"

Louis Marx

Circa 1940 Wind-Up Toy

Tin truck with integral key, celluloid figure

When wound, truck lurches

6" x 9"  152 mm x 228 mm 

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So that's it for today, and I hope everyone is all bundled 

up and masked both for the very cold weather, and for Covid.

Thanks for dropping by

and have a great day.

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I'm Popeye The Sailor Man

Saturday, April 14, 2018
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I'm Popeye The

Sailor Man

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I haven't been posting lately. I'm a bit "pooped out", and after 1405 posts, you get tired of writing and trying to find new material. I was awaiting several people who said they were going to send me photos to write their posts, but they probably were busy with their everyday regimen.

Easter and Passover came and went, and today is almost the middle of the month of April. The weather forecast is predicting overcast skies with freezing rain and between 4-10 cm (2-5 inches) of snow. I thought Passover was over, and there weren't going to be any more plagues! The good news is that my tulips are growing and their leaves are showing through the earth. Our small city throws away the tulip bulbs at the end of the summer, and allows us to "salvage" them . That's great, and I save money as well whenever something is offered "for free". The city's rational is that it's less-expensive to buy new tulip bulbs, than to clean and store old ones. My gain, their loss.

Returning to today's topic, the upcoming auction for Bertoia Auctions is scheduled for  April 27-28, 2018.  Bertoia Auctions has lots of fine toys, but my eye was attracted to a small collection of Popeye toys. 

Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.^] The character first appeared in the dailyKing Features comic strip. , Thimble Theatre, on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years; Popeye has also appeared in theatrical and animated cartoons.

Segar's Thimble Theatre strip was in its 10th year when Popeye made his debut, but the one-eyed (left) sailor quickly became the main focus of the strip, and Thimble Theatre became one of King Features' most popular properties during the 1930s. After Segar's death in 1938, Thimble Theatre was continued by several writers and artist, most notably Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf. The strip continues to appear in first-run installments in its Sunday edition, written and drawn by Hy Eisman. The daily strips are reprints  of old Sagendorf stories.

In 1933, Max Fleisher  adapted the Thimble Theatre characters into a series of  Popeye the sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures.These cartoons proved to be among the most popular of the 1930s, and Fleischer—and later Paramount's own Famous Studios—continued production through 1957. These cartoon shorts are now owned by Turner Entertainment, a subsidiary of Time Warner , and distributed by its sister company Warner Bros. Entertainment.*

Courtesy of Wikipedia*

Chein Lithographed tin toy depicts Popeye speed punching a celluloid bag

suspended from a canopy on a wire frame. The box is a replacement.

Circa 1930's

Height:  10"  25.4 cm 

Linemar (Japan) lithographed tin, battery operated action toy

depicts Popeye sitting on an oversized spinach can, while smoking his pipe and waving.

Circa 1958

Height:  9"  22.8 cm

Linemar (Japan) colourful tin depiction of Popeye on a tricycle,

with cloth pants and a bell on the back ringing as the bike rides.

Height:  7"  17.8 cm

Scarce Linemar (Japan) colourful lithographed toy

characters, have spring bodies attached on a hand car.

Length:  7"  17.8 cm

, pressed steel

rowboat. Clockwork mechanism causes oaring motion.

Length:  15"  38 cm

One of the rarest of the Japanese Popeye Toys (Linemar) 

lithographed tin with a windup under the rear of the plane.

CIrca 1950's

Length:  6"  15.2 cm

Linemar (Japan) lithographed tin, windup actiomn causes

Olive Oyl's chair to spin as Popeye balances it from his mouth.

Height:  9"  22.8 cm

Linemar (Japan) lithographed tin with battery-operated remote control

action, when activated Popeye simulates rowing motion.

Circa 1958

Length:  10"  25.4 cm

Celluloid figure of Popeye standing in an open tin cart

drawn by a tin lithographed horse, key wind driven, with original box.

Length:  7.5"  19 cm

I only selected 9 images out of a total of 20 from the Bertoia Auctions website. 

Have a look at the other toys there on the Bertoia website, to see the other wonderful

Popeye toys there. Also, I noticed that the size of the images are very large, which allows for easy viewing of the toys, and their details.

So that's it for today,

Have a great part of the day or night.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

A Nice Grouping of Popeye Toys

Friday, August 9, 2013

A Nice Grouping of Popeye Toys

  Two days ago, I had presented some  examples of Buddy L toys in almost-pristene condition from James D. Julia. I also had seen a nice grouping of Popeye toys that I catalogued away in my head. So today, here' a nice presentation of Popeye (the sailor man). Popeye is a famous cartoon character from King Features Syndicate, although not as popular as he once was.  You have to remember that back in the 1920's-1950's kids and people did not have as muse amusement as today, Newspapers were still popular and the main line of news for people. TV was just coming in and eventually would go to colour. Children had no smart phones, digital tablets, their own TV's,or computers. And moreover,they actually played outdoors, by themselves when times were a lot different, and parents could not worry about the dangers outside of the house and view.

I left the photo as they were taken by James D. Jules excellent photographers. I did in fact clean oner up against a white background, but I decided to leave the photos as is.  What I also noticed earlier in the week when I posted the Buddy L trucks is that the photos are quite large, and you should to directly to the Julia site afterwards to view the images. There, the images are large, and although just 72 dpi ( I shrink then to half their size and show them at 144 dpi), they will appear better in their original format.

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All of the above toys were made by LineMar, while those below are a variety of manufacturers, including LineMar. I spelled LineMar as you see it, but there are variations to the spelling. Even the front box cover has two variations.

One thing for sure is the fabulous colour of all of these toys. Of course, what I am always wanting to know is did they toys ever get played with? They're always in such great condition!

Popeye is not as popular as he once was, but I can tell you that I've never eaten so much spinach in this new century as before, There are just so many variations out there, and this vegetable is the "new" green in many restaurant salads, and at our home. 

Popeye does live on every time I have salad!

Thanks for dropping by,

and  as always,

have a great part of the day or night.

Stacey

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