Showing posts with label ideal toys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ideal toys. Show all posts

30 September 2011

Game On! > Ideal Trick Shot (1960s)





I purchased rather glorious empty box (for a dollar) strictly for use as collage/assemblage source material.
I continuously run across toys and games from this era whose collective objective seems to involve shooting, target practice and other forms of general sniper-ism that aren't quite as elegant as classic archery, but were probably loads of fun in backyards and rec rooms.  I can only imagine the myriad ways in which each was mischievously misused.

16 September 2011

Game On! > Fascination (1961)




A recent flea market find, which looks fantastic. I cleaned it up, but have yet to test it with batteries.
Should it not work, that center bulb console and those mazes are being worked into a new assemblage.

22 July 2011

Archive: "Spaceboy #2" (1996)


CHRISTIAN MONTONE
"Spaceboy #2"  (1996)
Acrylic on cardboard LP cover and board.
Approx. size: 16 x 24 inches.

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Yet another painting created at the height of my vintage toy fascination.  
The toy that inspired this piece actually sits atop a high shelf in my living room today. 
Many other toys and games collected during this period have been sold, broken down and worked 
into assemblage pieces or given away to friends, but this particular item has a special place in my heart.

15 July 2011

Archive: "Spaceboy #1" (1996)


CHRISTIAN MONTONE
"Spaceboy #1" (1996)
Approx. size:  11 x 17 inches.
Acrylic on vintage tobacco premium coupons and foamcore.

The coupons upon which this is painted came from a large stash that had been 
squirreled away by my grandfather Phillip Montone from Hazleton, Pennsylvania.  
Upon clearing out his old house (and shuttered neighborhood bar, which comprised most 
of the downstairs level) by Dad came upon these... and knew exactly who to give them to.