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Lakeside Toys, Ltd.
“When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them."
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- Jim Henson
WELCOME TO THE
Lakeside Signs & Toy Company
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
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(1960's through mid-80's)
Lakeside Toys was an American toy manufacturer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They were bought by Leisure Dynamics, and later by Coleco
whose assets in turn were purchased by Hasbro. They produced the Barrel of Monkeys game, famous in the 1960's and still being produced today by Milton Bradley. They also created the Gumby and Pokey toys, stars of "The Gumby Show".
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The Stingray Show was a British television show that ran in the mid-60's. Stingray, a nuclear-powered submarine, was responsible for policing the Earth's ocean.
The series begins with the WASP's discovery that the ocean floor is home to many advanced civilisations. Among these is the undersea city of Titanica, ruled by King Titan. A despot, Titan commands the Aquaphibians, a warrior race who possess a fleet of lethal submersibles called "Mechanical Fish".
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Puppets from this show are highly collectible today.
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from Wikipedia. More here...
Fun Facts:
1. Filmed in 1963 using a combination of electronic marionette puppetry and scale model special effects, it was film company's sixth puppet series and the third to be produced under the banner of "Supermarionation".
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2. Stingray was the first Supermarionation series whose puppet characters had interchangeable heads showing a range of facial expressions.
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3. Although we have only located 2 puppets created by Lakeside, because of the description of the
production of this series we have decided to include it here. To read more, click here.
Click on puppet to link to our Youtube playlists..
