Toys, Games, Puzzles, Etc..

I've already posted my action figures, some Urlacher dolls, die cast trucks and cars, etc. I consider those things more as "collectibles" than falling under the topic of toys. Some of the newer stuff that I have will just have to be categorized as "toys", at least until they have aged or become limited in the market place.

For some reason, items with sound seem to be popular as of late. I have the 'Rockin' Randall' bobblehead that is about 20" tall that sings and dances to the old Monday Night Football song. I have a dancing bear, and a hampster that sing's Queen's "We Are The Champions".




I now have a Giant Pez Dispensor that makes some sort of NFL sounds, as well.


New in the packages are an Action Mascot Puppet and a Helmet of Players toy. (If you know about those little plastic green "army" men, these are similar, only blue and orange Chicago Bear players).


I own a new collector's edition Monopoly game and a Bears/Packers checker game also:



I have a few puzzles like a rare 1971 "Springbok" puzzle, a framed Ditka restaurant one and a unique Soldier Field Fan portrayal.




Stuffed animals? I'd better leave that for another topic. I have many.


Here's a nice magnetic dartboard that works great and is fun to play with and I also bought this odd water bottle - it's huge with thick plastic...

Keychains and EVERYTHING Else

My passion started with collecting key chains...I was going to get as many as I could that had to do with the Chicago Bears. It was a carefully thought out plan. I had decided NOT to collect caps or hats, for that is almost infinite, just TOO many of those out there....but keychains, I could collect a reasonably large amount of those, yet the collection would still be manageable.....

So, the rest of this post will include other pieces that ended up in my keychain collection....

Bears Chimes....



Bears Stained Glass...



Pennants...



Neckties...



A Bears Brunswick Bowling Ball and a 1970s Bag...




This is actually a Pinata...



1964 Coke Bottle Caps...



Halloween candy buckets....



This is a shoebox filled with Chicago Bears toothbrush, lotion dispenser, handsoap, bubble bath, cologne, playing cards, golf balls, scrunchie balls, wristwatches, binoculors, radios,etc.....I may break this down later

Arts and Crafts

I have a few unique Chicago Bears items that I will classify as art. One is some sort of a recessed Chicago Bears player head made up of a paper mache material. It is old school, I believe, because the player helmet has the old style "white C" on the helmet. Plus, the player seems to represent a tough, hard-nosed type of guy. It is signed by Dick Dahlstrom. I'm not real sure who he is, but he does show up on an artist roster when I googled him.



My second piece is a print from a limited lithograph that I bought directly from the artist at a tailgate party the year the Bears played in Champaign, IL. The artist is Paul Ashack and he is renowned for doing Chicago Sports art. He has a nice website, if anybody is interested. The name of my print is "Back In The Day" and it represents tailgating at the old Soldier Field. Mr. Ashack was kind enough to autograph it for me.



My third unique item is really nothing more than a poster. However, the guy I bought it from at a Bears Fan Convention happens to be the guy that took the photograph that is depicted in the poster. It is THE picture where Walter Payton is goofing around in practice and is pulling down Matt Suey's shorts. The photographer, Jim Mantaenis autographed the poster for me. He was working the Fan Convention signing up organ donors for the Payton Foundation. He was working off a deal with the Paytons (I believe)to obtain exclusive rights to THAT photograph, for he was just beginning his own Sports Photography Company.

Chicago Bear Football Cards

Furniture

My brother-in-law decoupaged a Walter Payton poster onto a piece of plywood 25 years ago and I made a table top out of it. I did the same thing with a logo bears head on my game table. My daughters bought me a bar stool one year and I also have a nice lawn chair. In addition, I have a blow up chair somewhere that will make a great addition to a larger room someday.