GILBERT – ACTION FIGURE
American A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond 007 (Sean Connery) Action Figure (30cm) With “Thunderball” Scuba Outfit And Cap Pistol. “Action Arm Raises And Shoots Cap Firing Pisrol” Glidrose Productions And EON Productione Licence 1965, Article Number 16101 Retail Price 1965 $ 4.49
“Firing The Pistol” 1. Move Trigger Back Toward Handle 2. Pull Spring Lever Forward And Hold 3. Move Trigger Forward To Lock Spring Lever In Forward Position 4. Insert Cap In Slot With Powder Toward Barrel, Use Any Type Of Cap 5. PLace Gun In Bond’s Right Hand, Inserting Between Lugs Projecting From Hand And Thumb. Finger Must Be Between Trigger And Barrel 6. Pull Right Arm Back And Release, Firing Gun
The A.C. Gilbert Company Was An American Toy Company, Once One Of The Largest Toy Companies In The World. It Is Best Known For Introducing The Erector Set (A Construction Toy Similar To Meccano In The Rest Of The World) To The Marketplace
First known As The Mysto Manufacturing Company, The Company Was Founded In 1909 In Westville, Connecticut, By Alfred Carlton Gilbert, A Magician, And His Friend John Petrie. The Company Was Originally Established To Provide Supplies For Magic Shows. Their Magician’s Sets, Known As “Mysto Magic”, Were Marketed From The Teens Until The Fifties. In 1916, The Name Of The Company Was Changed From the Mysto Manufacturing Company To The A.C. Gilbert Company
Gilbert Was The Largest Employer In New Haven From The Early 1930s To The Late 1950s, Employing More Than 5000 In Three Shifts At Its Sound Street Manufacturing Facility. The Gilbert Company Struggled After The Death Of Its Founder In 1961. Gilbert’s Family Sold Its Shares, Pantents Pending For The Production In Hong Kong, Japan And Portugal. The Company Was Never Profitable Under Its New Ownership. By 1967, Gilbert Was Out Of Business
A.C. Gilbert Company, USA 1965
A.C. Gilbert James Bond Toys Overview
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