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| By: ncsampson |
1/11/2008 2:27 PM |
Reminiscing about a favorite childhood toy
One night last month, as I was coming home from work, I started trying to remember what some of my favorite toys were when I was growing up. One of the first things I thought of was Fashion Plates.
The main idea of Fashion Plates was to mix and match shirts, skirts or pants and model heads which were on plastic square "plates" onto a tray. You then place paper over your combination and make a rubbing with a black crayon. The really fun part came when you flipped the plates over, each had a pattern (i.e. plaid or floral) or texture (denim) to could apply to the outfit you just created via more rubbings with colored pencils.
When I mentioned this my friend and co-worker, Peggy, she said "Well that's just like your artwork now!" And she was right, I had never though about it but it must have had some influence on me. I started browsing e-Bay to see what the going rate was for a previously-owned Fashion Plates toy. I also asked my parents if they had possibly not sold that at their big garage sale when they were moving to a smaller house, but they no longer had it. My advice to those of you looking for your favorite retro-toys on e-Bay: Wait until after the holidays! In the week before Christmas there were some that sold for over $100 and ost of them were more than $35. I checked again right after New Year's Eve and was able to claim a full set (minus the rubbing crayon & holder and colored pencils) with the original box for about $25 including shipping.
I haven't used it yet since I need to dig up a black crayon to do the rubbings, but I'll have to post some here! Also after I figure out how to get pictures into my blog.
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By Tara on
2/5/2008 2:09 PM |
| I loved fashion plates...can you bring them over next month so Abby and I can play with them with you :) I also think they continue to make them but they are slightly different. Probably BRATZ fashion plates...heh, size 00 models with huge heads. heh |
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By mgrafx on
2/5/2008 2:09 PM |
| Wow! Those bring back memories! That was one of my favorite toys growing up as well...no wonder why I ended up in the art/fashion world tailoring my own outfits, photographing, and designing....Fashion Plates was my inspiration too! |
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