Amscan - Amscan Incorporated - Amscan International Ltd.

US, UK and elsewhere via Hong Kong - now China

Amscan Inc., Harrison, NY10528, New York, USA (old head-office)

Amscan Inc., Elmsford, NY10523, New York, USA (head-office)

Amscan Canada Ltd., Dorval, Quebec, Canada, H9P 2T8 (old office)

Amscan Canada Ltd., North York, Ontario, Canada, M3J 2E8

Amscan International, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, MK10 0DA, UK (Amscan International head-office)

Amscan Europe GmbH, Dettinger Straße 148, D-73230, Kirchheim/Tech, Germany

Amscan de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., El Salto, Jalisco 45690, Mexico

Amscan Asia Pacific, Baulkham Hills, Sydney 2153, Australia

Website - Amscan US

Website - Amscan UK

1970's-present

Product Listing

Small-scale Military (early 1990's, Russians, 8th Army and Japanese)

39129 - 4 Army Men (UK, Airfix copies with US Marines in 4^th blister)

39129 - 4 Army Men (UK, Airfix copies with 8^th Army in 4^th blister)

Other figures

4516 -Wedding Couple (2000's, cocktail sticks of 35mm couple with ‘cheese spike’)

396163 - Skeleton Figurines/Estatuillas de Esceleto (54mm approx, US/Mexico, Halloween graphics, 2010's)

- 8 Pirate Figures (ex-Hing Fat, shaped blister; no plank-walker 1990's-2000's)

- Bride & Groom (50mm cake decorations)

- Skeleton Paratoopers/Calaveras Paraciadista (10 skeletons with parachutes, 2016)

Bendy Toys (PVC, with Bronco, 1978/79)

- Popeye (1978)

- Olive Oyl (1978)

44008 - Genuine Popeye Canned Spinach Surprise (both figures in plastic 'tin', 1979)

Larger Scales (2010's)

290277 - Individual Cat (UK, various designs, also marketed in the US by MTC)

- Cats (as last, bagged in tens, no code sold in fours by MTC)

9900368 - Dinosaurs Attack (for Reithmüller)

Value Packs (2010's, US/[French] Canada/Mexico multi-lingual rack toy range)

- 36 Bugs (3x12 large/giant insects, PVC)

- 36 Zoo Animals (3x12 designs, PVC)
390228 - 6 Paratroopers (large blow-moulds, 2x3 colours)

- 6 Stacking Character Erasers (parts for 2x3 designs)

- 6 Track Racers (push-button launcher F1 types, approximately 1:70th scale)

- 8 Trucks (2 puddle-jumpers, 3 pick-ups, 3 vans, around 1:65th scale)

- 6 Monster Erasers/Sharpeners (googly-eyes, various designs/colours, assortment)

- 10 Diecast Cars (various designs/graphics, Matchbox 1-75 size)

- 12 3D Fossil Puzzles (crude micro-dinosaur skeletons, 3x4 designs)

- 12 Alien Attack Flingers (sticky-rubber, silver, approx 60mm)

- 12 Creature keychains (3x designs, 2x colours)
390201 - 12 Parachute Men (50mm, varied mix of 6 colours)

- 12 Paratroopers (lions, tigers, bears and dogs with parachutes!)

- 12 Sea Animal Erasers

398205 - 12 Unicorn Erasers

- 12 Whistles (mix of basketballs, footballs, baseballs and US footballs, with cords)
398218 - 12 Wooly Monsters

Other Novelty Items (alphabetical)

- Baseball Whistles (2000's, x12, with cord)

- Basketball Whistles (2000's, x12, with cord)

- Football Whistles (2000's, x12, with cord, US football/gridiron type balls)

- Soccer Ball Whistles (2000's, x12, with cord)

- 12 Whistles/Siffletes (2000's, 2x-each of above four types)

6990 - Party Cake Toppings (1980's 5x animal-coach circus-trains with candles and locomotive)

- Spooky Village Bag O' Bats (12 bats in a carded net, 2016)

- Tooth-pick flags (wooden with paper flag, 1980's, at least 15 different designs, for beach sand-castles and as cocktail sticks)

- 10 Favour Pack - Plastic Eyeballs (10 ping-pong balls over-printed as eyes)

Links

Amscan on Home Blog 

Amscan on HK Blog

Skeleton Warriors

AMP Miniatures

Until more information is forthcoming, assume subsidiary of, and see: 120 Mini

ABC

ABC (plastic toys & figures, Hong Kong pirate)


ABC Manufacturing (whitemetal figures, see: Battalions in Miniature)


ABC Model Railways


ABC Models (die-cast buses/omnibus models)

ABC Models (online retail store - for The Model Shop, Northwitch, Cheshire)

Ace

Could be/should be one of and see;

Ace-Acme (Play by Play)

Ace Corp. (Korea)

Ace Imperial Co. - See: AHI

Ace Model (US - Balsa wood)

Ace Model (Plastic Kits - 1:48th)

Ace Models (Ukraine)

Ace Novelty

Ace Toy  Mould Co. - See: Kast A Toy

Ace-Acme - Ace ACME (Play by Play) - Play-by-Play

US based importer, via-Hong Kong / China

15000 Woodinville Redmond Road North East, Woodinville, WA 98072, Washington, USA
Tel: +1-425-486-4660

Flourished: 1980-1990's? Possible connection with nearby Ace Novelty Co.?

30mm polyethylene ‘Animé’ type robots known to have been imported into the States in the mid-1990's as bagged items, probably also used in 'lucky bags', and Christmas cracker type novelty sources, definitely used in gum-ball machines.

As Play by Play, there was a wide range of soft toys, rag-dolls and such like.

Product Listing

- Robots (6 poses, 30mm, 'penny' bases)

What This Entry Needs

Filling out

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Full listing (split with P - Play by Play?)

A-Toys - A-Toys (Esci/ERTL) - Esci-A Toys

Italy

1980's-1990's

An Esci/Esci-ERTL European production/marketing trade-mark only, see: Esci for more on the parent company. Brand was employed to sell more product.

Set Listing

Double-sets containing two complete ‘armies’ of opposing protagonists

1100 - WWII British and German Desert Infantry

1101 - WWII British and German Soldiers

1102 - WWII American and German Infantry

1103 - WWII German and Russian Infantry

1104 - WWII French and German Infantry

1105 - WWII U.S. and Japanese Soldiers

1106 - WWII British Paratroopers and German Infantry

1107 - WWII U.S. Paratroopers and German Granadiers [sic]

1108 - WWII German Soldiers and British Commandos

1109 - WWII Italian and Russian Soldiers

1110 - 1800 British and African Soldiers

1111 - 1815 French and British Soldiers

1112 - 1815 British and Polish Cavalry

1113 - 1854 British and Russian Troops

1114 - 1863 Blue and Grey Soldiers (ACW)

1115 - Roman and Barbarian Soldiers

1116 - 1806 French and Austro-Prussian Troops

1117 - U.S. and Vietcong Soldiers

1118 - 1815 British Hussars and Polish Lancers (same contents as 1112?)

1119 - WWII Commonwealth and Japanese Troops

1120 - 1815 British and French Artillery

1121 - 1800 British and Muslims [sic] Troops

1122 - 1812 French and Russian Troops

1123 - 1812 British and French Heavy Cavalry

1124 - French Foreign Legion and Arabs [sic] Warriors

Single sets – as per. Esci boxes

1200 - WWII British Infantry

1201 - WWII German Panzer Granadiers [sic]

1202 - WWII U.S. Infantry

1203 - WWII Russian Infantry

1204 - WWII Japanese Infantry

1205 - WWII French Infantry

1206 - WWII German Afrika Corps

1207 - WWII British Infantry «Desert Rats»

1208 - WWII British Paratroopers

1209 - WWII U.S. paratroopers

1210 - WWII British Commandos

1211 - WWII Italian Alpini

1212 - 1800 British Infantry

1213 - African Warriors

1214 - 1815 French Granadiers [sic]

1215 - 1815 British Soldiers

1216 - (Never announced/issued?)

1217 - 1815 British Heavy Cavalry

1218 - 1815 Polish Lancers

1219 - (Never announced/issued?)

1220 - 1854 British Hussars

1221 - 1854 Russian Infantry and Artillery

1222 - 1863 U.S. «Blue» Infantry

1223 - 1863 C.S.A. «Grey» Infantry

1224 - Roman Infantry

1225 - Barbarian Warriors

1226 - 1806 Austro-Prussian Infantry

1227 - 1806 French Soldiers

1228 - U.S. Special Forces

1229 - Vietcong Infantry

1230 - 1815 British Light Cavalry

1231 - WWII Commonwealth Soldiers

1232 - 1800 British Colonial Soldiers

1233 - 1815 British Artillery

1234 - 1815 French Artillery

1235 - French heavy Cavalry

1236 - 1812 Russian Infantry

1237 - 1900 French Foreign Legion

1238 - Muslims [sic] Warriors

1239 - Modern U.S. Paratroopers

1240 - Modern Soviet Elite Force

Single Sprue ‘Action’ or ‘Battle’ sets (Consisting of only one (of two) mould runners (sprues), where there are two different runners in the Esci original, the collector is looking for two versions which I have nominally called a troop runner and a command runner, the one having the common poses (4, 5 or 6 X 5 or 6 poses) the other having the less common poses (3 or 4 X5 and 1 or 2 X5 poses) or suchlike)

1400 - British Soldiers (command runner)

1400 - British Soldiers (troop runner)

1401 - German Soldiers (command runner)

1401 - German Soldiers (troop runner)

1402 - American Soldiers (command runner)

1402 - American Soldiers (troop runner)

1403 - Russian Soldiers (command runner)

1403 - Russian Soldiers (troop runner)

1404 -Japanese Soldiers (command runner)

1404 -Japanese Soldiers (troop runner)

1405 - (Never announced/issued?)

1406 -German Afrika Corps Soldiers (command runner)

1406 - German Afrika Corps Soldiers (troop runner)

1407 - British Desert Rats (command runner)

1407 - British Desert Rats (troop runner)

1408 - British Paratroops (command runner)

1408 - British Paratroops (troop runner)

1409 - American Paratroops (command runner)

1409 - American Paratroops (troop runner)

1410 - (Never announced/issued?)

1411 -Italian Alpini (command runner)

1411- Italian Alpini (troop runner)

1412 - British Red Coat Soldiers (command runner)

1412 - British Red Coat Soldiers (troop runner)

1413 - African Zulu Soldiers

1414 - Waterloo – French Guards (command runner)

1414 - Waterloo – French Guards (troop runner)

1415 - Waterloo – British Infantry (command runner)

1415 - Waterloo – British Infantry (troop runner)

1416 - (Never announced/issued?)

1417 - (Never announced/issued?)

1418 - (Never announced/issued?)

1419 - (Never announced/issued?)

1420 - (Never announced/issued?)

1421 - (Never announced/issued?)

1422 - U.S. «Blue» Infantry (command runner)

1422 - U.S. «Blue» Infantry (troop runner)

1423 - C.S.A. «Grey» Infantry (command runner)

1423 - C.S.A. «Grey» Infantry (troop runner)

1424 - (Never announced/issued?)

1425 - (Never announced/issued?)

1426 - (Never announced/issued?)

1427 - (Never announced/issued?)

1428 - U.S. Green Berets (command runner)

1428 - U.S. Green Berets (troop runner)

1429 - Vietcong (command runner)

1429 - Vietcong (troop runner)

1430 - (Never announced/issued?)

1431 - (Never announced/issued?)

1432 - (Never announced/issued?)

1433 - Waterloo – British Artillery

1434 - Waterloo – French Artillery

1435 - (Never announced/issued?)

1436 - 1812 Russian Infantry (command runner)

1436 - 1812 Russian Infantry (troop runner)

1437 - 1900 French Foreign Legion (command runner)

1437 - 1900 French Foreign Legion (troop runner)

1438 - 1900 Muslim Warriors (command runner)

1438 - 1900 Muslim Warriors (troop runner)

1439 - Modern U.S. Soldiers (command runner)

1439 - Modern U.S. Soldiers (troop runner)

1440 - (Never announced/issued?)

What They Say
"Action, Battle, Combat!"

What This Entry Needs
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ABC - ABC Model Railways

Richmond Hill Farm, Richmond Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX44 7XF, United Kingdom
Tel: 07813 031152
eMail: info@abcmodelrailways.com
Website: http://www.abcmodelrailways.com/

Early 1980's - Current

Retailer who had two shops, now only doing the rounds of Toy Fairs, Swap Meets and club exhibitions/open days, where they sell second-hand model railways in various scale, put on their own exhibition layouts/dioramas and retail the old Model Scene range of scenics and tools. Now mail-order only, via the email above, unless you arrange to see them at a show.

What They Say
"Following the closure of our two retail outlets, we continue to trade at exhibitions and selected toyfairs all over UK, we been trading for over 32 years, now offering a range of new & pre-owned models from T gauge, Z, N, OO9, HOe, HOm, 00, H0, 0.16.5, 0. Full range of track, modellers bit’s & pieces, tools, scenic’s, we hold a big range of OO9 & Bemo."

What This Entry Needs
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