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TOY - PLASTIC GREMLINS SPIKE CHARACTER

1984
Overview

Coloured, green brown with yellow chest and ears and a white Mohawk plastic toy of a 'gremlin' or lizard like monster. Toy standing upright on two legs which have three clawed feet. Arms have yellow bands on them and end with three clawed hands. Heard has two large ears that stick out the sides. White Mohawk down middle of head. Smile on have with red mouth and white pointed teeth.
Moulded makers text on back, left side

Historical information

This plastic toy based upon the character Spike from the comedy horror film Gremlins which was released in 1984. The toy was found, along with other material down there since 1900, when the school room was built, under the floorboards of the original Armadale Armadale School building when it was being prepared to be moved to the Minnawarra Historic Precinct in 1987. Because the toy was deemed too new to be of any historic value it was given to Patricia Walker, who was a volunteer helping to prepare the building, to giver to her son Ashley. Ashley kept the toy in his room at the families Kelmscott home on Wandoo Street. It then moved with Patricia in 1994 when the family moved to Salter Point.
The toy though represents the change in what children were playing with over the time the building was an active school room and that even after 87 years students were still loosing things at the school.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-COA2022.53
Item type
Toys
Material
Plastic
Width
7 cm
Height or length
5 cm
Themes
Toys
Inscriptions and markings

text [C WARNER VROS / 1984 / LJN TOYS LTD]

Keywords
LJN Toys Ltd
Warner Brothers Inc
Armadale School & Congregational Church Relocated
Engines-steam
WALKER Patricia Mrs
Wandoo Street Kelmscott
Kelmscott
Armadale Primary School, Third Road, Armadale
Armadale
Year
1984
Statement of significance

This item is part of a collection that tells the story of going to school in the City of Armadale from the late 1800s through to modern day. The collection aims to show how these experiences have either changed or stayed the same over time. The collection is also part of a wider collection that focuses on the stories and experiences of how children have grown up in the City of Armadale.

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