Life In The DDR -- DDR Toys

[vacollector]

I was looking at some old DDR made rubber soldiers today. I had me wonder where toys in the DDR were made or if they were imported from the Soviet Union? Where toys limited in availability, or in great supply?

[uscob]

They had a lot of companies who had to make Toy's or other Stuff beside their Main Field of Production. I remember Pioneer Dolls made by the Ziegelwerke Zehdenik, so by a Brick Maker, or Cabinets for Living Rooms made by a large Ship's wharf.
Are you still looking for Toy Soldiers?

[AR-11]

Nico,
do you have so many of them?
If I only would have known... I had loads of that stuff when I was a kid. All are gone...



AR-11

[uscob]

Nico,
do you have so many of them?
If I only would have known... I had loads of that stuff when I was a kid. All are gone...



AR-11

Yes, I have about a hundred or some more left. Many variations, but some rare of them only as singles or Doubles, especially the old Camo ones.
Here you can see some of them:
http://www.berlin-military.com/index...=1223&lang=eng

[ehrentitle]

I have several NVA toy soldiers that I bought at the Centrum Warenhaus in East Berlin in the late 1980s. For some reason the glue has dried out on several of them leading to lost heads and arms.

I also have a radio controlled T62 tank that I purchased at a toy store on Leninallee.

[uscob]

I have several NVA toy soldiers that I bought at the Centrum Warenhaus in East Berlin in the late 1980s. For some reason the glue has dried out on several of them leading to lost heads and arms.

I also have a radio controlled T62 tank that I purchased at a toy store on Leninallee.

The Glue thing is bad. Sometimes I buy a box of soldiers, and often a third of them have missing Parts.

[B. Jones]

Toy Tank

Ehrentitle,

Does the tank still work?

I also have a radio controlled T62 tank that I purchased at a toy store on Leninallee.

[torstenbel]

The Glue thing is bad. Sometimes I buy a box of soldiers, and often a third of them have missing Parts.

Anything fallen off because of bad glue can always be glued on again of course without impacting its value or historical importance ... Cheers, Torsten.

PS: To answer the original questions here, most of the toys available in the DDR were made in the DDR but there were also some important ones, which mostly came from Czechoslovakia and the USSR.

[torstenbel]

I have several NVA toy soldiers that I bought at the Centrum Warenhaus in East Berlin in the late 1980s. For some reason the glue has dried out on several of them leading to lost heads and arms.

I also have a radio controlled T62 tank that I purchased at a toy store on Leninallee.

I used to have a radio controlled T55 tank as a little boy. Cheers, Torsten.

[ehrentitle]

Ehrentitle,

Does the tank still work?

I believe so, I've not had it out of the box for years. I bought a second one on E-bay a few years ago because I was missing the end of the barrel and the tank commander's hatch was broken.

[vacollector]

They had a lot of companies who had to make Toy's or other Stuff beside their Main Field of Production. I remember Pioneer Dolls made by the Ziegelwerke Zehdenik, so by a Brick Maker, or Cabinets for Living Rooms made by a large Ship's wharf.
Are you still looking for Toy Soldiers?

Did they shift production types to prevent on oversupply of certain items ?? As for looking for toy soldiers the answer is yes.

[B. Jones]

Ehrentitle,

Bring your toy T62 to the next Ft. Belvoir Show and if Ralph sets up a table next to yours, you can race the tank across his table!

I believe so, I've not had it out of the box for years. I bought a second one on E-bay a few years ago because I was missing the end of the barrel and the tank commander's hatch was broken.

[Paul Spain]

I wonder if they made police and fire figures too, All would need to be done to convert these soldiers to police would be to paint the uniforms bluegreen and add dark green shoulder boards and collar tabs.

[torstenbel]

I wonder if they made police and fire figures too, All would need to be done to convert these soldiers to police would be to paint the uniforms bluegreen and add dark green shoulder boards and collar tabs.

You can see some policemen here, but I have no idea why they were given red shoulder boards ... still, this could always be changed if you feel like it ... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1112450668...84.m1558.l2649

Cheers, Torsten.

PS: That same seller actually has another set of NVA toy soldiers up for sale at the moment as well ....

[uscob]

Something I got last weekend.
Kid's Scissors and an Indian Plastic Knife.
Both with EVP, so DDR Prodiction.