Eldon (toy company)
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Eldon Industries, Inc. was a toy company located in Hawthorne, CA (the hometown of the Mattel toy company), that also in its heyday owned locations in Canada, England, Japan, and the Netherlands. The company is best known for items and brands that repackaged Japanese toys and distributed them worldwide - an example is the Billy Blastoff astronaut toy produced by Tomy. Eldon's slogan was "Just for the fun of it." which could be heard in both TV and radio advertisement, as well as in print ads.
[edit] Memorable Toys
- Poweride Electric Riding Toys
- 1/32nd Scale Slot Cars and Sets
- 1/24th Scale Slot Cars and Sets
- HO Scale Slot Cars and Sets
- Billy Blastoff and Robby Robot
- Power Blocks Construction Sets
- Touch Command R/C controlled Cars, Submarines and Amphibian vehicle
- Steer 'N Score Driving Test
- Slick Strip "N" gauge cars and track
- Collect-A-Car Raceway and cars
- Match Kit Sports Cars, Military Vehicles, Military Airplanes and World War 1 planes
- Pink Panther Magazine Series 1/25th Model Kit
- Outhouse Magazine Series 1/25th Model Kit
- Milk Truck Magazine Series 1/25th Model Kit
- Sand Draggin Magazine Series 1/25th Model Kit
- Bathtub Magazine Series 1/25th Model Kit
- Invader Magazine Series 1/25th Model Kit
- Computer Truck
- Design-A-Matic Woodburning Set
- Bowl-A-Matic Bowling Game
