Humphrey B Bear was one of the longest running children’s television programmes in Australia. Running for over 3,000 episodes, his image has been immortalised on countless toys and other products! Many of these are now collectable. Humphrey Makes An Appearance Humphrey, the honey-loving, accident-prone bear first appeared in his own show on 24th May, 1965, […]

In the early 1970s, Joy Toys was competing in a changed market. The removal of tariffs meant that toys produced more cheaply in Asia were able to flood the market, and this led to the closure of a large proportion of what had previously been very successful Australian toy companies. This catalogue, produced in about […]