![]() In the year 2000, the Toy Industry of America named Colorforms one of the best toys of the 20 th century, and in 2011, Time Magazine named them as one of the 100 best toys “ever.”Ĭolorforms often came with brochures or booklets demonstrating for kids “ one of the many” scenes they could make with their new toy. In broad terms, Colorforms sets consist of vinyl-sheet figures, ships, or objects, and a cardboard background upon which they can be set, and re-set.Ĭolorforms were first created in 1951, and in 1957 the company began to license popular entertainment characters such as Popeye for their sets. Today, I remember another popular item from the same time and having roughly the same purpose: the Colorform Adventure Set, or “Cartoon Kit” as it was sometimes known. ![]() Last week here on Flashbak, I remembered “Fotonovels” or “Photostories,” and tagged those publications as one way that kids of previous generations could remember the experience of their favorite movie or TV program in the pre-VCR age.
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