1950s AUBURN Jungle/Noah's Ark ANIMALS, 14 Navy/Royal Blue Complete Set

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From my earliest memories, there were two favorite groups of toy plastic animal figures that never left my side - the hard plastic Marx large jungle animals and these soft vinyl plastic Auburn Noah's Ark wild animal figures. They represent the definitive quality in sculpting that was unrivaled then and now, forging unforgettable images. As an adult, and before ebay, it took me a lifetime to locate them again, scouring every resale shop literally from coast to coast whenever I would be reassigned to a new station in the military. And they have lost nothing with age. They are still some of the finest figures ever produced and my favorites. These Auburn vinyl plastic animal figures were marketed in catalogs like Sears and dime stores, sold individually or in boxed groups, sometimes as little as 3 figures per box, and in a Noah's Ark play set. They were routinely produced in various colors of black, white, red, black, dark royal blue, light blue and yellow. Also variations occur in that some have the mold marking circles on the bottom of the base with no lettering, while others read Made in USA. This group of 14 different animals is a complete set in matched dark royal/navy blue (darker than appears in photos) and includes a bull Asian ELEPHANT, Dromedary CAMEL, WILD ASS, AOUDAD (Barbary Wild Sheep), WILDEBEEST, LION, stalking LEOPARD, read more

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