As part of my ongoing Flintstones February series, I thought it would be fun to highlight a different set of vintage Flintstones toys every week. Starting us off for week one, we have these Flintstones friction cars. Released by the Louis Marx company and appearing in stores in 1962, this line covered all of the four main characters. Here they are below.
If they look the same to you, that's because they essentially are. Apart from the heads, which are made out of rubber and interchangeable, everything is the same across all characters. As for the bodies and the cars, they are made of tin. While the bodies don't look completely accurate to the characters, the likenesses for the characters are pretty good, especially for the time (although Fred looks a bit silly). Below is a look at the packaging for the toys, which does a good job of showing off the characters and their accompanying vehicles.
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