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 Posted - May 18 2021 : 10:33:51 PM
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I have never seen anything like this before, but what a unique telephone from Tyco. They really did have a large line of various products. I do actually have the Tyco Super Blocks Telephone.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/384170595786?hash=item59725a15ca:g:ep0AAOSwDGhgj-CK
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Posted - May 18 2021 : 10:59:10 PM
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| This was one of the first products Tyco made in the early Eighties when they began to make more then just Hobby Products My Sister in Law had one
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Posted - May 18 2021 : 11:27:58 PM
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well I has a Tyco Brick phone
yes Tyco made Lego-Like bricks after the Lego patent expired
there is 1000s of those Garfield phones washing up on shore in France
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-have-garfield-phones-been-washing-ashore-france-30-years-180971835/
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Posted - May 19 2021 : 08:28:10 AM
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A fascinating article. Written by someone named Brigit Katz. Very appropriate
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Posted - May 19 2021 : 11:44:08 AM
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Yep Tyco made Lego Likr Blocks and there version of Play Dough Super Dough When they aquired GAF and Ideal they continued some of their lines They were sued or at least threatend with legal action They're last successes till bought out by Mattel AND after stopping the making of HO trains The Ideal Nursery Disney's Little Mermaid Dino Ryders Incredible Crash Dummies and the Sesame Street License Remember Tickle Me Elmo?
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Posted - May 19 2021 : 5:29:51 PM
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| I'll look for my Tyco telephone & get a pic of it this week
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Posted - May 19 2021 : 9:11:20 PM
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All very cool. 
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Posted - May 19 2021 : 9:35:19 PM
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Oh man. I want one but I can't find one on the site under ninety bucks. Garfield is great...
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Posted - May 20 2021 : 02:00:43 AM
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| Amazing Smithsonian article.
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Posted - May 20 2021 : 03:04:00 AM
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I almost want one of these (I actually have a way to plug these things in because I live in a house old enough to have a phone plug), but the prices are outrageous. 
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