The header card bag of Payton armymen and tank is marked WINNECO, PALMER PLASTICS DIVISION and PAYTON. They set up WINNECO as a shell company to run the operation. In 1972 the owner of Palmer Plastics passed away and a group of investors convinced the family to let them take over the business. ![]() The plastic toy industry had started to go into decline in the 1960s with companies such as Thomas, Empire, Lido, REL, Archer, Auburn, Tim-Mee, T.Cohn, MPC & Banner being sold or quitting the toy business. Both companies were located in Brooklyn NY and undoubtedly used the same mold makers and suppliers and knew each other. Caldwell and subsidiaries was sold to Carolina Enterprises in 1960 and moved to North Carolina.ħ/5/15 WINNECO, PALMER PLASTICS & PAYTON PRODUCTSĬollectors have been wondering how Palmer Plastics figures ended up in Payton Products header card bags. Starting in Canada around 1946 they moved to the Bronx, NY in 1948 then to nearby Pelham Manor NY about 1955. ![]() Empire Plastics was a subsidiary of Caldwell Molding whose primary product was plastic buttons for clothing. There were five in the bag along with an assortment of Empire planes and vehicles. ![]() Space toy collector Steve Nyland has come to the rescue as he bought a header card bag filled with small soft plastic toys made by Empire Plastic. We have had a number of these small space figures over the years in a multitude of colors but never in a marked package.
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