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gifts in soap boxes

PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:02 pm
by alas
Elsewhere on MAC you'll find reference to plastic toys that were given away as an extra USP in soap boxes.
Above is rare Bonux version (13 cm) of the SNCASE SE 3200 Frelon, a French beauty from the fifties, Bonux being a vintage detergent brand from France.
In the Netherlands we, as young boys in the late 50's, were glad to get these helicopters from Lodaline:

Re: gifts in soap boxes

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 3:00 am
by MichaelB
Awesome! I've never seen that helo..but now...I'll keep an eye out!
Otherwise I keep finding new and different Bonux and Familistere pieces. They also come labeled for Javador , St. Luc, P&GF (Proctor & Gamble, France) and there are Bulgarian and Australian issues - or knock offs.
Oddly I also find both "Bonux" and "Bonus" planes!