Traffic Light Toys


Early on, I was drawing traffic lights, making them out of cardboard, and cutting out construction paper to make them. My first toy traffic light was the "bridge" from the Fisher Price Little People town. It was a four way hanging from stone overpass that connected the two sections of this little village. I wanted desperately to remove it from the bridge and keep it seperate. No luck. You'll soon see it below.

Buddy-L Toy

The Buddy L traffic light changes lights at the push of a button. Much like a Darley signal, there is a single bulb for each section of lights.

HO-scale Life Like Train Accessory

I used to have a couple of these on my train set when I was little. The light has a single bulb that quickly flashed, not really a "Life-Like" signal, but for a signal fan, it's spiff. I couldn't find mine in the managerie of boxes of HO trains and accessories so I got this from ebay.

Old Die-cast toy

I have no idea the make or how old this is. I do plan to strip it and repaint it. There is enough color on it to get a good sample of what colors would be closest.

Plastic 4-way signal

This little light only displays red and green signals when the top is turned.

Dinky Die-cast Toy

The name of the company is Dinky. I'm not referring to a small toy. Although it is small.

Matchbox Car Traffic Light Carry Case

Holds three cars in a unique carry case.

Fisher-Price Little People Toy

Here's a blast from the past that I'm sure many of us had.

Marx Traffic Light

This is an old signal made by Louis Marx Brothers. It's plastic and works like a Darley signal. One light bulb for the four ways. Green and red were transposed on two opposing sides.

HO-scale Train Accessory

I have another one similar to this, but is a bit larger and all grey. This one contains metal in the signal itself, I guess to withstand the high heat that the small bulbs can give off.

PlayMobil Toy Light (Manual)

Very basic turn-the-top-and-change-the-signal toy.

Red Light Green Light Game

This game has sensors on it to buzz if someone is still moving when the red light comes on. Another ebay find.

Play Mobil Light (Automated)

This is the newer version of the old top-turner. Electronic control goes through the sequence at the touch of a button.

Plastic 4-way

This is a simple, plastic 4-way traffic light with red and green stickers representing the lenses. I don't have any information about this signal. If you know anything about it, I'd love to hear it.

Cast Lead Train Accessory

I'm sure this has a brand name, and I believe it's by Dinky, but I don't know for sure. (anyone?) I got this along with a couple of little road signs from an ebayer in England. The small signal's paint shows its wear, but the overall condition is still pretty good.

Power Wheels Toy

My parents picked this one up for me at a garage sale for $3. Batteries and all. It goes through the regular signal rotation and has another setting which does a blinking red, solid yellow, solid green. Maybe acting like a drag strip Christmas tree?

"It's Your Turn" Traffic Light

Another toy light from Discovery Toys. Goes throught the sequence with the touch of a button. Cute.

Mattel Funtronics Red Light Green Light

This was a great game that no kid with a traffic light fascination could be without. It definitely shows its age, as well it should. I loved this game! Mattel put this game out in the late early 80s under the name Funtronics. The object (if you didn't already know) was to push your Up arrow as many times while the light was green. Hitting it when the light was red caused you to loose your ground and drop all the way to the bottom starting all over again. Mode 2 doubled the amount of times it took to advance the lights. The last two sets of lights were doubled on top of that. Mode 1 took two pushes for each and Mode 2 took four pushes. I recently found someone online who collects these old games and has the PDF version of the manual. And thanks to ebay, I've purcahsed one in much better condition with the battery cover. My original will go into storage.



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