ComicBookGuy

Here is a picture of the front of the Tiddly Winks. Game is by Whitman Pub. Co.from 1961:

Standard Toykraft manufactured this game during the height of Dennis's popularity, when the CBS show was in full swing.

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2.5x3.5x6" box shows repeated illustration and text on front and back "Silver Plated Pistol/Actually Raises Gun And Squirts Water/© Hank Ketcham." Box lid includes text "In Person/America's Most Mischievous Youngster Dennis The Menace/© 1954 Hank Ketchem T.M./Actually Raises Gun And Squirts Water." Side panels have six illustrations of Dennis accompanied by similar text. Inside box top is fold-over color illustrated insert w/instructions on use of toy. Bottom reads "A Product Of Active Toys Inc., Chicago, Ill 5.75" tall molded plastic toy has internal plunger that is activated when Dennis' cowlick is pressed down causing right arm to raise w/gun in hand and squirts water. Instructions indicate "Good For Three Or Four Squirts Before Refilling." Back bottom of toy reads "Dennis The Menace © 1954 Hank Ketchem T.M. Made In U.S.A."

Here's the inside of the Colorforms box:

Dennis the Menace Colorforms. What are colorforms? Answer provided by BigRedToyBox: "Colorforms were first introduced in the late '50s by the Colorforms Company. For those of you unfamiliar with Colorforms, allow me to describe them for you. Let's say you just bought a Pee Wee Herman set. You open the box and you find a slick cardboard image of the Playhouse along with a sheet of paper-thin, flimsy, vinyl images. First, you are going to need to detach the images and shapes from the sheet, sort of like punching out paper dolls. Now, you are left with images of Pee Wee and the gang that will adhere, like magic, to the board. You can attach and detach them repeatedly until the board or the figures get dusty. Then, just clean 'em up and you're back in business!"

Here are the Dennis the Menace Colorforms from 1961:

This 1967 phonograph / record player plays both 45's and 78's,

most likely since Dennis records came in both sizes. But, then

again, I have two different 33's also that are Dennis records, so

who knows... As a kid, you can imagine sitting back

playing your Dennis records on your Dennis record player while

reading your Dennis comics.

There are a ton of Dennis records out there, and they began

on 78 records in the early 1950s. I should post them next,

but my records are with my 1950s Sundays, and I will not

be able to get them for at least 10 or so days. So I will now

post something very rare, as far as I can tell, to make up for

not posting the records with the other 1950s stuff. Here is a

tough-to-find phone from 1967. Anyone have one of these???

Here is a close-up of one of the 36:

Here are some napkins:

Here is a sideview of the box where you can read the manufacturer: Monogram of California:

In 1954, these boxes of napkins were released...

 

Before I get off the topic of cocktail napkins and early 1950s Dennis stuff, here are some more napkins from 1954:

Here is a better shot of the entire Mischief Kit:

The exploding cigar, fake spiders, and fake-spilled ink bottle can

be seen in this one.

The box says the game was advertised in Life Magazine, that it

was made by Hassenfeld Brothers of Pawtucket, RI, and that it

is a Hasbro product. The contents include Exploding Cigar, Rubber

Razzer, Rubber Duck, Performing Monkey, Imitation Bugs,

Snake Bow Tie, Palpitator and Plate Lifter, Snap Gum, Finger

Trap, Imitation Ink Bottle with fake-spilled ink, and a Dennis the

Menace Pencil that is really an eraser. It was made in 1955.

The box is about an inch deep and measures 15" by 11 1/2".

Before we get off the topic of puppets, I should post this set of Dairy Queen Dennis Puppets as well. With Dennis as the Dairy Queen spokesman for thirty years, 1972-2002, we would need a whole new thread just to post all their Dennis merchandise. Suffice it to say that it's cool they kept the Dennis puppet tradition alive.

And a snake bow tie, just to name a few!

And "snap" gum...

I'm not sure what they put in this, but I know a lot of joke shops used to sell very salty or very peppery gum to use as pranks. Anyone know the contents of this gum?

Included in the Mischief Kit are such wonders as performing monkeys...

Dennis the Menace Mischief Kit, 1955.

Dennis Fingerpainting Kit by Pressman, 1954. Included in this are short, stubby jars of fingerpaint with caps. Invariably the paint on these sets has been used or dried up. I would imagine a set with liquid paint still inside the bottles would fetch quite a premium.

Here is the next generation of Dennis dolls. This is from 1959 and is 14 inches tall. Mark clearly has much nicer examples in his cabinet, and I'm willing to bet the clothes on the one I'm posting are not the originals.

 

And here is the original ad for this doll. It is from the back cover of Dennis the Menace #32, January 1959. The clothing on Mark's Dennis matches those of the ad...

The Margaret puppet:

And here comes Alice Mitchell:

Here is another, the Henry Mitchell puppet:

Here's another shot of the Dennis puppet:

Here is the Dennis puppet. There you go, Bill C.!