Morris urged his wife, who was a seamstress, to create a bear that resembled Barryman’s drawing. When the Michtoms saw the cartoon, they were inspired to create a stuffed toy bear. Political cartoonist Clifford Berryman heard the story and created a cartoon that was published in the Washington Post newspaper on November 16, 1902. His hunting partners had tied a bear up so he could shoot it, but he refused. In 1902 Teddy Roosevelt spared the life a bear cub during a unsuccessful hunting trip in Mississippi. Like everyone else, Morris and Rose followed the news and the press loved Teddy Roosevelt. They both became American citizens in 1902. Rose was also a seamstress, and to help make ends meet, she sewed plush toys that were also sold in the store. They were a hard-working and very enterprising couple soon had a store at 404 Tompkins Avenue in Brooklyn, NY that sold candy, notions and other penny items. Morris came to New York in the 1897/99 time period and Rose came over in 1899. Ideal Toy Company was founded by Morris and Rose Michtom. (Thor restored box art courtesy of Penny Candy and Teddy Bears But how did Ideal Toy Company come into being, and what was Cam-A-Matic action? The Thor is automatically removed from the shelter, taken over the launcher, raised into position then fired! The Halibut dives, surfaces then removes a Regulus II missile from the hanger and fires it! They were (and still are) the most complicated operating plastic model kits ever created.
Both kits have fantastic action features. The Thor is among (or is) the most valuable of all collectable models and the Halibut and other ITC Cam-A-Matic action kits are close behind. He located critical information, the wonderful advertisement/article in Boy’s Life that is reproduced here and valued insight as well.Īlmost every die-hard kit collector has heard of the ITC Thor Missile Base and Halibut Submarine models. In this case, I wish to thank Dusty Rhodes.
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