Summary

A single page advertising flyer shows a range of animal soft toys, featuring 'jungle animals' such as a lion, zebra, giraffe and elephant and two koala designs with the Australian and American flags and the Australian and Japanese flags on their pads, known as 'Flag Koalas'.

Jakas Soft Toys was a Melbourne-based company which designed and manufactured genuine high quality soft toys from 1956. Their range included teddy bears, golliwogs and Australian native animals.

Jakas Soft Toys ceased production in the late 1990s outlasting many local toy manufacturers competing with cheaper overseas imports.

Physical Description

A single page A4 size colour photocopy of an advertising flyer with images of a range of animal soft toys. One image shows a lion, zebra, giraffe and elephant. There is a second image of a zebra and a third image shows two koala soft toys, one with the Australian and American flags on each of its pads and the other with the Australian and Japanese flags on each pad. 'Jakas Soft Toys' is printed in black at the top of the flyer with the address and contact details for the company shown in the top right-hand corner.

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