Summary
A single page advertising flyer showing the playing card suits, Hearts, Spades, Diamonds and Clubs, designed as wheat bags and soft toys and two koala soft toys, known as the '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 two images of a range of soft toy and wheat bag designs. The top image shows the four suits used in playing cards - a red Heart, a black Spade, a red Diamond and black Club design - labelled as 'Pack Cards Wheat or Soft-Filled'. The bottom image shows two koala soft toys, known as the 'Flag Koalas' one with the Australian and American flags on each of its pads and the other with the Australian and Japanese flags on each pad.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Pam Schwarz, 19 Jun 2000
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User
Jakas Soft Toys, Unit 1, 85 Lewis Road, Wantirna South, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1997
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Inscriptions
Printed in black in the top left-hand corner of the flyer: 'JAKAS / SOFT TOYS / . . . The name in Australian made soft toys.' Printed in black in the top right-hand corner of the flyer: 'Unit 1, 85 Lewis Road / (crn Lewis & Wadhurst Dve) / Wantirna South, Victoria 3152, Australia / Phone:61 3 9887 3547 / Fax: 61 3 9887 3553' Printed in black at the bottom centre of the flyer: 'D.S.& N. Nominees Pty Ltd / A.C.N. 006 302 129'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Toy manufacturing, Product advertising
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Overall Dimensions
210 mm (Width), 297 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Toys, Catalogues, Advertising, Marketing, Australian Design, Australian Manufacturing Industry, Koalas, Playing Cards, Small Businesses