Chinese story-blocks · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Chinese story-blocks
Description: 1980? Chinese story-blocks #1, including FS, "The Deer with Beautiful Antlers," CP, DS, TH, FC. The collection has four exemplars of this version of picture cubes. One found in a small-town Minnesota toy shop with Linda Clader. Another for $8.95 from Sandi Shaw, Concord, CA, through Ebay, Jan., '03. The third for $5.50 from Timmy Sisung through Ebay, April, '04. The last from T. Stanford, Neptune Beach, FL, through Ebay, Dec., '12.

I first found this set in a small-town toy store somewhere in Minnesota while toy shopping with Linda Clader. Now, years later, I am still impressed with the quality of workmanship and the ingenuity of the designs, which never form a simple rectangle.
Date: 1980?
Source: One found in a small-town Minnesota toy shop with Linda Clader. Another for $8.95 from Sandi Shaw, Concord, CA, through Ebay, Jan., '03. The third for $5.50 from Timmy Sisung through Ebay, April, '04. The last from T. Stanford, Neptune Beach, FL, through Ebay, Dec., '12.
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