THE GAME OF ALLEY OOP

side of cylindrical container

© 1937 Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

On cover: "Patent Applied For".

Royal Toy Company, Inc.

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Circle with "ALL THE FUN * FUN FOR ALL" around circumference, and ""ROYAL" vertically intersecting "TOY" horizontally at the letter "O".

«THE GAME OF
ALLEY OOP»

Manufactured by ROYAL TOY COMPANY, INC., Worcester, Mass., U.S.A.

Patent Applied For

«ALL FOR FUN ☆ FUN FOR ALL
ROYAL
TOY»

© 1937 STEPHEN SLESINGER, INC., N.Y.

Alley Oop, comic, cartoon, dinosaur, Brontosaurus

cylindrical canister with metal top and bottom and cardboard sides

2 ⅞ inches wide — 4 ½ inches high — 2 ⅞ inches deep

8.6 cm wide — 52.1 cm high — 8.6 cm deep

Label on side of cylindrical container, with a blue background.

"THE GAME OF" (in white) above "ALLEY" above "OOP" (in yellow with black upper-left shadow).

Two scenes are shown on the side of the cylindrical container.

The first scene shows a finger on a hand (in yellow) at lower left pressing upon a pivot piece to propel a lollipop-shaped projectile into the cylindrical container, replicating the image of the container side. 4 instances of the projectile are shown heading into the container.

At bottom is "Manufactured by ROYAL TOY COMPANY, INC., Worcester, Mass., U.S.A."

The second scene shows a caveman figure (yellow skin, black clothing diagonally across chest) sitting on a rock in front of a tree with a stack of clubs next to him. One club has been propeled to the right, where another caveman figure (yellow skin, black shorts) is standing and holding a club beneath a tree. A Brontosaurus dinosaur is standing in the rear between them, with a "?" (in yellow) above its head.

Between the left caveman and the dinosaur is the company logo, a yellow circle with black rings alternating with yellow, and inside "ALL FOR FUN ☆ FUN FOR ALL" is shown around the circumference (in black on yellow) and "ROYAL" (in yellow) appears vertically, intersecting the horizontal "TOY" at the letter "O" (all in yellow on a black background).

At bottom, the following appears: "PATENT APPLIED FOR" and "© 1937 STEPHEN SLESINGER, INC., N.Y.".

red at top of side

4 painted wooden pivot pieces (1 7/8" long, 3/8" wide, and 1/2" thick at thickest), in red, yellow, blue, and green, that are used to catapult the club pieces. They are triangular in profile, and one end has a recessed round area where the club pieces sit.

Painted wooden club pieces (3 1/2" long, 1/8" thick), with an ovoid (13/16" long by 5/16" thick at ends and 1/2" thick at center) attached at one end. These come in red, yellow, blue, and green. One set has 4 yellows, 3 green, 3 blue, 4 red, and 1 black club pieces.

Rick Tucker