Author: Derrick Clow

Avid collector of wooden Keystone toys.

Keystone Rocket Ship

This Rocket Ship measures 14″ x 3.5″.  I have only seen two of these.  The more common of the non-moving upper deck rocket ships have only two missile launchers that can…

Keystone Radar Rocket Ship Model #255 or #279?

This Rocket Ship measures 14′ x 3.5″.  The front of the upper deck turns as an independent gun turret.  This is another “at the moment mystery”.  This is the box that…

Keystone Radar Rocket Ship Model #255

This Radar Rocket Ship measures 14″ x 3.5″.  I’m going to make an assumption about this particular style of Rocket Ship but I think a fairly same one.  I believe that this…

Keystone Radar Rocket Ship Model #251

This Rocket ship measures 14″ x 3.5″.   It appears in the 1954 catalog.  The catalog states that it has an “improved radar sighting screen” so it would appear that 1954…

Keystone Ferry Boat

This ferry boat measures 12″ x 4.5″.  It is just like the #965 in that it does not have the angle cut to the deck where the metal ramp attaches. …

Extending the closing date of Keystone?

Over the weekend I was trolling the internet and found an interesting bit of information.  It has been widely believed that Keystone Manufacturing and Keystone Wood Toys Inc. closed in…

Keystone Ferry Boat Model #C-7

This is one of my favorite boxes because of the colorful graphics.  The box is labeled Keystone Manufacturing and it has an odd model number so dating this one is…