tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.comments2024-03-14T00:36:20.607-07:00Melmac Central Vintage Melmac Dinnerware and Plastics Fantastic Collecting Site Cindy Schafer , Wayne Schaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09480380158348586022noreply@blogger.comBlogger458125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-12396755088441600392022-01-19T20:31:37.019-08:002022-01-19T20:31:37.019-08:00Thank for the info, I almost forgot about these.Thank for the info, I almost forgot about these.kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571188448133948527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-17137585435078480042022-01-19T20:30:55.354-08:002022-01-19T20:30:55.354-08:00thanks for the info, I almost forgot about these.
...thanks for the info, I almost forgot about these.<br />kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571188448133948527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-28531724627968552122022-01-18T03:12:46.198-08:002022-01-18T03:12:46.198-08:00Great to read about your research into
these beau...Great to read about your research into <br />these beautiful products. I'm from Australia & I use to get confused about who actually made them; your story however has cleared this up. I have a few products, sugar bowls & other types of small bowls with the 'Ornamin' logo on them. I also have a 'Melmac' bowl with "Vogue" written on the bottom of it in cursive & a few other bowls made by 'Bessemer'. All are made in Australia. <br />Thanks again for your great research into these wonderful products Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15862283542582290139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-26562987232507872802021-12-14T11:13:39.818-08:002021-12-14T11:13:39.818-08:00The cream and green colored Thermo Temp coffee cup...The cream and green colored Thermo Temp coffee cups and mugs were given away free with a gasoline fillup at Exxon stations in Dallas, Texas in the late 60's or early 70's.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11634083312954024344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-56186604791929794562021-12-11T08:14:15.070-08:002021-12-11T08:14:15.070-08:00These are dishes our family used in the 50s. As an...These are dishes our family used in the 50s. As an adult, I bought the bright fiestaware because the bright colors reminded me of these. My dear mom passed this year, and I found a few dishes from the set. I will be adding to them at some point.hopeless_angel1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01094802067150554156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-19877557466762340692021-11-19T23:24:04.410-08:002021-11-19T23:24:04.410-08:00I have one. It was my grandmother's. I have...I have one. It was my grandmother's. I have seen it listed as part of a set in a 1961 advertisement on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-ADVERTISEMENT-Melamine-Boontonware-Somerset-Victoria-Golden-Grain-Wheat-/311438218196?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0<br />Described as "clear plastic 10 ounce fluted tumbler". I am searching for seven more JimThompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11529106508565001985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-43348823027757631602021-11-09T13:10:50.598-08:002021-11-09T13:10:50.598-08:00I just found at auction the brown version of Brook...I just found at auction the brown version of Brookpark Fantasy. I was able to buy the set. I had no idea of the value of it. I bought it for my daughter's birthday as she told me she wanted to start collecting vintage dishware. This is like finding the Picasso original. I can't wait til her birthday in December. I hope she likes this set. It's quite a few pieces with 2 large serving platters & many different serving pieces. Just WOW!<br />MimiX4https://www.blogger.com/profile/16674140964424928961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-58163542260970923742021-11-09T13:10:41.342-08:002021-11-09T13:10:41.342-08:00I just found at auction the brown version of Brook...I just found at auction the brown version of Brookpark Fantasy. I was able to buy the set. I had no idea of the value of it. I bought it for my daughter's birthday as she told me she wanted to start collecting vintage dishware. This is like finding the Picasso original. I can't wait til her birthday in December. I hope she likes this set. It's quite a few pieces with 2 large serving platters & many different serving pieces. Just WOW!<br />MimiX4https://www.blogger.com/profile/16674140964424928961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-40613908613108940842021-11-09T13:10:00.789-08:002021-11-09T13:10:00.789-08:00I just found at auction the brown version of Brook...I just found at auction the brown version of Brookpark Fantasy. I was able to buy the set. I had no idea of the value of it. I bought it for my daughter's birthday as she told me she wanted to start collecting vintage dishware. This is like finding the Picasso original. I can't wait til her birthday in December. I hope she likes this set. It's quite a few pieces with 2 large serving platters & many different serving pieces. Just WOW!<br />MimiX4https://www.blogger.com/profile/16674140964424928961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-67074312507866193062021-10-30T10:14:14.009-07:002021-10-30T10:14:14.009-07:00Still have my mom's thermo wrap ice cream bowl...Still have my mom's thermo wrap ice cream bowls! We use them often. Also have the thermorama cups in the carrier. I still remember using them when we lived in Levittown. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562035578574606280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-56744730570129660952021-08-28T05:26:57.742-07:002021-08-28T05:26:57.742-07:00Thank you so much for this informative article. I ...Thank you so much for this informative article. I am a huge fan of Melmac dinnerware as well as vintage signage, I have passed the Melmac sign for decades as I travel on the 710 freeway and always wanted to track down the sign. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870320224960727496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-58046164077792121942021-06-29T23:16:28.709-07:002021-06-29T23:16:28.709-07:00I was just watching 'the BIG VALLEY',and t...I was just watching 'the BIG VALLEY',and they were playing poker w/ clearly plastic, shinier than a toy,poker chips. it's supposed to be about 1875 in the scene.I'd have figured wooden w/ painted surfaces.and they were clanging like plastic all over the soundtrack.Tony Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016122132796252611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-57005789942054282632021-06-27T22:09:04.411-07:002021-06-27T22:09:04.411-07:00This is such a great resource that you are providi...This is such a great resource that you are providing and you give it away for free. I love seeing websites that understand the value of providing a quality resource for free. 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Big thanks for the useful info. <a href="https://buycanadianinsulin.com/product/ozempic-semaglutide-injection/" rel="nofollow">Ozempic Pens</a><br />sid seohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338695106840420249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-2457003208459258932021-05-31T11:43:55.266-07:002021-05-31T11:43:55.266-07:00When I was about 7 yrs old (1959-1960), my aunt ca...When I was about 7 yrs old (1959-1960), my aunt came to visit us and she brought me a cupie doll. I had never seen one and was thrilled. I will never forget that!shrunkenTreasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426109193272335015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-85024446875872759192021-05-28T11:21:59.899-07:002021-05-28T11:21:59.899-07:00Great info! My mother in law came across a Fantasy...Great info! My mother in law came across a Fantasy serving platter in a house they bought as a rental. The colors and style were a perfect match for the vintage 1954 travel trailer that my wife and I lovingly restored. I was able to identify the pattern and found and purchased a few of the dinner plates on eBay. I then lucked into another listing for a complete set a few months later, so now I have everything plus some spares. It's an amazing design and the background on Joan is fantastic.JN Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802093314888921932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-73654507876141973152021-05-26T00:36:44.407-07:002021-05-26T00:36:44.407-07:00Hi. i love these. I have the green & yelllow s...Hi. i love these. I have the green & yelllow sitting mouse with big ears. I bought this a a kid in the 60's in New Zealand. They were popular there. The USA seems to be the onl;y place that has them now. Are any of this collection for sale? Cheers Gary<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450752893951192540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-45836585605958823312021-05-16T06:41:37.883-07:002021-05-16T06:41:37.883-07:00Hi, love the site! It helps me out from time to ti...Hi, love the site! It helps me out from time to time 🙂. I took a picture of the Brochure from Mallory Randall Corp, I hope you don't mind. I have been trying to find pricing on my Thermo-Temp cups and bowls. I didn't really find the information I needed but I found other items and information that I can use in the future. <br />Looking up prices right now is kind of crazy, no matter what site you go to all the pricing is so different. If anyone is out there that can help me out please contact me. Also, I wanted to know if there is any current content on your blog because I cannot find anything. Maybe I am looking in the wrong places. I hope you keep going with all of the information that you have been gathering throughout the years. Thanks again,paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334405309608898673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-84893667318741110612019-06-04T09:05:02.758-07:002019-06-04T09:05:02.758-07:00I was at a Mennonite farm store in Wisconsin recen...I was at a Mennonite farm store in Wisconsin recently and they are still selling mixing bowls marked "Boonton NJ USA."radiojohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990096632485159259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-16317859917641229852019-01-29T08:27:30.783-08:002019-01-29T08:27:30.783-08:00Thanks for the comments everyone! Congrats on your...Thanks for the comments everyone! Congrats on your finds. I have updated new article here: https://retrochalet.blogspot.com/2019/01/brookpark-melmac-fantasy-line-joan.htmlAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363637146167228973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-65757660738494447842019-01-22T08:49:25.442-08:002019-01-22T08:49:25.442-08:00My mother's step-father, Elgin B. Robertson, s...My mother's step-father, Elgin B. Robertson, started the company on Trunk Ave. after WWII. After my father, James Joy, married my mother (and was discharged from the Navy) he went to work there in the molding room on the night shift while getting a mechanical engineering degree from SMU during the day.<br /> My dad invented the process for putting a design on the plates (the first successful one was a photo of yours truly at about age 3).<br /> The success of the company led them to build the plant in S. Westmoreland in the late 50's. My dad went from plant superintendent to VP to president to CEO by the early 70's.<br /> They originally bought molding compound, melmac, from American Cyanamid, but expanded the plant to produce their own compound which they called melanine.<br /> At one time PMC was the largest manufacturer of plastic dinnerware in the world, and sold their process to companies in Mexico, Germany and Japan. We even sold the only line of plastic dinnerware at Neiman-Marcus As many as 600 employees worked there in their heyday.<br /> There was an outlet store in a small building across the street that started in 1970, then moved across to a larger space in the south end of the main building. I managed this store until early 1973.<br /> Mr. Robertson died in 1981 and my dad passed in 1983. The company was sold to Sun Coast Plastics of Florida and operation continued.<br /> I'm not sure when production ceased at the Westmoreland plant, but I know the building sat empty (other than homeless people) for many years. It was finally sold to a developer and demolition began on Dec 14, 2018. It was sad for my family but inevitable.Gary Joynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-37762513944838361172019-01-04T19:33:16.898-08:002019-01-04T19:33:16.898-08:00I have 4 plates stamped "Trumpetware" an...I have 4 plates stamped "Trumpetware" and "Trump Plastics Inc. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio". 2 are pink, 2 are yellow. Any idea on their worth? I'd be happy to hand them to the highest bidder. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16723904247797224669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-43341831507615270352018-12-27T05:42:29.302-08:002018-12-27T05:42:29.302-08:00I high appreciate this post. 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Thermo-Serv also made some coffee things, for Proctor Silex, but was an altogether different company you can find my article on it here <a href="https://retrochalet.blogspot.com/2011/12/thermo-serv-mugs-west-bend-plastics-ad.html" rel="nofollow">ThermoServ </a>Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363637146167228973noreply@blogger.com