Stuart Western Toys of the 1950s-60s

Welcome to the Stuart Western Toy website – originally, Those Elusive Stuarts. Over 25 years ago I started a Stuart website to gather information about Stuart toys and connect with others who were looking for these childhood toys. As a child, my brother and I purchased single bagged sets from Woolworths. They were well made and affordable, and the horses, beautiful. Many years later I longed to find them again but nothing turned up locally. Searching the Internet I began having some success, mostly in unidentified auctions. Discovering that not much was known about them, I started gathering information while starting a Stuart collection. (See Stuart History)

In researching The Stuart Company, I came to admire what it took to run it.* It was not uncommon for small toy company owners to come from different professional backgrounds. The toy business was risky as toys had to be popular with the public for successful sales. And a lot of money was required to add a new item. Packaging the Stuart western toys by hand was labor intense. Stuart was also competing with much larger companies. I was amazed at how quickly Stuart had to make changes in order to survive. It’s a testament to Stuart that decades later, we searched for their toys again.

(Please see the bottom of the Stuart History page for additional information and content use.) *Some research information at this website has been altered or omitted due to a 2019 publishing copyright.