Realistic Characters
Erasers can look realistic enough to educate — or scare — the people who encounter them. Over the course of many years, Diener released a wide variety of authentically detailed replicas of real-life insects, animals and even human figures. Kids of all ages can learn as they play with animals from both land and sea. Arguably the most popular of them all were the dinosaurs, which were in the Diener product line for nearly the entire lifespan of the company. So whether you were looking for a friendly pooch or a fiendish shark, Diener had an eraser just right for you!
Creepers
Whether you were a fan of bugs, bats and other creatures of the night or just wanted to scare your friends, you had to look no further than Diener’s line of hyper-realistic Creepers to find the perfect creepy-crawly rubber toy!
Dog World
Champion show dogs joined the Diener line-up in in the late 1960s or 1970s. The delightfully realistic series features eight of the most popular breeds of the era. The eraser pups may be too small to run with the big dogs, but they’re so doggone cute that they all deserve to win Best in Show!
Farm Animals
Farm Animals are among the last new sets of erasers designed by Diener Industries, with some of the animals dated 1985. The ten farm animals evoke a simpler time when family farms were populated by chickens, dogs, donkeys, ducks, goats, pigs, rabbits, sheep and even a barn owl.
Jungleland Animals
Out of the jungle emerge eight exotic erasers known as the Jungleland Animals. The set includes Africa’s most iconic large mammals: lion, tiger, hippo, rhino, elephant and gorilla — plus chimp, alligator & Komodo dragon. Diener introduced these “educational collector’s miniatures” in the late 1970s.
McDonald’s Old West Characters
Cowboys, Indians and other memorable characters from the American Frontier live on in the Old West series from Diener. It is one of the few times that Diener made realistic human figures. These hard-to-find toys were only released as giveaways with the McDonald’s Old West Happy Meals in 1981.
Prehistoric Animals
Dinosaurs roam the earth again as Diener erasers. The Prehistoric Animals line was one of its first and most popular sets. It goes beyond dinosaurs to include the mastodon, smilodon and megatherium.
Super Gorillas
Audiences went ape over the giant gorilla in the 1976 “King Kong” movie, and Diener met the demand with its Super Gorilla erasers. The realistic miniatures are too small to straddle the World Trade Center like King Kong did, but they are king-sized by eraser standards, reaching 2-1/2 inches high.
Super Sharks
Swim with the sharks without being eaten alive through the magic of Diener erasers. Shark mania was sweeping America in the wake of the 1974 thriller “Jaws,” so Diener sank its teeth into the new market by introducing its Super Sharks line.
