I had the Flintstones Chip Away set as a kid with Dino, Fred etc. I remember that it was quite a substantial toy, the chisel was actually sharp! The figures and tools were in my folks house for years and probably still are!

I had the rearing horse! I remember the chisel kept slipping and usually hit my hand with the hammer instead - you held the figure in place with a vice that was supplied (my brother still has mine)! You also has a supply of paints. It made such a mess my mum made me chip away in the garden!

I had them all - all were my statue of David!

I beleive I had this toy - but I always remembered it as "whittle away"- the secret sculpture inside mine was an alligator oe crocodile. Since I could not find any toy called whittle away, I think this is what I had been thinking of. I remember vividly sitting on a back porch one summer aged 5 whittling away at this toy.

I think it was my favorite toy ever. It came with three figurines. Then it was over. But oh, the joy until those three were unleashed. Made for about an hour's worth of fun, total, but I still remember that hour!

My cousin had all of these and I was so jealous until he kindly allowed me to sculpt Dino from his Flintstone set. Most of his sets were of sports figures.

I remember begging for this toy for Christmas and my mom saying that I probably wouldn't get it because Santa had to get toys for all the boys and girls of the world and probably couldn't afford to get me this too because of the price. You can imagine my elation to find it under the tree Christmas morning (and how I rubbed it in my mom's face how wrong she was)! Anyway, I still have my hammer and chisel (38 yrs later) but not the vice or statues. Pretty sure we threw those away because I didn't do a great paint job and I still remember the weird smell of the paint. Anyway, the fun for me was all in the chiseling!

My husband was reminded of this toy this morning as he chipped away at the ice and snow encasing his car after our little blizzard! He says our boys had it when they were children ... how could I not remember something this messy!