Despite the “1964” front design showing the Beatles with “FLY BOAC,” flip this 6½” x 4¾” dish over, and the truth appears: a British Airways backstamp. BOAC and BEA didn’t merge into British Airways until 1974 — a decade after the tour it depicts. The lowercase “a” logo style and Wedgwood’s EC 1040 code date it to the mid-to-late ’70s, likely part of a wave of British Invasion nostalgia souvenirs, not an actual 1964 item.

Best known for cars and battleships, Revell entered "male-oriented" Beatles territory in 1964 with Paul and Ringo (the era's most popular members) launching first, all four following by year's end. Molds still exist in Germany, but Revell hasn't reissued them — Yoko Ono has reportedly blocked any John Lennon replica for decades, keeping these sculpted-by-Tony-Bulone-and-Magda-Kopec kits frozen as one-time collectibles.

Best known for sports games, Subbuteo pivoted in 1964 to hand sculptor Charles Stadden eight days to craft 2½” figures of the band for “The Pop Stars In Miniature Series.” The UK got standing plastic figures; the U.S. got pin-back versions sold as “Beatles Official Pins,” complete with countertop display cards. UK sales flopped — killing plans for similar Cilla Black or Dave Clark Five figures — but American teens made the pins a hit.

Wall Paper Manufacturers Ltd of Manchester timed it perfectly: 24,000 rolls landed in North America on February 21, 1964, two days before the Beatles' third Ed Sullivan appearance. Labeled "Beat770," with repeating photos every 21", later rolls shifted to Canadian production. Sales disappointed retailers — fans bought one roll and cut it into strips to share rather than papering whole rooms — prompting shaky 1964 headlines about the Beatles' popularity "slipping."