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Monkey Bank

The little monkey climbs the tree, deposits the coin when his head hits the slot, then continues up till he hits another thing, and it relea...

August 20, 2010 by ginger
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Crash Test Dummies

I wish I had all of them. My favorite is the baby in the buggy which gets thrown forward when you push the button, except it’s broken....

August 17, 2010 by ginger
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Wild Animals

I found this in the dollar store a few years ago and couldn’t resist. I swear it was packaged exactly in this way, no staging from me ...

August 15, 2010 by Cheetah Velour
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Celebrity Prune

This smiling fellow is Sunny Sweet. He was the spokesprune for Sunsweet Prunes, and star of the 1951 animated film “Good Wrinkles̶...

by Kyle Dayton
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Kitchen Set

This is a fun little set. It does everything it says it does. The foods included are whole eggs, meat patties, hot dogs, potstickers(!), bel...

August 11, 2010 by ginger
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King Kong Bank

The money goes in his head, and he climbs to the top, deposits the money and goes back down. No, I didn’t get this in New York. I got ...

by ginger
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Plane Carousel

Just wind up the carousel and the planes fly. They even fly with the gentlest of breezes. One of my favorite kitschy toys....

by Michael M.
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Russian Roulette

This is so fun. You insert a balloon as shown, and there’s 1 pin in the chamber, so you never know when the balloon will pop....

by ginger
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