Need Toy Help--Can't Remember
sistermagpie
sistermagpie at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 3 22:39:41 UTC 2007
Lee:
> Okay Folks,
>
> Knowing that I have a huge font of knowledge here, I will appeal to
all the
> toy lovers to give me a name for this thing. Please, Please do not
respond
> with pictures, links to pictures, etc., since they are totally
useless to
> the totally blind.
>
> The toy I'm trying to find the name of looks like a cylintrical can
with
> holes on the top and a picture of an animal on it. When the can is
turned
> over so the holes are facing down, a sort of bellows inside fills
with air;
> when the can is turned right-side up, the air is pushed through
some sort of
> diaphragm and the sound that comes out approximates the animal on
the
> picture. They were popular in the early to middle 1960's, possibly
before
> that.
>
> I got a collection of sound effects which I'm trying to label, and
one of
> the sounds is this toy that sounds like a cow. How should I label
it?
>
> Thanks, thanks, thanks! I used to love these thingies and haven't
seen one
> in garsh knows how long.
Magpie:
I've heard it called a Moo-Cow Toy and a Cow in a Box.
-m
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