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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