Seems like a good deal to me. Are you going to keep it at the store. I want to check it out next time I'm by.
never knew there was a vinyl rat . very cool pick up and i will have to keep a look out for that now .
this guy rocks. he's got a great individualistic look while still fitting right in with the rest of the cartoon mouse/rat characters from old school cartoon shorts. that is to say, he doesn't look like a cheap knockoff of mickey (although that was probably the plan). shoe company, huh? weird. i think he would look great with this vintage guy as his sidekick its some random "wooden bat fish decoy" i found on craigslist today, made me think of your ratman. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/clt/1283513150.html
Ohh, I've grown up with this character and his friends. I always loved the little picture books and thus always wanted to go to Salamander shoe stores. I did a bit of googling and it seems your character is from the 60s. Later versions are a lot more mouse-like and look a lot less realistic than this one here. Though, imho this one here is cooler than the newer versions. Here is a LINK to a full set. Clocks in at 250 Euros! wikipedia link
the one black and yellow salamander, who is completely nude except for his shoes...that freaks me out
Weird, ain't it? And the green frog and the yellow toad wear just as much. Still, even as a kid I thought that "Lurchi" was looking kinda freaky with just the shoes on. The strangest thing though is that the same thought never occurred to me with Donald Duck. He doesn't wear any pants either!
thanks for posting all the info. never knew there was that many characters made, or that there was stories that went with them.
Well, if you need any help with shipping in case the seller doesn't want to ship outside of Germany then let me know and I'd be glad to help.
Wow I love that salamander. Actually they all are pretty rad. Although the gnome-dwarf dude freaks me out.
According to the story the toad is "yellow bellied" so that must mean he's wearing some kind of cut off onesie, with co-ordinated spots. and i think that frog is probably the biggest freak out of the lot of them, that dude is zoned!
