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| Author: | meanmistert [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Donald & Frog from waaay back |
I found these at a antique shop while on vacation a couple months ago. I'm thinking both will become custom fodder. (unless somebody tells me that Donald is worth a million bucks) They are both "squeakers," but have since lost their squeak. I'm really diggin the frog. The sentimental asshole side of me almost wants to leave him as-is, because he's got character. Does anyone have any input on either of these? Donald: WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS MADE IN JAPAN Frog: THE SUN RUBBER CO. 1955 
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| Author: | atease [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:04 am ] |
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oh i love that donald duck. 
there are some big donald fans here...they might be able to chime in on his origins. |
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| Author: | Dean [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:05 am ] |
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| Author: | atease [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:10 am ] |
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ha! i just watched that the other day! didn't realize the resemblance until you pointed it out! |
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| Author: | Dean [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:13 am ] |
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I've never seen it, but recognized the froggie from "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" at Disneyland. |
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| Author: | meanmistert [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:14 am ] |
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Is that who it's supposed to be? Colors are off, figure has 4 fingers instead of 3, no hat, etc. I thought maybe this was a more generic fig. (maybe more like "ripoff") Even way back Disney still had their name slapped on everything usually. Hmm...is that record from '55 or before? |
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| Author: | atease [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:44 am ] |
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there is some info about the film here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041094/ looks like originally it came out in 1949. the sleepy hollow portion was one of my favorite rentals at the video store when i was a kid, and i bought the re-issued version on DVD about a year ago. Classic stuff...really, really great. i think your toy is Mr Toad, but I'm not sure it's the disney Mr Toad. it might have been released as a tie in to a "Wind in the Willows" set. it's great to see all of these historical references come out in toy form though. |
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| Author: | vintagevinyl [ Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:58 pm ] |
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http://cgi.ebay.com/BUSTER-BROWN-Froggy ... dZViewItem is this the same frog ? |
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| Author: | mangakaben [ Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:39 pm ] |
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wow that donald is awesome, does his armes and legs have articulation?? |
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| Author: | meanmistert [ Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:46 pm ] |
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vintagevinyl wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/BUSTER-BROWN-Froggy-Gremlin-5-squeak-toy-1948-REMPEL_W0QQitemZ250186661057QQihZ015QQcategoryZ723QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem is this the same frog ? hmm.... hard to say exactly what it is, my guy has no shoes, leads me even more to believe that maybe he's a knockoff. mangakaben wrote: wow that donald is awesome, does his armes and legs have articulation?? |
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