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A cymbal-banging monkey toy (also known as Jolly Chimp) is a mechanical depiction of a monkey holding a cymbal in each hand. [1] When activated it repeatedly bangs its cymbals together and, in some cases, bobs its head, chatters, screeches, grins, and more. There are both traditional wind-up versions and updated battery-operated cymbal-banging ...
European toy makers created and mass-produced the first wind-up tin toys during the late 1880s. [citation needed] Over the next 60 to 70 years, more manufacturers created more intricate designs. The trend stopped with the introduction of the small and inexpensive Alkaline battery in the 1960s, which allowed motors to run without a wind-up ...
"The Monkey" follows Hal Shelburn, a man haunted by a wind-up monkey toy that seems to bring death and misfortune. The story begins when Hal's son, Dennis, discovers the monkey in a Ralston-Purina box while exploring the attic of Hal's childhood home. Hal reacts with dread, recalling his childhood experiences with the toy.
Their Big Wheel trikes, model trains, wind-up toys, and toy soldier sets were among Marx Toys bestsellers worldwide. Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots even got movie cameos, as vintage toys in "The Santa ...
A wind-up toy is a toy powered by a clockwork motor. It can also refer to: Wind-up doll joke, a type of joke that imagines a celebrity as a wind-up toy; Wind Up Toys, a 2007 album by Capdown; Wind-Up Toy, a 1991 song by Alice Cooper
Well folks, we did it — we found the man behind the purple monkey: Jamie Hert, a sound designer for Fisher Price and the brains behind the lyrics and music for all 11 songs on the Kick & Play ...
Tin toys were larger scale – in the neighborhood of 1:24 to 1:18. During the 1950s there was a shift to plastic (especially for larger scales) and diecast metal, introduced in the Piccolo series in 1958, became commonplace for models in the early 1970s. Model types were varied and continued to include remote control and wind-up toys.
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