Ladybug Toy

debodun

debodun

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I am 68 and I've has this cute little toy since I was probably around 10 years old. It's 5.5 inches long, metal, and still works, too. You wind it up and it has a sweeper mechanism underneath that will pick up small things in its path as the antennae wiggled back and forth. It came with little plastic beads to sweep up. The original antennae have been lost over the years, so at one point I made substitutes with pipe cleaners. Even they are so old they've faded (used to be bright red).

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Warms my heart!

Wow, just wow, Deb, to have saved a childhood toy all this time, I am so envious!

Not hard to tell it's vintage, because the shell of the toy is fashioned out of metal, and I remember so many of my, and my siblings toys were made from the same.
 
debodun said:
I am 68 and I've has this cute little toy since I was probably around 10 years old. It's 5.5 inches long, metal, and still works, too. You wind it up and it has a sweeper mechanism underneath that will pick up small things in its path as the antennae wiggled back and forth. It came with little plastic beads to sweep up. The original antennae have been lost over the years, so at one point I made substitutes with pipe cleaners. Even they are so old they've faded (used to be bright red).

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I wonder if this is where the idea of the Roomba came from.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Wow, very surprised at the price. I would have guessed such a vintage toy would command much more.
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It's interesting, isn't it?

You got Beanie Babies (which are nothing more than 7¢ of beans and fabric) going for $100 and $200, while something vintage like this sells for no more than the price of a new toy.

Most economics classes jettisoned the concept ot "the rational consumer" a while ago, because there's very little rationale and a bunch of emotion...not a judgement, just a fact. We're not so far removed from what we watch on Animal Planet. "LOOK! A shiny object!!!"
 
In The Sticks said:
It's interesting, isn't it?

You got Beanie Babies (which are nothing more than 7¢ of beans and fabric) going for $100 and $200, while something vintage like this sells for no more than the price of a new toy.

Most economics classes jettisoned the concept ot "the rational consumer" a while ago, because there's very little rationale and a bunch of emotion...not a judgement, just a fact. We're not so far removed from what we watch on Animal Planet. "LOOK! A shiny object!!!"
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Well said!

How I wish I could even just have a fraction of the toys and things me and my siblings grew up with. Such unique and fun things, and all stuff that we just don't see anymore.
 

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