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Reading Bear CUBY
AlpsBear reading a book
- Type
- Animals
- Topic
- Sports & Leisure
- Country of manufacture
- Japan
- Mechanism
- Clockwork
- Movement
- Right arm changes page of the book, while head waves vertically
- Materials
- Tin, plastic and cloth
- Dimensions (LxWxH cm)
- 10x8x17
- Condition
- Excellent
- Manufactured
- 1955 – 1967
- Box
- Good, a little discolouring
Research notes
variant with Santa (no. 12)
Featured in
- Les Jouets Japonais — p. 109
- Mechanical Toys How Old Toys Work — p. 96
- Mes Rêves en Jouets Le Cirque — p. 124
How it works
Raises right arm and waves head by means of cams (similar to drinking toys, only faster); the metal pages change because the bear has a magnet in the right hand
