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Happy, the Violinist
Tokyo Plaything ShokaiClown on stilts playing the violin
- Type
- People
- Topic
- Circus & Clowns
- Country of manufacture
- Japan
- Mechanism
- Clockwork
- Movement
- sways from side to side and moves right arm to play the violin
- Materials
- Tin & cloth
- Dimensions (LxWxH cm)
- 8x7x22
- Condition
- Excellent
- Manufactured
- 1956 – 1960
- Box
- Good
Research notes
scarcity 2/5; some boxes have the Cragstan mark; this is version II of the toy; version I was launched in 1955, scarcity 4/5
Featured in
- Japanese Toys — p. 107