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Fishing Bears
Wakasuto BoekiThree bears fishing money bank
- Type
- Banks
- Topic
- Sports & Leisure
- Country of manufacture
- Japan
- Mechanism
- Battery
- Movement
- Place a coin in slot to start; papa bear pulls a fish, mamma bear moves a pan to accept it, baby moves arms up and down and papa drops the fish into the basket
- Materials
- Tin
- Dimensions (LxWxH cm)
- 18x18x17
- Condition
- Good
- Manufactured
- 1955 – 1960
Research notes
Scarcity 10/10; desirability 6/6; comes with 4 fishes; box has a trademark of a black elipse with white letters inside "Rethel Enterprises Inc." (toy distributor) and below "made in Japan"; toy reads: "let's enjoy fishing with bear's family and save a million!"; pat. 335986, 335987, 3322601
Notes
fish is missing
Featured in
- Battery Toys — p. 89
- Collector's Guide to Battery Toys — p. 75
