Awesome ANGIE HARMON
is our 'Babe of the Day', Crivs. (And
take your eyes off that mole.)
Saturday, 9 July 2016
A TOY STORY ABOUT A COWBOY AND HORSE WHO LEFT THEIR MARX...
Back around 1962 or '63, I received the above wind-up MARX 'COWBOY On HORSE' Twirling Toy for either a birthday or Christmas present. If I recall rightly, it was bought from LEWIS'S, in Glasgow, though I couldn't swear to it. (Perhaps it was GOLDBERG'S - not that it really matters.) Point is, I had it. The one in the above pic is a replacement I obtained a good few years ago, though I've forgotten exactly how many. Sometime in the 1990s, I think, or maybe even early '00s. That's a scan of the box (slightly water-damaged) at the foot of the post.
The toy below is what I guess would be considered its modern-day equivalent, as it does essentially the same thing. Curiously, it has no identifying makers' mark, nor a DISNEY copyright mark or date. I think I purchased it around 1997 or '98 (from WOOLWORTH'S), but it could've been a year or so after that. It's funny how, 35 years after I had the first toy (which could've been first produced in the '50s for all I know), the idea was still in production for the enjoyment of a whole new generation of kids. (I wonder if there's anything like it in the shops today? Anyone know?)
Anyway, thought you might like to see 'em, so here they are. Unfortunately, you'll just have to imagine them bucking. (I said bucking! There's nothing 'Brokeback Mountain' about these two guys. You lot obviously have dirty minds! Sheesh!)
