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heads may be the paper-mache tiger with the nodding head. They are
still popular in Japan as a traditional gift for boys' birthdays.
The nodding tiger is about 4" long and made of paper-mache with
the head hanging loose at the neck supported by a thread. The balanced
string supported head enables the head to move and nod at a tough.
The tails were detachable for easy packaging in small cedar gift boxes.
Records indicates the nodding tigers appeared in the early Edo period
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William
Shakespeare
The English bard holds a feather quill, a stack of his work
on the base and is 7.5 " tall. |
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| Ceramic European nodders, notably from
Germany, became popular during the 19th century. American nodders
or bobble-heads of sport figures first appeard in the 1920s. Popularity
of Bobble-heads peaked in the 1960s, as team player bobble-heads were
given out by sport teams for marketing and public relations. |
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Mummy HeadKnocker
An accurate reproduction of the original movie Mummy. Stands
8" tall. |
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Edgar
Allan Poe
An appropriately pale complexion for the 7.5 " horror novelist. |
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| Like so many other toys bobble-head
popularity waned with the introduction of electric toys and battery
operated toys by the early 1970s. Today however, technology is on
their side by enabling amazing detail and life like faces and are
beginning to regain their status as popular fun toys. Bobbleheads,
head knockers, nodders, bobblers, wobblers all refer to the same basic
toy. |
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Dick
Tracy Wacky Wobbler
The always deadpanning police detective from the famous comic
strip with bizarre villains from the 1930s. |
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Dashboard
Hula Girl
A reproduction of the classic dashboard figure from the 1950s.
Sways and "dances" to the car bumps and motion. |
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Life like detailed head.
