Toy, Mechanical

Production date
Circa 1950s
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A battery operated, remote control Smoking PaPa Bear mechanical toy. The bear, with an artificial plush covered head, wears a yellow top with red buttons, a purple bow tie, red shoes and trousers. It has tinplate hands and feet and carried a pipe with a red bulb at the centre. It was designed to 'walk' and smoke a pipe, with smoke generated when spindle or machine oil was added to its mouth. It is attached to a large blue remote control unit with white and red wire. The underside of both feet feature the Marusan logo.
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Circa 1950s
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A87.705
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