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Vintage Tin Wind Up Clockwork Drumming Panda Toy, Unopened In Box! 1970s - 1980s
Vintage Tin Wind Up Clockwork Drumming Panda Toy, Unopened In Box! 1970s - 1980s
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Vintage Tin Wind Up Clockwork Drumming Panda Toy, Unopened In Box! 1970s - 1980s
5 1/4" Long x 4 1/2" Tall x 3 1/2" Wide
Tin toys are highly sought after and collectible and this one is one of the very popular ones. I went deep into this one to find out its provenance. I found a large number of these were found in an abandoned Tin Toy store fittingly named "The Last Wound-Up" that was located on Manhattan's Upper West Side in the early 1980s. This place drew huge crowds and the guy who ran it I guess was quite the character. he actually wrote,” The Tin Commandments ”: 1. Don’t postpone joy. 2. Toy with your future and spring to life. 3. He who winds up first will never wind up last. 4. Wind-ups spring eternal. 5. Those who hate toys hate themselves. 6. Those who hate themselves hate others. 7. Toys don’t hate. 8. Today is the only day. Invest in NOW. 9. Youth has nothing to do with age. 10. Buy toys, not medicine.
Two really great articles can be found here https://www.westsiderag.com/2013/12/16/childhood-memories-rekindled-as-the-last-wound-up-peeks-out and herehttps://www.westsiderag.com/2016/05/19/throwback-thursday-the-last-wound-up-winds-again
You have to be very careful with tin toys guys as people know how collectible they are. I have only seen a couple of others selling the original vintage one so please be careful out there with purchases. Check out this link and then do a search. https://www.alibaba.com/pla/Decorative-Product-Circus-Panda-Drumming-Cart_62248017791.html?mark=google_shopping&biz=pla&pcy=US&searchText=Coffee+Shop+Gift+Items
The one I tested worked perfectly but I am selling it as a collectible display only because I don't know if it will work on your floor or for how long as vintage wind-up toys are easy to over-crank.
5 1/4" Long x 4 1/2" Tall x 3 1/2" Wide
Tin toys are highly sought after and collectible and this one is one of the very popular ones. I went deep into this one to find out its provenance. I found a large number of these were found in an abandoned Tin Toy store fittingly named "The Last Wound-Up" that was located on Manhattan's Upper West Side in the early 1980s. This place drew huge crowds and the guy who ran it I guess was quite the character. he actually wrote,” The Tin Commandments ”: 1. Don’t postpone joy. 2. Toy with your future and spring to life. 3. He who winds up first will never wind up last. 4. Wind-ups spring eternal. 5. Those who hate toys hate themselves. 6. Those who hate themselves hate others. 7. Toys don’t hate. 8. Today is the only day. Invest in NOW. 9. Youth has nothing to do with age. 10. Buy toys, not medicine.
Two really great articles can be found here https://www.westsiderag.com/2013/12/16/childhood-memories-rekindled-as-the-last-wound-up-peeks-out and herehttps://www.westsiderag.com/2016/05/19/throwback-thursday-the-last-wound-up-winds-again
You have to be very careful with tin toys guys as people know how collectible they are. I have only seen a couple of others selling the original vintage one so please be careful out there with purchases. Check out this link and then do a search. https://www.alibaba.com/pla/Decorative-Product-Circus-Panda-Drumming-Cart_62248017791.html?mark=google_shopping&biz=pla&pcy=US&searchText=Coffee+Shop+Gift+Items
The one I tested worked perfectly but I am selling it as a collectible display only because I don't know if it will work on your floor or for how long as vintage wind-up toys are easy to over-crank.
