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WKW is the term used to describe white knob windups. These cute toys powered by a micro-motor first hit the stores in the early 70's taking over from the traditional key wound clockwork powered toys of the day. The smaller mechanism has allowed for much smaller (more dinky sized) windups to be produced and this, coupled with the use plastic (as opposed to tin) has given rise to some absolutely wonderful designs and speedy, complex actions. We love white knob winudps!
Note: Due to small parts and the usual choking hazard, none of these figures are suitable for under 3 years old little ones.
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Ojarumaru
For the uninitiated Ojarumaru is a manga and anime series about a five-year old fairyland prince who, in an effort to inject some fun into his life, steals a magic septre, warps a thousand years into the future and gets into scrapes living with a modern day Japanese family. There, now you know.
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Bob the Builder
These cute white knob windup Bob The Builder toys have been imported direct from Japan. Each of the figures in this series were originally sold as a 'candy toy' an expression used by the Japanese to describe a toy that comes with a price of candy (the toy therefore is NOT edible). The candy is usually quite small and most commonly mint flavoured. We believe that the term 'candy toy' is used in Japan to avoid the tax that would normally be placed on the toy as tax does not seem to be applied to food related items (i.e. candy). All original packaging will be included when you purchase these goodies, the packaging is very lovely also :) |
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Pokemon Wind-Ups
You'd have thought that the Pokemon (or Pocket Monsters in Japan) phenomenon would have run its course by now but with the Diamond and Pearl versions on the DS and plenty more cards for kids to swap in the playground it's still up there, holding its own against Yu-Gi-Oh and the other pretenders to the crown.
What we've got here are some classic (vintage) Pokemons in wind-up form. You know the sort of thing - turn the little white knob and away they go. Each one comes in a kit form but is fully pre-painted and easy to put together. There are some really nice actions here as they wobble and walk their way across your desktop. These are 19 figures in this collection, 17 of which are white knob windups and one 1 of which is a pull back and go and one other winds by turning his arms. Each of these fab mini windups date from 1997. |
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