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Little Snoopy, a wooden pull-along doggy made by the American company Fisher-Price. He is from the 1960's.
He must have been much loved and played with by his previous owner, and it's showing in lots of wear & tear. His red string is missing, the paper is worn off some parts of the wooden body...but in my eyes wear&tear makes a vintage toy quite high ranking, as long as all the main bits and main features are there. It means that it lived a very happy life in its prime and made his little owners very happy. That is more valued by me than 'mint in the box'.
My brother used to have a later edition from the 1980's with red wheels. He loved his wag-along Snoopy and took him out whenever he could pulling him around town, with its wagging springy tail and wobble-along wheels. Many people stopped and made adoring comments - my brother looked super cute followed by this toy pet.
The memory of it always makes me smile and that's why I had to adopt battered old Snoop for €5.
Also, I love his perfect doggy shape, his sweet face and adoring eyes.
aww, I'd like to adopt one too!
ReplyDeletehe's hard to resist :)
DeleteHis smile is cute! I've been on a flea market yesterday, but have found only a few small but lovely things:)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I love his smile too! They designed him so cute :)
DeleteI find it quite hard to come away from flea-markets buying nothing, I feel I have to get at least one little thing - but I've been more disciplined lately. I went back for this doggy, luckily he was still there :)
Will you show what you bought on your blog?
what a pretty childhood picture of you down here. and it goes well with your fleamarket find id say! :)
ReplyDeletewhy, thank you! :)
Deletethat nursery had a lot of toys, this little waggy dog wouldn't look out of place on those shelves for sure.
ooo so very cute! i love it!
ReplyDeleteSee why he was so hard to leave on the shelf? :)
DeleteI had one of these little cuties as a child. I always wish I still had it!
ReplyDeleteDid your one had a little wooden shoe attached on the string?
DeleteI keep seeing that in pictures but don't recall my brother's having a shoe...and this one definitely doesn't have it :)