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RARE Vintage 1950s Juggle-Head, forerunner of Mr Potato Head. Magnetic Play

$ 26.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Year: 1950
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Modified Item: No
  • Character: Juggle-Head
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: Used
  • Brand: Langwood Products

    Description

    RARE Vintage 1950s Juggle-Head forerunner of Mr Potato Head.
    Before there was Mr Potato Head, there was a composition / papier mache (?)
    head with magnets and lots of face bits with steel plates, allowing magnetic attachment.
    I got this toy in the early 1950s, played with it a lot, yet it remains relatively unscathed 70 years later.
    There is a 1’’ hole in the back of the head, since my 10-year old curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to know what was going on inside there, and decided to use a screwdriver to gouge a hole – I’d never seen an exacto-knife back then. The head is about
    4.25’’x 3.25’’. and shows its age – its kinda dirty, has the mentioned hole in the back, and a few pencil marks on the back, too. [See photos]
    Now that I have the help of ebay and the internet, I discover that this guy is called Juggle-Head, and was made by Langwood Products. I don’t recall ever knowing this name or having the box, but if I had it, it’s been gone for 70 years.
    Missing one blue eye, one blue elephant ear, I believe all the rest is here – there are 22 pieces plus the head. The photos show some of the variety of faces that can be built.
    Please, look at the photos, read the description, then decide whether to bid or make us an offer.