Great Vintage 1960s Battery Op Tin Toy Picnic Bear With Box Alps Japan

YOU ARE LOOKING AT A GREAT VINTAGE 1960S BATTERY OP TIN TOY "PICNIC BEAR" WITH BOX - ALPS JAPAN. GREAT FUNCTIONS, FORM AND COLORS!

AN INCREDIBLE TOY FROM THE 1960S! VINTAGE, TIN (COVERED BY A FUR LIKE MATERIAL), HARDLY USED, BATTERY OPERATED, ALPS PICNIC BEAR... IT DRINKS MODEL/TOY WHICH IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX.

THIS MODEL IS A GOOD SIZE OF AROUND 10 INCHES TALL (25CM) AND IS IN ALL AROUND EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION/SHAPE. THE TOY DOESN'T WORK CURRENTLY BUT PROBABLY JUST NEEDS A MINOR REPAIR.

HERE IS HOW IT WOULD OPERATE. ONCE YOU HAVE PLACED THE BATTERIES INTO THE VERY CLEAN BATTERY COMPARTMENT, YOU THEN PLACE THIS DOWN ON A FIRM AND LEVEL SURFACE. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TWEAK ONE OR BOTH OF THE HANDS ON YOUR INITIAL SET-UP (MORE ON THIS LATER), BUT, ONCE IT'S TUNED IN. SWITCH IT ON AND WATCH THE ACTION....

AT FIRST, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE EYES LIGHT UP. THEN HE WILL LIFT HIS RIGHT ARM UP IN A MOTION TO POUR THE LIQUID FROM THE BOTTLE TO THE CUP. OBVIOUSLY, AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO LIQUID WITHIN THIS MODEL AND NOW IS WHEN YOU ADD A VERY LITTLE AMOUNT OF WATER INTO THE CUP. THIS TAKES A LITTLE GETTING USE TO, AS YOU NEED TO POUR ABOUT A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN OUNCE OF LIQUID (PREFERABLY WATER) INTO THE WHITE CUP WHEN IT'S IN THE LOWEST POSITION. YOU CAN ALSO TURN THIS OFF AT THIS TIME AND ADD THE WATER.....

BUT, YOU'LL HAVE TO TOP THIS OFF ONCE THE WATER GETS RECYCLED AS YOU HAVE TO FILL THE VOID, THE FIRST TIME AROUND. NOW WITH THE SYSTEM LOADED WITH WATER, YOU SWITCH IT ON AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WATER FILLS THE BOTTLE UP WHEN THE BEAR RAISES THIS LEFT ARM TO TAKE A SIP...

VIA GRAVITY, THE WATER FOLLOWS A TUBE DOWN FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CHALLIS/CUP... DOWN HIS LEFT ARM AND ACROSS HIS BACK AND THEN IT FLOWS DOWN HIS RIGHT ARM BACK INTO THE BOTTLE. WHEN THE BEAR GOES TO LIFT HIS LEFT ARM TO TAKE A SIP, THE CUP ACTUALLY FORCES HIS HEAD BACK WHEN THE ARM REACHES IT PEAK! HERE HIS HEAD GOES BACK AND FORTH TWO (2) TIMES...

LIKE HE'S CHUGGING IT! AT THIS POINT, HIS RIGHT ARM IS NOW AT THE HIGHEST POINT SO AS TO ALLOW THE WATER TO TRAVEL DOWN HILL.... HE THEN LOWERS HIS LEFT ARM AND HIS HEAD COMES FORWARD ONCE MORE. THEN HIS RIGHT ARM RAISES AND TILTS IN, SO TO ALLOW THE WATER TO POUR OUT OF THE BOTTLE AND BACK INTO THE CUP ONCE MORE.

ALL THIS TIME, BOTH OF HIS EYES ARE LIT UP! This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Electronic, Battery & Wind-Up\Battery Operated\Pre-1970".

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Brand: Alps
Character Family: Dogs
Material: Tin & Fur
Year: 1960
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan