Toy OTD: Hasbro Mr. Potato Head: Fireman (1970s)
Here's another cute variant from the '70s Mr. Potato Head line. It's interesting that, even as the arms were temporarily jettisoned from the design, the character still has accessories that required arms! I'm glad they brought the arms back, appealing as this line is. I also like the pants-as-body treatment, too - it's a nice compromise from the wobbly full-body that the toy originally had.eBay is probably your best bet if you want to get one - I don't see any for sale right now, but it's nothing a Favorite Search can't eventually fix. I'm not sure how much these go for nowadays - this one was a gift from a friend.
Labels: 70s toy, fireman, hasbro, mr. potato head, toy, toy of the day, toy OTD
posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
12:39 PM
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When I was preschool age, my mom was working PT at a children's center of some sort, and I'd go along...they ahd a playroom with boxes of cooties--millions and millions of cootie parts!--and an array of the Mr. Potato Head family...there was IIRC a Cucumber box? Also a Mrs P of course...and I think other types of vegetable accoutrements--is that possible? Mind you, the toys were old-predated my birth I think(I was around 3 believe it or not), or close to it.
There were a lot of fruits and vegetables in the Potato Head line - oranges, carrots, cucumbers, peppers... even Bozo the Clown had a Potato Head tie-in, though no tubers were involved.
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