Toy OTD: Charlie The Tuna Telephone (1987)

A friend of mine was cleaning out his house, so he sold this phone to me - I think I paid about $15 or $20 for it. It's about ten inches tall - one of the older phones that's contained all in one piece. It hangs up when you set it down, so I can see why this style of phone didn't really catch on! At least it looks like you can switch it from touch-tone to pulse-tone and back again.

The sculpt and paint work on it are quite good, nicely on-model. There's the strange touch of the light bulbs in the glasses (I assume that they blink when someone calls), but it doesn't detract from the overall design.

I don't know who manufactured this, so maybe it was a mail-order premium. At any rate, it's not terribly rare or expensive - there's an eBay auction for one right now starting at $9.99 + shipping.