Toy OTD: Tomy Richard Scarry Vehicle: Lowly Worm's Apple Car (1995)

Given how incredibly appealing Richard Scarry's books are, I'm always surprised that there isn't a constant flood of merchandise based on his drawings! Tomy did one of the best Scarry licenses, and it's been quite a while since it happened.

This is just a great little toy! Press down on the apple leaf, and the car scoots across the floor. there's very little paint on it - most of the colors come from the plastic parts themselves, which you know I like. Lowly's treatment is a little bland, but Tomy gets BIG points for making him removeable - I always took characters out of their cars, whether they were supposed to or not!

There was a bigger line of Richard Scarry toys and figures, but I mainly remember an Officer Murphy toy with him riding his motorcycle, and Bananas Gorilla in his Bananamobile. All of them were cool, but I prioritized and bought just Lowly and Officer Murphy.

I don't remember how much this cost back in the day, but I'm confident that it wasn't expensive. Even now, you can get one in an auction starting at $9.99 on eBay.