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A couple more pictures of the Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer mall display. Enjoy!

Photos by Ken Mitchroney, at the Eastridge Mall.

Toy OTD: Memory Lane Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Figure: Boss Elf

Memory Lane has been making our holidays happier for the last few years by making lots of Christmas characters! The Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer line is one of their best, featuring plenty of the Rankin-Bass players.

The boss elf is one of my favorite figures, mainly because he's a secondary character that might not make the cut in other toy lines. I've never figured out why he sports a sixties-jazz goatee, but I think it's amusing.

The sculpt and paint job aren't dazzling, but they're on-model, and quite good for the price point. The hat is removable (I think it's magnetic), and he comes with a misfit toy (the train with the square-wheeled caboose), a baton to conduct the Christmas chorus, and toy-making blueprints. The biggest minuses are that his eyes look a bit glazed over, and the loose hip joints can make standing the figure tricky.

Being the holidays, you can get this figure pretty easily - it's $9.50 + shipping at cosmicclutter.com. If they're out of stock, a Google search should provide you with a ton of other options!

Santa And Rudolph, Good As New!

A while ago, a whole bunch of Rankin-Bass stop motion figures were unwittingly discarded in a company move. These two puppets, kept at (an employee's?) home and used as Christmas decorations for decades, may be the only two left.

The new owner's just had them restored. Bask in their holiday goodness! This almost looks like Santa went to Sears and had their picture taken! Either that, or the yearbook photo place.