Ducks Page 4

 

THE PRETTIEST DUCKS

These five have the nicest faces, the largest one being my favorite. The front and center one has a turned head. The one on the far left is a drain plug. It floats on the water while a drain plug  on a chain extends from its belly down to the tub drain. Ingenious!

ITTY BITTY FUNNY DUCK

This little shrimpy guy, only three inches long, has almost no original paint left, has permanently ground in dirt all over him and he barely squeaks at all, but he was just too cute to resist in a box full of filthy junk at an equally filthy flea market. He cost a quarter.

THE WISCONSIN SAILOR BOY

My fiance tries very hard to pick me up a toy every time he travels, especially ducks if he can find them. This was a truly rare find of a duckie with a state name on it.

THE CHAMELEONS

Tiny guy on the left completely changes to white in hot water to warn of the water being too hot for baby. It came in a little foam tub insert baby set. The bigger guy has a blue circle on its underside with the word "hot" hidden in it, that changes to white in hot water. He has rather strange eyes that are looking down and away from each other.

 

NOT RUBBER BUT SO CUTE

These are all hollow lightweight plastic. First one on the left is from a set of plastic beach animals called "Swimmies". Next is from a similar set of plastic beach-themed animals. Red-billed guy is made for carnival use. White one in front is a toy from my childhood, and I don't know where I got it. Two in very back with upturned bills are also hollow plastic. One is also a childhood favorite toy I carried around in my little purse. Goofy little guy on far right is from a jar of assorted toys from a flea market.

And the cute blue-eyed on in the middle came in a clear plastic, water-and confetti-filled, baby toy ball I got at Goodwill. The ball was incredibly shatterproof; I clamped it in a vise and bashed at it furiously for an hour with a hammer until finally it cracked. I then bloodied my hand while trying to force the ball open enough to pull the little fatso out. Was it worth it in the end? Yeah. Ball was a quarter.

 

THE WEIRDOS

The guy on the left is from an English toy company, I think. But he just looks weird. No features except for those blank staring eyes. Even his bill is just a nub. The guy on the right is just plain scary, I think. He has a definite grimace to his expression and really ugly little eyes that are too close together. And the skinny fellow in the center is, of all things, a dog toy. But my fiance, bless his heart, thought it would be so great for my collection and he wasn't sure how to break it to me that it was a dog toy. When he told me I was surprised but thrilled because I never had a clue. It just looks like a big skinny duck to me.