Wind Up Bath Tub Fun

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Oh man, my parents sold these (translation: there were tons in our house growing up) and I absolutely loved them. They were called "Bathtubbies" and were created by Tomy. They were sold carded but I remember my folks having big counter display boxes of them.

My favourite character in this line was the kid friendly Creature from the Black Lagoon character, a nice sprinking of science fiction into an otherwise straight forward toy line.

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[ScottA]

That dolphin and frog look awfully familiar.

[HardyGirl]

When my little half brother was 2, he wouldn't take a bath w/o these. Once he left them in the car, and my dad's girlfriend had to go to the car and get them b/c he pitched such a fit. Once he calmed down he kept repeating "Mommy Tubby" until she came back w/ them.

[megoscott]

Heavy flashback action here.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, me too. I know I had the dolphin and maybe the frog at some point. The penguin seems familiar too...

Chris

[Falstaff13]

I had the Dolphin. Never knew about the Creature...

[MIB41]

"Did you fart or was that a frog in the tub?"

[MicromanZone]

Nice stuff! The “Creature from the Black Lagoon character” is a Japanese folk-tale character known as Kappa. Check out this Google image search to see the many Kappa-inspired toys that are out there.

[The Super Collector]

Thank you for sharing that, I had no idea.

[toys2cool]

"Did you fart or was that a frog in the tub?"

lol

[jwyblejr]

I've seen the dolphin in blue.

[pmwasson]

I remember having some of those and a goldfish looking one also.

[Marvelmania]

Great timing! I just found one of my childhood Beaver windups this past weekend. Pretty cool and brings back some good bathtime memories! Also some bad, like putting a GI Joe in there and seeing his hair fall out!