Toy Sharks

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My buddy Julian sent this in, total love at first sight for me (the toy, not Julian although I'm sure he's swell too). Jaws was of course, a massive pop culture phenomenon the likes of which we rarely see.

The greatest thing to toy makers is, you can't copyright a shark! So even though there were plenty of officially licensed Jaws toys, there was oodles of fun knock offs, like Big Mouth here



Pretty sure that's a dime store rendition of Hooper, Brody and Quint on that beach. Love them!

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[mazinz]

That is so damn cool! I saw the box once before either from a post on here or an ebay auction a long time ago. Love stuff like that

[MIB41]

There were so many battery operated sharks back in those days, even before Jaws. I lost count how many times I took one into the pool or tub. Probably why the infamous Mego version was a belly flop. By that point people were saying, "Eh, been there, done that."