VINTAGE BATTERY OPERATED FISHING POLAR BEAR, GREAT CONDITION, WORKS

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UP FOR BUY IT NOW OR BEST OFFER IS A 1950'S BATTERY OPERATED FISHING POLAR BEAR, MADE IN JAPAN BY THE ALPS CO. HE LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN USED VERY LITTLE AS THE BATTERY BOX APPEARS LIKE NEW AND THE TOY IS VERY CLEAN. THERE IS NO RUST ANYWHERE AND THE BEAR IS IN OVERALL GREAT CONDITION. HIS NOSE HAS A SMALL CRACK, WHICH IS BARELY NOTICABLE, AND MAY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED TO A DEGREE, BUT THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY FLAW I SEE. THIS ITEM COMES WITH ONE OF THE THREE ORIGINAL TIN FISH. HE WORKS VERY WELL TOO. WHEN YOU INSERT TWO D BATTERIES AND SWITCH HIM ON, HIS EYES LIGHT, HE DIPS THE FISHING LINE INTO THE POND AND THE TIN FISH STICKS TO THE MAGNET AT THE END OF THE LINE, THE BEAR PULLS IT UP, THE FISH THEN STICKS TO THE MAGNET ON HIS LEFT HAND AND HE PULLS THE FISH OVER AND DROPS HIM IN THE BUCKET. THE BEAR THEN MAKES A LAUGHING NOISE AND HIS HEAD MOVES BACK AND FORTH. THE ACTIONS THEN REPEAT. I MUST NOTE THAT THE BEAR ACTUALLY GETS THE FISH ON THE LINE AND DROPS HIM INTO THE POND ABOUT 50-75% OF THE TIME. PERHAPS A LITTLE ADJUSTING OF HIS ARMS OR THE FISHING ROD WILL HELP IMPROVE HIS ACCURACY, OR MAYBE HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LITTLE CLUMSY! THE FRONT PART OF THE TOY (W/ THE POND AND BUCKET) SEPARATES FOR EASIER STORAGE. THIS STANDS APPROX. 11 IN. TALL AND IS 8 INCHES FROM FRONT TO BACK WITH THE FRONT PORTION OF THE TOY ATTACHED. AGAIN, OVERALL read more

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