Looky Chug-Chug
#189
1958-1960
#220
1953-1955
Fisher-Price introduced the very first Looky Chug-Chug in 1949 as the #161 Looky Chug-Chug. The #161 has a smiling face on the front of the engine with eyes that roll up and down as the trail rolls. The second Looky Chug-Chug came along in 1953 as the #220 Looky Chug Chug with a paper lithograph face on the front of the engine and eyes that do not roll. The final Looky Chug-Chug was introduced in 1958 as the #189 with an engine that looks nearly identical to the #999 Huffy Puffy Train engine and with rolling eyes.
#189 Patent No. 2,259,629
#220 Patent No. 2,259,629.
#220 Canadian Patent No. 401,841.
1954 original retail price was $2.00 in the East and $2.19 in the South and West.
This toy was nationally advertised in Parent's Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, and Ladies Home Journal.