#463

1939-1939

In 1939 Fisher-Price introduced a new toy movement design in their Donald Duck Drum Major. Though Fisher-Price had made several Donald Duck pull toys over the years, this is the first to have a moving arm and a baton that really twirls! The same design was used in 1939's #550 or 463-550 Donald Duck Drum Major with cart. Why the cart and non-cart versions were both sold with the same model number is beyond us! Donald twirling a baton was used in several different toys from 1939 to 1948. Some of these toys have a cart, some have a wooden baton, some have paper lithograph baton, but they all look and move basically the same.

Variations: 

• Rectangular wooden platform that rolls on 4 wooden wheels and has a wooden cut-out Donald Duck on top. The cut-out has paper lithographs on both sides of Donald Duck wearing a white sailor's cap and blue sailor's shirt with yellow trim. Donald has 2 seperate wooden arms with paper lithographs on both sides of blue sleeves and white hands. One arm has an attached wooden baton with a red wooden ball on one end. The arm moves up and down and the baton twirls as the toy is pulled. Marked "W.D.Ent." and "#463-550". 

• FPT4217 - Green rectangular wooden platform that rolls on 4 red wooden wheels, has a green 4-sided wooden cart on the back, and has a wooden cut-out Donald Duck on the front. The cut-out has paper lithographs on both sides of Donald Duck wearing a white sailor's cap and blue sailor's shirt with yellow trim. Donald has 2 seperate wooden arms with paper lithographs on both sides of blue sleeves and white hands. One arm has an attached green wooden baton with a yellow wooden ball on one end. The arm moves up and down and the baton twirls as the toy is pulled. Marked "W.D.Ent" and "#463-550".

#400

1946-1948

Donald Duck wants to show off how well has can twirl his baton. Pull the toy and Donald will move his arm up and down as his baton twirls. Donald brags proudly with a loud "quack-quack" as he twirls his baton.

Variations: 

• Green rectangular wooden platform that rolls on 4 red wooden wheels and has a wooden cut-out Donald Duck on top. The cut-out has paper lithographs on both sides of Donald Duck wearing a white sailor's cap with black trim and a blue sailor's shirt with yellow trim. Donald has 2 seperate wooden arms with paper lithographs on both sides of blue sleeves and white hands. One arm has an attached wooden baton with a wooden ball on one end. The arm moves up and down, the baton twirls, and Donald makes a "quack-quack" noise as the toy is pulled. Marked "W.D.P." and "#400-500". Measures 10" high, 7-1/2" long, and 4-1/4" wide.

• Copyright Walt Disney Productions. 

• Patent No. 2,147,600.

• Suggested retail price in 1948 was .59¢.