Pop-Up Kritters

#400

c1931-1938

Tailspin Tabby is one of the 16 very first toys that were made by Fisher-Price in their beginnings in 1931. Tabby is one of the Fisher-Price patented Pop-Up Kritters (Patented October 5, 1926-No. 1,601,983) that are made of bead and string construction allowing the Kritter to spring to life when the strings are pulled tightly, squirm and sway around as the strings are loosened, and laying flat when the strings are loosened all the way. Pop-Up Kritters are mounted on a paddle and the control strings have metal loops on the end to allow easy maneuvering. The Pop-Up Kritters had become so popular that the 1935 Fisher-Price dealer catalogue boasts that one store sold over 1,000 Kritters in one day without any special promotion. Over 500,000 Tailspin Tabbys were sold in 1934!

• Sold in a 13-3/4" long, 4-5/8" wide, 1-3/4" deep four-color lithographed box.

• Patent No. 1,601,983. Pat date Oct. 5, 1926 by Ed Savage, who later sold the patent to Fisher-Price.

• Tailspin Tabby poem printed in 1931 Fisher-Price catalogue:
  
  Tailspin Tabby is my name-
  Action is my claim to fame.
  Who can resist
  My tail to twist
  To pass me up would be a shame.

#610

c1948-1950

The #400 Tailspin Tabby was one of the 16 very first toys that were made by Fisher-Price in their beginnings in 1931. Tabby is one of the Fisher-Price patented Pop-Up Kritters (Patented October 5, 1926-No. 1,601,983) that are made of bead and string construction allowing the Kritter to spring to life when the strings are pulled tightly, squirm and sway around as the strings are loosened, and laying flat when the strings are loosened all the way. Pop-Up Kritters are mounted on a paddle and the control strings have metal loops on the end to allow easy maneuvering.

• Patent No. 1,601,983.

• The suggested retail price in 1948 was .39¢.

• The following poem can be found in one of Fisher-Price's mini-catalogues reguarding the #440 Pluto Pop-Up and the #610 Tailspin Tabby:
  
  

It's Pluto the pup, chasing Tailspin Tabby
To the top of the fence and over, maybe
The lovable Kritters mean lots of fun
For the lucky youngster having one.

#440

c1936-1948

Among the very first 16 toys made by Fisher-Price in 1931 were the ever popular Pop-Up Kritters (Patented October 5, 1926-No. 1,601,983) that are made of bead and string construction allowing the Kritter to spring to life when the strings are pulled tightly, squirm and sway around as the strings are loosened, and laying flat when the strings are loosened all the way. Pop-Up Kritters are mounted on a paddle and the control strings have metal loops on the end to allow easy maneuvering. Five years after the first Pop-Up Kritters were released, a new Kritter was added to the line in the form of Disney's Pluto.

• The was the best selling Pop-Up Kritter of all time.

• Copyright Walt Disney Productions.

• Patent No. 1,601,983.

• The suggested retail price in 1936 was .25¢.

• The suggested retail price in 1948 was .50¢.

• The following poem can be found in one of Fisher-Price's mini-catalogues reguarding the #440 Pluto Pop-Up and the #610 

Tailspin Tabby:
It's Pluto the pup, chasing Tailspin Tabby
To the top of the fence and over, maybe
The lovable Kritters mean lots of fun
For the lucky youngster having one.

#425

c1938-1939

 Among the very first 16 toys made by Fisher-Price in 1931 were the ever popular Pop-Up Kritters (Patented October 5, 1926-No. 1,601,983) that are made of bead and string construction allowing the Kritter to spring to life when the strings are pulled tightly, squirm and sway around as the strings are loosened, and laying flat when the strings are loosened all the way. Pop-Up Kritters are mounted on a paddle and the control strings have metal loops on the end to allow easy maneuvering. Five years after the first Pop-Up Kritters were released, a new Kritter was added to the line in the form of Disney's Pluto (1936-1948 #440 Pluto Pop-Up). The only other Disney Pop-Up Kritter manufactured by Fisher-Price was 1938-1939's #425 Donald Duck Pop-Up.

#433

c1939-1942

Dizzy Donkey is one of the Fisher-Price patented Pop-Up Kritters (Patented October 5, 1926-No. 1,601,983) that are made of bead and string construction allowing the Kritter to spring to life when the strings are pulled tightly, squirm and sway around as the strings are loosened, and laying flat when the strings are loosened all the way. Pop-Up Kritters are mounted on a paddle and the control strings have metal loops on the end to allow easy maneuvering. The Pop-Up Kritters had become so popular that the 1935 Fisher-Price dealer catalogue boasts that one store sold over 1,000 Kritters in one day without any special promotion.

• Original retail price was .25¢.

• Patent No. 1,601,983.

#422

c1940

Jumbo jitterbug is one of the Fisher-Price patented Pop-Up Kritters (Patented October 5, 1926-No. 1,601,983) that are made of bead and string construction allowing the Kritter to spring to life when the strings are pulled tightly, squirm and sway around as the strings are loosened, and laying flat when the strings are loosened all the way. Pop-Up Kritters are mounted on a paddle and the control strings have metal loops on the end to allow easy maneuvering. The Pop-Up Kritters had become so popular that the 1935 Fisher-Price dealer catalogue boasts that one store sold over 1,000 Kritters in one day without any special promotion.

• Original retail price was .25¢.

• Patent No. 1,601,983.