"Funny Toy"

"Funny Toy"
Originally uploaded by katongking.

Walking around Chinatown last evening, I was drawn to a hypnotic and repetitive (and not a little annoying) sound. The source was this little "Funny Toy". It's a marvel of technology and manufacturing.

I can't believe that for $7.90, some factory in China can make a battery powered toy that:
1. Moves around a tray randomly
2. The engines (on the wings) blink on and off
3. The eyes (blue things in the front of the plane) rotate left and right
4. The nose (red thing below the eyes) flashes on and off
5. The tail light (red at the back) flashes on and off
6. The blue creature's hands move up and down in a Michael Jackson-esque motion
7. The blue creature's head oscillates left and right
8. The purple creatures hands and head move as well
9. The purple creature's red white and yellow umbrella rotates
10. Oh yes, I forgot this. It's not on the photo, but the plane has a tongue which retracts in and out.

All this accompanied by some lovely music. $7.90 oni! Go and buy!