Re: the type of toy puppet which is essentuially just a head on a stick

<carlton.pemberbrook@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Can anyone help me here? Im looking for the name of (or where to
> purchase) the type of toy puppet which is essentuially just a head on
> a stick, and the jaw is activated by the the trigger on the botom of
> the stick.
> I used to have several for my nephew. For example gorilla head, or
> lizard head, or hippo head.
> They were all the same mechanism. The jaw of the animal would open and
> close when pulling the trigger - a pulley and string mechanism went
> through the shaft of the toy.
> I bought these 10 years ago and were susally about $15 or $20.
> ANyone know where I could purchase toys like this?
>
> THANKS!


I don't know about this particular example, but a "head on a stick" type 
puppet is called a "MARROTTE".

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