Tiddledy Winks Complete

cover

© 1926 Zulu Toy Mfg. Co., Inc.

Zulu Toy Mfg. Co., Inc.

509

"ZULU QUALITY GAMES" (black) on pink shield held by person in black outline

«Tiddledy Winks
Complete»

©1926
ZULU TOY MFG. CO. Inc. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. MADE IN U.S.A.

«ZULU
QUALITY
GAMES»

[item-number 509]

Same cover illustration as Tiddledy Winks Croquet (G-23884) by Zulu Toy Mfg. Co., Inc., but with a different title and totally different contents.

elf, grasshopper, mushroom, beetle, Zulu

printed under box lid

cardboard box

13 ⅝ inches wide — 10 ½ inches high — 1 ⅞ inches deep

42.9 cm wide — 128.3 cm high — 5.4 cm deep

517.0 grams

18.2 ounces

The outer border is a green outline.

"Tiddledy Winks" appears above "Complete" (black) at top with a yellow wink to the right, on a light blue background, with a green background area below.

An elf (yellow hat) and another elf (light blue hat) are both holding a very large yellow shooter, with a line of shot heading to where the yellow wink at top right is shown. Above and to the right of those elves is another elf, smiling, with an orange hat. Below them is a purple/gray, white, and pink/orange wink.

To the right of center are mushrooms (gray and light green) and rocks (yellow). A grasshopper and beetle are standing on them.

At right is another elf (orange fez hat with tassel) looking away toward a yellow streaking wink.

At lower left (in black): "© 1926" above "ZULU TOY MFG. CO. Inc. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. MADE IN U.S.A."

The company logo is shown at lower left (all black except for pink shield). The logo depicts a warrior with a spear, and holding a shield marked "ZULU QUALITY GAMES". Below is "509", the company catalog number for the game.

2 short aprons: elf facing forward, grinning and holding two yellow winks, on orange background with green bar at bottom and top.

2 long aprons: piles of winks at left and by the midsection of an elf who is laying in profile on the ground, looking right, holding a blue shooter, having just shot winks, with lines leading to winks in the air at right.

gray, empty, with pale green bottom underbox label at edges.

The game comes with 4 rectangular dar green felt mats (2" by 3 7/8" by 1/16" thick)

The clear glass cup measures 1 3/4" diameter at top, 1 5/8" diameter at bottom, and 1 1/2" tall.

One copy (copy 1) of the game includes the following squidgers and winks that appear to be made of bone:

Squidgers (7/8" diameter): 1 purple, 1 offwhite (hand-marked with red back-and-forth strokes on top and bottom), 1 dark red, 1 very pale offwhite/yellow.

Winks (5/8"): 5 purple, 5 offwhite (hand-marked with red back-and-forth strokes on top and bottom), 5 dark red, and 5 very pale offwhite/yellow.

The game includes wooden bowling pins (9/16" wide at base, 3/8" wide at top, 2" tall): 5 semi-shiny of natural wood, 5 semi-shiny in red.

4 cardboard rings (2" outer diameter, 1 5/16" inner diameter, 1/16" thick) are included, in red, orange, green, and yellow.

A single stand-up target depicts a Zulu man on cardboard (1 7/8" wide at base, 2 7/8" at widest, 6 5/8" tall) with spiky yellow hair, green skivvies, a red ring on his right ankle, is hold a long stick in his right hand and a shield (yellow outer border, red interior background, with a yellow stripe down the center and green rectangles across the yellow center stripe like football stitches). The shield has a hole (1 1/8" wide) in its center. The stand-up target is nailed to an unfinished natural wooden base (1 7/8" by 3/4" by 7/16").

A cellophane envelope is included, marked in red with the Zulu man logo above "Contents of this envelope have" above "been carefully checked and sealed." above "We guarantee full count if envelope" above "is sealed and unbroken." above a dash separator above "ZULU TOY MFG. CO., Inc." above "Battle Creek, Mich." above "U. S. A.".

2000 · Alex G. Malloy · American Games: Comprehensive Collector's Guid · page 108 · # 4112 · (book)

Rick Tucker

Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Michigan), 6 December 1928, page 5