It's Grandma... and GRAND she is, indeed! Elder of the family, she encompasses the wit, the history, and the strength of her ancestors, and still has the wisdom to place it all in the right perspective for her descendants. This time of year, she is busily canning fruits and vegetables... her kitchen is warm with the glow of fresh baked goodies... and still she takes the time to jot down sudden recollections out of the mist of the past, so that her children will know the real truth. She uses Word 2002, by the way, running on Windows XP, to catalog these thoughts... and Publisher 98 to create the web page where she sells all those canned and baked goodies. If you can get her to slow down a moment, you might be able to place your hand into the opening on her back and up into her head to make her talk. A rod that can easily be moved to either of her hands, allows her to dust the furniture as well as wave gleefully as you arrive for supper.

$41.95

GRANDPA (GS4102)

This is, of course, our good friend Dr. Moody on his weekend schedule (which also includes all holidays and from noon to 6 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and from 9 AM until 1 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays). Shhhhh! He's on the green right now calculating the distance between his ball and the cup. Unfortunately that isn't his ball... it's a ping pong ball that accidentally rolled down from the clubhouse. Our Golfer is 28 inches tall and comes with an arm control rod. Fore!

Sunny & Co. Toys, Inc.

$41.95

STORY-TELLING GRANDMA (GS2702)

This Deluxe Full-Body Hand Puppet is 28 inches tall and has beautifully scluptured facial features including an expressive mouth which can completely swallow small objects. Her arms, hands and fingers may also be operated by the puppeteer (storyteller, teacher, etc.) making an her an incredible teaching tool. Her purse, which you see hung over her fight shoulder, contains eveything a grandma needs for superb storytelling including a little fly, spider, bird, cat, dog, goat, cow, and a horse. Now which story do you suppose she could tell with those things? Hint: it's an English nursery rhyme from the early 1960's.

Sunny & Co. Toys, Inc.

$53.95

GRANDMA BISSELL (58152)

Meet Grandma Eureka Bissell D.B.R.C.O.W. (Dust Bunny Removing Champion of the World). In her younger days she was known for her ability to operate three vacuum cleaners at one time using both hands and her teeth. Now that she’s a grandmother, she goes a bit easier on herself and perfers to ride around the house on her John Deere 346 Custom Vacuum. Don’t expect to be able to reach her by phone... not since she paused to take that call and vacuumed a whole right through the carpet and into the subflooring.

Forum Novelties, Inc.

$29.95

GRANDPA BLOVIATE (58148)

Grandpa Bloviate will tell you that he doesn’t like to dwell upon what he was or what he’s done in the past. He says that ‘now’ is what’s important. Don’t worry. He is just pretending to be modest. You see, Winston Bloviate, in his 60 years before becoming a Grandfather, was a railroad engineer, a race car driver, an airline pilot, a gourmet chef, the CEO of a large energy company, the captain of a merchant ship and an advisor to His Majesty, the King of Costalotta. With a career like that, you better believe that this Grandpa has stories to tell about all of his adventures and you don’t have to be one of his grandchildren to get him started.

Forum Novelties, Inc.

$29.95

#2394 DAD

Think that you're seeing double...er, triple? No, this is just Dad. He comes with one "reversible"outfit that helps him dress for work. By day (8 AM to 5 PM) Dad is a Chef at a fine local restaurant. Evenings (7 PM to 11 PM) Dad is a Waiter at the same fine local restaurant. On weekends Dad is a Volunteer Fireman. Dad is 30 inches tall when he's not flat on his back in bed, exhausted. If you want Dad to move his mouth, wave his arms, or even flex his fingers... well, you will have to do it for him.

Folkmanis, Inc.

$69.95

#2402 MOM

As usual, MOM is isn't just "Mom!" On weekends she's Mom the Bird Watcher hiking the back trails to spot a rare Filtch Finch. On weekdays she's Mom the School Nurse ready to bandage that cut or clean that scrape. The rest of the time she's Mom the Household Engineer. To us she's just plain ol' Mom and that's the way we like her best! Mom comes with one reversible outfit that she uses for three different activities (did we mention that she's thrifty with clothing too?). Mom is 29 inches tall. If you want to move Mom's mouth, wave her arms, or flex her fingers... well, you will have to catch up to her first!

Folkmanis, Inc.

$69.95

OUR NEIGHBORS

That's Midge Winters (GS4401) on the left, 28 inches of high fashion in her new lavender outfit including high-heel shoes. Willis (GS4302), sitting next to her in his blue suit and dress shoes, has just received the bill for that outfit on his credit card. Georgia (GS4401B) and Russell Brown (GS4302B) have gone with matching red jackets for this photograph but Russell "put his foot down" when it came to wearing red shoes to match Georgia's heels.

Sunny & Co. Toys, Inc.

$41.95

BRIDE & GROOM

Straight from their Wedding Photo Album is this charming picture of newlyweds Midge and Willis Winters. The Bride (GS4409) is wearing a full-length gown with veil and is holding a silk rose. The Groom (GS4309) is wearing a full deluxe tuxedo and red silk bow tie.

Sunny & Co. Toys, Inc.

$41.95