He was - of course - a novelty Mad Hatter from Lois Marx promoting the Disney
movie Alice in Wonderland! The
resemblance to the Twizzle Town
figures from Britians is down to the
fact that this type of 'animated flat' goes way back to the days of wood and
paper toys, carried to both Marx and Britains through Japanese and German
tin-plate.
The one on the right has the body the wrong
way round, but shooting them in a hurry at a show I didn't have time to fix it.
Also; while I wove a tale around out-workers for the gag, I think it's just a
late version, sans paint.
The Mad
March Hare, also undecorated and with that chocolate-brown head, looking
both perfect for Easter, and more like the Nesquik
bunny! You can see the Marx 'disc' on
the red body in the right hand image, while the license message acknowledging Disney's property rights is occupying
the same spot in the left hand shot.
More views through the looking-glass later.
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