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Got this little box at a garage sale way back when.... I think I paid a quarter for it, because the lady just wanted to finish with the sale and go back inside...
It's fun to watch people try to figure it out...lol
I put some mints (wrapped) in the secret compartment, as a "prize" for whoever manages to open it.
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Esther, I remember when these were popular with children, makes me very nostalgic!
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My Grandmother had a box just like this one.There must have been about 20 little movements to some of the movable secret sections and at the end you discovered where the noise of a baby crying was coming from.Geff.
This is cool! Do you remember what state you got it in?
Hi Huskergal! I got it in Miami, Fl.
Thanks for the likes Mammi and Thrifty!
Thanks for the comment Geff!