I was really surprised to find this little guy at an estate sale recently. It's a wind up kappa! Made by Tomy toys in 1977. Not only is this thing over thirty years old it still works! I had some of the Tomy wind up toys when I was a kid so it was surprising to find a kappa. Kappa are mythological creatures from Japan who live in streams. Sometimes they are mischievous, sometimes they are like elven sprites. Kind of an odd import in the 70's. Glorious find.
