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Toy ID Boards => Toy ID Help => Topic started by: Adrie11 on Friday 01 December 2017, 03:52 am

Title: Help identifying unknown fuzzy toy**had to do URL links
Post by: Adrie11 on Friday 01 December 2017, 03:52 am
https://flic.kr/p/DUJD9L
https://flic.kr/p/ZGiXbM

I'm not sure if the photo links worked, I can't get the photos to show in the post
I've been trying to figure out what this toy is for a few years. It was mine as a child and I finally found it in my attic. It used to have a small whistle and when you blew the whistle it would repeat the same whistling. The label is extremely worn, but I can make out that it says animal fair. Any help would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Help identifying unknown fuzzy toy**had to do URL links
Post by: milkypuppy on Friday 01 December 2017, 03:57 pm
I had to do some trademark digging (https://trademarks.justia.com/736/57/finder-s-beepers-73657328.html) to find this one, and I actually found an eBay listing with some nice pictures. Score!

(https://i.imgur.com/gB61uxR.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/uEgDHrs.jpg)

This toy was called Finder's Beepers and it was produced by Animal Fair Inc. around 1987 it seems. It looks like this toy was perfect for some hide & seek as you could get someone to hide it and look for it by whistling into the little piece and waiting to hear its beeps. This is a very awesome toy. Hope this helps!

EBay Listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-Animal-Fair-Finders-Beepers-Keeper-Game-Toy-In-Original-Box-/253260807690
Title: Re: Help identifying unknown fuzzy toy**had to do URL links
Post by: Adrie11 on Friday 01 December 2017, 06:23 pm
 OMG!!!!
You are amazing, I have been searching forever.
Thank you so much!
Title: Re: Help identifying unknown fuzzy toy**had to do URL links
Post by: Adrie11 on Friday 01 December 2017, 06:44 pm
How did you do trade mark research? I tried to google Animal fair, but I only found Chubbles and Chiggles. I was about 2 when I received it, and I use to call it a beeper finder, I was googling that name and of course that wasn't coming up, so I thought I had invented that.

I was so excited I bought the one on ebay!
Title: Re: Help identifying unknown fuzzy toy**had to do URL links
Post by: milkypuppy on Saturday 02 December 2017, 04:08 pm
Awesome! So glad you bought the other one too. It's going to be great for your collection. I'm glad I could help.

For searching trademarks, I usually just type in the company name and trademark which makes different sites come up. For this one "Animal Fair Inc. trademark" worked very well.