Since I got such a quick response on my last mystery toy, I figured I'd through another one out thats been plaguing me...
This toy is an outdoor ride-on/ride-in toy shaped like a frog. It was played with throughout the mid-late 80's but may be much older, as my sibs are 12 years older than me. I'm fairly certain is was made out of pressed metal, dark green with a more-or-less realistic spotty frog pattern on it.
The key to this is going to be the action; I'm pretty sure it had a lever with a black knob for the control. In one setting, frog would be stationary and the seat that was housed by the metal body could be swung freely (suitable for younger kids).
In the other setting, the swing would become much harder to move, but when you swung forward, the frog would actually move a step forward. I'm assuming it probably had some sort of flat sided gear that was engaged in this setting, so it would have a little lifting action on the forward swing and would land on the next flat side, making it "hop".
The closest I've come is a fuzzy picture from a catalog that looked similar, with no way of knowing whether it had any special action to it or not. This toy fell victim to my mother backing into the driveway in her station wagon, and was stamped flat instead of shattering (making me even more sure it was a metal frame)
Any info would be greatly appreciated!!!
