Popeye's Paddle Wagon was another cartoon based model, but its authenticity this time is in question. Nevertheless it is still a beautiful model with its own particular charm and although it was available for three years, it is a ver y rare item today. The body was finished in yellow with a red chassis and a white deck, and as the vessel was moved along, the figures of Popeye and Olive Oyl would rock from side to side, the head of Bluto and Wimpy would move up and down in the pistons on each side of the smoke stack, whilst the figure of Sweet Pea could be lowered from the rear cradle in his small life boat. Half car, half paddle boat, this imaginative model even in cluded a rope and anchor on the front running boards and tins of spinach lined up at the rear.
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