I remember these springy balls dangling.
I think some looked like aliens.
Some may have appeared IN ALIEN along with the nodding bird but I'm not sure.
This one, Marsman, is also a money box! I imagine when a coin is dropped in the Marsman jumps for joy!
Is it something you remember readers?
My experience with these is very limited. I've not seen the Marsman but I did have a yellow Smiley Bird. Not sure who got it for me but it was up in Kalamazoo. A wing broke out of it on the move to Houston and it ended up in the trash. The bird was kind of a health hazard as the beak and tail had hard pointy bits to take out an eye.
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I like those smiley birds Lance. Very stylish. I can see how they might be hazardous! An icon of the Sixties and Seventies, I'm sure there's one dangling in the Nostromo in ALIEN. Along with the nodding bird of course.
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