In the late Sixties I was given a game at Christmas called Dizzy Bug by Joyment..
I recall it clearly, a sort of frantic tin bug arena in a large box. It was great fun.
Remember it?
The tin bugs were blue and pink domes with a small head a lot like a ladybird.
Underneath were two powerful pull-back windable wheels, which gave the bugs the juice to whizz round the arena and into a coloured slot. White slots didn't count I don't think.
Those bugs really did whizz and I've often wondered if Joyment came up with the whizzing tin bug design.
I now think they were originally Japanese by a company called Koyo, a logo with a capital K inside a kite as seen below.
These Koyo bugs had the same wheels.
The most common design was a turtle in various patterns. These turtles may well be the brand's signature design.
Koyo also released a ladybird too.
I have seen other designs such as this bunny.
There may well be many more styles.
So, Is it possible that Joyment got hold of some Koyo turtles and as a result thought up Dizzy Bug?
What do you think readers?
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