As I was sorting out my enormous collection of wind-up toys, I noticed that I had somehow (yes, I bought these and completely forgot I did it) acquired a small collection of Korean wind-up toys. These are the rarest type of toys that I buy, mainly because they are only sold in one local Korean grocery store.

The exact translation from Mr. Google is “Tayo minicar”, but it is obviously a bus (and what else are you mis-translating?). He has his own cheery song and this package includes vitamins.

I couldn’t find the song that goes with this creature (I’m not sure if he is a friendly alligator of if he is a dinosaur, he has an outfit with gloves, so I guess alligator). The song is all about counting in native Korean numbers, and is again quite cheery and colorful. He (I really don’t know if he is male, after all it’s an animated gator/dino) seems to be the sidekick to the other character.

This is just the sort of cartoon character to get children to take their vitamins, and that is what came with the toys. When I was small, Flintstone vitamins were sold for children (they are still sold, even though I don’t know if the show is still available). These were vitamins shaped as the cave persons from the 60’s cartoon riff of a 50’s sitcom.

This one seems to be the leader (note the P on his helmet and the goggles) and possibly has a name, but I was unable to find it. Perhaps he is so famous everyone knows it, like the Flintstones. Now that I have heard their song, and can count from 1 to 10, perhaps I shall acquire more of them. (Really, I hope never to hear their song again).