Unique Art G.I. Joe and His Jouncing Jeep Tin Toy in Box *SOLD*

GJ Joe and his Jouncing Jeep tin toy by Unique Art

Our super glossy near mint toy is a great find.  It works and is near mint with box.  The box has been pressed and has a foam insert, then shrink wrapped.

The toy moves forward, then back, then bucks the driver and his pivoting helmet.  It jounces!  Think of the similar Marx toys and it has a similar random action.

Lithography is original, clean, and glossy.  The box graphics are sharp and vivid.

Unique Art Mfg. Co. Newark, New Jersey
Unique Art Manufacturing Company was an American toy company, founded in 1916, based in Newark, New Jersey that made inexpensive toys, including wind-up mechanical toys, out of lithographed tin. One of its early products was a wind-up toy featuring two tin boxers.

The company scored a hit in the 1940s when it acquired the rights to a popular comic strip and released the Li’l Abner Dogpatch Band for Christmas 1945. The windup toy featured Abner dancing, Pappy on drums, Mammy with a drum stick, and Daisy Mae playing piano. Unique followed with a Howdy Doody band several years later.

Unique’s president, Sammy Bergman, was a good friend of toy magnate Louis Marx, and the two men’s companies at times cooperated, with Marx providing tooling to Unique and sometimes acting as a distributor for Unique’s products.

Specialty: Comic/character tin mechanicals, including “Li`l Abner Dogpatch Band” and “Gertie, The Galloping Goose” 1940s.