So you replaced the original plastic bits with tiny birds? Did they have the 'lite brite' pegs that fit the holes or are they just glued on?
I look at things like this, and even trying to adjust my understanding to reflect the decades of change in taste that has occurred, I just can't suss how that was actually imagined, manufactured, brought to market and sold, finding a willing customer audience.
Is there a hole in the back somewhere? Because with an incandescent bulb inside that sucker has GOT to get super hot! I mean, if it was designed for a child's room, maybe a kind of night light, that's just made of danger.
He was supposed to be a child's night-light (but gave the kid nightmares). The mother had found the plaster cat somewhere (if you Google "plaster Persian cat" you'll find a few of these); I guess it was a popular mold late 60s~early 70s, similar to that fruit topiary you also find at thrift stores. She'd put glass marbles in most of the holes but the plastic bits were those plaster Christmas tree inserts. I thought birds were funnier.
The bulb is a CFL. Yes, an incandescent got hot, but she was only putting 40s in it.
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Date: 2016-09-07 02:50 pm (UTC)I look at things like this, and even trying to adjust my understanding to reflect the decades of change in taste that has occurred, I just can't suss how that was actually imagined, manufactured, brought to market and sold, finding a willing customer audience.
Is there a hole in the back somewhere? Because with an incandescent bulb inside that sucker has GOT to get super hot! I mean, if it was designed for a child's room, maybe a kind of night light, that's just made of danger.
I have seen it. I cannot unsee.
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Date: 2016-09-07 03:50 pm (UTC)The bulb is a CFL. Yes, an incandescent got hot, but she was only putting 40s in it.