Weird item of the week: Construction worker holding a wrench alarm clock

I bought this odd fellow at auction last week. He came out of a box lot. I don’t know anything about him, and I can’t seem to find another one on eBay. Weird because wouldn't it seem to make more sense for a construction worker to carry a hammer rather than a wrench?

When his alarm sounds, he plays a wake-up horn.... I'm not sure I get the connection between the hard hat, the wrench, and the horn. Then, when you hit the yellow hard hat, he says, “Good morning!”

He’s strange and that’s why I like him.

There was another cute kids’ alarm clock in the box with him. This one is a cow. When her alarm goes off, she plays a funny farm song and then moos loudly.

Why did I bid on this box lot with 2 old alarm clocks and a pile of ashtrays? And why was someone else actually bidding against me???

Well, it could be that these silly objects remind me very much of an animated alarm clock that’s a chicken. These things sing, “Hey Baby, wake up!” when the alarm goes off. These rock-n-roll wonders fetch between $50 to $100 each on eBay!

— A completed eBay auction —

In fact, one of these chicken clocks is now on eBay — with 6 days to go at auction — commanding $75. It's new in the original box! That’s something I haven’t come across before. I'm betting it will exceed $100 when the auctions ends. It will be interesting to watch.

In the meantime, I'll post my odd fellow on eBay and hope he brings in at least a $10 bill!