Showing posts with label rhythm chicken alarm clock vintage cow construction worker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhythm chicken alarm clock vintage cow construction worker. Show all posts

Sunday, February 10, 2008

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!