Blast from the past: Boing Boing's Fulchau page

I forgot about my fulchau page until I got an email from a fellow fulchau admirer today. In 2002 there was one Google search result for fulchau. Today there are 768. (I see that fulchau.com has not been registered yet.)

Mystery of the fulchau

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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BarBarSeven

From what I have learned about these wacky mash-up toys, they exist purely because someone at the factory had extra parts & someone decided to lump them together to create… Something sellable.

In the world of MEGO action figure collectibles, there are these odd wind-up toys that sport vintage MEGO action figure heads called, “Space Vistors” that are clearly mashed up this way as well: http://worldmego.com/archives/2056
- http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood
  
  Oh god. It’s Sid’s room all over again!
rattypilgrim

I find these same doll heads at various thrift stores. The sheer vacuousness of their “perfect” little faces makes great fodder for my assemblages.
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In the mid 90s in Memphis, there was a 99c store in the (now demolished) Mall of Memphis. I bought a box of them to have around as triptoys. They were a rousing success.
Boundegar

I don’t see why this is called a “mystery.” Clearly, a fulchau is a whistle with a glowing barbie-head on a spring. What could be more delightful?