Please post here Tenyo Non-Magic items that you have or would like to have. Items would be Clocks, Banks, Novelties, Puzzles, etc.
Tenyo Smoking Gnomes
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 5:28 am
by JohnM
These little fellows are so cute. I never knew there was more than one design. I bid on the Tenyo Smoking Gnome before but have lost. They usually go for at least $50 each. They come in a small Tenyo box with the smoking rabbit logo. You put a little cigarette in the gnome's pipe and light it and then he puffs away in delight.
There is another set of three on auction now on ebay.
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Re: Tenyo Non-Magic Items
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 10:12 am
by Elliot W.
This is an interesting bank I picked up. There are four plastic plates with slots in them. To get a coin in the bank the slots must line up. Your spectators will try to line up the plates by tilting the bank but will end up just like the fella on the bottom of the package.
There is a logical way to get the coins in the bank but you'll have to figure it out yourself.
This bank does not appear to be that old but for some reason I don't see it around too much.
(Sorry the pictures aren't that great)
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Re: Tenyo Non-Magic Items
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 10:46 am
by Roberto B.
My favourite:
Re: Tenyo Non-Magic Items
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 11:23 am
by VictorS
Roberto, is this the original one from Tenyo or knock off version ?
I have one too but I think it was a knock off.
Re: Tenyo Non-Magic Items
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 11:40 am
by Roberto B.
I have the same from the video ......................and the box and the item says Tenyo (not sure if it says "Made by..." or "Created by..." or "Designed by..."......but for sure it says Tenyo.
Are those money banks still available? I have the star wars darth vader/ yoda one that I've had from when I was wee, think I got it at Pizza Hut or KFC.
Re: Tenyo Non-Magic Items
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 1:36 pm
by Elliot W.
Tenyo still sells the Micro Bank, Spin Bank, and Art Banks. They are pretty easy to find.
By the way my favorite Art Bank is the one with Mickey Mouse flying on a bird. The bird flaps its wing(s) when you put a coin in
Re: Tenyo Non-Magic Items
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 9:46 pm
by Roberto B.
vsuperanto wrote:I never saw this one in real, created by Tooru Suzuki, but should be very interesting item too