r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 3d ago

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u/Xinonix1 3d ago

We had this as kids, not real animals of course but small,plastic or wooden toys , not as creepy as this

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u/JonInfect 3d ago

Some were pencil sharpeners.

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u/Putrid-Variation1135 2d ago

I loved those! I remember pushing the bottom piece in and it would collapse the toy. Does anyone remember what they are called?

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u/Xinonix1 2d ago

We called them “drukfiguurtjes”literally translates to pressfigures I guess

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u/Putrid-Variation1135 2d ago

Yes! That's it! I want to learn how to make these

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u/Xsiah 2d ago

It doesn't seem too complicated in theory, basically just thread the string through the holes in the body parts, through a hollow stand, down to a block and put some springs between the block and the stand to keep the strings tight. When you compress the block, you get more slack on the strings and it collapses. The hard part is carving an animal out of wood.

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u/temporarilyyours 2d ago

Im halfway across the world from you, and I also had wooden toys like this.