Studdying with Bonzo

There were a range of dexterity puzzles where glass beads had to be manipulated into place giving the impression of eyes etc. The one shown below is a small version of a more complex larger toy. Additionally there were versions where Bonzo had to catch a bug (fly, wasp, bee, butterfly - hard to say which) on his nose and one where he had to catch a bone in his mouth.

Dexterity puzzle

Several card games are known including 'Beaver', a type of happy families. The box for this showed Bonzo although the playing deck did not. The illustrations, although by Studdy, are not typical Bonzo era.

Other sets of cards used Studdy Dog or Bonzo adverts for the back illustrations and these included Woollvena, Molassine and Wood Milne.

Beaver

More expensive, and collectable, items included several series of jigsaw puzzles offered by A.V.N. Jones, Valentines and Zag-Zaw amongst others and these were usually reproductions of either The Sketch prints or of postcards.

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