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Battery and coin operated Santa Bank; when money is inserted, eyes flash, head and arms move, bell rings. Approx. 30cm high.
On the sides and base of the house marked:
“©1960 N.D.I.”, logo: , “Copyright 1960 by Noel Decorations Inc.”
On the box  the “STOCK NO, 9833” and “MADE IN JAPAN”.
Included is a leaflet “How to operate your “Santa Bank”: coin operation or switch operation (battery).

Mechanical reading Santa Claus wind-up; nods his head and turns the pages of the book with the magnet on his right hand; when he has finished reading he flips back the book to the beginning with his left hand. The tin litho book pictures the following animals: cat, dog, duck, hen, rat, fox, pony, pig and calf. To store the Santa the book must be removed.
Approx. 19cm high.
The back of both his shoes and the book cover is marked “MADE IN JAPAN”.
The bottom right hand corner of the box cover is marked : “Trade Mark Alps Made in Japan”.

ALPS produced some of the better quality mechanical and battery-operated Japanese toys during the post-war years. They firm stopped toy making in the early 1970s and became a manufacturer of electronics and is still in business today.

Mechanical Balloon Santa, wind-up, moves the bell and the three (red, yellow and blue) balloons, about 18cm high.
Box is marked "TRADE MARK ALPS MADE IN JAPAN".

"Santa on Bike" wind-up. Celluloid Santa rides his lithographed bike in circles and the bell on the back of the bike rings. He is about 9cm high. Marked on the bell "MADE IN JAPAN" . The box is marked with the “horse inside diamond shape” logo and "MADE IN JAPAN". Dates from the 1950s.
There are two versions:
- This one has animals lithographed wheels and on the bell comic animals.
- Another version, early 1950s, has Christmas holly lithographed wheels and MERRY CHRISTMAS on the bell.
I have seen the same bike, but with different celluloid figures riding it?