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Upsy Downsy is a brand developed by Mattel. It concerns two races of strange beings, one that lives rightside-up (The Upsys), the other upside-down (The Downsys). more...
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These psychedelic creatures and their fantasy world were featured in a short-lived line of colorful toys and story books for young children in 1969.
The Toy Line
The toys were small plastic characters with fabric clothing and synthetic yarn hair, all in fantastic, garishly bright colors. Each came with a fold-out cardboard Playland mat, a "Magic Bridge Clip" to link one mat to another, some wild (and often quite fragile!) accessories, a mode of transportation, and a name that summed up their character in a few nonsensical words. All of the individual Playland mats were designed to be placed together using the Bridge Clips to make the "Happidiculous World" of The Upsys and Downsys. The Upsy figures were approximately 2-1/2" tall, basically humanoid in shape, with tiny bodies and huge oversized heads topped with a large bright yarn pompom for hair. The Downsys, on the other hand, were more cartoonish beings, about 4" in height with wild, goofy faces in the middle of a large, rounded body. Downsys' hands are positioned on the tops of their heads, to allow them to stand upside-down.
The toys
Upsys
Flossy Glossy - The Upsy Fire-Chiefess and her Elewetter Fire Engine;
Tickle Pinkle - The Upsy Beauty and her Bugabout Car;
Pudgy Fudgy - The Upsy Eat-Too-Mucher and her Piggybus;
Baby So-High - The Upsy Hero and her Airo-Zoomer Plane;
Like many things in Upsy Downsy Land, the gender of little Baby So-High, the infant pilot, appears a bit confused. In most instances, including all of the books and even the back of the toy's original packaging, Baby is referred to as a "she". But the bright billboard that came in that same package proclaims:
"Air Show Today! See Baby So-High Fly his Airo-Zoomer!" (emphasis added)
Downsys
Downy Dilly - The Downsy Mischief-Maker and her Footmobile;
Pocus Hocus - The Downsy Mixed-Up Magician and his Dragon Wagon;
Mother What Now - The Downsy Frazzled Mom and her Go-Getter Car;
Miss Information - The Downsy Opposite Directions Teller and her Miss Information Booth;
For reasons that remain unclear, the name of Miss Information's Round-Eared, Three-Wheeled, Orange and Turquoise Conveyance has been popularly mis-named by many sources as "Booth Moose". While most of the Upsy vehicles seem to have been based on a particular animal (Piggybus springs to mind), the Downsy rigs are not so designed or constrained. And seeing that The Miss Information Booth hasn't anything remotely resembling antlers, this writer cannot see the remotest basis for this incorrect name.
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