Boglárka's MUZAs for sale

I was recently contacted by Boglárka who has a Liolope and Dachsheer for sale:

"There is not so much mystery behind the scene: I'm living in Romania, and I'm obsessed with flea markets and second hand shops. One of my favorite "goldmines" is selling things from The Netherlands. I found an attractive, big box full with vintage plastic figures, soldiers, cowboys, an astronaut, and 2 really funny looking guys...I got really curious, that's how I luckily came across your blog.

I'm happy that they are appreciated so much, so I would love to sell them to someone who would take good care of Dasheer and Liolope."

Thanks Boglárka! Great pictures, and it's really neat to know MUZAs are being found all over the world!

If you are interested in purchasing these MUZAs from Boglárka (and are in or near Romania) contact thistlelittle@gmail.com

More Packaged MUZAs Spotted

A recently ended eBay auction turned up which included SEVEN packaged MUZAs! Not since the few I received last year had I ever seen them packaged, and here seven show up in one auction.

They are out there folks!

By the way, if you are the proud new owner of these guys, say "Hi" in the comments section! I noticed the seller did not quote from my blog so they didn't know what these guys were, and I am curious if the buyer knew beforehand or if they are new to the world of MUZAs as well.

Packaged MUZAs!

I received an email the other day from Naomi of Sassie's Estate Sales & Antiques. Naomi said she had come across some MUZAs at a home FULL of stuff that she was prepping for an Estate Sale.

Naomi had found my blog while researching the odd little critters and was wondering if I'd be interested in the MUZAs she had found. I of course said "yes" and offered to buy them from her, but Naomi decided instead to give them to me as a gift!

Naomi immediately popped them in the mail to me and they arrived today.

Not only are the MUZAs she sent me in mint condition, but (a first for me) they are all still sealed in their original packaging!

So not only do I now have three new MUZAs so generously given to me at no charge, but I have the first images for this blog of individually packaged Mixed-Up Zoo Animals!

I've seen a lot of loose MUZAs since I started this blog, and sometimes they pop up with little name/price tags wrapped around them, but this is the first I can recall ever seeing packaged MUZAs. Certainly the first time I've seen them in person.

As with the tagged MUZAs, these individually packaged Mixed-up Zoo Animals sold originally for 15 cents. I can't help but wonder if they came in an assortment box with a fold-up lid like so many dime store toys of the seventies. Maybe someday something like that will pop up too.

Each individually sealed MUZA has his/her name in large blue letters across the middle (in this case it's our old friend Kittiorse,) the 15¢ price in the upper right corner, and the following manufacturer info on the bottom:

Steven Mfg. Co., Hermann,
MO. 65041 ©MCMLXXII

Liolope was packaged "upside-down." Now that's a truly mixed-up Mixed-up Zoo Animal!

And here's a minty fresh Kangaboar.

It's simply amazing to see these guys still sealed in their plastic, untouched by human hands since they were plopped in and hermetically sealed sometime around 1972. These guys are older than me!

Tremendous thanks go out to Naomi - who I shall now dub an Honorary Member in the MUZA Collector's Alliance!

If you live or ever visit the Chicago area be sure to swing by one of the Estate Sales run by Naomi and Sassie's Estate Sales & Antiques - and you can find listings for Sassie's Estate Sales at EstateSales.net

...and another one down...

Another eBay auction has come and gone.


These three guys popped up on eBay a couple weeks ago and were purchased by an unknown MUZA fan.

The people who put up these auctions are obviously finding this blog and using the info contained herein to sell their MUZAs...but strangely enough the buyers never pop in to say hello.

Who are you people?

Wow - $75.00!

A recent eBay auction for some really rough MUZAs sold for a whopping $75!

The auction started at $19.99 and with an undisclosed reserve. Personally I thought they were crazy and that they'd never even get one bid. Boy was I wrong! Good for them!

MUZA collectors unite!!!

The Complete Set (so far)

About a year or two ago a complete (to my current knowledge) set of Mixed Up Zoo Animals was sold individually on eBay. This auction brought up two points:

1) Contrary to what I was told by the employees at Steven's about a packaged assortment, I also recall purchasing the Rabbagator individually as a child. Each figure in this auction has a tag around it's neck suggesting they too may have been sold individually. No packaged images have yet surfaced.

2) The Kittiorse I have was molded in black plastic, however the one in this auction was molded in grey plastic. The Rabbagator is also apparently a lighter tan than the one I had obtained (and more in line with my memory of what color the figure from my youth was molded in.) This suggests possible multiple color combinations for all or most figures, which could have each been molded in different colored plastics.

NOTE: I did not win these auctions nor are these my animals, the images are borrowed from the (now long ended) auction. However, since the auctions borrowed my info to identify the toys, I think it a fair trade ;) ...and dig that funky wallpaper!

They are (from left to right, top to bottom)

Chickow
Dachsheer (note the "15 cent" price for the individual figure)
Catagator
Rabbagator (lighter plastic than the one I own, more in line with the one I remembered.)
Giraphant
Kangaboar
Sealag
Ostraphant
Liolope
Kittiorse (grey plastic, not black like the one I own)