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Spring is in the air and here at the MusEYEum we're feeling playful so here is something from our toy collection. With St George's Day approaching on April 23rd we felt it appropriate to share with you our very own green-winged dragon although this one is not at all threatening. This is a plastic figure in the form of the character Specs, from the cartoon series 'Pocket Dragon Adventures' (1998). You'll note that he is wearing an oversized pair of yellow spectacles, presumably because he did not seek the services of a qualified dispensing optician.
The 'Pocket Dragon Adventures' followed the lives of Specs (voiced by Samuel Vincent) and his friends Cuddles, Filbert, Scribbles, Zoom Zoom and Binky. One episode of the series was called 'Rose Colored Specs'. After breaking Specs' enormous glasses, the Dragons used their Book of Spells to produce a new pair, this time with rose-tinted lenses. These spectacles caused Specs (and each of the others in turn) to see and hear what they wished to, rather than what was actually there, resulting in some dangerous consequences, including going over a waterfall. In the end Binky helped save them, because she likes to see the world just as it is, and was thus immune to the effect of the lenses. Pocket Dragons were and continue to be a popular range of collectibles designed by Mr Real Musgrave of Texas. Not very many souvenirs of the cartoon series were made, however, because the series (supplied by BKN International AG of Germany) was cancelled in 1999. Thus even the most unlikely of recent objects can become rare collectibles.
Try searching for the term *toy* in our online catalogue, to see what other fun things we have.