Unpunched Boxed Set - Puppet Parade - "The most Fascinating and Beautiful Toy in Existence", Reed Toy 1943

An 18" x 12" x 1 1/2" box containing " Puppet Parade - The most Fascinating and Beautiful Toy in Existence. A Reed Toy, Paper Products Division, Electric Coproration of America, Copyright 1943. The set includes At 22" high x 25" wide x 18" deep Puppet Parade Stage with 12 different acts and scenery for each. The 25 characters include The Terrific Trio, Mr. and Mrs. Bones, Pete and Repete, Midnight Masters, Comrade Borscht, Han ‘n Eggs, Smoothie Smith, Shirley Screech, Professor Discord, Madame Lotta Song, Honeybelle Lee and Henry Highpitch.. Lacking one sheet - Honeybelle Lee and Shirley Screech., otherwise complete including promotional paper wrap on box. Some wear. There is also an instruction sheet for assembly and narratives regarding the characters and a play. The characters as designed in various forms and would be of interest to those who collect mechanical paper. Some have articulated joints, others movable eyes, "3-d" bodies, etc. Quite a charming set. This is a duplicate item of a previously sold item.