Q: I was helping my mom go through some of her old childhood boxes of stuff and I came across a mechanical figure of Doc, the dwarf. It is about 11.5 inches tall and is holding a pan and spatula. When turned on, Doc’s arm with the pan flips two discs of metal with the image of an egg on it. He is standing behind what looks like a grill with the image of Snow White cooking for the Seven Dwarfs. There is no date or copyright, but the bottom says Y.C. Toys. Could you tell me anything about it?
Wil, Cedar Hills, Utah
A: This was most likely a foreign-produced toy. There were companies known as Y.C. Toys in both China and Japan.
Dave Smith