A BADGE OF HONOUR...

A good story about an ebay seller...

The badge is around the size of a £1 coin

Bought a badge on ebay last week, and it arrived with a noticeable bump on the front, caused by the clasp on the back pressing into it.  Could've been inadvertently sent that way, could've received too much pressure on it in the post, dunno.  I managed to flatten it a good deal, but throughout the day it niggled me, so I contacted the seller and asked if he'd sell me another one at the same price as the first, which had been a 'bid on' item that I'd won.

Guess what?  He replied, saying he'd send me a perfect one free of charge.  Happy ending, so top marks go to daves_scooter_shack.  However, you inquisitive Crivvies may be wondering why I want a badge with Yogi Bear on a scooter.  I've never worn a badge in my life (apart from my Plastoid Batman badge as part of my homemade costume when I was a kid), but I occasionally collect certain badges, though I'm highly selective about which ones.

Title card from the 21st Yogi cartoon

It may've come from a screen shot of a scene in an early Yogi Bear cartoon (Scooter Looter, the 21st Yogi cartoon, shown in the US on the Huckleberry Hound Show on March 19th 1959 - title card above), and perhaps could've inspired the Marx Toys Yogi on a friction-drive scooter toy back in the '60s, so I thought the two would complement one another.  That's the toy below (my very own) and it's about as hard to find in that condition (with box) as the LP Toys Space Blimp Of Christmas.  In fact, both toys are difficult to find in any condition, boxed or not.

So that's the story.  Now you can all rest easy in your beds tonight, knowing that a perfect Yogi badge is going to pop through my letterbox any time soon.

Inspired by the cartoon perhaps?

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