# Smoking Wolf toy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** toys-models\ **Created:** [January 11, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601 "2022-01-11T18:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/1 "2022-01-11T18:46:13Z")
(I didn’t really where to put this so…) When I was a wee lad, my grandfather had a small toy wolf that smoked cigarettes. As I remember the wolf was realistic(ish) and stood about 2" tall. The cigarettes were long and thin - kind of like a toothpick. I seem to remember that it puffed? I googled but came up snake-eyes. Does anyone remember these things? I got the impression they were the novelty gag of that time. This would have been about 50+ years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/2 "2022-01-11T18:52:28Z")
My google-fu such as it is came up with [this ebay item](https://www.ebay.com/itm/303598389715). Does it look familiar? “Original Smoking Dog” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/3 "2022-01-11T18:55:01Z")
Maybe something along the lines of one of these? > **[FIGURINE SMOKING SMOKER VINTAGE MONKEY TOY &20 MAGIC CIGARETTE BLOWS...](https://www.ebay.com/itm/254539396998)** > > Admire - he "smokes" and even blows beautiful smoke rings! The smoker starts up a smoke beautiful rings from these cigarettes. You put the "cigarette" in the toys mouth. toytent ( 7155 ) Praise: AA++That's the way - Uh Huh Uh Huh - I like it -Uh Huh... [https://www.ebay.com/itm/154787300301](https://www.ebay.com/itm/154787300301) > **[Vintage Original Battery Operated Smoking Papa Bear 1950s Toy Works Smokes Nice...](https://www.ebay.com/itm/362770287554)** > > This item is a must have for any battery operated toy Fan. There will also be a link above that you can copy and paste to your browser. On test he moves like he should, lights and smokes like he should. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/4 "2022-01-11T18:55:05Z")
Haven’t found a wolf yet but searching has yielded some very interesting and bizarre results, like this little smoking dachsund and a set of smoking Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. > **[Vintage 1958 Adams Smokie Smoking Dachshund Novelty Dog Toy | #1854566620](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1958-adams-smokie-smoking-1854566620)** > > Vintage 1958 Adams Smokie Smoking Dachshund Novelty Dog Toy > **[Pin on { Weird & Vintage Toys / Games }](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/469289223674242390/)** > > Jun 17, 2022 - Cigarette smoking was deemed fashionable and sophisticated at one time. Millions upon millions of dollars were spent telling you it was. As ... ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/5 "2022-01-11T18:58:45Z")
No Officer, those are fake cigarettes for my vintage magic smoking monkey. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/6 "2022-01-11T19:50:05Z")
Sure it wasn’t the dog? [http://www.timepassagesnostalgia.com/&pm=0&searchkeywords=Canine+Park&sin=j810](http://www.timepassagesnostalgia.com/&pm=0&searchkeywords=Canine+Park&sin=j810) My Grandmother had one of those. I might still have it. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/7 "2022-01-11T20:28:00Z")
Well, maybe. They also had this painting: [https://tinyurl.com/5sksnfsy](https://tinyurl.com/5sksnfsy) So I may have conflated the two. It’s funny, though, in my minds eye I still see it as a wolf. But the more I think about it the more I think it’s the dog. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/8 "2022-01-11T20:32:14Z")
It remind me that my grandmother also had a set of these (around the same size) in the same cabinet. > **[Black Forest Wooden Hand Carved Chain Norfolk Terrier Dogs Family Figurines](https://www.rubylane.com/item/1356998-5938/Black-Forest-Wooden-Hand-Carved-Chain)** > > Adorable little hand craved wood mom and her puppies Norfolk Terriers. These little guys are sure to bring you joy. Have hand painted nose and eyes. Attached together with a small metal chain. All are ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/9 "2022-01-11T20:32:41Z")
Joey\_P’s first eBay link has a gif of a guy smoking. 1. How do these toys work? 2. What was the point? 3. Who was the target market? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/10 "2022-01-11T20:37:27Z")
I forgot that it blew smoke rings. > **[Collectible Magic Tricks for sale | eBay](https://www.ebay.com/b/Collectible-Magic-Tricks/14014/bn_3111194)** > > Get the best deals on Collectible Magic Tricks when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. Free shipping on many items | Browse your favorite brands | affordable prices. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/11 "2022-01-11T20:40:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Who was the target market? Defendants. (For the monkey version, at least.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j-Oepj3J5JQ/hqdefault.jpg "Monkey Smokes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Oepj3J5JQ) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/12 "2022-01-11T20:45:19Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > How do these toys work? Not sure, but some clues from the ebay listing. You light the end and then blow it out. After that it starts making smoke rings. The smoke comes out the tip (not out of the figurine). I wonder if it is something similar to [pop pop boats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_pop_boat). With whatever is burning in the tube building up some steam until it puffs out the end. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/13 "2022-01-11T20:57:11Z")
Watching the The Simpsons clip, it occurred to me that the ‘magic cigarettes’ might be something like a Roman candle, where it burns down and then comes to a ‘smoke charge’. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/14 "2022-01-11T21:53:33Z")
I once had a plastic bust of Beethoven that smoked regular cigarettes, blew smoke out of his nose, then started coughing (from a tiny record playing inside). It was quite marvelous, actually. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/15 "2022-01-11T22:03:17Z")
I had a small, plastic smoking Dachshund, yes, about 50 years ago; pretty sure it came out of a Cracker Jacks box. The ciggies were some kind of incense stick so I reckon it had something to do with the pot crowd. Blew smoke rings, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/16 "2022-01-11T23:05:49Z")
Yes, my grandfathers blew smoke rings. I suppose the point of it was similar to a Pet Rock - just curious novelty? ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/17 "2022-01-12T14:25:50Z")
I remember these toys from my youth. My memory is that the paper smolders until it reaches a small piece of celluloid in the center, which then burns quickly and produces the smoke. It continues until all the paper tube has been burned. Of course as it’s a memory from more than 65 years ago I might be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/18 "2022-01-12T15:20:58Z")
I have a smoking Cossack like this that was made in the Soviet Union. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/19 "2022-01-27T11:03:04Z")
I’ve seen a couple of variations on that toy! One (I won it at the fair when I was nine or eleven years old) was a little tiny figurine of a dog sitting upright in a chair, and the other (owned by a toy-collecting acquaintance) was a bit bigger, depicting a monkey or ape wearing a fez. They needed special cigarettes to work; I got a little pack of five with my prize dog; the guy who had the monkey said he ordered his from another vintage-toy collector). You had to put the cig in the critter’s mouth and light it for him, of course, and they were made in such a way that they would “puff” intermittently so it looked like the little dog or the fez monkey was really smoking it. They were as cute and clever as all get-out, I thought at the time, and I still do. I haven’t seen such a toy or even heard about them for many years, until just now when I read the OP. [Edited for punctuation errors] ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601/20 "2022-03-25T16:55:45Z")
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