Moody's Twistums

Bill Moody's
Twistum Collection

Bill Moody is a retired University of Delaware mathematics professor who has been collecting toys for at least forty years. He lives in Newark, Delaware and has a place in Ocean City, MD. Besides Metalcraft trucks, he latches onto anything that races his motor. He purchased his first group of Twistums at an auction in New York, where the auctioneer said they were Schoenhut. He thought they were cute and bought them. Since then he has added a couple of other small collections and purchased the rest at auctions and on eBay. He has a special place in his heart for wooden toys, especially those that can be built and taken apart again. Photos are by Bill Moody. Contact Bill at: wmoody@UDel.Edu
Bears Bears were a Twistum favorite. They were painted in a variety of ways.	Bear with a Lion Pull Toy Twistum pull toys are rare.
Camels	Cats These are the Wampas Tommy and the Madagascar cats.
Circus Animal Some of the circus animals came with a cardboard circus cage.	Clown Shown is the colorful Twistum clown. Next to him is a Scarey Ann.
Dinosaurs The blue one appears to be painted in a crackly finish.	Bear and Bulldogs Twistum figures on wheels are exceptionally rare.
Elephants Elephants, like most Twistum animals, are found in many whimsical color various. Called Jumboy.	Football Player Twistums made a series of football players in Pac 10 colors. Here is one in the colors of the California Golden Bears along with a golden bear.
Gooney Bird and Giraffe Giraffes were made in several colors.	Golfers These golfers are in mint condition and have their original boxes.
Polar Bear	Rabbits and Puppy
Red Dinosaur Dinosaurs love Virginia Lee Corbin.	Rhino and Hippo
Horses