Damn, I don't know what this is. It's from Cap'n Crunch, but that's all I can tell you. Actually, that's not true. I can also tell you that its patent number is 3,959,915, with the number "31" ominously turning up an inch or so away. There's two pieces that I assume are supposed to connect together, but I can't figure out how it's done. The Captain's appearance changed a lot over the years, but this definitely seems to come from his 80's era. I've got in it my hands as we speak, desperately trying to solve the puzzle at the 11th hour to avoid any e-mails that start off with "dude how can u have an 80s site and not know what that is." I've gotten nowhere. Whatever this terrible Cap'n Crunch toy is, it's gotten the better of me.
UPDATE: Reader "Joe" chimed in with the identity of this stupid toy -- "Your mysterious Cap'n Crunch thinger--my apologies if you now know--is a
"propelled disk copter toy." Invented by one John S. Kettlestrings. At least
this is what the US Patent Office claims. Since the link to the page is
ridiculously long, just go to http://patft.uspto.gov and do a search for the
patent number." Thanks, Joe!
