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Has anyone seen a Ragtime Rastus like this one before?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321062803931?ss ... 1436.l2649

The mechanism appears to be new but I do not see any reference to this dancing doll in the Rolf's book.

I think this doll could be home made - might originally have been a limberjack figure like this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_RyVG2YBYA[/youtube]