Shopping Cart Toy?

I got this shopping cart last month from the Salvation Army. Is it a toy? I’m not so sure. It’s pretty utilitarian and, aside from being little, there’s nothing to indicate that it was meant to be a toy. (No toy company branding, etc.) I was thinking it might be some sort of retail display prop. If it is a shopping cart toy, it’s the second shopping cart toy that we’ve featured here on box vox—(see: the first one)—and the only shopping cart that I ever actually bought. It’s about 1/3 actual size, but I got it for 1/2 off.  ( $12.00 ÷ 2 = $6.00 )

For the photo I loaded it up with groceries and foodstuffs that we had on hand. A couple of these brands, we’ve covered before. (Remember this one or this one?)

(Update: All questions answered by an astute commenter, after the fold...)

(via: The Internet Archive Wayback Machine)

Thanks to Curt’s comment below for his insightful answer to this important research question! (If the original price was $19.95 it looks like I got it for about 1/3 the original price, after all.)

Randy Ludacer
Beach Packaging Design

Comments

[Curt]

This shopping cart was sold by Accoutrements (http://www.accoutrements.com ) and Archie McPhee (http://www.mcphee.com ) about 10 years ago. No longer available, but it was sold as a kitchen countertop sort of thing, not really a toy.

Found the old web page in the Internet Archive:

http://tinyurl.com/yz9jg2b