Wind Ups

MxyKikker, celebrating 15 years of Kikkerland's foundation, and 15 years since the first Critter was sold at MXYPLYZYK in New York, is an inspira...

Bonga thinks he is going through an evolutionary period in its life. Smacked in to the 21st century, Bonga has an attitude not unlike sea creatur...

Styled by Gaga Casari, Zecar came in to this world for a very important mission, other than to entertain us. All of the proceeds from the royalti...

Cosmojetz is the last, and final item from the series of five products using the gearbox with a single spinning off-center weight. The idea here ...

Katita happened around four AM in a hotel room in Hong Kong, a child of severe jetlag. The key is an allusion to the leather hats "Cangaceiros," ...

Spinney was created in deepest New Jersey, in the basement of a turn of the century Arts and Crafts house. Essentially, Spinney is Critter's baby...

Le Pinch was one of the most complex windups to develop. Getting the articulated halves of Le Pinch to relate to one another was intense, but in ...

Pintacuda is a spin off from the pull string series. The propeller key gave Pintacuda a tropical 1950 racecar driver feeling, since its name is o...

For some reason of which we're not aware, Awika seems to always be in a big hurry. Awika was born when Bonga and Sparklz got together. She has t...

"Ping-Ling / Pang-Lang" is a term known in Hong Kong to describe life in a state of chaos and general confusion. Ping-Ling is an off spring of Sp...

Oahaca belongs to a group so unruly and wild, we had to put him on a leash! There are two ways you can set Oahaca in motion: when you pull the S...

Chico Bicalho's newest critter wind-up PEA! This tiny dynamo marches, tumbles and hops over small obstacles. Go little tough guy!-One Pea Per Un...

The original wind-up critter was assembled by hand, along with 4,500 of its brothers and sisters, by designer Chico Bicalho using a simple gearbox ...

Sparklz thinks it is one of those Greek gods of lightning, but it's still trying to get the hang of thunder and rain. Meanwhile, Sparklz just wob...

Cranky wants to help you remember things by holding cards, pictures, notes, reminders, whatever you can wedge in its little claws, and, it dances...

Critter was conceived by chance, at the studio of a motion display company called Hankscraft Motors in NYC by Chico Bicahlo. The first four thous...