Sometime in the 90s I attended a birthday party for another boy. This boy was the child of one of my mother’s friends who did not go to my school, so we rarely saw each other or communicated beyond our mothers visiting each other. One of the things that fascinated me about this boy, but also made him tough to connect with during our limited interactions, was how he always seemed to have his finger on the pulse of whatever was really cool at that time. Even if it was only a short-lived novelty, he always had something to show. I never knew anything about these things but he always introduced me to them and talked about them extensively during our visits.
On the day of his birthday, his mother was giving out party favors which contained bags of Crazy Bones. This was my first and last introduction to them, but the boy was super in to them and was very interested in the Crazy Bones people got from their packages.
I remember all of mine looked lame. I distinctly remember a pink “Net” character, which the boy identified for me. I asked if this was a “good one” and he said “no.”
Curious what a “good” Crazy Bone would be, he said that his favorite was “Clown”. He produced a small figure with so much more personality than the bug-eyed “Net.” In my memory it was red plastic and had an appearance similar to this sort of clown character:
Obviously not with this much detail, but a very similar silhouette with comparable features. A little hat, the poofy hair, a bow tie, and an armless body with clown who feet.
This Crazy Bone was really cute and charming. I was very jealous of this thing I knew nothing about 5 seconds ago. For the whole remainder of the birthday I tried to see if he’d leave his Clown unattended so I could steal it. I did not get this opportunity.
After that I never saw another Crazy Bone and never interacted with them again, but it is 25 years later and I remain totally enamored with the image of that tiny clown figurine. I had hoped I could find it online, but to my surprise the Crazy Bones character named “Clown” looks nothing like the one I remember so vividly.
Whatever this is, this is not the Crazy Bone he had. But it’s very difficult to Google “Crazy Bones Clown” because the search results are full of Halloween decorations and killer clown art.
Does anyone who had these recognize my description? I know little kid memory is unreliable, and it’s entirely possible he misidentified his own toy, but I can see it so clearly in my mind and would love to see it again now as an adult man.
. Anyway, i can look through mine and see if I have one?
