5053, Figaro
Height: 2 ¼”
Designer: Helen Perrin Farnlund
Production Dates: F1956
Mold Book Name: Figaro—Lrg.
Notes: Figaro is from the Pinocchio series. He was listed on the Fall 1956 order form in a column titled, “Disney Line,” which was distinct from the “Disney Miniatures.”
5018, Jiminy Cricket
Height: 3 ½”
Designer: Helen Perrin Farnlund
Production Dates: F1956
Mold Book Name: Jiminy Cricket
Notes: Jiminy Cricket was listed on the Fall 1956 order form in a column titled, “Disney Line,” which was distinguished from the “Disney Miniatures.”
5059, Figaro Bank
Height: 5 ½”
Designer: Don Winton
Production Dates: F1956-S1957
Mold Book Name: Figaro Bank
Notes: The coins are fed through the cat’s mouth. These banks may have been sold with a rubber plug for the base.
Notes: This bank was briefly re-released in the Designer’s Workshop line in Fall 1967, as B-774 “Cat Bank.” This version is not a Disney piece and is extremely rare.