UPDATE – This listing has ended, presumed sold. That didn’t take long. An hour or two.

For sale on eBay right now is a lower half of a 1979 Kenner ALIEN toy tongue. The seller is asking US$70 for this 1.5 inch long piece of plastic.

These vac metal coated pieces are grouped in pairs inside the old toy’s mouth and comprise the moving tongue that exits the maw when the trigger on the back of the head is activated.  Most frequently, the upper tongue half is lost. Nonetheless, the lower half (the piece on offer here) or both can be missing. This lower half appears to be in good condition with minimum wearing of the coating.  It’s a nice looking piece but as these things usually sell for around US$25, substantially more is being asked for here.  You already figured that out, right?  Someone will probably buy it – after offering a lot less for it.

-Windebieste.