What is a Circus Punk?

Come on! You remember! They’re those hairy dolls that you tried to knock down with baseballs to win the “big” stuffed animal at your local fair. They’ve been around for over a hundred years, but aren’t seen much these days…Generally speaking circus punks, or knock down dolls, were handmade as needed by carnies…The beauty of the dolls was that, “back in the day,” they were all hand-painted…Some rather crudely (the best I’ve seen) and some incredibly detailed…One thing is certain – on a daily basis the dolls took a beating…And if you don’t mind – I’ll brag just for a second – This is one of the only carnival games that I consistently played well and won! And I wasn’t even “cross-firing!”
 ***Remember – They were and STILL ARE handmade?We print, sew and assemble our Circus Punks by hand?If you’re looking for an art object that’s consistent, perfect and always looks exactly the same?
Circus Punks just might not be for you?

Vintage AD layout. Thanks, Mitch o'C!

An early Naked Punk. AHHH!

Images are from the collection of
Chad Queirolo, Seattle

Carnival knock down punks on the catrack. A good collection of the ART in those days.

The crazy 8-Ball Punk

Misc. vintage designs

We are always looking - Please send photos, anything you can find on the punks.
paul@circuspunks.com

Punks hard at work in Santa Cruz. They still have a punk game on the Boardwalk.
At right a close-up of clown punks on the cat rack.

-SKEEBALL "Knock Down Doll machine". CircusPunk KIller! -Love the toon.
This was found in the Seattle center fun building.

-At right we have the It's called Scat Cats. -Price: $4,595.00
-Weight: 350.00 pounds -For hardcore PUNK fans - this is a must. :)

Another game, these photos were found on the KidRobot mess board. THANK YOU!
We wanna know more about this - HELP!

"What does "SOLD OUT" mean? To Circus Punks that means that we have shipped 98% of the production run to our various retail partners as listed on the retail links page. So some of them may have any of the various "SOLD OUT" Circus Punks still available. Now what does "SOLE DOUBT" mean? We dunno."
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