Chad Valley Seven Dwarfs Shooting Games

Toy and doll manufacturer, Chad Valley of England, produced several variations of a shooting game featuring the Seven Dwarfs. Each came with a flat cardboard gun (approximately 6.5" long) for shooting rubber bands. The die-cut dwarf targets measure about 3" tall.

This first game includes the copyright imprint, "By permission Walt Disney - Mickey Mouse, Ltd." and may date from the late 1930s or early '40s. The dwarfs are set atop the log bridge.

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In this next set, the targets stand upright in wooden blocks and are placed along a "stone" wall backdrop. "By permission Walt Disney - Mickey Mouse, Ltd." Circa 1940s.

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A third game has the dwarfs arranged amongst tree stumps, with Dopey inside a hollow trunk. The backdrop is held upright by two grooved wooden blocks. "Copyright - Walt Disney Productions." Circa 1940s.

Images via Hakes.

Some sets found online include a spring-action metal trigger rather than a cardboard gun.

In an earlier Archive entry, see the Seven Dwarfs Target Game by American Toy Works.