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Message:: [QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 442024, member: 308"]The original chia posted might be a character called "Jiggs".  Maggie and Jiggs was a comic strip in the 1930's.  The following is from Morton Potteries: 99 Years, Volume II by the Halls, pg. 242-243. "In 1933, grass growers were sold to retailer for $1.14 a dozen.  Their popularity swept the United States during the Great Depression because they were affordable.  The figures were packed two dozen of one design to a carton.  A packet of seeds, with instructions, was supplied with each figure.  In 1933, a Santa Fe box car was loaded with 38,000 Paddy O'Hair heads, consigned to FW Woolworth Company's Manhattan District stores.  In the 1934, the pottery was producing 4,000 Jiggs head a day.  Grass growers were made until the 1970's.  There should be an abundance of them waiting to be found." The Jiggs featured above does not look exactly like Morton's version but the soldier does match the Morton version.  Other companies are still producing these as chia pets.  Just the other day I saw a commercial where you could buy all four of the Golden Girls as chia pets.  I threw up in my mouth a little.  I watch too much TV.Don[/QUOTE]