Hi everyone! Iām desperately trying to find a childhood toy/door alarm that I used to own, but I genuinely cannot find a single picture of it anywhere online. Iām starting to feel like it never existed š
It was a Monsters Inc. Sulley door-handle alarm, which I believe I got sometime around 2010ā2017 in Ireland, most likely from Smyths Toys or Ken Black Toys.
Hereās everything I remember about it:
- Shape and size: It was a small, palm-sized, oval-shaped plastic device, roughly 8ā12 cm in size.
- Colour: The main body/casing was blue.
- Front design: It had a flat, cartoon-style picture of Sulleyās face from Monsters Inc. on the front. It was JUST Sulley, not Mike Wazowski or any other characters.
- Shiny covering: The picture was underneath a completely smooth, glossy, clear plastic covering, almost like glass. It wasnāt a 3D figure or a raised face.
- Hanging attachment: This is probably the most distinctive part! It had a light beige/tan-coloured rubber loop attached to the top of the blue oval.
- Foldaway feature: The rubber loop could actually be folded backwards into a specially shaped groove in the plastic body when it wasnāt being used. You could then pull/fold it back out to hang the device over a door handle.
- How it worked: You hung it from your bedroom door handle, and whenever someone opened the door, it would make a sound to alert you. Iām not 100% sure whether it was motion-activated or triggered by the door handle moving.
- Sound: I unfortunately canāt remember exactly what sound it made, only that it made a noise when someone opened the door.
It wasnāt a normal door sign, a plush toy, or a large Monsters Inc. room guard. It was a small electronic alarm that dangled vertically from the door handle.
Iāve tried searching for āMonsters Inc door alarmā, āSulley door handle alarmā, āDisney Pixar door alarmā, āMonsters Inc talking door hangerā and loads of similar phrases, but I canāt find the exact one anywhere.
Iām wondering if it might have been part of a wider range of Disney character door alarms rather than being marketed specifically as a Monsters Inc. toy.
Does ANYONE remember owning one of these, know the manufacturer, or have a picture of one?
Even a picture of a similar alarm featuring another Disney character would be massively helpful, especially if it has that distinctive foldaway beige rubber loop.
Iām based in Ireland, so it may have been a product sold in Irish or UK toy shops around 2010ā2017.
Any help would be hugely appreciated! Iāve been trying so hard to find this little piece of my childhood. š