Do you remember those little elastic-driven toys that danced, wiggled, and collapsed in a heap as their bodies were made taut or slack by the spring-loaded base? Now meet Sampo, a bigger and better version of the same toy. This perky-looking black pooch with floppy red ears stands 4.5 inches tall on his yellow paws and red base and is 5 inches long from nose to tail. Made from 19 separate parts, he can easily be made to nod, cock his head to one side, and do other tricks before lying down in an exhausted heap and springing gamely to attention again. --Richard Farr