Zoltar Speaks

ZOLTAR! The great gypsy can see your fortune and invites you to come and see it too!

Zoltar had his 15 minutes of fame when he appeared in the movie Big in 1988. The movie is an American comedy fantasy film directed by the one and only  Penny Marshall (you may know as Laverne), and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" and is then aged to adulthood overnight.

Twelve-year-old Josh Baskin, who lives with his parents and infant sister in , is told he is too short for a carnival ride, while attempting to impress Cynthia Benson, an older girl. He puts a coin into an unusual antique arcade fortune teller machine called Zoltar Speaks, and makes a wish to be "big". It dispenses a card stating "Your wish is granted", but Josh is spooked to see it was unplugged the entire time.
The next morning, Josh has been transformed into a 30-year-old man. He tries to find the Zoltar machine, only to see an empty plaza, the carnival having moved.Returning home, he tries to explain his predicament to his mother, who refuses to listen, thinking he is a stranger who kidnapped her son. Fleeing from her, he finds his best friend, Billy Kopecki, and convinces him of his identity by singing a song that only they know. With Billy's help, he learns that it will take a couple of months to find the machine, so Josh rents a room in New York City and gets a job as a data entry clerk at MacMillan Toy Company.
The movie is a classic in our eyes because Zoltar speaks and because it is a good reminder to honor the child inside all of us. Some of us do have an advantage in this area because we get to hang out in Durango Toy Depot all day and play.... or, as we call it, "test" the toys. Some days we get our pranks out and surprse unsuspecting folks with a piece of snappy gum, or even an envelope of rattlesnake eggs. Either way, every day is a play day for us! Zoltar sees it in our fortune!

 Stop by and visit Zoltar in downtown Durango Colorado! You'll find him at Durango Toy Depot!

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