News Reporter Ducky

Name: News Reporter Ducky

Interests: Jumping logs at the beach

Where to Find: Accent Inns, Victoria, BC

Brand: Unknown

Price: Free when staying at the hotel

“Reporting live from a log”

Last year my husband acquired this Accent Inn rubber ducky for me. I was very excited to receive my second Accent Inn rubber ducky.

News Reporter ducky is striving to be anchor one day but for now he reports the weather. HIs favorite beach is the Esquimalt Lagoon. His nickname for the beach is Driftwood. When he isn’t reporting the weather and tide charts from a log, he enjoys teasing the geese and seagulls. He enjoys fresh clams and finding sea glass.

Beanie Cap Ducky from Victoria

Name: Beanie Cap Ducky

Interests: Being a driftwood artisan.
Where to Find: Lazy Susan’s 1564 Faifield Road, Victoria
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $2.00 Cdn

Driftwood: you name it; I can make it.

I am the one, the only, invincible Beanie Cap Ducky. I can make anything you could ever want out of driftwood. I have made shelves, mobiles, coat racks, fences, stairs, beds, tables and chairs (just to name a few). I also collect sea glass and can do some amazing things with it as well. I’ve made an entire stained glass window out of sea glass.

Delta Hotel Ducky from Victoria

Name: Delta Hotel Ducky

Interests: Taking water taxis.
Where to Find: Delta in Victoria
Brand: CTG Brands Inc.
Price: Free (if you have kids and stay at the hotel)

Water Taxis ballet

Delta Hotel Ducky is a cross between a Bath and Body Works rubber ducky and Ernie’s rubber ducky. She is related to both of these duckies so that is why there is such a resemblance. Delta Hotel Ducky loves to take the water taxi and would love to become a water taxi driver one day. She sometimes swims along beside the water taxis during the Water Ballet. Eight pm is her favourite time of day because she joins the kids at the Delta hotel for milk, cookies and story time. She also likes to sneak up on guests in the hotel pool and hot tub.

1950s Grease Ducky

Name: 1950s Grease Ducky
Interests: Poodle skirts, acting, singing and dancing.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn

Go Grease Lightning.

I was an extra in the ducky movie of Grease. I own 4 poodle skirts in blue, white, black and red. For Halloween, I usually dress up as someone from the 1950s. I was also an extra in Save the Last Dance. I am still hoping to get a lead role one day soon. I am going to continue to keep my wings crossed that a lead role will pop up one day. I teach dance in my spare time so I can pay my bills.

Vampire Couple Duckies from Victoria

Name: Vampire Couple Duckies
Interests: Moving from church to church around the world. Collecting driftwood on the beach.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria, BC
Brand: Rinovelty, Cumberland, Shanghai,China
Price: $1.98 Cdn each

People say we look like Edward and Bella.

Since we get to live forever, we know the meaning of true love. Therefore, we work as marriage counsellors. If things really aren't working out for our clients and they still insist on getting divorced then we put them out of their misery by disposing of them while still satisfying our hunger for blood.

The male vampire ducky has a spiky mop of milk chocolate brown hair cut at different angles. He updates his style quite often to stay trendy and up to date. He is wearing a black collared dress shirt. His two top fangs are showing and his tongue is red from a fresh slurp of blood.

The female vampire ducky is dressed old fashioned in a red blouse with a grey furry collar. Her top fangs are also showing and she has a red tongue. She has orange curly hair that is as orange as her beak.

Scotsmen Ducky from Victoria

Name: Scotsmen Ducky
Interests: Golfing, dancing and playing the bagpipes
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria, BC
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn

Freeeddddooooommmmmm!

I have been playing the bagpipes since I was a wee lad. My great grandfather taught me. I love staying true to my culture and learning all that I can about being Scottish. I work as a golf instructor and I love playing in and organizing tournaments.

Scotsmen Ducky isn't too stereotypical or he would be wearing plaid. He is wearing a white shirt with a red sash, a red kilt and a black belt. He is wearing a Scottish bonnet (also called a tam) with a red knot at the top.

Dorothy and Scarecrow Duckies

Name: Dorothy and Scarecrow Duckies
Interests: Anything adventurous-playing in the park, skateboarding and skydiving.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria, BC
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn each

We are not in Kansas anymore.  

I am sure many kids remember watching the Wizard of Oz as kids. There are probably quite a few different versions out there now. Dorothy Ducky has her hair in pigtails and is wearing a blue dress. It would be neat if she also had her ruby shoes sticking out from under her dress. Perhaps I should design some rubber ducks. I guess rubber ducks don't really have feet though but they might have webbed feet like real ducks.

Dentist Duckies from Victoria

Name: Dentist Duckies
Interests: Eating healthy food for our teeth and never eating candy. We give out dental floss for Halloween.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria, BC
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn each so almost $4.00 for the set

  

Floss, then brush and rinse with mouthwash.

Dentist Ducky is holding the mirror and has the mask over his mouth. He is currently filling a cavity and then he has to perform a root canal. Dental Hygienist Ducky has a smiling tooth on her jacket. She cleans people's teeth. She has removed over a ton of plaque from her patients’ mouths. She also removes coffee and tea stains.

My dental office lets you pick a pack of gum and a mini chapstick and there is also a treasure chest of prizes for kids to pick from too.

Magic Trick Bunny Ducky from Victoria

Name: Magic Trick Bunny Ducky
Interests: Entertaining kids at birthday parties. I have also performed in Vegas too.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria, BC
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn

Popping out of hats for 20 years.

Magic Trick Bunny Ducky would have been a really cool ducky if he was designed so that you could squish him into the black top hat and he could pop back out. He has pink bunny ears and there is a red stripe on his hat. He is part of a set but the other magic trick duckies weren't too exciting. There was at least 50 ducks at Zydeco Gifts that I didn't have, so I had to be selective.

Project Manager Ducky from Zydeco Gifts

Name: Project Manager Ducky
Interests: Playing Xbox games. Halo is my favourite
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria, B.C.
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.95 Cdn

Listen up.

Project Manager Ducky works for a construction company and he is one of the 4 construction duckies in the set. I just found him at the bottom of one of my ducky bins. We really need to finish the basement so I can have all my duckies out in a dust free environment. Project Manager Ducky creates the best schedules and his crew is always on time for completing jobs (despite weather conditions) so he is highly sought after in his field. He also has his PMP (Project Management Professional).

Project Manager Ducky has his pen in one hand and his clipboard in the other. He is serious and means business. He also enjoys giving orders.

Bandana Biker Ducky from Zydeco Gifts

Name: Bandana Biker Ducky

Interests: Being a motorbike mechanic
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria B.C.
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $ 1.95 Cdn

 

May I wrap your pipes?

Most of the Oriental Trading Company brand of ducks come in sets of four and are all fairly similar to fit their theme. I have half of the motorcycle set. The other two ducks in the set were too similar to this duck and the duck for tomorrow’s post.

Bandana Biker Ducky’s right eye is larger than his left eye (due to a bad paint job). His red bandana is tied in a tight knot at the back of his head. It is easy to fit his helmet over the knot. He is wearing a black leather jacket with white trim and a white T-shirt underneath. For some reason he reminds me of the movie Grease.

Go Cart Ducky from Zydeco Gifts

Name: Go Cart Ducky
Interests: Racing anything with wheels.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria B.C.
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $ 1.95 Cdn

Speed demon.

What a gorgeous summer holiday Monday. I just returned from the spray park and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I love the smell of summer-the scent of sunscreen and the scent of the water hitting the hot pavement. We had a great time with our friends and now my daughter is enjoying an indoor nap.

Go Cart Ducky loves feeling the summer breeze as he races downhill and goes off jumps with his go cart. He has had some good times with his homemade Go Cart. He made it out of an old red wagon but he added new tires and thrusters on the back. He goes so fast that he can’t see unless he has his goggles over his eyes.

Bikini Babe Ducky from Zydeco Gifts

Name: Bikini Babe Ducky
Interests: Running through the sprinkler and going to spray parks.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria, B.C.
Brand: GoodView
Price: $ 3.95 Cdn

A storm is brewing.

My daughter is 16 months old today and the summer is already half over. Unfortunately, we are completely mosquito ridden. No amount of Skin-so-Soft, mosquito patches or Deep Woods off could keep them off me while I mowed the lawn tonight.

Bikini Babe Ducky is sporting a cute teeny weeny white bikini with green, purple and pink polka dots.She got her swimsuit from Aqua viva la Canard. She has seductive eyes complete with eyelashes and eyebrows. Her beak is kissable pink. Don’t let her bat her eyes at you or you might fall under her spell.

Hair Salon Ducky from Victoria

Name: Hair Salon Ducky
Interests: Layering hair and gossiping
Where to Find: Victoria, British Columbia
Brand: iloveduckies.com
Price: $4.00 Cdn

How many inches do you want off the top?

I purchased this duck on the same day I purchased Hair Stylist Ducky. There aren’t that many duck that have hair. Especially hair that make them look like a person. It’s odd to see a duck with hair since most rubber ducks are bald or only have a little feather side bang swooped into their plastic design.

Hair Salon Ducky is Hair Stylist Ducky’s twin sister. She is wearing a pink and purple smock and has blond hair with pink streaks. Other than that she is identical to Hair Stylist Ducky.

Hair Stylist Ducky from Victoria

Name: Hair Stylist Ducky
Interests: Shaving heads
Where to Find: Victoria, British Columbia
Brand: iloveduckies.com
Price: $4.00 Cdn

Red steaks are in style

A large portion of my rubber ducks are from Zydeco gifts in Victoria. I try to visit the store at least once a year. They have the most rubber duckies I have ever seen in one store. Every time I go into the store, I find a rubber ducky I don’t have. The selection on their website does not represent all the stock they have in store. If you are looking for a particular duck, I would email them first.

Hair Stylist Ducky has bangs and chic layered hair. Part of her side bangs are covering her right eyebrow. She has a pair of scissors in her smock and an assortment of hair pins on her smock too. She also has a twin. As is often the case, rubber duckies look the same but come in different colours.