These were small toy people figures made in the early 1970s which could be interchanged to create new characters.
Most people today would be unaware of these toy's name "Goofy Changeables." They were distributed by the Imperial Toy Corp. or Leaf Brands Co. (Div. of W.R. Grace & Co.) during the early 1970s. They sometimes get classified on Ebay as "rubber jiggler toys."
The registered trademark "Goofy Changeables" was owned by W.R. Grace & Co. in March of 1974, being filed for in April 1973. (and- I found one form on the internet that states it was applied for earlier in December of 1969.)
One place they were for sale was in Five and Ten stores such as Woolworth's. They seem to have had a limited run as they seem rarer than say Imperial Toy Corporation's "Poopatroopers" which came out around the same time. When I was a kid, I purchased them in about 1973.
An Imperial Toy Corporation blister pack card states a date of 1970 and has "Play with all Goofy 8."
 Policeman |
 Judge |
 Prisoner |
 Drunk |
 Hippie |
 Chef |
 Maid or Housekeeper |
 Weightlifter |
1) The Policeman can arrest disorderly persons such as the Hippie or Drunk. They would then appear before the Judge in court and go to jail as a Prisoner.
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2) There is a hotel where the Chef works in the kitchen and a Maid works cleaning rooms. There is a nearby gym where the Weightlifter works out. Or maybe there is a weightlifting competition taking place at the hotel. Perhaps the Drunk is a bar patron at the hotel's bar.
Instead of a hotel, you could have a restaurant with a bar. The woman could be a Waitress.
3) When me and my friend were kids we made a casino out of a carboard box (can goods ctn.) and lined the walls of the rooms with paper with slot machines drawn on them. Most of the Goofy Changeables were gangsters. The Policeman's head was on the Weightlifter's body and he was a henchman named "Tiny." He wasn't so much lifting weights but just carrying them around because he was so strong. A mob boss was "Simon" who had the head of the Weightlifter on the body of the Chef.
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 The 3 pack photos are from Donald Young Pearl, MS. |
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Above is the Imperial Toy Corp. and Leaf packaging. The Imperial Toy Corp. sold theirs in a blister pack. The Leaf Co. figures could be bought separate or in a box full. Both the Imperial Toy Corporation and the Leaf Co. used the sayings "Switch Heads and Bodies" and "Change Us A Hundred Ways." They were made in Hong Kong.
This webpage was made by Dennis Weaver as a tribute to these toys.
These toy figures remind me of the Picture Tile puzzles the Five and Ten stores used to sell. Here are some Picture Puzzle Pages that you can also download-