Here is a Link Trainer “Jiggley” action trading card. After the bubble gum is gone, you have this great toy. Jiggleys were made by the Model Airplane Company, Brooklyn, NY in 1950 and 1951. They made several series of trading cards; Military, Cowboys, Circus, Weapons, Guns, etc. Ours is No 45 from the Military Series 6 “Jiggleys”.
The Blue Box and his instructor are die cut punch outs. You remove the background stencil that you can use to trace more “Jiggleys”. Once the stencil is removed, there are two narrow strips of card in the back that connect the Blue Box and instructor together, each with a staple. See the rusted staple popping through the orange Blue Box base, and the instructor’s pants? You hold the strips, and jiggle them left and right, to see the Blue Box fly and the instructor scold the cadet pilot with his finger. Too much fun.
I thought it odd that the instructions said “Replace Stencil to Pitch, Trade, Collect.” Why “Pitch”? Then I remembered how, when we were kids, we used to “pitch” baseball cards at recess to see who could get closest to a line or land it to tilt against the side of the school building. Winner takes loser’s card. Wow — that was a long time ago.