We at BUNGCO think that windmills should be true to their heritage, and do work. The Windup Windmill Buddy has a spring which is very gradually wound up using gears. When fully wound, the spring discharges. You may have seen our original Windmill Buddy on TV, in which the discharging spring rotates the wind paddles very quickly, enabling the Buddy to rise up 20 or 30 feet above the ground before settling back and recharging.

After our TV special in which a legion of untethered windmill buddies hopped their way across a windy meadow, we had trouble filling all the orders that came in. The unexpected popularity of the Windmill Buddy as a scarecrow, together with adaptations using Legos and other devices, has prompted us to devise the Windmill Buddy Expansion Set. Now instead of simply flying into the air, you can rig your buddy to do any number of activities - limited only by your imagination! Have your buddy flail arms and legs menacingly, sound a horn, loose a stream of hose water, or anything else within the energy capacity of the spring. The faster the wind blows, the more fun you will have.