.... this strange toy depicting Mister Contact, the mascot for the allergy medicine, which was available in the U.S. in the '70s but now can only be found in Europe and Asia. "It's one of my favorites," Waldman says of the character. "I've been collecting Mister Contact promo items for quite a few years now. This was actually glued to a package of medicine I bought. My friends in Japan know, so whenever they see it in the pharmacy they try to get it for me." In Japan, he adds, "they have mascots for evvvvverything."