The appeal in Laxo Jr. was achieved in different ways. In designing the characters, the feeling of a baby lamp and a grown up lamp was very important. The effect was achieved using exaggeration in proportion, in the same way a puppy is proportioned very differently than an adult dog, or a human baby is different from an adult. The light bulb is the same size on Jr., while the shade is smaller. The springs and support rods are the same diameter as Dad's, yet they are much shorter.