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Andy Pandy Bendy Rubber Toy
1979, Toy
Andy Pandy Bendy Rubber Toy
Andy Pandy Bendy Rubber Toy
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Item no
20805
Title
Andy Pandy Bendy Rubber Toy
Description
A bendy rubber figure with a wire frame inside, of television character Andy Pandy. The toy is wearing a blue and white striped romper suit. The suit has a frill at the neck and a blue hat with white pom poms at the ears. With yellow coloured painted hair and painted facial features. The words 'Bendy' are embossed on the figure's back.
Date
1979
Size
28 x 16.5cm
Type
Toy
Location
Museum of Childhood
Accession number
MC.2007.156
Andy Pandy was first seen on July 11 1950. He was a chubby faced toddler who lived in a picnic basket. Andy Pandy first appeared solo and then was joined by his inseparable pal Teddy and later a rag doll called Loopy Loo.
Maria Bird brought Andy out to play, opera singer Gladys Whitred sang the songs and Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pulled the strings.
Only twenty-Six original episodes were made, they were seen time and time again, and in 1970, thirteen new episodes were made in colour. Another set of fifty- two episodes were made in 2002, now using the stop-motion technique instead of string puppeteering.
The original nursery and garden were expanded to an entire village, with Andy, Teddy and Loopy Loo now owning individual houses, and four new characters were introduced - Missy Hissy, Tiffo , Bilbo and Orbie.
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