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Fonzie Doll
Mego Corp, 1976, Toy
Fonzie Doll
Fonzie Doll
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Item no
20815
Title
Fonzie Doll
Description
A moulded plastic Fonzie doll, with jointed limbs at the hips, knees, shoulders, elbows, wrists and thumbs.
The toy wears moulded blue underwear, black hair and features.
The doll wears a plastic black imitation-leather jacket, cotton trousers resembling blue jeans which fasten with a popper.
The doll is also wearing a white sleeveless vest and black plastic boots. A hole in the back of the figure's jacket enables the user to reach a lever. When the lever is pushed, it moves the figure's arms into Fonzie's classic thumbs-up pose.
Artist / maker
Mego Corp
Date
1976
Size
21.5 x 8.5cm
Type
Toy
Location
Museum of Childhood
Accession number
MC2009.18
The U.S television series 'Happy Days' was produced 1974-1984. The show was set in the 1950's and centred on a family known as the Cunningham's. Arthur Fonzarelli played by Henry Winkler was originally a secondary character, he proved to be so popular that he became the lead. Fonzie's character is a mechanic in 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A toy motorcycle to accompany the Fonzie doll can also be viewed on Capital Collections.
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