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The Six Million Dollar Man Backpack Radio

Kenner, 1975, Toy
The Six Million Dollar Man Backpack Radio
The Six Million Dollar Man Backpack Radio
The Six Million Dollar Man Backpack Radio
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Museums & Galleries Item
Item no
20819
Title
The Six Million Dollar Man Backpack Radio
Description
Backpack radio designed for use with Six Million Dollar Man doll. The plastic white backpack has a multicoloured sticker, 'display' of buttons and graphs. The coloured sticker has a photographic image of the character and text reading 'Col. Steve Austin The Six Million Dollar Man'.
A plastic black 'aerial' with black straps on back of pack can be pulled up from backpack. The straps allow pack to be fixed to doll. The front of pack has compartment that opens to reveal an ear piece on a wire for a child to wear, and a wire with metal crocodile grip encased in red plastic to attach to a metal surface to activate radio. The toy comes with white plastic helmet for the doll to wear, featuring a computer circuit motif and a mouthpiece. The idea of toy is to pick up radio signals and pretend these are communications between the player and the Steve Austin doll.
Artist / maker
Date
1975
Size
11.5 x 8.5cm
Type
Toy
Location
Museum of Childhood
Accession number
MC.2009.21