Plastic dolll
Palitoy
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1978
Materials
Plastic doll, synthetic fabric and rubber
Measurements
Doll - 300 mm (height), Costume - 61 mm (min. length);240 mm (max. length)
Place of origin
Coalville
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661019
Summary
An Action Man ‘Space Ranger’ doll and costume (circa 1978). A flesh coloured plastic doll with a moveable head which has moulded and painted facial features, inset blue eyes which can be moved using a lever at the back of the head and synthetic hair cut very short. The plastic moulded body is fully jointed at the neck, shoulders, waist, hips, knees, ankles, elbows and wrists. The fingers are moveable. The hips are moulded in dark blue plastic to form trunks. His costume comprises a blue-green, moulded rubber space suit, a pair of moulded plastic gauntlets, a silver, blue and yellow coloured tabard. There is also a blue-green, hard plastic helmet with a clear visor. Total number of items is 6.
Makers and roles
Palitoy , maker