Plastic doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1974 - circa 1989
Materials
Plastic doll
Measurements
210 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663696
Summary
A 1970s or 1980s jointed plastic 'Fonzie' doll with clothes, made for the Fonzie motorcycle. The Fonz appeared in the American TV series 'Happy Days' - orginally broadcasting between 1974 and 1984. The doll has jointed arms, elbows, wrists, hips and knees. The thumbs on the hands are jointed too to allow for the typical Fonzie 'thumbs up' gesture. It is made from flesh-coloured plastic and has moulded dark brown plastic hair on the head, and moulded blue underpants on. It is dressed in removable clothing: a black leather biker jacket with black ribbed jersey cotton cuffs and hem, a white polyester sleeveless t-shirt which fastens at the back of the neck with a single metal popper fastener, a pair of light blue cotton denim jeans that fasten at the back of the waist with a single metal popper fastener and a pair of black plastic ankle boots. On the doll's back is a plastic switch which pokes through stitched holes in the back of the t-shirt and jacket. It appears that when pressed this makes the left arm raise in a 'thumbs up' gesture.