Doll's car
Meritus Inc
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
circa 1992
Materials
Plastic, cardboard and paper
Measurements
Car - 440 mm (length); 225 mm (height); 162 mm (depth), Box - 442 mm (length); 205 mm (height); 230 mm (depth), Each sticker - 278 mm (length); 100 mm (height), Wing mirror bag - 50 mm (width); 70 mm (height), Cardboard - 430 mm (length); 125 mm (height); 200 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667986
Summary
A large rectangular cardboard box containing a 'Funtime 4 x 4', a car for a Sindy doll (circa 1992). The car itself is made of plastic and coloured bright pink. It is open-topped with two bright yellow plastic seats with black plastic seatbelts. The steering wheel and dashboard are also in yellow. Behind the seats is a green 'goalpost' type structure with four imitation lights. The car has black plastic wheels with a yellow centre. A spare wheel is on the back. The front of the car has a green bar in front of the lights. When packed, a large piece of cardboard with two holes at the top fits over the top of the car. Contained in the box with the car is a strip of stickers. These contain two 'Sindy' go-faster stripes to stick to the sides of the car, four indicator lights and the front and back number plates reading 'Sindy 1'. An unopened plastic bag sealed with Sellotape contains two pink plastic wing mirrors that fit at each side of the car, and two mirror coloured stickers to stick to them. A doll is not included. The box is decorated on two sides with the same large colour photograph depicting a Sindy doll, a woman with long blonde hair and wearing a silver coloured jacket, driving a open-top car which is coloured bright pink. The Sindy logo is in the top right corner and the name of the car is on the bottom right. The top, bottom and ends of the box have two colour photographs each. One is of the empty car, the other is with Sindy, or Sindy and her boyfriend Paul, inside the car. Various inscriptions are printed below. The bottom of the box gives a bar code and manufacturing details. The sides of the box are slightly bent. Total number of items is 5.
Marks and inscriptions
On the bottom of the car: '[COPYRIGHT] 1988 HASBRO / MADE IN CHINA'
Makers and roles
Meritus Inc , maker Hasbro International Inc , copyright holder