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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-04 09:58 PM
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Blast from the past! An American collectible!
Edited on Sun Feb-22-04 09:59 PM by HypnoToad
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3176409237&category=2622

It's a J J Jimmie Walker doll! Sadly, this one doesn't have the pull-cord that features him saying his famous catchphrase of "Dyn-o-mite!" (though his red outfit depicts the word, complete with incongruous cloud and lightning bolt...)



Here's another, except the top picture looks oddly sinister, but on the plus side has images you can click on to bring up larger versions:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2988567833&category=2387



Edit: Spelling :silly:
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-04 10:24 PM
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1. not bad
but wasn't JJ skinnier?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-04 10:46 PM
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2. LOL! ...
For 1975, that doll was actually well done. Which is why that collectible is actually worth more than 50 cents.

The facial features are reasonably well done. (even toy merchandising today they don't always put care into the product. Dapol comes to mind for their Dr Who products... :D )
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-04 12:00 AM
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3. Hah! My girlfriend bought me a JJ doll as a goof!
It took all kinds of abuse -- we finally tied a "cape" on him and threw him out of our apartment window -- he then hung in a tree for two years (at least, we moved then).

Thanks for that blast from the past! :toast:
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