Funny Fran
Doll
1971 (made)
1971 (made)
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Small Shots™ were a range of small plastic dolls made by Mattel. They were designed to appeal specifically to girls after the huge Hot Wheels™ cars, mainly targeted at boys. Small Shots™ came with their own pieces of track, included in their packaging but were also intended to be compatible to run on Hot Wheels™ track too. Funny Fran, was one of the various collectible characters produced in the series which also included Breezy Bridgit, Nifty Nan and Daredevil Dexter. Small Shots™ were not a huge success and appear to have only been produced for about 3 years.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Moulded hard plastic and cardboard |
| Brief description | Doll, moulded hard plastic, boxed, 'Funny Fran', manufactured by Mattel, Inc, made in Hong Kong, 1971 |
| Physical description | Boxed small hard plastic doll. The doll is mounted on plastic roller skates with moving wheels. The packaging comes with an in built ramp so the doll can roll down it. Packaging is bright pink and orange and has pictures of other dolls from the Small Shots™ series illustrated on it. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Norah Chambers Kensey bequest |
| Summary | Small Shots™ were a range of small plastic dolls made by Mattel. They were designed to appeal specifically to girls after the huge Hot Wheels™ cars, mainly targeted at boys. Small Shots™ came with their own pieces of track, included in their packaging but were also intended to be compatible to run on Hot Wheels™ track too. Funny Fran, was one of the various collectible characters produced in the series which also included Breezy Bridgit, Nifty Nan and Daredevil Dexter. Small Shots™ were not a huge success and appear to have only been produced for about 3 years. |
| Other number | 3878 - product number |
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| Accession number | B.710-2010 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2011 |
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