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MONCHHICHI

Soft Toy
©1978
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

yellow card window box, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of other outfits in the series; top is shaped and printed to show orange roof tiles
contains a pale pink and white fur fabric animal with moulded peach soft vinyl face, hands and feet, painted facial features, open mouth shaped to hold thumb, right hand fisted with extended thumb, left hand open


Object details

Object type
Titles
  • MONCHHICHI (manufacturer's title)
  • FRIENDS OF BABY CHIC-A-BOO (manufacturer's title)
  • HAPPY BOO THE RABBIT (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
card, printed in colours, fur fabric, soft vinyl
Brief description
Nylon plush and plastic soft toy, Happy Boo the Rabbit (Friends of Baby Chic-a-boo), made in Japan by Sekiguchi in the late 1970s
Physical description
yellow card window box, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of other outfits in the series; top is shaped and printed to show orange roof tiles
contains a pale pink and white fur fabric animal with moulded peach soft vinyl face, hands and feet, painted facial features, open mouth shaped to hold thumb, right hand fisted with extended thumb, left hand open
Dimensions
  • Height: 8¾in
  • Width: 4¾in
  • Depth: 2in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
Cat. No. 28404-5
Marks and inscriptions
Manufactured under licence from Sekiguchi Comapny Ltd British Design Registration Nos. 987786,987787,987788 Chad Valley reserve the right to change specification and colour Chad Valley is a registered Trade Mark of General Mills UK Ltd ©Sekiguchi Company Ltd, 1978 (box; printed)
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Historical context
British name for this model BABY CHIC-A-BOO, when produced for Chad Valley
Production
Made in Japan

Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Accession number
B.479-1999

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Record createdNovember 22, 1999
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