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That looks kinda creepy… A mime Pee-Wee Herman?
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It was an unsuccessful Kickstarter:
Take the word education out and see how it does.
Somewhere in the house we have the old-timey version of this which my mother-in-law purchased at (I think) Colonial Williamsburg. So it’s not exactly a recent innovation in doll-based literacy education. The main difference seems to be that this one might have a bendy internal armature, while the one we have has firmly stuffed appendages with floppy joints.
FWIW, my children have never found it a particularly compelling educational experience (not that I ever forced it on them, because I did not find it a particularly compelling educational experience).
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I remember similarly bendy dolls from the 1980s, though not specifically designed to model the alphabet:
They had thin metal wires inside, which would eventually work their way out and pierce ones fingers.
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And for sportier kids, he can also block direct free kicks.
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Had them in the 60’s also:
In Red,White And Blue ya know.
And yes, I had all three.
Gods… Where’s my walker lol
That’s Major Matt Mason!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Matt_Mason
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Huh.
Had no idea there was a yellow one.
I remember using them so much that the wire would snap and end up poking out.
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