Name: Baby Won’t Let Go
Made by and When: Kenner, 1977
Material: Vinyl head, hard plastic body and legs, hard plastic hands covered with vinyl
Marks: (On the head) HONG KONG / ©G.M.F.G.I. 1977; (on the back) G.M.F.G.I 1977 / KENNER PROD. DIV. / CIN’TI OHIO 45202 / 26100 / 26150; 1977 is on the box.
Height: 17 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Short curly rooted-brown hair adorned with a yellow ribbon, brown painted eyes with painted upper eyelashes, open/closed smiling mouth
Clothes: Yellow and white mesh sunsuit
Other: Baby Won’t Let Go holds your hand, her rattle, or her squeaker. The box indicates, “You can help her walk, too”; and “Feels like a real baby when she squeezes your finger.”
Gallery (Photos and details are courtesy of David Spurgeon.)
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