Name: My Friend Nicky
Made by and When: Fisher Price, 1984
Material: Vinyl, stuffed cloth, paint
Marks: (Head) 5 /23088 / FISHER-PRICE-TOYS / ©1978
Catalog Number 206
Height: 16 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Rooted curly black hair styled in a shag and adorned with a blue headband, brown painted eyes, smiling closed mouth with faint red lip color
Clothes/Accessories: A two-piece (top and skirt) blue-and-white cheerleader uniform is worn over the white floral-print cloth body. White socks with blue trim, blue and white vinyl mock-laced sneakers, and a blue and white pompom attached to each wrist complete Nicky’s cheerleader uniform. Packaging includes a full-color, illustrated care instructions booklet.
Other: Nicky is from Fisher-Price’s My Friend doll series. Other dolls available at Nicky’s release are featured on the back of the box. The back of the box also features images of an African American girl admiring Nicky. The box side panels feature the same child with the doll.
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