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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2011.374.7b,c  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Soc…
Action Figure in Original Box
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2011.374.7b,c © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Action Figure in Original Box

Date1965
MediumPlastic, rubber, cloth, cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height): 12 1/4in. (31.1cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionAction figure with hard plastic body, soft rubber head (moulded black hair), wearing white cotton t-shirt, navy blue swim trunks. Head is soft plastic and swivels. Body has jointed moveable arms and legs.

Additional plastic accessories include a swim mask, and a pistol. An instruction sheet is in the box.

The original box has a rendition of the James Bond character as played by Sean Connery in the movie Thunderball.
Object number2011.374.7a-c
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
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    A. C. Gilbert Company
    1966
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    A. C. Gilbert Company
    mid 20th century
    Buttonholer
    Greist Manufacturing Company
    1956-1962
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1995.46.0a-b, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History c…
    A. C. Gilbert Company
    c. 1923
    Gift of Scott Livingston, 2025.3.0a-b, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No…
    HORST Engineering
    2022
    The Connecticut Historical Society Collections
    Coleco Industries, Inc.
    1950-1959
    Raggedy Ann Board Game and Original Box
    Milton Bradley Co.
    copyright 1954-1956
    Electrical Junction Box Cover and Original Box
    Arrow-Hart & Hegeman Electric Co.
    1950s
    Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2014.68.12a-c © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Richard Welling
    about 1968