DOLL

Description: STUFFED R2D2 DOLL. BODY IS WHT COTTON DISPLAYING BLK AND BL GEOMETRIC DESIGN. HEAD SILVER WITH BL, BLK, AND RD SHAPES. LEGS ATTACHED TO SIDE WITH PLASTIC CIRCULAR JOINT. DOLL STANDS UPRIGHT AND HAS BL TAG ATTACHED TO BOTTOM BACK.

History: FOR THE DONOR THE ITEM WAS MORE OF A COLLECTOR ITEM AT THE TIME THE STAR WARS PHENOMENON HAPPENED THEN A TOY. THE STAR WARS PRESENTS WERE GIVEN TO THE DONOR AT ROUGHLY THE SAME TIME THAT BEDDING, PJ'S, POSTERS, PLAY SETS, ETC WERE BEING RELEASED. THE DONOR CLAIMED THAT AT ONE TIME HE HAD ALMOST ALL OF THE STAR WARS COLLECTABLE FIGURES. THE DONOR WAS A HUGE FAN OF STAR WARS, BUT MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM, WAS THE FACT THAT HE WAS A BIG FAN OF ROBOTS. THE DONOR STATED " (THERE WAS) NOTHING LIKE SEEING R2D2 AND C3PO ON SCREEN!". WHEN THE DONOR WAS IN HIS TEENS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ROBOT KITS AND ARTICLES RELEASED ON DEVELOPING ROBOTS WITH ARMS. USING A MECHANO SET THE DONOR EXPERIMENTED WITH A NUMBER OF THE ROBOT MECHANICS ABOUT THESE ARTICLES, INCLUDING REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS. THE DONOR STATED THAT THE TOYS WERE MOSTLY STORED ON HIS SHELF IN HIS BEDROOM. WHEN HE GREW OLDER THEY WERE PLACED IN THE ATTIC AND ESPECIALLY STORED THERE WHEN HE MOVED OUT AT THE AGE OF 18. THE R2D2 STUFFED TOY AND THE R2D2 TOY WITH REMOTE CONTROL WERE BOTH GIVEN TO ME AT THE SAME CHRISTMAS IN 1978, BY GORDON AND JOYCE ULRICH.