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♩♪♫♬ Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La-dee-da-dee-dee, la-dee-da-dee-da
...And the beat goes on, the beat goes on...♩♪♫♬
Iconic and glamorous, the Sonny & Cher dolls were a collection of celebrity doll likenesses of pop rock duo Sonny & Cher; the line was released by Mego Corporation in 1976. The release of these fashion dolls coincided with the popularity of the prime time variety TV show: The Sonny & Cher Show.
It was in May 1976 when Mego launched a 12 ¼ inch celebrity doll line to compete directly with Mattel's Barbie doll. The first dolls were Sonny and Cher, with Bob Mackie designing an extensive wardrobe for Cher. The Cher doll was the No. 1 selling doll in 1976. After the great success of doll sales in 1976, Mego released two other Cher dolls and costumes. What we have here is the very first original Cher doll! Packaged in an orange box, she has her famous extra-long hair, flirty false eyelashes, long lifelike molded fingernails, and a salmon colored gown with a flared bottom; it flaunts a stunning halter mermaid dress style! The Sonny doll was produced only in 1976 by Mego. He is seen smiling under his mustache and that makes Cher swoon! Sonny has us all singing "I Got You Babe"! ♩♪♫♬ Sonny is wearing a charming black and white sweater and classic hippie blue jean bell-bottoms.
In excellent vintage condition, these original 1976 Sonny & Cher dolls have never been removed from their boxes "NRFB"; making the dolls themselves in absolute pristine mint condition!
The delightfully nostalgic seventies tangerine orange boxes with typography that reminds one of the era and resembles marquee stage letters have a few light signs of expected wear. Presenting a very common occurrence, the top portion of these Mego Sonny & Cher boxes is slightly bent; this is quite common because the upper portion is a slim, malleable, and delicate piece of cardboard. Because of this, there are some faint creases on the orange box surface where the stress fracture is located; fortunately this is not very noticeable or significant. Like mentioned before, the Sonny & Cher dolls have never been removed from their boxes, and accordingly they feature their original packaging twist ties that hold their bodies to the interior box frame and Cher has a clear plastic strip holding her hair in place across her forehead and near the tip of her hair. Even though these celebrity dolls have never been removed from their boxes because the upper portion of the boxes is bent upward this has caused the top flaps of the boxes to appear as though they have been opened even though the dolls have never been pulled out. Sonny's box will reclose, however Cher's box tends to stay buckled open at the top. There is some faint surface wear to some of the areas of the boxes which causes some of the orange color to wear off; luckily this is not very noticeable. There is some light edge wear to the boxes, the original tape seals are broken, and unfortunately Sonny's clear plastic bubble blister has a puncture wound hole in it; as seen in the images provided.
Measurements:
Each box measures 6" x 16 1/2" x 1 3/4"