Sesame Street plush (Knickerbocker)

Knickerbocker contracted with Children's Television Workshop from 1975 to 1982 to produce dolls of the Sesame Street characters.

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Sesame Street KnickerBocker Toys

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Dolls

• Ernie and Bert rag dolls, in three sizes, ranging from 9 inches to 25 inches. (1975)

• Cookie Monster plush doll in three sizes. (1975)

• A set of three 6-inch rag dolls (Ernie, Bert and Betty Lou) in a soft car toy with rubber wheels and a working horn. The car rolls along on its wheels, and is decorated to look like it was made from the characters' belongings. (The art includes images of Rubber Duckie, a Twiddlebug and Oscar's trash can.) The set was sold a year later as "Ernie and Bert's Buggy", without Betty Lou. (1975)

• Plush dolls of Mr. Snuffleupagus (two sizes), Grover (two sizes), Oscar the Grouch (three sizes). (1976)

• Sesame Street Talking Dolls – five plush characters with simple pull-string device that activate three different sayings. Ernie, Oscar, the Count, Cookie Monster, Bert. (1976)

• Plush dolls of Herry Monster (two sizes). (1977)

• "Ernie's Rubber Duckie". (1978)

• "Play with Me" Cookie Monster plush doll. Cookie can "eat" two soft cookies, and tap dance. A button on the bottom of his feet make a tapping sound. Also "Play with Me" Grover, Oscar, Snuffleupagus. (1980)

• "Sesame Street Musicals": three plush characters with hidden music boxes that play slumbertime or play sounds. Cookie, Big Bird and Oscar. Characters are dressed in colorful bandleader outfits. (1981)

• Ernie and Bert pajama-clad dolls. (1981)

• Plush dolls: Dr. Cookie, Camp Counselor Grouchy, and Marshal Grover. (1982)

• "Secret Pockets": Three plush dolls dressed in colorful overalls that form hidden pockets for "treasures". Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Oscar. (1982)

Bert, 10in rag doll
1975
Style 2601

Ernie, 14in rag doll
1975
Style 2602

Ernie and Bert in a plush car
1976

Talking Bert, 12in plush
1976
pull-string

Talking Count von Count, 11in plush
1976
pull-string

Big Bird, 11in beanie
1977

Cookie Monster, 8in beanie
1977

Oscar the Grouch, 9.5 in beanie
1977

Big Bird with windup music box

Cookie Monster with windup music box, play "Sing"

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Big Bird, 12in plush
Fireman

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Cookie Monster, 10in plush
Baker

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Oscar the Grouch, 10.5 in plush
Train Engineer

Bert, 13in plush

Cookie Monster, 9.5 in plush

Mr. Snuffleupagus, 14in plush

Playsets

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• "Sesame Street Express Train" playset: A wind-up train set on a track. The set includes three cars -- a Cookie Monster locomotive, a car with Ernie, and a caboose with Big Bird. Each car has a 4" soft toy of the character that sits in the car, and they link together. Three plastic "sidings" along the route depict Hooper's Store, Grover's Farm, and Cookie Factory. The set includes a box of cookies, a can of milk, a bag of money and a bag of flour to be picked up and delivered by the train. (1976)

• "Cross Country" Camping Play Set. 4" soft dolls of Big Bird, Oscar and Ernie vacationing. Includes camping equipment: Pick-up truck, STOP sign, fabric tent, rowboat, sleeping bag. (1976)

• "Motor Bike" playset. 4" rag dolls of Ernie and Oscar. Plastic motorbike for Ernie to drive, with trash can sidecar for Oscar. Includes traffic light which registers red and green and "walk/don't walk" signs, and "The Count's Gas Station", with cranking gas pump with changing numbers. (1976)

• Four individually packaged "People in Your Neighborhood" trucks with miniature rag dolls. Bert's Fire Truck: includes 4" Bert, flexible hose, telescoping ladder. Oscar's Trash Truck: A moveable trash dumper and a 4" Oscar the Grouch. Ernie's Ice Cream Truck: Includes a 4" Ernie and play popsicle. Cookie's Bakery Truck: A cookie crate and a 4" Cookie Monster. (1976)