4/30/2024 0 Comments My buddy doll inspired chucky![]() ![]() Considering Gene gave the doll his own name and his own clothes, it almost makes you wonder if Gene didn't send a little piece of his soul into the doll, too. Although Robert would have originally been dressed and painted up like a jester (in case his current look isn't enough to haunt your dreams), the sailor suit he has worn for over a century would have likely been one of Gene Otto's own outfits, handed down to his impish new friend. ![]() Built around the turn of the 20th century, Robert is 40 inches tall (human child size!) and stuffed with wood wool, also known as excelsior, made from wood shavings usually used for packaging. Instead, Robert was a one-of-a-kind item meant as part of a window display of clowns and jesters for the Steiff Company, the toy makers who made the original Teddy bear to celebrate Theodore Roosevelt. As Atlas Obscura explains, Robert was not a mass-produced item meant to be a toy for children everywhere.
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