For sale is a vintage 1960s MICKEY MOUSE FIGURINE made by R. Dakin & Company, Hong Kong. The doll is in very good condition. The doll has a rubber head and plastic body. The figurine was sold with a yellow shirt which is missing. At least Mickey kept his shorts on. The doll stands about 8 inches tall. A great Disney collectible.
The Walt Disney Company started in 1923 in the rear of a small office occupied by Holly-Vermont Realty in Los Angeles. It was there that Walt Disney, and his brother Roy, produced a series of short live-action/animated films collectively called the ALICE COMEDIES. Before Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse, he made Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. But in a dispute with his business partner at Universal, Disney lost the rights to Oswald. The loss of his first character inspired the birth of the Mouse in 1928. The plate for sale is from the early days of the Disney empire.