Hey Gang!
The first time I saw the Boy Scout action figure was on Roxanne's Dolls! She had a great post about the BFF Ink doll Calista doll and Boy Scout Bob. The running posts were in a dear dairy style about a young girl. Calista's love interest was Bob the Boy Scout. I looked him up and he was made by Kenner!
Nerd Rage did a great video on the action figure and I posted it below.
"A brief history of Kenner's Boy Scouts of America Line
A.K.A. Steve Scout. which came out in 1974, and ended in 1975."
One of the points made in the video is that Bob and the other scouts' heads might fall off with play. So if you have them, be careful or have glue! Also, since these action figures are 40 years old, the uniforms aren't always in the best of shape. Many are pretty faded. The shirts on my uniforms have holes. They are made from cotton. The pants are made of twill and have seemed to hold up better.
Boy Scouts Steve and Bob are 9 3/4 inches tall. Cub Scouts are Craig and Dave are 8 1/2 inches tall.
In their uniforms, Craig in the blue and Steve in the khaki green.
Warning! Nude bodies!
The Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts are definitely action-figure bodies! They have broad shoulders and narrow waists. They are more muscular than other kid dolls of the same size.
Roxanne does a video at the end of Calista's diary post of Bob and Calista dancing. It is super cute! I had to share it with you guys.
