My Buddy ( doll ) - Wikipedia My Buddy ( doll ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( September 2008 ) The My Buddy doll line was a toy brand made by Hasbro in 1985 with the intention of making a doll to appeal to little boys and teach them about caring for their friends. This idea was both innovative and controversial for its time, as toy dolls were traditionally associated with younger girls. Hasbro also introduced a companion Kid Sister marketed toward girls. Hasbro discontinued the line before the start of the 1990s and Playskool took over production, making changes to the likeness and clothing. My Buddy is one of several dolls said to be the inspiration for Chucky, the evil doll from Child 's Play. Contents 1 Hasbro 2 Playskool 3 Advertising 4 In popular culture 5 References Hasbro During its initial run, My Buddy had the following characteristics : Red baseball cap Brown hair Red / Yellow / blue / white striped long sleeve shirt Red overalls with `` My Buddy '' logo on chest blue shoes with white stripe The whole doll ( besides head ) was stuffed fabric. Face had blue or brown eyes, freckles, `` button '' nose, and smile Two versions of the dolls existed : the brown - haired version described above, and a blond version : Blue baseball cap Blond hair Red / Yellow / blue / white striped long sleeve shirt Blue overalls with `` My Buddy '' logo on chest Red shoes with white stripe The whole doll ( besides head ) was stuffed fabric. Face had blue or brown eyes, freckles, `` button '' nose, and smile An African American version, outfitted the same as the brown - haired Caucasian doll, was available. Playskool The dolls released by Playskool in the 1990s were made with unremovable clothing sewn directly onto the doll 's body. The new Kid Sister was also released with clothes sewn onto the body, despite complaints, making it virtually impossible to dress it in different outfits. This was done to reduce the extra cost of having to produce clothes separately, so it was all kept on one assembly line. Advertising The `` official '' song used in marketing the doll in advertisements was : `` My Buddy, My Buddy, Wherever I go, he goes. My Buddy, My Buddy, I 'll teach him everything that I know. My Buddy and me, Like to climb up a tree. My buddy and me, We 're the best friends that could be. My Buddy, My Buddy, My Buddy and Me ! '' In popular culture The doll was jokingly depicted as My Stalker in an episode of Adult Swim 's Robot Chicken. The doll was parodied in Clarence as Clarence 's Lil Buddy doll, in an episode of the same name. In season 2, episode 11, episode `` Meat the Parrots '' of the show Happy Endings, Penny complains that she never had a kid sister ; the closest she got was a My Buddy doll. When asked why she never got a Kid Sister doll, she said she did, but they were n't that close. References Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emtw1z9ji_0 Jump up ^ http://my.xfinity.com/blogs/movies/2013/06/21/director-tom-holland-reveals-%E2%80%98child%E2%80%99s-play%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98fright-night%E2%80%99-secrets/ Jump up ^ `` My Buddy Doll Song '' Archived 2010 - 10 - 04 at the Wayback Machine... The Best Doll Information ( website ) Archived 2010 - 10 - 01 at the Wayback Machine... Accessed October 2010. Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HAlW9KQyXA This doll - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Buddy_(doll)&oldid=829176055 '' Categories : Hasbro products 1980s toys Products introduced in 1985 Doll brands Doll stubs Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles needing additional references from December 2009 All articles needing additional references Articles that may contain original research from September 2008 All articles that may contain original research All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 7 March 2018, at 02 : 34. About Wikipedia

Question: when did the my buddy doll come out
Answer: 1985