Sesame Street puppets (Questor)

Questor produced a set of Sesame Street hand puppets from 1973 to 1978 under the Child Guidance label. This was a continuation of Topper's Sesame puppet line, which used designs based on the original set.
The first line produced in 1973 included the same six characters that Topper had produced -- Ernie, Bert and Roosevelt Franklin with vinyl heads and stuffed arms, plush fabric Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster puppets, and a full-body plush Big Bird. Questor added a seventh character to the line, a plush fabric Grover. 
Ernie, Bert, Roosevelt Franklin and Grover were packaged with a plastic "wand", which could be attached to the puppet's wrists to move its arms. The Oscar and Cookie Monster puppets did not have a plastic ring that would move the puppets' arms, as the Topper puppets did.
Over the next few years, Questor added three more puppets to the set -- the Count, Herry Monster, and an Anything Muppet, which came packaged with eyes, noses and hair that could be attached to the doll to create different characters. 
By 1977, three of the puppets had been redesigned and a new addition was brought to the set-- Ernie and Bert lost their vinyl head and hands in favor of a fully fabric design, the Big Bird stuffed puppet had yarn replacing the fake fur on top of his head and got a short fake fur on his legs, as well as a hand puppet version of Big Bird was introduced into the line. Though Bert and Ernie went through a fabric transition, the Roosevelt Franklin puppet's vinyl head and hands remained unchanged.
CBS Toys purchased Questor in 1979, and continued the line of Sesame puppets under the Gabriel Toys/Child Guidance labels. 
The toys were distributed in Canada by Irwin Toy Limited.Canadian Museum of Civilization, Artifact #D-8247: mouth puppet.
==Big Bird==
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CG big bird stuffed puppet 77.jpeg|The redesign from 1977.
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CG big bird puppet box.jpeg|The box features a prototype of the Big Bird puppet.
==Bert==
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CG Bert puppet box a.jpeg|The Topper Bert puppet is featured on the box.
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CG Bert fabric puppet box.jpeg|The box features a prototype of the fabric Bert puppet.
==Cookie Monster==
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CG Cookie Monster puppet box a.jpeg|The Topper Cookie Monster puppet is featured on the box.
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==Ernie==
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CG Ernie puppet box a.jpeg|The Topper Ernie puppet is featured on the box.
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CG Fabric Ernie puppet box.jpeg|The box features a prototype of the fabric Ernie puppet.
==Oscar the Grouch==
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CG Oscar puppet box a.jpeg|The Topper Oscar puppet is featured on the box.
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==Roosevelt Franklin==
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CG Roosevelt Franklin puppet variations.jpeg|Over time, Roosevelt’s arm and body length started to decrease.
CG Roosevelt Franklin puppet box a.jpeg|The Topper Roosevelt Franklin puppet is featured on the box.
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==Grover==
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CG Grover puppet box a.jpeg|The Topper Grover puppet is featured on the box.
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==Anything Muppets==
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anything muppet puppet pink eyes.jpeg|A variation of the circle eyes with a pink lid replacing the purple lid.
CG anything muppet puppet poster.jpeg|A poster was included with the puppet showing many different looks created using the features given and itching items found around the house.
CG anything muppet puppet box a.jpeg|The box features a prototype of the puppet with vertical stripes opposed to horizontal, a larger tongue and a different fur used for the hair.
CG anything muppet puppet box b.jpeg|The side of the box shows the prototype puppet, as well as the prototype features (including a yellow bowtie instead of a green one and a yellow hand wand instead of a black one.)
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==The Count==
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CG count puppet box a.jpeg|The box features a prototype of the Count puppet.
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==Herry Monster==
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==Prototypes==
CG 1977 photo.jpeg|photo from the 1977 boxes showing the prototypes of fabric Bert, Ernie and Big Bird.
CG anything muppet puppet proto.jpeg|an Anything Muppet prototype with vertical stripes on the shirt and a larger tongue.
CG count puppet proto a.jpeg|a prototype of the Count
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CG Ernie fabric puppet proto.jpeg|a prototype of the fabric Ernie puppet.
CG Bert fabric puppet proto.jpeg|a prototype of the fabric Bert puppet.
CG catalog Herry proto.jpeg|photo from a Child Guidance showing a prototype Herry Monster puppet. 
==See also==
* Spanish version
* French version
* Italian version
* Mexican version
==Sources==
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