Hedgehog Dolls Mecki Peter Austria

There are seven of them and they are not the dwarves from Snow White. They are seven proud and valiant little hedgehogs… I do not understand their secret, they speak Aurichien. The hedgehog is a fetish animal in Eastern countries and especially in Germany. Already Grimm's tales featured Hans the hedgehog. During the war the fortune of this little animal unfortunately became culinary. The nomads of the East ate them. They called it Niglo derived from the German Igel. But from a comic strip created by Ferdinand Diehl in 1940, in the 50s, a hedgehog called Mecki with his wife and two children enjoyed great success on German TV. From there, it was the fortune of Steiff soft toys and figures, Mecki was available in all its forms with his wife Micki and his children and in Austria in the form of small 8 cm figurines, the Peter brand developed a whole theme. These are not soft toys but a kind of figurine in several materials: rubber (head and hands), plastic (legs), cotton, felt (clothes) and wire, etc. They are handmade as indicated on the label. Deihl Brothers, was a film company organized by the brothers Ferdinand, Hermann and Paul Diehl. The Diehl brothers lived in Munich and were known for their stop motion fairy tale films and their famous Mecki's popularity in Germany led to licensing deals for filmmakers, and the character's success and popularity has been compared to Mickey Mouse. These lovable, funny characters are highly prized by collectors. They stand over 3 inches tall and have soft rubber vinyl bodies. You can see the shepherd twins still have their original tags, their sister greets you, the doctor has treated the unlucky skier, the little chimney sweep walks his ladder, and the cowboy wields his lasso.