Back in the 1970s, you couldn’t be a hockey fan without knowing Bobby Orr. Playing for the Boston Bruins, Orr brought them to multiple victories when they were vacant of any for years, emphasizing and growing his fame even more: “In 1966, Orr joined the Boston Bruins, a team that had not won a Stanley Cup since 1941 and had not qualified for the playoffs since 1959. With Orr, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1970 and 1972, and lost in the 1974 Final. In both victories, Orr scored the clinching goal and was named the playoff MVP. In the final achievement of his career, he was the MVP of the 1976 Canada Cup international hockey tournament. In 1976, Orr left Boston as a free agent to join the Black Hawks, but repeated injuries had effectively destroyed his left knee, and he retired in 1978 at age 30.” – Wikipedia. This 1970s 12″ action figure came in two varieties: the generic faced one and the later version which bore Orr’s likeness. The bodies are cheap knockoff bodies with limited posability (turn head, turn waist, move whole arm up and down, move whole leg forwards and backwards). Each came carded with a full Boston Bruins outfit, skates, gloves, hockey stick, and puck. They made carded outfits as well, twelve of them to be exact. He had clothing for going out and other sports too. Not sure who was changing him out of his hockey outfit into some swanky 70s gear, but it was the 70s, man! Note that the outfits can look similar to many other outfits of the time, but these have a tag sewn in on the inside collar and it read “BOBBY ORR”.
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