Title 

Cowardly Lion Plush

 Printing Date 

1985

Country 

Japan

 Details 

These Plush toys were manufactured by Heart & Heart of Japan.  This plush came in both small and large sizes.  The exact dimensions for the Cowardly Lion toys are unknown.   The Lion may have been a generic plush lion toy that they simply put a RETURN TO OZ tag on, as he is decidedly "off-model" from his film design.  

 Description 

Each plush had circular RETURN TO OZ tags on them.  They came in brown gift boxes with the RETURN TO OZ characters and logo on them.  These weren't display boxes but simply boxes to put them in once sold.

 Comments 

These seem to be the rarest of all the Return to Oz manufactured collectibles.   There were sold exclusively at Disneyland theme park in Japan.

 Credits 

Walt Disney, Heart & Heart