Janice West - 'Cowgirl Articulee'
Stock No. 1067-B
Canadian Janice was issued in three different boxes:
- French Inscription Johnny West Series - Turquoise Body, 1968-1969
- Mod Colours stamp Johnny West Series- Dark Blue Body, 1969-1973
- Bilingual Johnny West Series- Dark Blue or Turquoise Body, 1973 on
- Department Store Mailer - All Years
"La Serie Johnny West" French Inscription
- Canadian Janice was first issued in a French Inscription box.
- See had a turquoise body with a cream accessory set.
- Here are pictures from Jill's collection showing the English faces/sides of the same box.
2nd Canadian issue"La Serie Johnny West" Mod Colours Bilingual
It seems that the kids were the first figures to be produced in mod colors in Canada. Bruno has spotted many blue girls without rivets in shoulders indicating they were made before 1970 and were still in production a couple years after that.
It seems that the kids were the first figures to be produced in mod colors in Canada. Bruno has spotted many blue girls without rivets in shoulders indicating they were made before 1970 and were still in production a couple years after that.
3rd Canadian issue"La Serie Johnny West" Bilingual
Canadian Janice was then issued in a true Bilingual French box.
Canadian Janice was then issued in a true Bilingual French box.
She went through some transformation in this box.
Starting out with a Dark Blue body with pastel green accessories, she changed over to the normal Turquoise body with Royal blue clevis pin heads and usually pastel green accessories.
Brown Mailer Box
These shipping boxes were used throughout Janice's life in Canada.
JWA figures were not produced in Canada. They were imported from the US and bilingual instructions manuals were added. Then they would simply apply a sticker on the box saying that french instructions were included.
Janice in Canada came with either the standard US Cream set of accessories or a pastel green set. Her french language instruction manual is shown at right.
