Does anyone recognize these dollies?

[Squirrelypaws]

I found these two dolls at Salvation Army today, and I was wondering if anyone could help me ID them?

First up, this little... I honestly have no idea what she's supposed to be. Her fur colors, ears and little round floppy tail suggest she's a lamb, but her face and hands/feet look like a monkey. I think I'll call her a Lamkey.

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She's about 14" long. No body tags, but she does have "(C) Animals Plus" stamped at the base of her face plate, along with a year that I THINK is 1975 but might be 1977.

Second, this little orange dude that for some reason reminds me of Rainbow Brite.

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He's about 6 inches tall. No tags or markings at all. There's little orange ears in his "mane", so I guess he's meant to be a lion. Or at least, dressed as one; I didn't realize this until after taking the picture, but his mane is actually a hood and folds down to reveal a human head with Kewpie-style molded hair tufts. I'll add a picture of that later. I thought maybe he was from some sort of make-your-own-doll kit because of the lack of tags/markings , but he seems professionally-made.

Any ideas on who/what they are?

[Mkia]

I'm not sure on either but the first looks kind of like a monchichi

[Squirrelypaws]

That was my thought at first too, that she was a Monchichi friend or knockoff of some sort. But the date doesn't seem to match up; I admittedly know VERY little about Monchichi, but weren't they put out in the 80's? "Lamkey" is apparently mid-70's. Unless the faceplate was reused but the date wasn't changed?

[jrr74]

completely forgot about the monchichis.  I used to watch them as a child.  Good ol' weekend cartoons.  may have to look them up on youtube. 

[Mkia]

That was my thought at first too, that she was a Monchichi friend or knockoff of some sort. But the date doesn't seem to match up; I admittedly know VERY little about Monchichi, but weren't they put out in the 80's? "Lamkey" is apparently mid-70's. Unless the faceplate was reused but the date wasn't changed?

I'm fairly certain it's not an actual monchichi lol. But it does have similarities. I'm afraid I've never seen either of these before :/

ETA: With a quick google image search, it seems like the lamkey could possible be a monchichi friend of some sort. No perfect matches, but there are plenty that look similar.

[ember86]

Monchichi were made in the mid 70's so it's not so far that the doll of a knock off of the line.

[Squirrelypaws]

Giving this a quick bump. ^_^