Sophie La Girafe now has her statue at the Grévin museum

A somewhat special arrival took place this Wednesday at the Grévin museum in Paris.

Joining the 300 or so stars and figures in wax, Sophie la Girafe, a legendary children's toy, joined the famous collection.

For her 60th birthday, Sophie la Girafe makes her debut at # IncroyableGrévin.

Happy birthday Sophie La Girafe!

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- Grévin Museum (@Grevin_Paris) September 22, 2021

The museum contacted Vulli, the company based in Rumilly (Haute-Savoie) which manufactures the toy, on the occasion of Sophie's 60th birthday in 2020, reports 

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Unlike the other statues in the Musée Grévin, the giraffe was not made of wax but of silicone, to best reproduce the original texture of the toy.

"Pouet pouet" and a hug

"We've been working on it for a year to reproduce the color, the gradation of the legs, the spots, the pink of the cheeks and of the mouth," Vulli's deputy general manager testified at the microphone of

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It is soft and it is really an identical replica.

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The statue arrived at the museum on Wednesday does not measure 18 cm like the original toy, but 1.70 m, "so that visitors can take it in their arms".

Bonus: when someone approaches her, Sophie will emit her famous “pouet pouet” typical of the toy.

It will be installed next to the statue of the Little Prince.

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