Adaptations and Cultural References
Although the books have never been out of print, the Blinky Bill story has also been adapted for television and cinema. The first television series from the 1980s featured actors interacting with puppet animals, titled The New Adventures of Blinky Bill. Blinky Bill was also made into an animated movie, Blinky Bill : The Mischievous Koala, by Yoram Gross Film Studios in 1992. In 1994 there was a second children's series on the ABC Kids channel, called The Adventures of Blinky Bill. Computer games have been based on the Blinky Bill franchise, and these have been moderately successful.
In the 1980s Anne Keane gained the rights to reproduce both Dorothy Wall's Blinky Bill characters and the characters from Jimmy Bancks's Ginger Meggs comics. She made a series of collectable dolls, with ceramic heads and feet with soft bodies made from imitation suede.
Blinky Bill is also the nickname of the light at the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge.
In 1985 a postage stamp honouring Blinky or his creator was issued by Australia Post as part of a set of five commemorating children's books. .
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