Finally, What I Got at the Doll Show: Mitzi, L'il Sister, Dodi, and More

   I posted Saturday's doll show pretty quickly, before it got as strung out as the last one! So here I am, finishing up on the last one, by showing you what I got.

  I was trying to be good. But there were a few things I regretted not buying at this show last September. (You can see the post on that show HERE.) I intended to see if they were at this show, and maybe buy them.   

  The first thing I bought was a Mini Brands book. "A Christmas Carol"! Some of you may know that's one of my 'things'. I hadn't seen the Mini Brands books before, and they actually contain print! I may be picky, (Okay. I am.), but I like a miniature book to have real printing in it. It was $4, but I figured that was a lot cheaper than  buying a ball, especially when I could buy 50 of them and not find this book. Unfortunately, the book starts out as the real book, but about 3 pages in, it turns into nonsense printing. What the hey?! Why would they bother to do that? I'm pretty sure that book is public domain now, although some of the Mini Brands books that were there aren't.

  When we finally got into the actual sales room, I headed for Margie Schultz's table. Last time Margie had some Basic Fun Kosmic Kiddles keychains. Kosmic Kiddles were some of my favourite toys when I was a kid, and I always wanted the little keychains. I could never find them when they first came out, and then they got very expensive on the secondary market. Margie's were loose, and not a bad price. I wished I had bought one. Well, she had sold the loose ones. All she had was a set of NRFP ones, that was $200. Oh well. 

  But one thing I also regretted not buying last time was a Mitzi doll she had. I decided before the show that I was going to look for that Mitzi. Well I didn't have to look As soon as I put down the Kosmic Kiddles and turned, there she was, laying on top of all the dolls in her tub, waiting for me. And she had even been marked down since last time!

As you can see, my lilacs have been blooming. They're nearly gone now.

  

Mitzi was a Barbie clone, made by Ideal in 1961. Some of those Barbie clones are downright scary looking. I thought this Mitzi was the prettiest one I've ever come across. I think she's beautiful.

She could use slight touch ups to her lips and eyelashes, and her cat's eye eyeliner is nearly gone. But I can do that if I decide to. That's fairly easy, especially the eyelashes. My only worry would be the cat's eye liner. I should be able to fix that too though, if I'm careful. The irony? I will paint it with a cat whisker! 

  She was naked when I bought her, so she threw on this outfit out of my stash of non-Barbie Barbie sized clothes. She could do with something more refined.

  She's probably had a bit of a haircut, but that's okay.

 

Could do with a combing too.

I think she still looks great, even with all her flaws.

  I love the colour of her hair. That's the colour of red hair I would have loved to have, instead of the orange stuff I got stuck with.

  Moving on, I got this great tiny sweater for $2! It looks to be handmade, and it really buttons!

  The sleeves are a little long for Tammy World, but otherwise it would be prefect. Maybe my sister can fix that.

  I got this Made To Move doll for $2 too.

                                                        

  She's like new.

  Moving on around the room, I got these clothes for $1 EACH. 

  The Bionic Woman outfit is perfect. Our Bionic Woman could do with a nicer outfit. The blue hoodie is also perfect, but the red shirt is a bit worn, and the dress needs a shoulder repair. It looks really familiar. It's not Barbie though. Does anybody recognize it?

  There was another thing I wanted last time, but didn't buy. I had been looking at a Skipper clone. She didn't have a price, so I waited to ask for one. The dealer was really busy though, so eventually I just gave up. A lot of her stuff was overpriced anyway. But I thought I'd see if she still had her this time. She did, and this time I was able to ask for a price. When the dealer said $5, I said okay.

  She could do with a little cleaning, but she's pretty good. She's made by Eegee, and wearing her original outfit, so I'm pretty sure she's L'il Sister.

  Cute, isn't she?

  When I was looking for her I noticed there was also an Ideal Dodi, in her original dress. On the off chance she would be cheap too I asked about her. She was also $5!

She's wearing her original dress, but it's missing the big tassel from the front.

You may have seen my Dodi's HERE. I have two, but one is blonde with a slight haircut, and the other is a redhead, but she's had a severe haircut. The Dodi I spotted at the show was a redhead, which I wanted. She kind of  seems to have lost some hair in the front, but with the style  that Dodi is supposed to have her hair in, it won't show at all!

   She'll look great when I get her cleaned up and combed.

  So that's what I got. Mitzi and the bottom two girls will probably get their own days if I do Doll-A-Day again. They'll have gone to the spa by then and can show their full beauty.  See you next time.  

Doll-A-Day 2023 #239: Doll Show!

  Okay! We're finally getting to the 'meat' of the doll shows. We'll start with the first doll show, because, as you might remember, I went to two shows in two days. This one was more heavy on fashion dolls, although there were a few other types. The other show was more varied.

  One of the first things I saw at the first show was a Furga Alta Moda 'S Girl', Simona.

  Between the two shows I saw quite a few Crissy and family dolls by Ideal.

Kerry, Cinnamon, two Tressy's, and a Velvet. American Character, who made the fashion doll sized Tressy, sold the name and grow hair feature to Ideal.

  This little girl is Crumpet, made by Kenner in 1971. She's can serve tea and pass the plate of cookies...or crumpets. You can watch a commercial for Crumpet HERE.

  This guy is a one of a kind doll by Nini Momo,

This was a row of interesting ladies. You know, I still haven't seen the Barbie movie!

  This Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz was really good.

Her dress is very screen accurate, and she really looks like actress Margaret Hamilton, who played Miss Gulch, and The Wicked Witch. I think she's by Tonner.

  

A group of Tammy and family dolls, with lots of Peppers, Patti, Bud, and a stray Betsy McCall, at left, a random Effanbee Fluffy Girl Scout, and some passed out Madame Alexanders.

This set of three dolls features reproductions of  Malibu Barbie and friends.

  This big girl reminds me of a Uneeda doll I posted a few years ago. I'm not sure who made this girl. The little sailor is a Nora Wellings doll. 

Here he is with a crowd of girls. Oh those sailors!

Lots of Shirley Temples at the bottom, and I Love Lucy?

More Crissy and Family. You saw Posin Cricket, (in the orange and white checked dress), the other day.

  And this is another Tressy, I believe.

  A gaggle of Barbie clones. I think we have a Wendy or two, and a Polly on the right. My sister had a Polly. She got her one year when she had asked for a Barbie, and she always hated Polly. She thought she was so ugly. I have to say, this Polly is more attractive than the head that's left from my sister's Polly. I stuck it on a headless purse doll years ago, and it's still there..

  This is a cute little Skipper clone named Little Sister Candy. She looks like a tiny Tressy, even more than Cricket does. She didn't have a price, and I stood and waited to ask for ages before giving up. She'll probably be there next time. So many of the dolls at the shows come show after show.

  A Caco baby!

 Dawn with her friend Kip the majorette. My sister liked Kip.

Some Dawns with some Rock Flowers dolls. Rock Flowers dolls came with a record, and they could be attached to the record and spin around as it played. Ken's sister Gloria remembers being brought one by their American aunt when she came over to England to visit when Ken and Gloria were kids.

Funtime Barbie, much paler than her Malibu counterpart. It's much more fun to be pale and not get skin cancer! The Casey in front of her has rather long hair for a Casey. Either that, or it's just lost it's flip. My Casey has shorter hair, but her's is still flipped.

  I thought this Mitzi doll was quite pretty, especially for a Barbie clone from way back. 

Her colouring is beautiful, and she has dark auburn hair.

  I came across this Pos'n Tammy in her phone booth box. She stole Glamour Misty's arms. Oh well. They are nice arms. You can see my Pos'n Tammy HERE, and my Glamour Misty HERE.

  This Gene was wearing a great dress. I believe it was handmade.

This doll was a couple of couple of dolls over. I love her and her clothes. I think she's a newer Gene. I usually don't like them.

 

I'm not sure which this is.

This doll's dress looks like vintage fabric.

I like this Titanic Rose doll. She's wearing one of my favourite dresses from the movie, and she comes with loads of clothes. But my favourite part is the safe!

Truely Scrumptious, from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, (on the right), was made from Barbie's body, and Francie's head. 

The Peanuts dolls are Skididdlers, like Skididdle Kiddles. The blue thing in Lucy's back has wheels, and when you push it along her legs move in a walking motion. I have my childhood Skididdler Goofy, and he NEVER worked! 

Japanese Ken.

The rare Sears Exclusive Walking Jamie, from the Strollin' in Style gift set, from 1972. She also came with a yellow and blue ball, like Skipper's Country Picnic ball, and a white poodle. She used Barbie's head sculpt.

  Some vintage Barbie and family, including NOT number one Barbie, (This one has curly bangs, but rounded eyebrows.), and a pretty blonde flip Stacey. You can see my more TLC blonde flip Stacey HERE.

 

Some even more vintage dolls.

This one seems to have an oil cloth or rubber body. He's by Effanbee.

  A whole basket full of Tammy dolls.

  This Gene was really wonderful. I don't usually like unnatural hair colours on realistic dolls, but I loved this one.

She's Pierrette Masquerade Ball Gene, by Ashton Drake. 

 

And I thought I had all the Gene's I needed. Ha!

  Another doll I really like, Mary Englebreit's Ann Estelle, by Tonner.

  These two dolls on the left are souvenir dolls from the Kathe Kruse luncheon at the 50th United Federation of Doll Collector's convention.

  I swear I photographed these guys last time too.  They're Hogan's Heroes dolls by Sideshow.

  I remember when these came out. I considered getting one for my friend Lisa, who loves Hogan's Heroes, but I don't think I did in the end.

And that was the show. I didn't buy anything until I was leaving! I was good the whole time, and at the last minute I did buy a few things. I might not keep them all, but sell something to pay for what I'm keeping. We'll see what I bought in upcoming posts. See you tomorrow!