It's Liana,a 'Lemon Head' Kelly friend doll.
I haven't unboxed this one because I think I have one out of the box somewhere. |
Lemon Head Kellys first showed up in 2003. For some reason Mattel thought it would be clever to give Barbie a mutant sister with a head shaped like a sideways lemon, when no other member of the family looked like a cartoon.
'Cute new look'. Nobody seemed to think so. |
Collector's gave the dolls the nick name Lemon Head, based on the weird shape of their heads.
The dolls proved unpopular, and they quickly faded.
Fuzzy has the boy on the lower left. He had almost every Tommy doll made when he was a kid. |
She has longer, slimmer limbs than the original Kelly dolls, and is a bit taller.
Tomorrow hopefully there will be another doll. I hope the automated system or Ken have been posting these!
What a poor little lemon head she is!!! A bit like a cone head but with her head on sideways. I wonder what on earth the company were thinking when they developed these unusually shaped youngsters!!
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I don't know either. It was a very bad idea!
DeletePoor little dolly. Well her dress is kind of cute anyway. At least Goodwill wanted $2 for her.
ReplyDeleteHa! And they got it from me! They aren't bad, but they are no substitute for a realistic looking doll.
DeleteI think the 'lemon head' Kelly dolls may have been out around the same time as the My Scene Barbie dolls, which also had oversized, stylized heads. Then again, I could be wrong.
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I think you're right.They are supposed to have been available from 2002 to 2014,although I didn't think they lasted that long. But at least their heads were human shaped!
DeleteI saw these on Ebay when I looked up Kelly and wondered what the heck was up with them!
ReplyDeleteThey were very brief.
DeleteIs This Doll Have A Bend And Snap Knees?
ReplyDeleteNo. The Lemonheads just have straight, solid legs.
DeleteY'know, it's weird. I hated these when they were in stores, but now I don't mind 'em so much! They're certainly not pretty little dolls like the old Kelly and her friends, but they have a unique cuteness about them. That said, I'm glad they didn't last, LOL!
ReplyDeleteI don't mind them as dolls, but not as Kellys. Kelly should look like a real kid, like the rest of the family.
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