Doll-A-Day 2019 #150: Let's Pretend

  First, the problem with the competition: Korglady says that the Followers list and the Follow button don't show up when viewing the blog on her phone. Maybe that's been some people's problem. If you can, view the blog on a computer or laptop and see if that solves the problem. I WILL EXTEND THE COMPETITION FOR ANOTHER FIVE DAYS to see if that helps. That means the last day to follow and enter will be June 5th,2019. The winner will then be announced on June 6th,2019.
  Next,I have started a Facebook page for the blog. The link is in the sidebar, so please visit,follow, and 'like' the new Planet of the Dolls Facebook page! I'll be posting a link to each daily post, and revisiting some previous dolls I've posted on,and even sharing some doll related posts I've found interesting. It will be a good place to view the blog photos without all the words too. My Flickr account is nearly full,so unless things change on that front, the photos will be getting posted pretty much here and on Facebook only, from now on. 
  Now, on to today's doll. She's this girl.

This doll is called Let's Pretend. 

I think she is from the early 1970's.
 

As her box says,she is jointed at the neck,shoulders, and hips.

She came with two doll sized Halloween costumes which seem to be miniature recreations of actual Ben Cooper Halloween costumes from the early 70's. The costumes are cloth and the masks are rubber. I bought her at a doll show a few years back,strictly for the costumes. I used them in my Halloween party photo story,which you can see HERE.

On the left you'll see Ivy's doll, Swingy Legs,wearing the witch costume. In the middle is Emma's doll, Emma the Doll,wearing the mask to the clown costume. Why is she wearing a clown mask when she's dressed as Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz"?

I think now you might see why. Emma the Doll has a cloth head cover, which I referred to as her 'head sock',onto which was applied an actual photo of Emma (the kid)'s face. It was put on with t-shirt transfer goop,but over time,(and tons of play), it wore away. I touched it up occasionally with coloured pencils, but she always looked pretty rough. I wanted her to get to be a part of the party, but she's not exactly aesthetically pleasing.These days she lives on Emma's dresser.

Here's the clown costume, on Tammy World's sister,Anne,(...of Green Gables, from the When I Read I Dream series).

In the back, center,is Swingy Legs again,with her mask back on her head. Emma the doll has the clown mask on her head too.

There were at least two dolls in the Let's Pretend series. I found a page that has pictures of both. You can see it HERE. The other doll had costumes of a witch,and a Native American girl.

She was made by Fun-World, who also made Susie Slicker. (You can see my Susie Slicker dolls HERE and HERE.)

 

At 8 inches tall, she's the same size as a Susie Slicker,so maybe they used the same body. She seems bigger though. She the same hands.

They look pretty cheap,with flashing around the fingers and a big mold seam.

She has some cute little shoes.

Her hair is thinly rooted and fairly long.

She's marked Made in Hong Kong.

Her one piece outfit is pretty cheaply made.

It closes in the back with one snap...
 

...and ties at the back of the neck.

  That's the doll for today. See you tomorrow for another doll.