Running Out of Doll Shows, But Here's One More

  Well, I didn't get this post up the very next day after the doll show, but then I have a good excuse. I've had a really busy couple of weeks. One week, amongst other things, I had to get an oil change, take the car in to get the tire plugged, thanks to a stray nail, and take the car to get the wheel bearings taken care of. When I did that, I had to leave the car for a few hours, which meant walking home, and then walking back to get it when it was done. It's a bit over a mile each way, and I strayed off on a couple of alternate routes to avoid the steep hills. So I was really pooped out that week. The next week Ken' sister and her husband were here to visit. We went to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Ohio State Reformatory, otherwise known as Shawshank Prison. We drove to Emma's two days, and I can't even remember what else. We went out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary, Ken's sister's anniversary, and Emma and AJ's anniversary. Somehow we all ended up getting married in September, within a week of each other. (Ken's sister's son was married about then too.) I was totally exhausted by the end of the two weeks, and I didn't have time to do a post anyway. So I am finally getting around to this post about a show we went to about,,,what? Three weeks ago? A month ago? I have lost all concept of time. But we did see some cool stuff, so here it is.

  There was this pair of tall, pretty ladies, and some small girls, including a Tonner Betsy McCall, and a couple of Madame Alexanders.

  I like this small cloth faced doll. I'm pretty sure she's a character from something, but I can't think what. If you know, tell me in the comments.

   I may have seen, and shown you, this Madame Alexander doll before. I think she's Maggie. Anybody?

  More nice tall ladies.

  These Madame Alexanders might be the Little Women. You'll notice to the left of the one in red, that there is a doll in a plaid dress.

  She's a Betsy McCall. She's the Uneeda version, who was described as a 'child fashion doll', but she's sort of a tween. She's also referred to as 'preteen Betsy McCall'.

  The dealer said she thinks this is an original Betsy outfit. I've never seen any so I don't know. It isn't shown with the other outfits on the original box though. There were patterns available to make clothes for Betsy, so it could be a homemade Betsy original. You can see my Pre Teen Betsys HERE, and  HERE.

  As you might have noticed, I love Alice in Wonderland, so I had to take a picture of this Alice doll, with the baby that turned into a pig. Over her shoulders you can see a Madame Alexander, a Tiffany Taylor, and a Malibu Skipper.

  The cute doll in pink is Little Betty, by Madame Alexander.  Next to her is a more modern Madame Alexander.

  This doll and her dress were both beautiful.

   I thought these two were cute. They have those thin plastic or celluloid faces. Those faces tended to get caved in at the very least, so they're lucky they've survived all these years.

This is a crowd of Japanese dolls. I don't know who that first girl is, but she looks familiar. The others look like Jenny or one of her related friends.

School Going Skipper was a Skipper from India. I had never seen her before. She is slightly different from the U.S. Skipper of the same era.

   Petit Jenny is another Japanese doll. 

  This guy is obviously a Ken clone, or male doll from the early 60's. He's not the most attractive guy.

  My sister insisted I take a picture of this Phantom of the Opera doll. He's is really good.

  I ran across a whole spread of Cosimo and Cosima doll and clothes. They're Petra's little brother and sister, made in Germany.

  I always thought Cosimo was so cute. At one point in the 90's Big Lots had a huge buyout of Cosimo and Cosima dolls and clothes. I wanted a Cosimo, but by the time I finally decided to buy one, all they had left was Cosima and some clothes. So you might have seen my Cosima HERE. I finally got a Cosimo in a trade with a reader. You can see him, and several original outfits, HERE.

  These girls were so cute.

  I know I know who this dark haired doll is! Anybody want to remind me?

  This is a Connie Lowe doll.

  She's jointed and has some nicely detailed clothing. She's very expensive though. This is also a Connie Lowe doll, and it was my sister's favourite thing we saw at the show.

  I saw some more amazing Connie Lowe dolls near the end of the show that I wanted to photograph for you, but the dealer refused. She was one of those dealers who think their dolls are the only source of pictures of dolls for people who post dolls they don't own for sale online, in an attempt to rip people off. She didn't want her dolls photographed because people could post them for sale. People can get pictures of dolls anywhere and do that. They could get them online, or take pictures of dolls in stores or doll shops, or anywhere. But that's her prerogative. We had a nice talk about various things. She was nice. She just didn't want her dolls photographed, and that's her right.  

 This doll was about the size of a Tammy's Mom doll. She's quite pretty. I don't think I've ever seen her before. 

  You can kind of size her up by comparing her to the Sunshine Family Dad and the Pepper doll behind her.

  This Cinnamon doll in her original box was a good price at $25. I was trying to be good though, and although I love Cinnamon and don't have one in her original box or outfit, I do have two Cinnamon dolls.

  The rice of this set of Beatles bobble head dolls blew my mind.!

I know they're expensive enough without the box, so i guess that price isn't unreasonable. We went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the next week, and they had the same bobbleheads. Theirs weren't boxed and as  as mint though!

  I think I have a couple of these Baby Bonnet Beans around here somewhere. I got them at a yard sale, and I thought they were missing their shirts. I guess not.

  This doll was really cute. She's a Madame Alexander Janie doll. I've never seen one before. I like her a lot.

  This was a gathering of clone dolls. Some of them are really nice. That guy, not so much.

This Barbie clone is another really pretty one. If you look close, you can see she has a couple of pretty friends with her as well.

  I don't think I've seen a loose Momoko before. Boxed ones probably. But not a loose one I could really see well.

  Okay. I would love to have a Brenda Starr doll. I really like them. This one is ready for the rain.

  This doll in green made me think of a thick version of the Skinny Jinny, or Metti dolls. You can see mine HERE. She's interesting.

  So that was the recent doll show. And what did I buy? NOTHING!! I was so proud of myself! I didn't buy a stinking thing! I did get something though. My sister bought my Christmas present while we were there. We saw a beautiful, although damaged compo Shirley Temple clone on a table. The dealer was very enthusiastic about me photographing her, and held her up to be photographed. 

They had a tag on her that said $40, but they did NOT want to go home with her. They said make an offer, which I hate doing. Then they offered her to me for $20. I caved, but my sister hopped in and said she'd get her for me for Christmas, because she didn't know what to get me otherwise. So she went home with my sister, to wait for Christmas, when we will be reunited. Me and Faux Shirley that is. I'll probably see my sister before then,.

  There was a doll show and a toy show this past weekend. Did I go to both, or just one? And if I only went to one, which one? Find out next time, same Bat channel...uh, I mean, in my next post.

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.