Our doll today is Night Night Sleep Tight Tutti.
Tutti was introduced in 1966,as Barbie's little sister.
The 1966 Tutti came in a small box, wearing a sunsuit wth matching hat, and in 1967 in a slightly larger box, wearing a dress with built in undies.
The back of the original box depicts fashions available for Tutti. |
The same year she was introduced Tutti was also available in 4 sets, and the next year 2 more sets.
The sets included a doll with an accessory, like Cookin' Goodies Tutti, which came with a stove, Swing-a-ling Tutti,which came with a swing, (Duh!), and Night Night Sleep Tight, who came with a bed. The dolls from the sets are harder to find than the small box dolls.
Back of the 1967 box shows all four Tutti sets. |
There were a couple of variation fabrics for this set. The most common is a dark pink cotton night gown with a light pink cotton robe with flowers. The bed spread matched the robe.
The Tutti in this set is wearing a dark pink cotton gown with a white flannel robe with tiny pink polka dots. It seems to be the fabric from the kimono of the baby in Barbie Babysits.
The variation shown in the Skipper and Tutti reference book...
... is made of the white fabric with flowers from the bassinet to Barbie Babysits.
The back of Night Night Sleep Tight Tutti's box, showing the most common fabric. |
The Tutti in this set is wearing a dark pink cotton gown with a white flannel robe with tiny pink polka dots. It seems to be the fabric from the kimono of the baby in Barbie Babysits.
The variation shown in the Skipper and Tutti reference book...
... is made of the white fabric with flowers from the bassinet to Barbie Babysits.
Night Night is one of only two Tutti dolls with red hair. The other is Sundae Treat Tutti.The way to tell which of the two you have is to look for the piece of hair on each side of Sundae Treat Tutti's head that pulls up to be ponytailed on top.
Night Night Tutti has hair that is all meant to be pulled into a ponytail at the base of her neck
If she's complete she will have a ribbon on her hair.
Sundae Treat Tutti. |
Night Night Tutti's hair is also shorter than Sundae Treat's hair. |
Tutti was sold in the U.S. until 1971, when the dolls were taken off the market. The wires that allowed posing often poked out of the rubber 'skin' and were considered a hazard to children. (The copper content of the wires also tends to turn the dolls green, or sometimes blue!)The dolls continued to be sold in Europe for years, but with thicker, tougher rubber skin.
Join us tomorrow for another doll.
Join us tomorrow for another doll.
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