She's Julie.
These are Julie's original clothes, except she is missing one shoe. I think she had socks as well.
Julie was made in 1987 by World's of Wonder,makers of Teddy Ruxpin and friends, and Pamela.
Julie has silky strawberry blonde hair,big blue eyes, and 'real' eyelashes. Unfortunately mine is missing most of her eyelashes.
Julie was the first interactive talking doll.
She operates on 4 C batteries. Of course, as is par for the course around here,we only have 3 C batteries, so I can't show you what she looks like going through her motions!
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| She responds to certain 'secret words',for example, when you say 'melody' she will sing. |
When activated Julie opens and closes her eyes,her eyes move,and her mouth moves when she talks. She has soft, translucent rubber skin so her mouth can move.
She responds to movement, light, and temperature,and recognizes voices. She 'knows' when she has been picked up,or when she is taken into a dark room. She has sensors in her fingers that allow her to 'read' special books made for her.
Julie had an entire wardrobe made for her,including pajamas and a night gown,each with matching slippers.
You can watch the original commercial for Julie HERE.
Julie is 22" tall.
I first saw Julie in a sales paper for Children's Palace when I was about six, and I thought she was so beautiful. When my parents asked what I wanted for my birthday that year, I only wanted Julie. My birthday came, and although I received wonderful gifts, I did not get her. My parents asked what I wanted for Christmas. "Julie."
ReplyDeleteDid not get her. It was around this time that I heard that people were returning their Julie dolls due to a malfunction. I was heartbroken. I knew my parents would not spend $100 (a lot of money for a toy in those days) for a doll that did not work.
So, you can imagine my surprise when my 8th birthday came, and I unwrapped Julie! And she worked! I wagged her around everywhere. I am happy to report that I still have her. Mine also lost her shoes somewhere along the way. Thank you for posting this!()#
That's a nice story. I'm glad it had a happy ending and you actually got her! It's wonderful that you still have her too. There are those special toys you want to keep forever. (With me, that was ALL of them!)Does she still work?
DeleteHey Tam, I'm putting a post about talking dolls together, but I can't find any public domain images of Julie. Could I please use one of your images? I'd credit you and provide a link to your post, of course. And if you're not okay with that it's fine too. Just let me know!
ReplyDeleteSure. Use what you need and credit me. That's fine. Do you need anybody else?
DeleteI got Julie for Christmas the year they came out. My papa was helping get her our of box boxand somehow her arm broke so they were gonna seems it back to get fixed. (1987) I just got her back (2021) her leg somehow got disconnected from her body as week as her arm is still broke.lol don't know if she ever worked right or not.
ReplyDeleteI found a Julie doll in my basement. She belonged to my boyfriend’s little sister when she was a kid. She was missing both shoes and socks and, after putting batteries in her, her eyes and mouth don’t move but she does still talk. She’d obviously been in storage so long that her sweater and corduroy pants were dirty with dust and her hair was matted. I carefully washed and conditioned her hair, combed it and threw her clothes in the wash. Her paint job around her mouth was chipped so I repainted her lips and two front teeth. I put a purple bow clip in her hair and am gonna buy a purple doll outfit with shoes for her to match the bow and add her to my collection of rescued, (and sometimes fixed up/repaired), dolls. :)
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Sounds like she's lucky to have been rescued from the basement!
DeleteHow strange, I remember the box from stores but she really doesn't look in person like her box. And yes, I LOVED Children's Palace.
ReplyDeleteShe looks less strange on the box. I never went to Children's Palace, but I remember seeing it. It was gone by the time I had kids.
DeleteI got Julie at a garage sale when I was young. I knew nothing about her but LOVED her. My dad was a computer programmer so anytime she messed up my dad would “operate” on her circuit board and she’d be healed. He found out what company made her and reached out to them for info on the doll and they sent us the instruction manual that would have came with her. I never had any of her talking cards or books or clothes bc we could never find them. I loved her so!
ReplyDeleteSorry! I was recovering from a fire when you commented, and you kind of got lost! You can love the look of a doll who is supposed to do things, and never care if they actually work. Your dad sounds like a valuable guy to have round!
DeleteHello there. I just bought a new Julie. She was very advanced for Toys in the 80s. I’m excited to get to see what she does.
ReplyDeleteI hope she works for you!
DeleteI love the history of this doll, even here in Brazil it was relaunched by the company TEC TOY and was renamed Nádia, TECTOY distributes other toys such as the Teddy bear. Unfortunately in our country we didn't have the books and voice cards, I'm even looking for someone who can provide me with images of this book so I can remake it.
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