Another Goodwill Haul: Vintage Tammy,G.I Joe and more

  Before we start,I have to welcome our newest follower,Linda. Welcome Linda! Linda, formerly of What Happens in the Doll Room, has a couple of new blogs, Darkroom Dolls, where she posts her doll photography, and  The Old Darkroom, where she posts cool old photographs. Plus, I think I figured out who the follower is that I missed a while back. If I'm not mistaken, it's Milena. Welcome Milena! (If I've welcomed you before, just ignore me!) Milena has a blog called MINIMAGINE, where you can see the great furniture and room boxes Milena has created and sells.
  I have found a few vintage dolls this summer, including a Tammy, but I made quite a haul of vintage and newer dolls at Goodwill a week or so ago.

All these dolls were $1 or $2.

Another Tammy! And she's a red head!

It took me a while to figure out if this G.I. Joe was old or one of the newer repros.

They redid this exact 'figure', (Since he's a guy's 'doll'...) when Fuzz was little, and he's 20 now.

His feet are a different shade than his body. They almost look like they've been replaced, but I'm pretty sure all these were dumped from the same load,and as somebody's old play dolls, that's unlikely.

I researched him, and he seems to be one of the old guys. From what I found when I researched it, the older ones started out saying Patent Pending on their right 'cheek'. Then it became like this guy's, with the patent number.

The repros look almost the same, except they actually say 'reproduction on the left 'cheek'.
  Fuzzy has a red head, just like my childhood G.I. Joe.

My childhood Joe, who was called John, in a typical pose.I never could keep him straightened out. Even his wife Midge can't believe it. By the way, he did originally have the Joe scar on his face, but my sister removed the scars from our Joes to make them  more aesthetically pleasing...

This guy looks more like my sister's brown haired Joe, except this guy is a 'hard head', and hers was a 'soft head',meaning this guy's head is rock hard, where as her Joe's head was soft and hollow,just like her first husband's.

  I don't know who the littlest guy is,because he has no markings at all.He's made very like a Mego, but with slightly different jointing. The larger of the two little guys is a Mego though.

Mego guy even has his shoes! But what's the deal with those shorts?

Megos are super jointy and poseable. I'm pretty sure he's Action Jackson. He kind of looks like the Planet of the Apes astronaut, which would be great, because I need him.Unfortunately, I think his hair is too dark and his side burns are too long for him to be the POTA astronaut.
The large girl is a BFC Ink Kaitlyn.

She's the more jointy one too. I need to weed out all my extra BFC Ink dolls and get rid of them. This girl may be the Kaitlyn that stays if I can get that ink mark off her head. I have heard Mr. Clean Magic Eraser is great for removing marks like that, but I haven't had much luck with it. I wish I knew what I was doing wrong.
  The smaller newish girl is a Forever Best Friends doll.

I love the faces on these dolls. They were made by MGA, the company that makes Bratz and Moxie Girlz. Their clothing is very similar to those lines. In fact, I could do with more shirts for them that aren't 'belly shirts', as my girls always call them.)The kind that are so short your belly hangs out.)

I think she's Brianee. She's the kind with jointed hands and hers are missing. That's ok, because she at least hasn't had a hair cut, and I have some dolls from this line with hair cuts that have their hands. I can always switch the hands to this one. That's another line of dolls that I need to sort out my extras on and get them out of here.
  To update a recent post, my Barbie Dream Kitchen and Dinette has sold. That will help a bit when we come back from England and have bills to pay, even if I am sorry to see that kitchen step ladder and Corning Ware go!

Doll-A-Day 248: BFC Ink Kaitlin

  Today's doll is Kaitlin.

She's a BFC Ink doll.

This is not her original outfit. She came in the greenish dress and pukey leopard print vest and really cool boots.

I like this cute shortall outfit. I thought it would be nice since we seem to be having an Indian Summer (Late warm weather. I suppose that's not politically correct these days. Native American Summer? Why is it called that anyway?)

From what I can tell this is actually a BFC Ink outfit. I got it at a yard sale I think, maybe on a BFC Ink doll, a couple of years ago.

The BFC stands for Best Friends Club.

These dolls are about 18" tall, but there was also a smaller series of dolls about 10" tall.

This is the second style of BFC Ink doll, which has more joints. The original dolls didn't have the jointed wrists, ankles, or elbows.

These dolls are really posable, but their joints get very loose very quickly.

They are also notorious for having bad hair. It tends to be crispy on the bottom.

Kaitlin's hair is actually pretty good. She still has lots of her original curl,and her hair is fairly soft.

 

BFC Ink dolls also have nice inset eyes that are fairly realistic. It's hard to get them to look like they are looking at the camera though.

 See you tomorrow for another doll.

Doll-A-Day 152: American Girl Kirsten and What Else I Bought at the Flea Market

  Today I'm showing you most of the stuff I bought at the flea market on Saturday.The first thing I saw that had promise was the corner where the lady I bought the $1 Betsy McCall from last year was selling her goods.

Last year's Betsy in her original pj's. She's just dancing folks, She has two whole legs.

I was pretty sure it was her, so I headed straight for her stuff. It was her, but she didn't have much good stuff this time. She also wanted $3 for her Barbies, which is way above my buying range, unless it's something super special. I did get this Best Friends Club Ink Kaitlin doll from her.

I already have a Kaitlin and the boots this one is wearing, but I wanted the jeans and dress she's also wearing.
  Elsewhere I also got this great Bratz English telephone box. (It lights up too!)

And the tiny doll next to it I showed you the other day.
  I also got a box full of Sunshine Family stuff, including the house, baby's room, truck, and the farm in it's original box.But the find of the day has to have been this American Girl Kirsten.

She's marked Pleasant Company, and wearing her original Meet outfit, minus her apron. Kirsten Larson was one of the first three original historical American Girl dolls that came out in 1986. She's supposed to be a pioneer girl from 1854, whose family settles in Minnesota after leaving their native Sweden.The character was archived in 2010.

This doll seems to have been played with very little. Her limbs are super tight. She's very clean, and her outfit only has a few spots on the back of her dress, which will probably wash out.

There is only one problem. She has silver eye in one eye.

 I have a Samantha, and I would love to have an Emily, but I'll probably be letting Kirsten go, so her new owner can deal with her eye problem. I checked, and she can be sent to the American Girl hospital for new eyes for a total cost of $36, including shipping.Actually, the silver eye doesn't look bad, it just doesn't match the other one.

  I've read two different theories on silver eye. One said that it was where the eye gets water in it. Someone else shot that one down by explaining that the eyes are acrylic and wouldn't be affected by water like old fashioned eyes made of metal, or with metal sockets. Someone else explained that they had a theory that silver eye was caused by light fading the eye. They had a doll with one silver eye, so they experimented with the other one, leaving a high powered light on it for a period of time, and the other eye did develop silver eye. Some plastics also change over time, so it could just be a flaw in the make up of the plastic the eyes were made from.
  In general I'm not a huge fan of American Girl dolls, but I do like the historical costumes and the huggable feel of the bodies. I also love dolls with teeth! My main complaint about American Girl dolls is that they all look so much alike. (To me anyway. I know a lot of people can tell the difference between all the face molds.) If Kirsten had been an Emily, or even a Felicity, I would be a lot more excited right now!
  See you tomorrow for another doll.