Doll-A-Day 2019 #241: Timeless Creations Corolle Girl

    I had a busy day today. I worked on a secret furniture project for Ivy,so I can't talk about that. Not that Ivy ever reads this blog,but just in case. I also mowed the yard and filled the yard waste cans with tree branches. That shouldn't have made me as tired and achy as it did, but here you go.
  Today's doll is this girl.

 She was made by Corolle for Mattel's Timeless Creations line.

I don't know anything else about her,so if anybody knows who she is,please let me know.

 

She's about 17 inches tall.

Of course, she can't actually stand up,because she has a soft,stuffed cloth body and vinyl arms,legs,and head.
 

Yes,she has some water marking.

She is wearing a Corolle dress,which I assume is her original.

She has a beautiful,lifelike skin tone.

She has very tiny eyes,which is a Corolle thing.
 

They're sleep eyes.

Her hair is quite long.

That's the doll for today.

See you tomorrow for another one.

Doll-A-Day 2017 #305:Corolle Girl

  I was gone all day today. We went shopping to pick up some things for Ivy's birthday next week. Since I was gone all day I am falling back on some pictures I already had taken. Today's doll is this girl.

She's by Corolle. I already had her pictures taken because she's on her way out,in fact,already for sale. But it also reminds me to make sure everyone has seen the post I reposted a couple of days ago,about a mom who is looking for a particular Corolle doll (Unfortunately not this one.),to replace a beloved doll that belonged to her daughter who passed away 10 months ago. If you haven't seen that post, please go HERE and see if you can help. As far as I know, noone has found a doll for her yet,

I haven't had nearly as much trouble with The One Hair as I used to, but unfortunately, this girl is a victim of The One Hair curse. That happens when I don't wear my glasses until the pictures are done!

Her brown eyes are sleep eyes,and she has a cute smile.

Her long brown hair has a warm tone.

Corolle dolls with cloth bodies have the name printed on their torsos. This girl also has her original dress, which has a Corolle tag.

Her body tag says 2008.

I like the faces of Corolle dolls. Apart from being pretty, their skin always looks warm and realistic.

See you tomorrow for another doll. Don't forget to visit the post in the link and see if you can help find the Corolle doll in question.

Looking for help for a greiving mother

  This isn't today's post. That will be up in a while. This is an extra post. I read the following post a couple of days ago on the blog Dolls,Dolls,Dolls and asked the blogger,Vanda, if I could repost it,to help a mom find a doll like the one belonging to her daughter,who passed away. I'm asking all you doll people out there to help this mom locate a doll like the one in the post. If you know where one can be found, please contact the email address provided in the post,,or the comment section of the original post,which I put a link to in the post below.

Here is Paula’s message.

Hi, I am looking for a specific Corolle doll and I am wondering if you might be able to help me. I believe the doll I am looking for is this one. My three year old daughter died ten months ago very suddenly. She was in hospital and when they took her away, her Corolle doll was with her. I hadn’t realized it would be cremated with her, and I would like to get a replacement. I have done a lot of web browsing, and the only thing I can find is in France for 35 Euros plus about $45 shipping, so thought I might try some other avenues. Hers was 12 inches with a bean bag white body printed with the Corolle logo, and vinyl arms and legs. The eyes didn’t open and close, but they were blue, and it had short blonde hair. Grace was a very special little girl, born at 26 weeks under extremely adverse conditions, and survived through so much to come out a happy, healthy girl with no problems except for a bowel issue that wasn’t supposed to be much of an issue. Unfortunately, complications from the bowel scar tissue that doctors nor ANY imaging could see ultimately took her within 18 hours of being admitted to hospital for what was supposed to be a minor infection. It would really mean a lot to me if I could get another of this doll, so any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. This is a picture of Grace with her baby. I had sent an email off to Corolle themselves, but they didn’t think they would have this particular doll in stock, as it was a number of years old. This is what it looks like, probably from 1997, named Igor.

 

Thank you for your time,

Paula Harmon

I’m not familiar with this doll myself but I daresay that there are some available for sale for less than what Paula has found so far. I was thinking that if anyone has one to sell or perhaps has seen one currently listed online at a good price with reasonable shipping you could let me know and I’ll put you in touch with Paula. I do not have Paula’s address at the present time but I believe she lives in Canada so this is mainly one for those of you on the North American continent because of shipping costs.
You may either email me directly at sadieinoz.1957@gmail.com or comment on the blog at https://dollsdollsdolls.net/2017/10/27/doll-detective-mailbag/  and I will contact you.

Paula’s daughter Grace with her dolly.

      

Here's hoping someone can help Paula.

Doll-A-Day 2017 #97:Corolle Baby

  Today's doll,like yesterday's,is a baby.

He's a Corolle doll.

He was made in 1992,in France.

He has vinyl arms, legs, and head,but his body is nylon. And according to this, he's 16.8 inches long.

Yesterday we saw 'Karen'. This guy I usually think of him as 'Karen's friend'.

He has really tiny eyes. He was naked when I got him, so he's wearing a homemade shirt. (Not made by me. I love this fabric.)

I also think of him as a boy, but who knows what he was intended to be.

I call him Ceddy, after seeing somebody else's baby doll who was named Ceddy. It seems to work for him.

He has a sort of strange translucent quality to his 'skin'.

He has sleep eyes.

It makes him look a little sweaty...or maybe like one of those people on X-Files that got that thing that made their skin see-through...

But I like him. He still looks sweet to me.

Cute baldy baby ears!

His arms aren't curved at all,and the vinyl part goes all the way to his shoulders,so he can't be posed with his hands near his mouth,in a cute baby pose.

However, his legs are curved. They are also in sockets that allow them to be posed, and they hold that pose.

He has very detailed and realistic feet.

Please ignore the sandals.(And the fact that they aren't buckled.) I don't like males in sandals,but he's the only doll I have that these fit.
  Tomorrow is Shrunken Saturday. I'll be posting when I get back from going to the flea market with my friend Lori. I hope I find something good!

What I Did on My Summer Vacation:England Day 7, London Day 3 Part 2: Piccadilly Circus, Carnaby Street,Regent Street, Hamley's Toy Store (Part1)

  So here's part two of our last day in London. It was evening by this time, so the 'part two' refers to the post, and not the actual day. The day was nearly over.
  Our next stop was Piccadilly Circus. Other than the Eros statue there isn't a lot to see or do there. Ken likes the light up signs. There used to be a huge Tower Records store there, to the left in the picture below. It closed years go. I went there and got Jackson Brown's autograph for my sister once, but I missed Crowded House performing live, (and for free!), to promote their first album, because I was in Norwich babysitting.

Emma, Ivy, Cheryl, and a disgruntled Ken in Piccadilly Circus. Ken felt the girls were running him around. He had been looking forward to photographing the place.

Piccadilly Circus, so named for being a traffic 'circus', (Or circle, as we would call them here.), isn't any more. When I was there in 1986 they were in the process of moving the steps and Eros statue over to it's present position, at the side of the road. It looks crammed in and messy this way, and the name doesn't make sense any more. I suppose it was supposed to help the flow of traffic.
  There also used to be a cookie shop to the right and down the street from the site of the photo. I used to get the best chocolate cookies there all the time. They microwaved them until they were melty. Best cookies ever!
         From Piccadilly Circus it was a minute or two to Carnaby Street.

Cheryl, me, Emma, and Ivy about to enter Carnaby Street.

The sign says 'Welcome to Carnaby Street' now. The last time I was there they were still using the original sign, put up in the 60's, which said 'Carnaby Street Welcomes the World'.In the 60's Carnaby Street became famous as part of the fashion scene of  'Swinging London'.

The girls still found some interesting fashion items there.

This shop had interesting shoes.

In this shop Emma was tempted by this purse that looked like a carton of juice. She managed to resist, mainly because she had seen a very similar one cheaper somewhere else. She didn't see it again though.

The girls went on without us, and Ken decided to stop for a drink in this pub, Shakespeare's Head.

Ken and Cheryl outside Shakespeare's Head (?).

This is a bit blurry. Essentially they're claiming the pub used to be owned by some of Shakespeare's "distant relatives".

Ken ordering a pint in Shakespeare's Head.

Ken and Cheryl inside Shakespeare's Head.

I don't drink. I had another Appletiser. Ahhh...

When we had finished our drinks we set off down Regent Street to find Hamley's Toy Store. I didn't realize it was so close to Carnaby Street.

My mouth doesn't look like it's saying 'There it is.', but...there it is.

 Hamley's claims to be the world's largest and oldest toy store. The original store opened in London in 1760. The store moved to Regent Street in 1881. One hundred years later the store moved a few doors down, to larger quarters, and now boasts 7 floors of toys!
  Queen Mary gave the store a Royal Warrant in 1938.This marked Hamley's as a supplier to the royal family.
  During World War II the store was bombed 5 times!Those Nazis really hated toys I guess...

Hey! Tammy's out of the purse again!

The current queen, Elizabeth II, gave the store a second royal warrant in 1955, as "toy and sports merchant". Although the store passed down through the Hamley family for generations, it was sold to an Icelandic Investment firm in 2003. When the company collapsed the store was taken over by the Icelandic bank, Landsbanki. In 2013 the store was sold to a French toy retailer Group Ludendo for 60 million pounds!

  I was surprised to see this whole window display for Our Generation dolls in the front window, since I thought they were Target only products.

They have more Our Generation than Target does, as you will see...

It was getting late and we would soon have to catch our train back to Hull, so I rushed through to find the most interesting stuff.

Love these big deer!

I think that's an air conditioner. They must have been having some trouble. There was another one in the doll department, and it was still really hot in there.

So where are the dolls?! Quick!

Here's a small clearance area.

The creepy things below it are One Direction dolls, but what are these creepy things?

Looks like Stitch's psycho cousin. Or if Stitch had kids with The Cheshire Cat.

VIP Pets.

The Monster High section...

Some very monstery Monster High toys...

The Barbies were the other end of the Monster High aisle.

Then there was the Disney department...

35 pounds! That's more than $50! How much is this thing at home?

Aw! Baby Merida!

She's beautiful. Again, I am tempted, but can't you get these at home?

But look at that face!

 Actually, I can't find the Merida here.
The Frozen section....

Moving past Disney to the Ever After High section...

I love Bunny Blanc. And she's a blonde. Go figure.

Calinou dolls...

...and more Calinou...

The Corolle dolls. Now we're getting closer to what I want.

Babies...

Dolls for babies...

And the big girls! I like the reddish haired one. (Naturally.)

Paris? How about London?

A stack of 10 or 12 inch dolls.

I was tempted on this girl.

But I was trying to be good. After all, she was more than $30, and I was still hoping to get a Girl For All Time Clementine, my one big splurge.
Doll houses and furniture.

The Playmobile department? How did this get in here? I think this was a different floor.

The Thomas the Tank Engine department. Fuzzy liked Thomas when he was little.

Back to the clearance stuff. Mooshkas, which I love, Pinkie Cooper, which I also like, and a doll I've never seen before.

  Each doll speaks several different languages.

Shiroh, Tisha, and Nina

And this one is Keza.

 Apparently she talks in several of the languages of Zimbabwe and Zambia...

(And she's still expensive, even on clearance.)

....or at least, she would speak, if she weren't the 'without mechanism' version. They weren't all 'without mechanism', but why do all the boxes say she talks if some of them don't? For those of you interested in the Rooti dolls you can go to their page HERE.

But it was the dolls under the Rooti dolls that were so confusing, and of interest to a lot of you. But this post has been really long already, so you'll have to wait for part two.