Doll-A-Day 2023 #199: Rainbow Winks Cooky Box Doll

  Hey, remember a few days ago we looked at a Flatsy doll? Well this isn't another one. You might think at first glance that this doll is a Flatsy, but she is merely a Flatsy wanna be.

She has all the telltale signs of a Flatsy. For a start, she's flat. She's also the same size, at about 6 inches tall. She has a cute, smiling face,(although it's just painted on and not molded, like a Flatsy's is.),  and her body is wired for bending.

But I don't know of any real Flatsy dolls with yarn or thread hair. Also, Flatsy dolls have removable clothing, including their hats. This girl's hat is sewn to her head, and I'm ready to bet there's no hair under that hat.

Her dress and tights are removable. Her dress closes in the back with a snap.

She even has a tiny little bead accent on her dress.

  

But Flatsys were made by Ideal, originally, between 1969 and 1973. This doll is marked 1981 Intrad Enterprises. Flatsy was briefly revived by Schylling in 2008.

She has a 'made in Hong Kong' tag in her dress.

  

  I saw her being sold as part of a set of dolls called Cooky Box dolls. She certainly looks like them, and I saw this doll included with sets of those dolls more than once. The problem is, when you look at the back of a Cooky Box doll box, this doll isn't shown!

There is a doll in a similar outfit, Rainbow Winks, but the tights are very different, and she has brown hair. I'm guessing that version didn't make it past the prototype stage, and this is the doll actually produced. These dolls are marked Intrad enterprises too, so this has to be who she is. The gimmick to these dolls was that they smelled like cookies. There was a cookie recipe featured in the back of the boxes.

  This doll also came from the Room of Water, and could use a clean up. She's not bad though.

  That's the doll for today. See you again tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day2023 #197 :Casey Flatsy

Today's doll is Casey Flatsy. Sorry about the blurry picture. Stay tuned. The rest are okay. 

  I also have to apologize for Casey's appearance. he looked much better than this a few short months ago. He got a bit stompled in the rush of the firefighters. He was a bit mildewy and dirty when I found him the other week. He got a going over with the baby toothbrush and soapy water, but it didn't work miracles.
Casey was part of the Flatsy doll line, made by Ideal.

Sorry for mygrubby fingers. I was digging through a bag of Fuzzy's moldy books and saving what I could, when it suddenly got very dark and was about to rain. I had to grab Casey and Ken took the pictures with my phone.

Flatsy dolls were made between 1969 and 1973, and there were even baby Flatsy dolls, (mini's),and tall, more realistic faced Flatsy dolls,(fashion Flatsy dolls).Casey was made in 1973. His body copyright is 1969, but this particular doll came out in 1973.

The gimmick with Flatsy dolls was that they were...well, flat.

He's not exactly 'the great profile'.

They were also bendy.

He would have originally had a red shirt, a blue and white checked neckerchief, and black shoes. Their clothes and shoes were removeable. 

Casey has obviously lost everything but his pants. I have the hat, but who knows where that is now. These are his original overalls, but they had red patch pockets on the knees. You can see the glue where his used to be.

The little buckles on his overall straps can really be adjusted, or undone.

Flatsy dolls came in a plastic frame, which contained a background for them, and a flat hard plastic accessory. Casey's was, logically, a train. (Like Casey Jones, the famous engineer of the song.)

Apparently he also came in a small frame, without an accessory.

Or maybe he's a she? The package assumes all Flatsy dolls are female: She lives in her locket/frame. This may have been a smaller version of Casey too, since it suggests you can wear him/her.

  I ended up with Casey in the last few years, but I also have a Flatsy from my childhood, Cookie, which I will show you at some point. I still have Cookie's accessory, a stove, and my Flatsy frame, but when I was a kid my mom threw away the background so she could use the frame to hang a wonderful paint-by-numbers on black velvet that I did of a covered bridge scene. I suppose I should have been flattered that she wanted to hang my so called art work, but instead I was mad that she threw away my carefully kept Flatsy background!

    Flatsy dolls came in at #58 on Time magazines list of the All-Time 100 Greatest Toys.

Tomorrow's another doll. See you then!

Doll-A-Day 2019 #128: Flatsy

  I'm not feeling very well today. I think I'm going to have to make a trip to the doctor. I'm so tired of feeling bad and being sick!
  Today's doll is a couple of little girls.

They're a pair of Flatsy dolls.

There were 12 dolls in the line.

The blonde one is Taylor.

The brunette one has me confused. Is she Jia or Lily? Neither is dressed like the doll I have,but they're the only ones with black hair.

Lily has two ponytails, so mine might be Jia.

Some of you, who are old, like I am,may remember Flatsy dolls from your childhood. I have a pink haired one.

Those Flatsy dolls were made from 1969 to 1973 by Ideal. But these dolls are fairly recent. (At least, to old people like me.) They were a brief remake of Flatsy,from 2008. 

They were made by Schylling,under license from Kaywood and Kidzart, neither of whom I ever heard of,before or since.

 

As you can see, they really are 'flat'.
 

But they have raised facial features and details in their hands.
 

Like the original Flatsy dolls, they are rubber, with a wire armature inside that makes them bendy and posable,
 

Their clothes are removable, but as far as I know there weren't any extra clothes sold to go with them. Their feet are flat (Sideways flat),so regular doll shoes won't fit them either.

The original Flatsy doll came in several sizes,(Fashion Flatsy was a tall,thin adult type doll. Baby Flatsy was a smaller version of the girls like these. Mini Flatsy was even smaller.),but the most common ones were similar in size to these girls.I think these Flatsys are slightly smaller than the originals. These girls stand 5 and a half inches tall.

Each doll comes with a couple of barrettes and a ribbon for her hair.

They also come with a comb that says 'Flatsy' on it.

So the main feature of these dolls seems to be hair play. The original dolls came in a plastic frame,(My mom stole mine to frame a black velvet paint-by-numbers I did.),and had an accessory that fit their theme. My doll, Cookie, was dressed as a chef and came with a flat plastic stove.Others had a flat bed, or a flat doll carriage,etc. For the Schylling dolls there was a Slumber Party set that included two dolls,sleeping bags and pillows,a pizza box,a popcorn box, and a checkerboard.
  That's all for today. Check back tomorrow for another doll.

Doll-A-Day 2017 #79:Skinny Jinny

  Are you tired of those babies? Phew! There were alot of them, weren't there?! I still have one more I want to show you, but I'm giving you a break for the next few days. Aren't you glad?  I am doing a post I already have ready today, while I get ready the posts on my birthday presents, and a trade I did recently.
  Today I need a little help. Is this Skinny Jinny, by Durham, or a Metti doll? And what is the difference?

Or are they just called Flatsy dolls? I know Flatsy's were dolls with rooted hair,made by Ideal in the late 60's and early 70's,but these dolls are often called Flasty too. That could just being used as a general term for flat dolls.


The Skinny Jinny dolls I've seen have a different face.

These girls look more like Metti dolls, but I think Metti dolls are Italian.These girls both say Hong Kong on their backs. Are Metti dolls made in Hong Kong?

They are painted on the front, but the back is plain.

They're 10 1/2" tall.

As flat as they are, they do have more raised detail than you'd think. It shows up pretty well in this picture:

They have creases in their hands,arms, and wrists, and even have a little belly bulge and knee caps. They still manage to stay super flat though.

They have jointed heads, arms, and legs.

Some of the dolls actually come in a small plastic box that they can be folded to fit into.

The dolls originally came in clothes,but mine were found naked and I haven't done anything about it,as I'm still deciding if they are going to stay or not.
** We have a reader who collects these dolls and is looking for a couple to complete her collection. Here's what she says: "My dolls come from all over the world. The ones I'm looking for are Russian or Ukrainian, Pepita was made in Colombia and has a mirror behind her head. Poppy and Peppy, don't know if they are made in the USA".

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  That's it for today. Check back tomorrow for another doll.