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 2023 # 14: Ideal 3V-92 and She's Free!

  Today's doll is another of the free dolls, being given away free by their original owner, who just wants to find good homes for them. She had offered to ship them to me for free, but since she's now going to be possibly shipping five dolls individually, which is probably more expensive, it would be nice, if you want to adopt, if you would offer her some shipping money. If you are interested in any of the dolls, please leave a comment with your contact information, which I won't post, and I'll put you in touch with the owner.

  Today's doll is this lady.

  Her owner measured her at 20 inches, but I'm wondering, since she's marked 'Ideal Doll 19', if maybe she isn't considered a 19 inch doll.

She's also marked 'Ideal doll 3V-92'.

She dates from the 1950's, and was another Miss Revlon competitor.

She comes with this selection of clothing, which includes red roller skates!

  If you're interested in giving her a home, remember, she's free!

Doll-A-Day 2019 #149: The Original Tiny Tears

  I have to start off with this: I haven't had a competition for a long time. The reason for that is that, in previous years, there were only a couple of entries. It didn't seem worth it. I thought about it for a long time. I almost did a competition last year for the 5th Blogaversary. I decided to do one this year and make the prize a really nice one. But so far there have still only been three entries, and,and let me reiterate, NONE OF THEM ARE VALID BECAUSE THE RULE WAS YOU HAD TO BE A FOLLOWER WHO SHOWS UP IN THE SIDEBAR TO ENTER. I can't respond to the comments left with the entries to remind them they need to follow to enter, because to do that I would have to post the comment, which would post the answer to the competition question. So I don't know if I will ever bother with a competition again. Anyone who wants to have a valid entry can become a follower  up to the end of the contest on the 31st. Those who actually entered still have time to become followers so their entries will be valid.
  Am I being too picky, people? Should I just award the prize anyway,even though the rules weren't followed? Other bloggers have used the same rules for their competitions. The reason is because increasing a blog's followers can help with several things, such as being given products to review. (It's for that reason I'm starting a Facebook page for the blog very soon. Apparently that's pretty much a must these days to be considered for products.) Everybody likes free stuff,and for someone who collects on a budget,like I do,it's a wonderful gift. The important thing is to stay true to yourself and your followers and give an honest opinion, even if the product was supplied by a company.
  So, on to today's doll. Since I recently showed you the late 50's/early 60's Tiny Tears I got at the flea market last summer,(If you missed her, you can see her HERE.), I thought today I'd show you the original Tiny Tears.

This is definitely not her dress. It's way too small.

Tiny Tears premiered in 1950.

The original version has a hard plastic head,unlike the one I showed you the other day,which has a vinyl head.

 

She measures 13 inches tall.

Like all Tiny Tears dolls,she has tear ducts at the sides of her nose. When she's given her bottle of water,she can 'cry'.

She has a wonky eye,and also...nostrils? The other one didn't have nostrils. Does this one get a runny nose too? That would be quite an unusual downpour. I used to to have a friend whose hillbilly mother used to say her nose was "runnin' like a sugar tree". Maybe that's what it would be like. The hole in her mouth served two purposes. She took her bottle that way, and also could blow bubbles from the bubble pipe that came with her.
She has sleep eyes with real lashes.

You can see her molded hair.

This girl's right eye is messed up and can't close properly when she's laid down.

Here's another look at her molded hair.

Look at those curls! As you can see, she was made by Ideal.

These shoes were on her when I got her,and I think they are actual Tiny Tears shoes. Does anybody know?

 

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

Boopsie,Cutesy,and Ginger

  A few days ago I promised you a look at some recent Goodwill hauls. Well, here they are.

These guys all need some clean up.

These kids were in a bag together. I'm trying to fund a trip to England in the Spring,so I thought these kids might help. They aren't super valuable, but they are worth more than they cost.The tallest one is an 8" Ginger doll.

Ginger is marked on the back of her head.

Ginger was sold by Cosmopolitan in the 1950's. She looks similar to Vogue's Ginny because both were actually manufactured by Commonwealth Plastics.

This Ginger is a walker,and her head does still turn when her legs are moved. She has cloudy eyes,so I'll have to see if I can clean them,or if,like so many dolls of this era, the eyes are cloudy on the inside and can't be improved. I just haven't felt up to doing anything with her yet. They look like they might be ok though. Her sleep eyes open and close alright.

The big plastic baby is Boopsie.

Doll-A-Day 2017 #356: Pos'n Pepper

  Today I'm only in continuous pain. At least it doesn't come as a surprise!. So here's a quick doll.

She's Pos'n Pepper.

Pos'n Pepper is, as her name suggests,the bendable version of Tammy's sister Pepper.

She has bendy arms and legs,and a skinnier body than regular Pepper.

She was made by Ideal in 1965  .

She has borrowed an ice skatery looking outfit that was on a Liv doll I got. I'm not sure it's a Liv outfit though. It fits Pepper very well.

It's almost Christmas! I have just about everything done. I spent the evening watching Dave Gorman shows with Ivy and copying down Fuzzy's favourite family foods into a recipe book I'm giving him for Christmas. My back is even feeling better too.
  See you tomorrow for another doll.

Doll-a-Day 2017 #321:Shirley Temple by Ideal

  Today's doll is two again. It's these little girls.

Obviously these are Shirley Temple dolls.

Shirley Temple dolls began to be produced in 1934, after Shirley became a huge star overnight in a small role in the movie "Stand Up and Cheer". (That's the one where she wore the dress with the red polka dots and sang "Baby take a Bow",as opposed to the movie that followed, that was actually called "Baby Take  Bow".)

These dolls are much younger. They are from the 1950's.

They're made by Ideal.

They're marked Ideal,and also 'ST',(for Shirley Temple),and a number, which is also their size.

Bigger Shirley is 15" tall.

 And smaller Shirley is 12" tall.

They both have toothy smiles.

I think those teeth are a bit small to be realistic, but I do love dolls with teeth.

They have brown eyes like the actual Shirley,instead of the inaccurate blue Shirley dolls sometimes have.

They're sleep eyes.

I always loved Shirley Temple. (You can see my posts on my other Shirley dolls HERE, HERE,and my post on Shirley herself  HERE.)My mom,who was born in 1928,was an original Shirley fan. When Ivy was tiny she was obsessed with Shirley. (Bear with me if you've read this story before.) She wanted the dress with red polka dots SO badly, I ended up making one from one of Emma's old outfits, and buying her one online. (Finding the right fabric to make one was impossible,but that's ok, because I couldn't have made one anyway.) We had a pink dress with tiny white polka dots and knife blade pleats that I had bought before Emma was even born. I always referred to it as 'the Shirley Temple dress'. When Ivy was going through her Shirley phase she wanted to wear it every day. With washing, she made it about every other day,with pants and a turtle neck under it because it was so cold in our house in the winter. She even had her picture taken in it, but by the time that happened the dress was getting pretty worn out,and the elastic in the puffy sleeves had pretty much died.

We even wrote to Shirley when Ivy was 6, and sent her a couple of things to sign. Shirley was 77 at the time, but she sent them back signed in a coupe of weeks.

Big Shirley has plenty of bouncy curls.

She even has one of her original hair barrettes.

 She is in need of a redo, but as I have said before, I am notoriously incapable at hair.

Sadly, small Shirley has had a chunk of hair snipped off at the front.

She has also lost most of her curl.

She does have one up on big Shirley though. She is still her original pink,whereas big Shirley is a bit tanned.

When I bought big Shirley she was very yellowy-browned. I cleaned her well and then left her in a sunny window until she faded out to the point where she is now.

Her discolouration isn't as noticeable now, until she's put next to the very pink small Shirley.

She still has a blue mark on her left cheek I can't get rid of.

The lady I bought her from thought she looked like Shirley, but she didn't think she was an actual Shirley because she didn't say 'Shirley Temple' on her anywhere.

I can't remember what she was wearing when I got her,but she's now making do with this dress, which fits, but doesn't do her justice.

Little Shirley is wearing an original Shirley Temple pink slip.

The bodice could do with a pressing.

 I guess some of the boxed dolls came in this slip. I actually had an original 12" Ideal Shirley Temple dress once, but I didn't know what it was. I found someone selling it for Little Miss Revlon, so I assumed that's who it was for. Well you know what happens when we assume:"It makes an ass of you and me." I thought it was Little Miss Revlon,which I don't collect, so I got rid of it! Sheez!

She's also wearing original Ideal Shirley Temple shoes. Well, one anyway. The other has disappeared, but is around here somewhere.

I don't think she was wearing anything when I got her. I paid about $5 for her at a doll show.

She has a  faint green pot in her left eyebrow.(This is the point where I should mention that usually make do with fixer uppers.)
 

It's less noticeable than her sister's bruise. it didn't even show up in some of these pictures.

One of these days I need to get these girls some clothes and maybe even attempt to rejuvenate their ringlets.

That's it for today. Don't forget to check back tomorrow for this week's Shrunken Saturday miniature doll.