Doll-A-Day 163: Skipper Saturday:Funtime Skipper

  Today's Skipper Saturday doll is the European Funtime Skipper.

She has bend legs and a twist and turn waist.She was available in 1974.

When I saw her at an auction I thought she was Partytime Skipper from 1976-79. Partytime is also a European Skipper that looks like a Malibu Skipper with pale skin and pale blonde hair. The big difference is that Partytime's legs don't bend.

She was wearing something else when I got her, but another of the Skippers I got at that auction was wearing Funtime's yellow two piece bathing suit.The presence of the bathing suit was another tip off that this doll was Funtime Skipper.

She's wearing her original bathing suit, and Skipper's Flower Girl Get Ups 'n Go dress from 1978.

Mattel had already made a Skipper fashion called Flower Girl, but what else are you going to call a Flower Girl outfit?

This Flower Girl consists of this dress, a matching bonnet,a bouquet, and yellow flats.

This outfit is actually considered to be rare.

The bright blue eyes stand out better on this pale doll than Malibu Skipper.It doesn't help that Malibu also has lots more black eye makeup!

I like this girl way better than the weirdly tan Malibu Skippers.

Although she does have the same stiff, course hair as Malibu Skipper.

I've never been a fan of tans anyway. As a red haired person, I tend to be naturally pale, and I like being pale,or as a pale friend of mine used to say, "maintaining my perfect fish belly complexion". My mother never really realized she was raising a red haired kid, (She had brown hair.), and always complained that I was "pasty pale". She could never understand that I don't mind being pale. (I actually tan. I just don't want to.) Anyway,I'm not as 'pasty' as I could have been, considering the red hair thing. I'm pink really.

 Maybe this doll is just Malibu Skipper after she wised up to the tanning/skin cancer thing.

See you tomorrow with another doll.

Doll-A-Day 149: Happy Flag Day! Skipper Saturday:Malibu Skipper in Best Buy

  Happy Flag Day.Today's doll is celebrating Flag Day too. She's Malibu Skipper.

She's wearing a Best Buy outfit from 1976, when patriotism and flags were all the rage due to the Bicentennial.

The outfit consists of the white hat with blue vinyl bill, the red shirt with iron on type colonial flag, and white pants with red stitching. These pants are from a different Best Buy outfit from 1974, since I don't have the right ones.

These shoes are, I think Skipper shoes from the 70's. The outfit didn't come with shoes.

I need to re-glue the flag on this shirt.

Malibu Skipper was produced in many different original outfits for several years.

Malibu Skipper isn't one of my favourite Skipper's, but she's definitely not my least favourite either.That honour goes to this girl:

Eww!

Some Malibu Skipper's can be quite nice. Like this girl. 

Aaaaaand here's the One Hair!

Malibu Skipper often has a tendency to develop green or pale spots on her face or legs.This doll is still very nice.

Malibu Skipper has a twist waist, as well as bendable knees.

That's it for this week's Skipper Saturday. Today Lori and I went to the flea market. Tomorrow we'll see what I got.