Doll-A-Day 2023 #338: Marx or Miner Dollhouse Family

   Today's doll is a whole family.

I think they're by Marx, but, while these guys abound on the internet, most people don't seem to know who they were made by. I can see why: They don't seem to have any markings on them. Maybe those are under their clothes. I think they're from the 60's. They could be 1970's.

UPDATE: I found them online, in their original box. While they may have been sold by various companies, the boxed set I found was the 'Bend-A-Family' by Miner Industries of New York, and made in Hong Kong.

  They're standard dollhouse size. The adults are about 6 inches tall. The kids are about 2 and a half inches tall.

 The mom has teeny tiny buttons on the front of her dress.

  They're made of rubber, and have wires inside for posing.

Her legs are a bit wonky.

There are two kids, a little boy, in blue and white gingham, and a little girl in pink, (that might have originally been red), and white gingham.

 

The girl had a red skirt, and the boy had blue shorts.

He looks like he's saying, "Whaaatt?!"

The dad has a glued on shirt and pants, and badly done tie.

  I ran across these guys in storage the other day. They aren't the cleanest, so sorry for the grime!

  That's it for today. See you for the next doll tomorrow, or maybe tonight!

  

Doll-A-Day 2023 #80: Marx Dolly Darling Clone

   Well, that title pretty much says it all! Today's doll is a clone doll, of Hasbro's Dolly Darling dolls.

  I don't know what this doll is called, so if any of you do, please tell me in a comment. She is made by Marx, but bears a great resemblance to the Hasbro Dolly Darling dolls. (You can see my Dolly Darling John dolls HERE and HERE, and my Dolly Darling Honey dolls HERE. You can see another Dolly Darling clone I've had since I was a kid, HERE.

She has similar arms/hands, and a very similar body.

There were some Dolly Darlings with molded painted hair, like this doll has, but the first series had rooted hair.

  One big difference between this doll and the Dolly Darlings, and a difference that allows me to be sure she isn't one, is the poor quality of her face painting.  Marx made a lot of small figures and the larger Johnny West dolls, (Sorry! Action figures!), but they weren't especially picky about their face paint.

She's the same size as a Dolly Darling too, 4 inches tall.

As you can see, her blonde hair has white streaks.

She says 'Marx  Hong Kong', and 1966 in Roman numerals, on her back.

I don't know what they were thinking with her dress! It's a bit revealing.

But she does have a pair of shorts on underneath.

Her socks and shoes are molded and painted on.

  That's today's doll. Tomorrow there will be another one.