PLANET OF THE DOLLS: Mysfit Dolls

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

First Doll Show of the Year!

Recently I went to my first doll show of the year. I tried to be good. I don't need more dolls right now, and we have loads of things that require money to be done. But Ken gave me some money to be used at the show for birthday presents if I wanted, because my birthday is fast approaching. I was comparitively really good. I spent almost the whole show having spent only $11. Then it turned to $13 when I bought a $2 doll just to steal the clothes for Tammy World. (Hey, she has to get something, right? At least she thinks she does.) The show was almost over, and I decided to go back and buy one $10 item that I knew I'd regret not getting. But then I bought another $10 thing. At least everything I had bought was small and fit in my little canvas bag with the blog logo and Tammy World's picture on it. Plus I thought I could sell that last $10 item to help recoup the money I had spent. And then, once the floodgates were broken, the rest of my money flowed out, and on a big thing. I tell myself that it was a super good price, and since it's never removed from box I can always sell it. I'm thinking about it. I would love to keep it, but money and space are telling me otherwise.

I'll show you what I bought in upcoming posts. This post is just show pictures. And there aren't nearly as many as usual. After that person yelled at me in the comments here on the blog, for taking pictures of her dolls, I felt weird about even asking if I could take pictures. I get my feelings hurt very easily, and being upset over something actually makes me physically sick. No kidding. It always has. I wasn't sure I was going to make it in the period right after the fire. I felt awful all the time, my chest hurt and I felt nauseous constantly.) So I took as few pictures as I could, asked every time, except for the lady with the museum quality dolls. She always lets me take pictures, and she was busy with a customer. I did buy something from her this time too. It was the first thing I bought that day. She had a helper this time, so that's who took my money and bagged up my purchase. But no fear. I went to an antique mall the other day, and got more doll pictures than I got at the show!

I think I figured out who complained. She was the only person at the show that day who wouldn't let me take pictures. We had a long talk, about taking pictures, about having red hair, (She said the same thing I always say, that red hair is such a huge part of your identity that when it isn't red any more it feels strange. She chooses to dye hers though. And she thought I was a blonde! What?!), and various things. I still don't understand what the big deal is about 'her' dolls being seen online. Why does that matter? It's not like she sells one of a kind dolls. Lots of people have the same dolls. She doesn't own the copyright on the designs or anything. Although, she did make a point about some people stealing the pictures and trying to sell dolls they don't really have. Of course, that doesn't hurt her. But anyway, we're friendly now. Maybe eventually I can get her to understand why it could actually be to her benefit to have her dolls shown on the blog. More likely I will just not ask her any more and just move on. She had the unique Hansel and Gretel dolls I talked about in this post:

https://planetofthedolls.blogspot.com/2023/08/doll-day-2023-234-hansel-and-gretel.html

Below you'll see pictures from the stall of a lady who does own the copyright on the designs of her dolls, because she designs and makes them herself. She is always perfectly happy to have her dolls photographed. She has something exciting coming up in her stuff too, but we'll get to that.

And now, on to the show.

One of the first things I spotted was this doll and her baby. She was laying in a box because she hadn't even been put out yet., for lack of room. I absolutely loved her, but she was out of my price range.

She even has her own little chair to sit on.

She bears a lot of similarities to this doll I own:

https://planetofthedolls.blogspot.com/2014/01/doll-day-17-embroidered-cloth-doll.html

Look at the baby!

She has some stains on her legs. I think she was priced way too high, because of that, and especially since the dealer didn't know anything about her. But if he sells her for that, more power to him I guess.

This wooden Boneka boy was nice. He could definitely hang out with Hitty and her friends. And by the way, my Hitty book, (Reviewed here: https://planetofthedolls.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-doll-book-of-month-club-hitty-her.html), survived the fire.

This is a nice group of older ladies.

I'm not sure this poodle isn't real hair. Ug!

This little guy was cute, but expensive. I believe he's a Kish doll, but I don't know his name.

This little dollhouse scale diorama of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huckleberry Finn was made by an artist in the 1950's.

I wish I could tell you more about the antique dolls, but that's not where my knowledge lies.

I do know this one. This is an Effanbee Bubbles doll.

Here are some cute kids.

A bunch of great dolls here. I think the two top, right are Steiff. My favourites are in the middle row.

Some more really interesting ones. Look at those faces.

Love the cloth faced dolls. Look at the lady with the baby.

The velvet Nora Wellings doll, (Top row, third from left.), reminds me how much I regret not buying that one at this same show back in 2020.

Dollhouse dolls.

I like the girl in pink and blue, the lady in blue with the bonnet, the ethnic doll next to her, and the Eloise on the far right.

There was a dealer with two tables, who had the most Tammy and family dolls I've ever seen together in one place. They were a bit high priced, and I suspect the guy selling them didn't know anything about them really. Maybe he was selling a collection he got by default, like a death in the family or something, and he pieced things together. There were Pos'n Tammy dolls, wearing regular Tammy clothes, and regular Tammy, squeezed into Pos'n Tammy's stretch jumpsuit. That was kind of painful to see, because I knew the suit was going to be stretched out of shape and size by the time it ever got off that doll. Do you ever see stuff like that and just want to tell the dealer, "Change that doll's clothes! For the love of Mike!"?

Bottom row Tammy is wearing Disney Aladdin's pants.

This girl had some very penetrating eyes.

Ladies with tiny heads.

But I liked the kid in the middle.

I thought I'd be able to read the sign with the maker's name on it in my picture, but sorry! I can't make it out!

Pretty girl in blue. She's a Madame Alexander "McGuffey Ana" doll. "McGuffey" referred to the McGuffey Readers", reading books used in schools in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The dolls were made for quite a few years, and came in a lot of different outfits, but I think they were originally based on Illustrations in the McGuffey Readers.

This amazing Baby Snooks, or Fanny Brice doll was in such great condition, that initially I thought she was a reproduction. She was original though, even her tag.

A gaggle of Blythes. I love the boy, and the girl with teeth!

This Alice doll tempted me, but I held firm!

Then there was this Alice. She's Good Kruger doll. I still held firm. It was a bit easier with her, because she was $50.

There was a dealer there who I have seen before at shows. In fact, I featured her dolls once before in a doll show post. Her business is called Mysfit Dolls. The founder, Myah, designs and 3D prints her own fully jointed resin dolls. They come in various sizes, but you know I love the tinys! Look at this little guy.

The dolls aren't printed in a regular 3D printer the way I imagined it. They are built up somehow of liquid resin as I understand, and are so smoothly made they need no sanding.

The dolls can be bought clothed and painted, or completely naked and unpainted, so you can customize them yourself. There are also wig caps with attached wigs for sale, so you don't have to fuss with getting the wig to stay on the head. You can just pop the whole head cap off and switch hair!

This girl is so small, but able to sit in her curled up position.

Their faces are hand painted.

Her little legs are curled up beneath her.

But Myah is testing out some new, extremely tiny jointed dolls! They are an inch and a half tall!

And still fully posable!

They have inset eyes too! That tiny, with inset eyes! I want!

They were so small my camera was having trouble focusing on them.

The one on the left doesn't have eyes in, but the one on the right has inset eyes.

Here's Myah's business card. You can also check out her website by clicking on the link above.

Myah is very proud of her dolls. She's trying new stuff out all the time. The inch and half dolls are still in the testing stage. She's looking for just the right stringing material that will make them posable, without being too loose, and that will last over time.

That's all. I told you I didn't take many pictures. Soon I'll show you what I bought.

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Two Doll Shows in One Week! Am I Lucky or Crazy?

I have been to two doll shows in the space of a week! I went to the first one on my own last Sunday, and would have skipped the second one entirely except that my sister wanted to go again. We went last year, and my sister, who has no interest in dolls really, enjoyed it so much that she wanted to go again! So we went Saturday, and I probably did better at the second one as far as finding good stuff. This post is going to focus on the first show, where I took pictures. I didn't take any at the second show, just because I didn't think that show lends itself as well to interesting photographs. So the post on that show will focus on what I bought there. (I did buy something I've been wanting at the first show, but I'm saving that for a special post involving some other dolls. The few other things I bought will be dribbled out as I get them photographed.)

Before I start, to update you briefly on my leg, it still hurts. I'm still limping a bit and if I'm on my feet too much the leg and my back really start to get out of control pain-wise. So I'm trying to not overdo, and I think the leg is continuing to improve little by little.

Now, on to the show...

It was held in Strongsville Ohio, up near Cleveland. It's about an hour and a half drive for me.

My pictures loaded totally backward from the order I took them. The first dolls I'm showing you were some of the last I looked at. This dealer had some very interesting and very expensive dolls. A lot of them were cloth or cloth faced, and they had great personality. I loved the 'modern major general' looking guy with the red feathers, and the wonderful girl in the red skirt.

I've left this for a week, and now I forget where the girl was made. Czechoslovakia maybe?

The two googly eyed dolls are great.

This guy was the dealer's favourite and not for sale. She called him Good Time Charlie, and likes to imagine he's 'been out on a bender'. For those not familiar with the term, it means he's been out on a drinking spree.

The two gentlemen in the back were former museum pieces, created by an artist named Helmut Krauhs. Their prices were over $2000.

Sorry I photographed her paper badly! In too much of a hurry.

These were more of the dealer's gems. I love the cat and the girl in the chair.

These dolls are more Jammi Originals, like the girl in the chair, and the kids below.

I thought it was clever that the dealer had made use of a bakery stand to display all these small dolls.

These two French characters seem to be under the scrutiny of the gendarme.

These people look a little like potatoes.

These guys had such great faces. Their tag says they are Japanese dolls.

Moving on to other dealers, I saw this Tearie Dearie, just like the one I got for Christmas in 1965. You can see her in my post on Christmas HERE.

One dealer was promoting her own handmade resin ball jointed dolls.

She designs them all and makes them using a 3D resin printer, (not the type that uses filament.) She sells them as finished dolls, and as kits for making your own.

The dolls are available in several sizes, and you can mix and match the body parts to create your own customized doll.

There were also anthropomorphic dolls.

The dolls range in size from larger, 12" or so dolls...

...to 8 or 9 inch dolls...

...to this little 4 or 5 inch doll that fit in the palm of my hand...

She had made a lot of Legend of Zelda characters, at her son's request!

...to the very tiny doll about 3 inches tall that you saw above in the picture with the unfinished dolls.

She has a brand new website, so new that there isn't anything for sale on it yet. But she said you can order from her if you see anything here you are interested in, or want to buy a kit.

Her website, mysfitdolls.com

Or you can contact her by email at mymysfits@gmail.com

And on to the rest of the show.

Such pretty girls.

A couple of nurses.

Must be a children's hospital. I think that's Deanna Durbin on the far right. Does anybody recognize the girl next to her?

I think that's Deanna, next to Deanna.

Two fellows that look to be Skippy, next to their girlfriend Patsy, or at least someone who looks like her. YOu can see my repro Skippy HERE.

This kid is Judy Splinters. I walked up just as the dealer was telling her story.

She was based on a ventriloquist dummy from a kid's show called "Judy Splinters". The show started in Los Angeles in 1947 as a regional show, moved to Chicago in 1949, and finally to New York, where it aired until 1950. It was even a summer replacement show, (Remember those?), for "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie". During it's run the show was nominated for a prime time Emmy award for Most Popular Television Program. Judy's performer was only 19 when the show started.

According to IMDB the show was only nominated for one Emmy, the one I mentioned above. This paper the dealer had says Shirley Dinsdale, the ventriloquist won the very first Emmy for "Outstanding Television Personality" in 1949. This is verified by other information on the web. It also says the award went to Shirley and Judy.

Shirley Dinsdale poses with her dummy, and one of the dolls based on it. The doll the dealer was selling was about 20 inches tall. Apparently the doll came in 18, 20, and 36 inch sizes, and had a string in her back that could be used to move her head, (but not her mouth, as she didn't have a hinged chin like a ventriloquist dummy).

Here's Judy in the 1950 Sears catalog.

The lady buying Judy was telling about an interesting doll she owned. It was a Pepsodent toothpaste premium called Miss Pepsodent. She was made in 1953. Her teeth are printed on a ball that rolls when she is laid down. When she is upright her teeth are white, and when she's 'sleeping' her teeth appear yellow, as the ball rolls to reveal the yellow painted teeth. (You can see some good pictures of a Miss Pepsodent doll HERE.)I had never heard of Judy Splinters or Miss Pepsodent, but they were both fun to learn about!