Finds From the Flea Market

  Lori and I got a bit of a late start to the flea market on Saturday. It was a closer flea market so we started out quite a bit later anyway. Then Lori had a friend who needed to borrow some medicine for a horse that wasn't feeling too well. So we waited on the friend to arrive. We finally set off,but stopped on the way to look at a house Lori is thinking of buying. When we arrived at the flea market Lori needed to make a detour to an ATM first. We popped into Walmart to use the ATM and I decided I was hungry. Being a vegetarian means there isn't a lot I can eat at the flea market. About the only things they ever have that I can eat are French fries, (That's Belgian fries to you, Helga.*),and pizza if I'm lucky,(since I don't like potatoes.). Now that I'm on the LPR diet I can't eat the pizza because of the tomato sauce. So we shopped a bit for some drinks and ready to eat food.
  Finally we got to the flea market. I had been thinking it was the small one we go to,but it wasn't. This was the BIG flea market.As Lori said,"It's the one we never get all the way around." She was right about that! We didn't manage it this day either.
  As it was we didn't get in to the flea market until about 1:00. You'd think the good stuff might be gone by then,but I had a good day. Here is the haul.

Everything in the photos except the Monster High and High School Musical schools in the back came from the flea market on Saturday!

The wooden bed and this wood and metal shelf were from two little girls who were running the stall, supervised by their dad. I thought the shelving unit would be good for 1/6 scale and I could use it in the 1/6 antique store I plan to make,to display vases and things. As it turns out,the top metal part makes it look way out of scale for 1/6. I guess it would make a good shelving unit for an 18" doll, but I don't need that.

   I saw more of the Pillsbury Poppin Fresh doll family I bought from the same people last time. I wanted the dog,which I didn't get in the bag I bought from them because it had two cats instead. But I didn't want to pay $5 for the one dog. So I passed the dog up. I did buy these from them though.

My favourite is the blue bird.It's very detailed. The little doll is a Betsy Clark baby.

After that I moved on to the next booth where I bought 5 dolls and a bag of doll clothes,as well as these.

I think they were candle holders for very tiny candles. I'll make 1/6 scale lamps out of them. As for the dolls,here they are. There are three unmarked composition dolls,one Betsy Wetsy, and one hard plastic doll.

This baby...

...with a sweet face...

...and blushy dimpled knees...

..this girl...

..who has teeth...

...her original wig,and a cloth body...

...this Betsy Wetsy and this compo Patsy wanna be...

Betsy was wearing these.Anybody know if they are her originals?

Anybody recognize the Patsy type doll?

 ...and this hard plastic doll.

I think the hard plastic doll is Nanette by Arranbee.

She's marked R&B on the back of her neck.

She's very pretty.  We'll talk more about her in a minute. I also got a bag of clothes from the same lady, for $1.

The pink hat is really nice.

It also contained these shoes...

...these vintage real baby dresses.

...these roller skates...

Who do they fit?

and whatever this is!

Somebody please tell me what this is! Is it a belt?

The compo dolls need a lot of help,but I think they will be better off with me helping them find a new home than getting hauled around from flea market to flea market.

The flea market where I found them is one of those dusty outdoor ones,where the stuff ends up really dusty and gets rained on. Hopefully I saved these girls and somebody will want to restore them,because I know I can't.
  Speaking of rain before we go on to look at the rest of my haul,it POURED several times while we were at the flea market. The first time we were looking at a stall with rabbits and baby pigs when it began to rain. I was concerned with keeping the compo dolls dry. There was no time to run to shelter. It was too far away anyway. So we crammed ourselves as best we could under the edge of the awning over the rabbits. I tried to keep my cart under the awning. The best I could do for myself was press face first against the rabbit pens. That worked for part of me, but it meant I spent the rest of the day with the seat of my pants soaking wet. Oh well. It was either  that or become a candidate for a wet T-shirt contest. And at least the dolls stayed dry!
  Later I found this set of Holiday Sisters. It is just about the only set with a Stacie in it that Emma never got. I always loved the coats. And it was half off.
 

As you can see, I also found Remco Heidi's friend Jan,the waving version.

I also got a couple of DVDs,a Fred and Ginger collection,and one for Ken,'The Apartment'.

The white box under this stack is a cast iron and wood doll sized old fashioned school desk. There was an assembled one on display. I figured this one would be easier to haul around in my cart full of stuff. It looked like it would fit an 18" doll, but I didn't have one handy. Now I think about it,I guess I could have used one of the compo dolls, but at the time it was pouring rain even harder than the time I got my butt wet, and all I could think of was keeping the dolls, and the records I bought for the girls dry.

So yes,I also got some records.

The Monkees for Emma and the Bundle of Joy soundtrack for Ivy.

I found this wooden chest. It's perfectly doll sized,and apparently hand made.

As I mentioned,I bought this wooden Boyd's Bears bed.

I'm thinking of shabby chic-ing it white, with flowers. Any opinions?

  Lori and I had a really great day, even with all the rain. We met up with her friend who was up from South Carolina, and they had a good visit.
 All the dolls I got have issues,but the hard plastic Arranbee doll has a particular problem,which we'll talk about in our next post.
* My friend Helga lives in Belgium. When I visited her I found out quickly that in Belgium they are called 'Belgian fries'!

Doll-A-Day 2017 #189:Shrunken Saturday:Remco Pocketbook Dolls:Heidi,Hildy,Jan

  A couple of days ago we looked at a clone of Remco's Heidi doll. Today we take a look at the real thing. Our Shrunken Saturday doll this week is actually a group of dolls. It's Remco's Heidi and friends.

The 'star' of this group of dolls is Heidi,third from left. No connection to the Heidi from the book by Johann Spyri..

Heidi was made by Remco,for several years from around 1964. She measures about 5 1/2" tall. Heidi and friends were called 'Pocketbook Dolls'. The phrase isn't used much these days, but my parents always referred to purses as 'pocketbooks'. That's where the dolls got their name, because they came in plastic purses.

Like Heidi's sister Hildy here.

Heidi was so popular that she spawned a plethora of friends, relatives, playsets,and other items. Hildy is one of Heidi's siblings.

Two Hildy's in slightly different original dresses,and one Hildy in a different dress entirely. Also notice how different their faces are. Just like Penny Brite, who also has eyes that look machine painted,there must have been some handpainting going on,because there is endless variety. Those were the days, eh?

The inside of Hildy's pocketbook has two clear plastic strips to hold the doll in place.

Hildy is only 4 1/2" tall.

Hildy had to borrow one of the other Hildy's single shoes, to wear with her single shoe,so she could stand upright.

Since Hildy is smaller than Heidi,her pocketbook is smaller than Heidi's too.

Heidi's pocketbook is red. There are those red boots Hildy #3 was wearing above.

Heidi had a brother,too. His name was Billy. But she also had another set of siblings named Herby and Pip.

 This is a little confusing actually. Available separately,Herby is described as 'Heidi's little brother, but Pip is described as 'Heidi's lil friend'. As a set they were Heidi's 'lil brother and sister'.

Hildy and Pip:Sisters,or just 'lil friends'?

Hildy and Pip are the same size.

And they share a body mold. Pip is wearing a Heidi dress.

But their faces are all their own.

Heidi also had friends,Jan and Spunky.

Heidi on the left,Jan in the center, and Spunky on the right.

Jan is Japanese.

Jan came in a blue pocketbook.

I actually have the dress Heidi is wearing above. I found it at school when I was a kid. You may have seen it on a little doll I featured on the original Doll-A-Day. You can see her HERE.

Jan came in either a yellow dress, or a red and blue dress.

That yellow dress is around here somewhere.This is a Heidi and friends dress too though.

And she had her own Japanese tea set,available separately.

Jan is the same size as Heidi.

Except this Jan has a smaller head.

There were apparently two versions of Jan.

Are they both Jan? They have different heads. Jan on the left has a much smaller head.

They have the same hairdo,and dimples.

Jan on the right is wearing a strange homemade dress that is sewn on her.

They are both the same size as Heidi.

Although Jan on the right has a head the size of Heidi's, and small-head-Jan has ahead more the size of Hildy's.

They both say Remco on their head.

There was also a rare African American version of Heidi.

There were also wardrobe and accessory sets made for Heidi and her friends.

I had this coat for ages and couldn't figure out who it would fit,before I found out it was Heidi's. The coat was part of a 'Ski Outfit',which also included blue pants, and the red boots.As you can see, the boots fit Hildy and Heidi.

The hood really can't go up on her head though.

The lining of the hood matches the fabric in the Hildy dress.

There's that Ski Outfit,top row,middle. Since Remco also made Beatles dolls, they had a guitar mold already. Heidi reuses a Beatles guitar for the outfit at the bottom left. And there are those red boots again. They were part of at least 4 outfits.

And Heidi and Jan's magic House and Garden.

Heidi had a dining room, a kitchen,and a bedroom. 

There was also a 'Bar-be-cue Set' with a grill and patio table with umbrella and benches.
Spunky even had a golf course.

But Heidi had a bowling alley.

 Remco even made a Swimming Pool and Cabana set,and a Little Red Schoolhouse set, which both made the audacious claim that they were "For every tiny doll made". 

They both used the Heidi dolls photos on their packaging.
There were also paper dolls,(...and why do you need paper dolls of real dolls?),a Heidi game...

The Heidi Elevator game.

 and even a record.

This reminds me of the Tammy doll record I have.

There were loads more sets,including a Powder Puff Derby airplane, and a 'pony cart n' horse'.

Most unusual of all, I think, is Heidi's Honda motorcycle and snack stand set.

 To see a very comprehensive collection of photos of items produced for Heidi and friends,you can visit The Action Figure Archive HERE.

There were a few different versions of Heidi. The first, and most common version waves when a button in her stomach is pressed.

Well, I say 'waves'. What actually happens is that when you place her arm in the down position and then push the button, her arm will fly up. Makes my Dad's term for waving,"I throwed my hand up.", make a lot more sense!

There was also a winking version...
 

...and a growing version.The winking version came in a box, rather than a purse.The red dress Heidi in the picture below is the growing version,and is wearing the same dress as my Remco Growing Sally.(You can see my Growing Sally HERE.)

Growing Heidi has the same grown up dress as Growing Sally too. The dress for the little girl version of Sally that my African American doll has is on the bottom right Heidi.The dress on the Growing Heidi at the top right usually shows up on the Caucasian Growing Sally.

I have never collected Heidi and friends dolls,but as I have said before, we used to do doll shows and toy shows,and I still never pass up a good doll deal when I see one,so there are alot of things around here that aren't actually 'mine'. That's where these guys come in. I do remember kids at school having Heidi and Jan when I was little,but I don't remember ever being covetous of them. I do like Pip and Hildy, and some of the others I don't actually have,like Herby,Billy, and Spunky.
See you tomorrow for another doll.