Doll-A-Day 2017 #333: Gotz Modell

  Today's doll is a multitalented girl.

She's a Gotz doll.

The plastic tag sewn to her jacket says Gotz Modell.

Her talents include singing and walking.
 

This is the battery compartment for her singing mechanism. It's huge, and it's in her chest. It's so big it makes her skirt scoot down,and shows through her shirt.

This is her battery compartment for her walking mechanism. Each function takes a different battery size. This one takes AA batteries.

She sings "Jingle Bells".  Her walking sounded like it was going to start for a second, but then it did nothing. We're going to clean out her battery contacts tomorrow and see if we can get her walking. It seems she would walk like Baby First Step if we got her going.
 

She can also close her eyes, but you have to lay her down for that.

And she has brown eyes.Dolls like this almost always have blue eyes. I appreciate that Gotz  realizes not everybody has blue eyes, or wants a doll with blue eyes.

She has a big fluffy head of ash blonde hair.

She's a big girl, at about 20" tall.

Under her purple jacket she's wearing a knit shell.

At least, that's what those types of sleeveless blouses used to be called. Now everything is a 'top'. 'Top'! That's a placement, not a piece of clothing. That usage really gets on my nerves. Call it a 'shirt'. Call it a 'blouse'. A 'top' is one of those spinning toys!

She looks like she's been working out. Check out those muscley arms.

Her skirt snaps, but I'm not sure if it's supposed to snap in the back, or the side!
 

I put it in the back.

 It matches her scarf.

I'll update if I get her singing again and let you know what her song is.

Tomorrow we'll see what other doll I have dug up around here lately. I've been surprising myself with what I've been pulling out. As I have said, we used to do doll and toy shows, so we have tons of stuff, and I've been trying to get rid of a lot of things. I've been excited by some of the things I've found to share with you. Some of it's pretty interesting and not often seen. (It certainly hasn't been seen by me in a while!)

Doll-A-Day 2017 #186:Singing Holiday Brandy

    I heard recently that singer and actress Brandy Norwood had been admitted to the hospital. I had already had this post in the works,but I held it back until I heard if she was alright. Apparently it was just exhaustion,and she's fine. So this is Brandy.

She was made by Mattel in 2000.

There were quite a few different Brandy dolls made.This version  is Singing Holiday Brandy.

This Brandy doll operates on button batteries,stored in her back,and sings.

Here's what she looked like in her box.

I think  Emma got one new. Mine is second hand.

 Brandy Norwood is an actress,record producer,songwriter, and singer.

 At the time of the doll's release she had her own show,"Moesha",which ran for 6 years.

The real Brandy with the doll head.

Brandy was hand picked by Whitney Houston to play the title character in "Cinderella", the Houston produced 1997 remake of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical.

There were several Brandy dolls made. They all featured the same head sculpt, but the clothing ranged from casual to full Cinderella garb.

I always thought Brandy was so pretty.The doll is a fairly good likeness.

Her hair is made up of two kinds of strands: tiny braids, and thick,thread like hairs.

She has small curls painted around her hair line.

She has the usual click bend knees, as well as jointed elbows.

She has borrowed this dress from a Barbie that came in a set with Tommy,Kelly, and Stacie,all with musical instruments.

Come back tomorrow for another doll.