Doll-A-Day 2019 #284: Tutti

    Today's doll is another I got at the junk/antique store on the last day of our vacation. She's Barbie's sister, Tutti.

To be more specific,she's Sundae Treat Tutti. She originally came in the Sundae Treat set, which was sold from 1966 to 1968,with her twin brother Todd,2 ice cream sundaes and two spoons,and a table and chairs set.

I thought at first she might be Night Night Sleep Tight Tutti. She and Sundae Treat are the only two  red haired Tuttis.

 

But you can tell this one is Sundae Treat because she has half moon shaped rooted places on the sides of her head,so that the hair can be pulled back like I have it.

This doll was a big mess when I got her.

But I could tell she was worth rescuing,unlike the Chris doll that was there. She was covered with chew marks,and what hair she had left was crispy. Blonde Chris dolls tend to have dry crispy hair.   
  This doll's arms don't bend at the shoulders any more. There's nothing I can do about that except bend her arms at the other spots and try to make them look as normal as possible...as they stick out to the sides weirdly.

But her legs are fine.

  So far I have only worked on this doll's head. Her body still needs cleaned. I also have an extra Sundae Treat dress for her,when I find it. Right now she's wearing the sun suit from the 1966 Tutti fashion, 'Sand Castles'.

It needs washed too. I'm not too worried about it because I have a nice Sand Castles. I also have a Sundae Treat and a Night Night Sleep Tight Tutti. (When I got this Tutti, I was thinking I didn't have Night Night Sleep Tight Tutti, because I had one in box and sold it. But I do still have an unboxed one.) So I'm not sure what I'll do with this girl. I don't really need her.

But what does that have to do with doll collecting?

 

  By the way, Tutti's playhouse is by Little Tikes
  To see my  other Tutti dolls, click 'Tutti' in the side bar.
  That's the doll for today. I have one more doll from vacation,and one more doll from the doll show to show you. See you tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day 257: Night Night Sleep Tight Tutti and a Little Bit About Tutti Dolls

 

  Our doll today is Night Night Sleep Tight Tutti.

Tutti was introduced in 1966,as Barbie's little sister.

The 1966 Tutti came in a small box, wearing a sunsuit wth matching hat, and in 1967 in a slightly larger box, wearing a dress with built in undies.

The original 1966 box and outfit. There are at least three different size checked fabrics for this sun suit.Brunette and blonde Tutti came in the same  outfit though.These are two of my favourite Tutti dolls in my collection. They have high colour face paint and are just beautiful.The high colour dolls may have been the later release though.

The back of the original box depicts fashions available for Tutti.

1967 Tutti came in this slightly taller box with a different design. Blondes came in the dress with a floral skirt and hot pink bodice. Brunettes in a dress with a hot pink skirt and floral bodice. Both dresses had built in undies in the floral design.

The same year she was introduced Tutti was also available in 4 sets, and the next year 2 more sets.

Back of the 1967 box shows all four Tutti sets.

The sets  included a doll with an accessory, like Cookin' Goodies Tutti, which came with a stove, Swing-a-ling Tutti,which came with a swing, (Duh!), and Night Night Sleep Tight, who came with a bed. The dolls from the sets are harder to find than the small box dolls.

Night Night Sleep Tight came with a bed,bed spread,night gown,robe,and slippers.

Missing a slipper here.

There were a couple of variation fabrics for this set. The most common is a dark pink cotton night gown with a light pink cotton robe with flowers. The bed spread matched the robe.

The back of Night Night Sleep Tight Tutti's box, showing the most common fabric.

The Tutti in this set is wearing a dark pink cotton gown with a white flannel robe with tiny pink polka dots. It seems to be the fabric from the kimono of the baby in Barbie Babysits.

 The variation shown in the Skipper and Tutti reference book...

... is made of the white fabric with flowers from the bassinet to Barbie Babysits. 

Night Night is one of only two Tutti dolls with red hair. The other is Sundae Treat Tutti.The way to tell which of the two you have is to look for the piece of hair on each side of Sundae Treat Tutti's head that pulls up to be ponytailed on top.

Sundae Treat Tutti.

Night Night Tutti has hair that is all meant to be pulled into a ponytail at the base of her neck

Night Night Tutti's hair is also shorter than Sundae Treat's hair.

If she's complete she will have a ribbon on her hair.

Tutti was sold in the U.S. until 1971, when the dolls were taken off the market. The wires that allowed posing often poked out of the rubber 'skin' and were considered a hazard to children. (The copper content of the wires also tends to turn the dolls green, or sometimes blue!)The dolls continued to be sold in Europe for years, but with thicker, tougher rubber skin.
  Join us tomorrow for another doll.