Doll-A-Day 300: Clone Wars Week: Skipper Saturday: Skipper Clone Fashions

  Today's Skipper Saturday is a continuation of Clone Wars Week. We're looking at fashions made for Skipper clone dolls that are direct copies---.rip offs if you prefer---of actual Skipper fashions.
  Our first fashion is a copy of the very first fashion produced for Skipper.The Skipper fashion is Red Sensation, from 1964.

Copy on the left, Skipper Red Sensation on the right. The imitator is a bit shorter than the original.

The copy is a very close replica. Notice there is no pocket on the imitator though.

I have also seen the exact same dress in dark pink.The dark pink one belongs to Tressy's sister Cricket.

The real Red Sensation is made of a much softer, thinner fabric than the copy, which is made of a heavy cotton.

The copy has a Made in Hong Kong label inside.

  Another early Skipper fashion is Flower Girl, from 1964-65.

Again, copy on the left.The real Skipper Flower Girl on the right.

This copy has a much simpler layer of sheer fabric over the skirt.

The ribbon on the real Skipper fashion is much more in scale.

And again, the label reads Made in Hong Kong.

One of the most popular, and most common early Skipper fashions is Silk 'n Fancy, from 1964.

We saw a copy of this fashion on our Skipper clone last Saturday. This is a more mint example of the same dress, but for some reason, this one is actually too tight to snap the second snap on the back of the dress.

Notice that, like the other two copies, this one is just a little shorter than a real Skipper dress.

The satin on the skirt is not quite up to the quality of the real Silk n Fancy, and there's no sewn in lace slip.

The Made in Hong Kong label on this dress matches the label on the Flower Girl copy. Maybe they were made by the same company.

  Last is this pair of pairs of pajamas that copy Skipper's Dreamtime PJs, one in white and one in blue.

The white ones are very close to the real Dreamtime pajamas, which were available from 1964 to 1966.

The dots are pink, but lighter than the dots on the copy.

There is no label in these, so who knows where they were made. But I'm betting it was Hong Kong.

The blue ones are obviously the same pattern, but missing the horizontal lace across the bodice.

 Most likely these clone outfits were made for Miss Kitty by Cragstan, as her fashions were directly copied from Skipper's.
That concludes Clone Wars Week. See you tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day 299: Clone Wars Week:Bubble Cut Barbie Clone Wendy

  Today's clone doll is this Bubble Cut Barbie clone.

Not her original outfit.

She's marked with a U on the back of her head., which for some reason means she's by Elite. (How does that work? I thought it meant Uneeda, but all information says it's Elite.

I think she's called Wendy.

She's light weight, but made of a harder plastic than I lot of the clone dolls.

She has the usual joints at the neck, shoulders, and hips.

Her legs don't bend, and her arms are not the soft, bendy vinyl of a couple of the other Barbie clones we've looked at this week.

I think they went a little over board with the knuckles.

That hair style truly is indestructible! This is probably the kind of Barbie I should have had as a kid, instead of the delicate Swirl Barbie. Even I probably couldn't have ruined a Bubble Cut.

She needs her black eye shadow touched up.

  Tomorrow is Skipper Saturday. This week we're going to have a look at some Skipper clone fashions. See you then.

Doll-A-Day 298: Clone Wars Week:Flocked Hair Ken Clone

  Today's Clone Week doll is this guy.

He's an almost perfect replica of the original Ken doll, who had flocked hair.

UPDATE: A kind reader has commented and sent a link,(See below in the comments.),to let us know that this is Tracy Sue's boyfriend Bob. Tracy Sue was a Barbie clone.

His flocked hair is thick, and actually looks like it might last better than the real Ken's. (Certainly better than my Ken's. The husband, that is. His hair is fading fast.)

He's jointed at the neck, shoulders, and hips.

He has a great suit. It's nicely made.Unfortunately the shoes are only painted on.

The shirt has no sleeves though, and the tie ends where the jacket closes.

Sorry about the sideways thing again.

His only markings are the Made in Japan on his back.

Yes, he's an almost exact copy of Ken...except for one thing:

This isn't a flocked hair Ken, but you get the idea.

Surprise!

This little guy is only 7 1/2" tall!

"Hey little man. What's up?' "You are, stupid."

I love this little guy! I actually have another one who's wearing a white dinner jacket, but I like this one best.When I found them at an auction I had to have them.

If anybody knows this guy's name, let me know.

Tomorrow we'll see another clone doll.

Doll-A-Day 297: Clone Wars Week:Penny Brite Clone

  I thought I would never get this done. Our internet was taking a break, but it's finally back. As I sit here freezing I am showing you today's doll. She's this Penny Brite clone.

She has a strange white mustache.

Got milk?

I'm not sure of her name, but she's marked Hong Kong on her back.

You may have seen her in a recent post. I got her at the flea market for a quarter.

She's the same size as Penny Brite...

...but there's an obvious difference in quality and body mold.

Clone doll on the left, real Penny on the right.The clone's hands look like the cheap Susie Sad Eyes dolls.

 That may be the same head mold though.

Same dimples and everything. She definitely has that Penny Brite side curl too
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Her head is a soft vinyl, but her body and limbs are a cheap, thin plastic.
There were several Penny Brite clones, including Tuppence, and Cragstan's Miss Cindy.

I gave her a dress that fits her better.

Don't worry. I have no intention of leaving her with that milk mustache.

Give us a kiss.

Here she is after a preliminary wipe off with nail polish remover.

There's some white stuff around her left eye too. That will take some more careful removal.

She'll need some fine tuning, but that's better.

She still needs her face washed too. She'll get a good cleaning and a hair washing. Then maybe I'll try to pick up the back of her hair and cover that thin spot.

She's feeling better already.
  See you tomorrow with another clone doll.