Doll-A-Day 293: Clone Wars Week:Skipper Saturday: Skipper Clone

  This is the beginning of another theme week. This week's theme is not Star Wars.The Clone Wars in the title refer to clone dolls.This week we'll be taking a look at 'wanna be' dolls, dolls that are copies, rip offs, if you will, of other dolls. We'll look at some old dolls, and some current ones. Since this is Skipper Saturday today's doll is a Skipper clone.

There were several Skipper clone dolls. Some of them seem to be made directly from the Mattel Skipper molds.I think this is Miss Kitty by Cragstan.

The freckles are a tip off. She might also have been Miss Gwen, but I don't think Miss Gwen had freckles.

She's marked Hong Kong on the back of her head, and the small of her back.

She is obviously a cheaper doll than the real Skipper, but she's not badly made.

Although her face paint isn't done nearly as well as Skipper's.

She has the same jointed areas as Skipper: neck, shoulders, and hips.She has a weird neck knob though.

It allows her to tilt her head a little upward...

...and a little downward...

...to the left,and to the right.

A strange thing happens when she tilts to the right though.

 Might want to just stick to that left side tilt...

The face is very like real Skipper.

The hands are fairly direct copies.

Real Skipper on the left. Clone girl actually has more pronounced knuckles. Notice the extra plastic around clone girl's fingers.

But the arms are made of a soft vinyl. It's like the difference between Barbie arms and Glamour Misty arms.

The feet are way different though. They look like a much cheaper doll than Skipper.

Once again, real Skipper on the left.

The clone has obvious mold lines and stray plastic.

They are super narrow, and don't have a 'foot shape' like Skipper's do.

The major difference from Skipper, other than the quality, is the freckles. Real Skipper never had freckles until Quick Curl Skipper.

Quick Curl Skipper, a previous star of Skipper Saturday.

Our Skipper clone today is also wearing a Skipper clone dress.

The quality of the fabrics isn't too bad, and the design is really close to the original. There's no built in lacy slip though, like with the Skipper dress, and in a sure sign of poorer quality, the hem is on the outside of the skirt!

  It's a copy of Skipper's Silk 'n Fancy from 1964.

 See you tomorrow for another clone.