Doll-A-Day 2019 #270: Belly Button Baby

  I'm still working on the vacation posts. I have been so sleepy since we got home I can hardly hold my eyes open,which makes writing a post a little difficult! So today we have a doll that is sort of a rerun. She's this kid.

She's a Belly Button Baby.

She was made by Ideal in 1970.

She measures 9 inches tall. I showed you one back in January. You can see her HERE. I was doubtful that one was wearing authentic Belly Button Baby clothing, but I know this one is.

She's all original. She has her yellow shirt...
 

... matching diaper...

...which has snaps and fits weirdly.

...orange hair ribbon...

 

...and at least half of her rattle.

The gimmick with the Belly Button Baby dolls was that they have a button in their belly that can be pushed,making their head and limbs move.

It's like the old dancing clown or animal toys that were on a base,and when the base was pushed the clown or animal moved.

Depending on where the button is pushed,she can look up or tilt her head.
  There was a matching boy in a shorts outfit like this one. Belly Button Baby also came in several hair colours,and as an African American doll. You can watch a commercial for Belly Button Baby HERE.
  That's the doll for today. Hopefully I will get the first vacation post up tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #269: Kelly, New Baby Sister of Barbie

  I haven't started working on my vacation posts yet. I was unexpectedly called on to cohost Emma's radio show with her tonight,and then we did some shopping. So I didn't get done what I was going to as far as the posts. That will be coming though.I promise. Today we're going to look at another doll I photographed before Ken and I went on vacation. (It's a good thing I did some dolls ahead! I figured I'd be exhausted when we got back, and I was right.)  She's this kid.

This is Kelly,New Baby Sister of Barbie.

Actually, this is the very first Kelly. She appeared in 1995.

When Kelly first made an appearance, she was a baby. She came with a diaper,a pacifier, rattle, crib, and bottle.

A plate and spoon,a jar of baby food,a bottle,a rattle, black Mary Jane shoes,a bunny toy, a diaper,and comb and brush.

Kelly's crib has a mobile,which is removable.

It's also adjustable, and can be raised and lowered.

This extra piece fits on the bottom of the bed leg/mobile dial. This way the mobile can be turned with the dial and the crib leg stays stationary. 

 

Those are all baby items.
 

The side rail on the crib can also be raised and lowered.

She even has a 'bottle mouth'. Yet as time went on Kelly was going to school. Eventually she stopped coming with a diaper and was replaced as the youngest sibling by Krissy.
 

This Kelly came with pink footie pj's with bunny feet,a matching blanket,a black velvet dress,lace tights,black Mary Jane shoes,and a pink hair ribbon.
 

She has longer hair than any baby I've ever seen.

You can watch the commercial for this Kelly doll HERE.

That's today doll. I'll be back tomorrow with,hopefully,some vacation reports.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #268: Baby Dreams Velvet Skin Doll

  Well, we're back from vacation. I have lots to show you, and tell you about. That will come later in the week,or maybe next week, considering today is Wednesday already. I am totally exhausted,and I need time to rest and get caught up. Luckily I photographed a few extra dolls ahead of time so I didn't have to jump right back in when I got home. So today's doll has nothing to do with my vacation. She's this kid.
 

She measures about 17 inches tall.

She's Baby Dreams, the Velvet Skin Doll.

The name comes from the unusual flocked face and limbs she has.

 

She was made in 1975.
 

She's an Ideal doll.

 

There were a couple of versions of this doll. This is the first version, because she has flocked legs as well as a flocked face. Later versions just had regular legs, even though they had flocked faces and arms.

It's very hard to find one of these dolls with perfect flocking. It tends to wear off on the high spots,like the nose and mouth,toes,and finger tips. It can also get dirty,like this girl's toes.
  Her body isn't dirty. It came this weird colour.

I don't understand the thinking behind it, since the flocked areas are so pink. There was an African American version too,and that doll's body was tan coloured.
  She has inset sleep eyes.

Supposedly her eyes aren't supposed to close until she's laid on her side. I didn't notice I had to do that to make them close. But I was in a hurry the day I photographed her.

 

The little bunting she's wearing is original.

 

Under that hood she has rooted blonde hair. It's a bit dry and doesn't comb very well.

 

Supposedly this is a fairly rare doll. Considering how damaged they can get,and how weird the concept is,(How many did they even sell?),I can understand why it would be. You can watch the original commercial for Baby Dreams HERE.
  That's the doll for today. Now I an my tennis ball ankles are going to bed. Hopefully tomorrow they will look normal again.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #267: Eegee Girl

  Today's doll is yet another mystery girl.

She's this tall drink of water.

She was made by Eegee, but that's all I know about her.

 

She's about 20 or 22 inches tall. To be honest, I was so busy trying to get posts lined up before we left on vacation, that I forgot to measure her. But from so many years of dealing with dolls, I am pretty good at judging size by eye alone.

This is probably her original dress.

She has sleep eyes and a bottle mouth. I didn't think to look, but because of the bottle mouth,(There's a hole there for giving her real water), I would say she must have a hole elsewhere for the 'pee' to come out.

If anybody knows who she is, please let me know.
  That's the doll for today. We'll be back from vacation soon! We'll be back here for another doll tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day 2019 # 266: Plated Moulds Baby

  Today's doll is this baby.

She's by Plated Moulds.

She was made in 1961.

"So I says to the guy,I says..." Please ignore her  'horns'. She's having a bad hair day.

She looks very much like Ideal's Thumbelina,which premiered the same year.

She even has the same hands...

 

...though her feet are different.

Thumbelina didn't have sleep eyes either.

Thumbelina was a Vogue Baby Dear lookalike. (Baby Dear came out in 1960.) So is this baby trying to look like Thumbelina,or Baby Dear?

I have no idea if this is her original nightgown. it could be homemade.

She measures 12 inches tall.

She has a soft, stuffed body and a vinyl head and limbs.

  That's today's doll.

 
  Tomorrow we'll see another one.