This post is about three hard plastic baby dolls, two of mine and one of Naomi’s. Roddy Straight Leg Baby I got him at the Ulverstone Doll Show I love the happy faces of the hard plastic Roddy dolls. This is a fourteen-inch doll with straight legs, hard plastic body and head. The back is marked Roddy and Made in England. He was made in the 1950s. Dolls from this era are not anatomically correct so the owner can decide the sex of the baby. All my other Roddy dolls are girls so as this one was wearing a pale blue knitted outfit, I decided that he was a boy. I haven’t given him a name yet. C ..read more

Today’s Friday Girl is Generation Girl Nichelle, sometimes known as Nikki. I originally featured her as a Friday Girl in 2014 and when I tried to read the post I found that I had done the text all in yellow. What was I thinking?! It was unreadable. I have saved a bit of what I wrote in the old post by copy/pasting it in. The Generation Girls were a series that came out in 1998. I bought them all except for Nichelle who wasn’t available in my area. I had to buy her loose from eBay later. The other dolls are mostly still in their boxes. I’ll share them one day too. The Generation Girls were ..read more

Today’s Friday Girl is Sit In Style Christie from 1999. She was last featured as a Friday Girl in 2015 and sadly has spent the past four years in a box as I still don’t have display space for my AA Barbies and their friends. I probably should have featured some of these dolls during Black History Month but that’s not really a thing in Australia so I didn’t think of it. I hope nobody was disappointed or offended. I will feature a few more of them in future Friday posts as I really miss seeing them myself. Back in the 90s and early 2000s when we were spoiled for choice I sometimes used to c ..read more

Today we have a Friday Boy, Ken’s little brother Tommy. Instead of featuring just one I decided to show Naomi’s collection. I think she may have a couple more since these photos were taken. Tommy has the same body as Kelly. The original one, in the striped T Shirt had a “pudding basin” haircut. I think that the first time he appeared was with Doctor Ken as his “little patient” in 1998. Naomi bought a few Tommy’s over the years and you can see slight differences in their hairstyles. Some are a bit longer, some have a side part. He also got outfits that matched Ken the way that Kelly ..read more

Well, a belated Happy Birthday from me because I was out all day yesterday. It seems hardly any time has passed since we celebrated Barbie’s 60th on 9 March 2019. She certainly doesn’t look ready for the old age pension, does she? Here is a link to the 65th Anniversary Barbie dolls. I prefer the brunette but don’t know if I’ll get one as she is a bit pricey for me. Barbie Signature 65th Anniversary Collectible Doll with Brown Hair, Black and White Gown Mattel Shop Here is my repro 1959 Barbie. Remember Barbie’s 60th Birthday Ball? And finally a few media articles about Barbie’s 65th. https ..read more

If you would like to go to a doll show and you live or can get to Bellevue, Washington read this post from Chelly. I love going to doll shows. I was planning to go to one in South Australia next month but unfortunately it was cancelled. Doll shows are great, not only because you can see and buy dolls and accessories but because you meet people who don’t think you are crazy to be a doll collector. They are the same kind of crazy. Doll lovers meet up! Join me for doll-collecting fun in the Seattle area! — #DollCollector #BarbieCollector ..read more

Our Friday Guy today is a Ken from the 180 crates and I am not sure which one he is. He has the 1968, straight arm body, marked Made in Indonesia and the 1991 head. I think that he is a beach doll because the Ken’s of that era mostly had the new bent arms except for the beach Kens. I have looked at three dolls from the early 1990s, Glitter Beach Ken, Tropical Splash Ken and Sun Jewel Ken. My best guess is Sun Jewel Ken because it looks like his eyes are more of a blue green than the other two. If anyone can confirm that or identify him positively, I’d be grateful and will alter the post ac ..read more

This week Fashion Doll Friday is a bit cobbled together. Naomi’s little dog Toby is very unwell and there have been a couple of vet trips this week. Toby is a senior dog with multiple health issues and we know that he hasn’t got long now. We are trying to give him a good week while he is still alert and interested in his surroundings. Then we will be saying goodbye. So, rather than spend time finding a doll to photograph I decided to recycle an older post from 2014 featuring Casey, adding some other photos I already had and including Twiggy as a comparison. This week’s doll is one of Barb ..read more

Today I am sharing more of the paper dolls Naomi has been printing in A4 size. This time we will look at Campus Queens. I think this probably refers to High School students rather than college girls but we have a different culture and terminology in Australia so forgive me if I am wrong. If you would like to buy reproduction paper dolls these sets are all available online either as laser cut reproductions or downloadable pdf files. I have seen some disc compilations too. If you live outside the USA be aware that postage is excessive. It’s about $A35 to Australia. That’s why we don’t buy the re ..read more

As I forgot to do my usual Valentine’s Day post Fashion Doll Friday is all about couples today. I haven’t taken any new couples’ photos for a while. I should because there have been some changes in who is paired with who. I’ll add it to my list of projects Top left: Clone doll wedding day Top right: Mikelman Dominic and Charice Centre left: Santas Helper Candi and Totally Hair Ken Bottom right: 40th Anniversary AA Barbie and Ken Bottom left: Repro 1959 Barbie and vintage Ken ..read more