Along with Crystal, featured in
yesterday's post, the dolls shown below were shared recently with one of my online doll groups. I am compiling their information here in one location to use as a quick reference as well as to share their information with the readers of this blog. Please forgive me for not listed them in copyright date order. I had already inserted photos and written text before realizing I was not listing them chronologically.
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| Skye by Kenner, 1975, is a "fashion-action" all-vinyl doll with spring-loaded arms and torso, bendy elbows and knees with jointed wrists. She and her counterpart, Dusty, are sports enthusiasts. Both dolls are shown on the back of Skye's box in the image above. Skye was on the market for 2 years only; the 1976 version did not have the spring-loaded arms and torso or jointed wrists. That version wore a yellow bathing suit. Both versions have flat feet. Below is a close-up of Skye's face which features brown eyes and an open/closed mouth with teeth. |
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| Close-up of Skye by Kenner, 1975; she has short black curly rooted hair. |
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| Full and close-up views of Mini Mod dolls by Shillman ©1978 |
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| Full and close-up views of Maxi Mod by Shillman circa 1960s. Note that the boxed doll in the yellow bathing suit has rooted eyelashes; the other does not. The boxed version has what was probably the then new "twist and turn" waist. The doll in the lavender hand-knit coat dress does not enjoy waist movement. She is probably the older of the two. |
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| Poor quality scans of side panels of Maxi Mod's box illustrate fashions that were probably sold separately for the doll. |
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| Coca-Cola 11-1/2" Fashion Doll, ©1986 distributed by BBI Toys International Ltd.wears Coca-Cola logo red bathing suit with floral print wrap skirt; also has pink Hawaiian lei. |
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| Back of Coca-Cola
doll's packaging illustrates several
different dolls dressed in sports fashions and active wear (click to enlarge for a slightly better view). | |
As part of my love-hate relationship with Barbie, during the 1990s when these dolls were purchased, I had a fleeting interest to add non-Barbie fashion dolls and Barbie clones to my collection. If the doll was playscale in size, was not Barbie, and had dark skin, it interested me.
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