Dolls of the era

Serenity · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject: Dolls of the era

I remember when I was around 11 I wanted a 'Baby Alive' for my Christmas pressie, this was the new doll out that actually ate, special food and pooped it out the other end lol. My parents couldn't afford one of these, and got me a Tiny Tears instead. Gawd I loved that doll, it was SOOOO baby like, and when you fed it it's bottle of water, you then had to hold it up and squeeze it's tummy. This created some suction and the doll actually cried REAL tears pmsl, not ONLY that, it wee'd too! woohoo double life like !! My nan used to knit matinee coats and booties and everything for it awww and it had blinking eyelids

One odd thing was its hair was blonde and curly all over, except for the bit at the back of the crown area which instead was about 2 inches long and straight and silky...I always wondered why, not sure now if it was to represent where babies rub their hair off?

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Thumper · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:56 am Post subject:

I remember when you bought me a Tiny Tears for my Birthday, I was soooo chuffed, and I always wondered about the bit of hair too

I can remember wanting a Cabbage Patch Kid, and Dad went to America and came back with the cheap version a flower patch kid, just wasn't the same, then that same Christmas, our Auntie who lives in America sent Jodie and I a real Cabbage patch kid over, we had one each, we were ecstatic !!! Mine was called Fiona, you even got adoption papers with them and everything!!! Ive still got mine

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Serenity · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:10 am Post subject:

Oh yeah they were right ugly things and all the rage, a little after my time though! Wow and you've still got it?? bless !

I used to love my Cindy doll too, most people had Barbies, but I thought Cindy was much classier lol. I used to love her eyelashes, that were like little brushes sticking out of her plastic face. I used to save my money and go buy her outfits from Rowlinsons sports/toy shop in town. She had the cutest little rubber high heels, that I always seemed to loose

I spent many an hour dressing her up with my mate Irene who had the dark heaired version of my blonde one

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daxxxx · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject:

i wasn't really into dolls much i remember having a tiny tears as well but didnt play that much with her..i was more a teddy bear girl ...i had millions of em...my fav was Bedtime Bear i was a little old for him but loved my Care Bear he still lives with my mum tho a little faded n ragged now
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Serenity · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:56 am Post subject:

omg that is spooky!!! Thank god they don't look alike lol

I also remember from my childhood, a series of dolls that were smaller than Barbie etc, only around 6 inches tall. I had a couple one was called Pippa, from what I remember she had coloured skin and blonde hair. Can anyone else remmeber these?

I found them !! and my particular one

**Vintage Palitoy PIPPA Dawn Doll 'BRITT' they all had different names

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Serenity · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:07 am Post subject:

Cabbage Patch...gawd they is U -G- L- Y Ugly !
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redhead · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject:

I rem having a doll called Theresea or Tessa her hair grows , not sure if it was one of the Pippa collection anyway she had dark hair and you had to push abutton in her belly to make her hair grow , I really wanted a Sindy doll but poor old santa got confused !!!
Cabbage doll's came out when my kids were youngin's never liked them so ugly .

Serenity · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:26 am Post subject:

I think Tessa was the poor mans version of Barbie I vaguely remember having one too with a huge button you had to push for her hair. Mine was probably a second hand one or someone gave me it, because I can;t remember it new. I'll try find a pic later.
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Serenity · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

Did anyone have a walkie talkie doll?

I remember when I was about 5 getting one, it was nearly as tall as me lol and she had beautiful blonde silky hair. She had a string with a little ring pull coming our of her back, and you'd pull it and she would talk. I can't remember her name, but she would say, 'my name is *****' and 'I'm tired'. etc. She was the coelest doll ever !! To get her to walk, you'd have to hold the tops of her legs or something and she kinda walked ..not very well from what I can remember lol

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