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Toy ID Boards => Toy ID Help => Topic started by: cindylou on Thursday 02 September 2010, 01:21 am
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I do not have much to go on, but here it is...my mom received a doll in the mid-1970's for christmas. It was plastic, about 18-21" high, blond hair and it played records. I think she came in a yellow dress. In the back of the doll you put in the small clear plastic records and they played christmas carols. I have the records, but there is no information on them. They are only about 2.5 to 3 inches in diameter. Any ideas on the doll ???
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Hmm, is she anything like this doll?
http://crissyandbeth.com/Harmony.html
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I had a doll who sounds like the one you're describing. I got mine in the mid-eighties, though. She was a Zapf Creation doll and she could also walk. She wasn't a baby doll, she looked as though she was older - I always thought she looked around 7 or 8 years old!
I also had a baby doll with blonde hair who played records. I got her in Spain and can't remember much about her.
I had a friend who also had a doll who played records, but I have no info on her.
Sorry, I'm not much help! ::)
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It wasn't a Crissy doll. Apparently you inserted the records inside the doll to play them. My mom thinks the doll looked to be about 5yrs old.
Thank you for the responses though. :D
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i wish we had the name of a manufacturer or what no to go on :'(
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Was it similar to this doll:
(http://webpages.charter.net/kbollmeier/PattyCakeSings.jpg)
This is Patty Cake Sings. She's in a box around here somewhere so I could dig her out for more information. She has a place for small plastic records in her back, and I know I had at least two records in different colors though one has gone missing and I don't know if there were any Christmas carols. IIRC the records played when you pressed her hands together. She would probably be from the late 70s.
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No it isn't the patty cake doll. Thank you for trying though.
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Talking Cynthia? (Mattel?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICuSYfW3kA
Don't know about the Christmas Carols though.
(http://dollreference.com/images/cynthiamib.jpg)
(Added a picture. ~Zuse)
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Perhaps this doll marked Remco. I think back then that company was also called Azrak-Hamway International (AHI) so try searching that too?
So, maybe the singing Mimi doll circa 1970s (1973?) http://www.bigredtoybox.com/cgi-bin/toynfo.pl?mimiindex They say it's about the size of a Chrissy doll which is 18".
This one is marked 1978? Would that be the correct date?
She has an International Them - "Teach the World to Sing."
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130444792346
(http://i.ebayimg.com/20/!ByKTCTQEWk~$(KGrHqYOKioEwQ1L-nhpBMQlp5O)BQ~~_12.JPG)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/07/!ByKTD9QEWk~$(KGrHqQOKj!EwRDbpQf,BMQlqCd8pQ~~_12.JPG)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/01/!ByKTGF!!Wk~$(KGrHqYOKjIEwQ2)4YNIBMQlqNeCjg~~_12.JPG)
(http://www.dollsofourchildhood.com/IMG_0024%20(2).jpg)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270652304317
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/6/9/2/4/0/3/webimg/417001325_o.jpg)
No Christmas Carols, though. :(
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It would really help if you could tell us where are you (or your mom) from... That record mechanism reminds me some 70's dolls from Spain...
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There is a doll in the 2nd commercial on this video. Part of the Chatty doll line. Looks like 70's or earlier because the Brady Bunch Kid is in it.
Check out the video. I believe it could be Charming Chatty which starts at 1:07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvHcFlMGKoQ&feature=related
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ooh I am keeping my fingers crossed that's the one EdenEye!! Good Eye! (excuse the pun) Now we have to wait on a response. :)
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Make sure you PM her!
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I sent her a PM regarding the video. Here is another video of the same doll. No mention of Christmas records though. But I guess some could have been purchased separetly. However, seems like the right height, decade, and hair color (found pics of her with blonde and brunette hair). But I don't think her dress is yellow. Hmmmmm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B44RQ8cNls8
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No response, I guess we may never know.
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I have also been looking for my 1972 Mimi doll. She had platinum blonde long hair and you could play the records in her back. I had 3 records for her. BaBa Black Sheep, Mary Had a Little Lamb, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. On the reverse of each record, she talked. You had to press her belly button to activate the records. I was living in Manitoba, Canada at the time. All records were in English. If anyone knows of where I can find such a doll, I would love to see it.
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This thread is bringing back memories for me of different coloured plastic records of different colours, I think blue, red and yellow. They had grooves all around the outside and they fit in somewhere, maybe a doll, maybe not. I seem to remember them not being mine, so more likely not a doll.
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http://vimeo.com/30630338
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And this one is my own.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyR_xyY_f2g
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Hi.....in Christmas 1979 I got an Everin (Everyn?) Doll in a yellow dress with red trimming on the bodice. She also came in a green dress. She had brown curly hair and blue eyes. She had the little record in her back and you pressed her tummy button to make her speak. On one side of the record she sang songs such as little bo peep and she spoke phrases on the other side of the record. Maybe this was the doll?