A cool Rose Petal Place fakie!

[zap18]

I found this little lady at a thrift store a few weeks ago, and just thought I'd share   She's got the same face mold as a RPP place doll, though obviously she's dressed more like a SSC one.



Isn't she neat?  I love old fakies!

[ianthe99]

I don't know who she is.. but she's wearing Lemon Merangue's outfit.

[AngelBear]

Oh yeah, she really does look like Rose Petal. And yep, she's wearing Lemon's clothes!

[zap18]

What's weird about the outfit is that she was wearing it when I got her, and I got her in a clear bag stapled up (like some really cheap fakies are packaged with the card board at top and the hanging clear bag).  So, she was still essentially in package, though it was damaged.

That's why I said "like SSC"... because it shouldn't actually be the authentic outfit.  I agree that it looks identical though.

The face is all RPP though

[BattySparkles]

Awesome! I've never seen any RPP fakies! If you ever decide you don't want her..

[invaderhorizongreen]

this is so cute looking i have seen nothing good lately

[zuse]

More?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130451749693

[LeahLPS]

Neat find!  The Rose Petal Place doll fakies with Strawberry Shortcake clothes seem to have been sold under the name "Super Stars"...you can see pics of new-in-package ones in this link (scroll all the way to the bottom, left-hand side):

http://www.strawberryshortcakelane.com/lookalikes.html

[zuse]

Cool! Looks like on eBay that the same company/line put out some fakie Maxie/Jem dolls.

[Wardah]

http://www.pranceatron.com/jem/super.htm

It seems they are not so much fakies as factory seconds that this company bought and cobbled together to make complete dolls. Meaning that that head is probably a real Rose Petal Place head and her outfit might just be be a real SSC one.

[zuse]

So mystery (probably) solved!

That sounds like heaven... the 80s doll Franken-Doll factory. They could take the best of EVERYTHING.

The ultimate customs. :-P

[Wardah]

Ah but the sad thing is it seems a lot of times they had heads and not bodies and had to use cheap generic bodies.

[zuse]

Yeah, I guess you're right. I looked at that link and saw some of the "neckless" dolls, haha.

[AngelBear]

Regardless, if I found them at a dime store, I'd buy them all!

[BattySparkles]

Awesome! I'd read about the Jem Super Stars before and I was wondering if these might be similar to those. I'd like to get my hands on some of the RPP ones and I've wanted the Rio with a girl body and long hare for a while now. I think he's hilarious!
http://www.mcphee.com/blog/?p=845