My daughter has her grandmother's original Barbie dream house. For a cardboard house it's actually pretty sturdy. She's the third kid to play with it and it's in surprisingly good condition.
The Tammy doll is Sindy. Pedigree Toys licensed Tammy from Ideal and brought her over to the UK and made her more British and changed her name. The dolls are identical and use the same molds. They both even use the same 'the doll you love to dress' tag line.
Well, that explains why Sindy looked so familiar. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure that my Mary Poppins doll (1965) was made from the same mold as Tammy/Sindy.
As a child growing up in the 50s and 60s, I love this series!. My daughter grew up in the 80s, and I hope you will make an episode of these. ...Cabbage Patch Kids, Strawberry Shortcake, Barbies, Rainbow Bright, My Child Dolls. Ahh...these shows take me back to my childhood..how I loved dolls, (and still do). I am now buying articulated Barbies and Licca dolls for my grand-daughter! Keep these shows coming, they are wonderful! Thank you 😊
@@BeautyInsideABoxI wasn't phased by the name Cricket because the name became normalized to me after watching a character named Cricket on The Young & The Restless for years 🤣🤣🤣
"Slug bug" is a game played on car trips. When a Volkswagen Beetle is spotted along the way, the first person to see it will "slug" (punch/hit) another person in the car after saying "slug bug".
There was also a series of dolls called LITTLE KIDDLES. I had the KIDDLE Doll in the locket (LUCKY LOCKET KIDDLE) that could be worn as a necklace as well as displayed on a table.
I loved Liddle Kiddles! There were also animiddle kiddles - I had Dainty Deer and Tiny Tiger, and perfume kiddles that came in cologne shaped plastic bottles. I had Apple Blossom.
Slugbug is a game you play in the car. If you see a VWbug you yell slugbug or punchbug and hit the other person in the car in the arm. Usually this person was a sibling lol. I still have my childhood Crissy doll and her hair still works.
Wow the video brought back fond memories. I'm showing my age, but I had some of these dolls. I was given my first Barbie in 1962 (I was 5 that year) and she was the red head bubble cut doll (I still have her). I had twist and turn Barbie, Fashion Queen (I still have her as well) a Skipper, Tutti (she was fun to pose), Tressy, Tammy, Crissy, Julia (the 1960's television show; another "star" doll that Mattel made), I'm surprised you didn't mention her. I also had Twiggy as well. The 60's was a good decade for dolls. I even had a Flatsy doll and I would "borrow" my nephews G.I. Joe so Barbie could go on a date. I had a Ken but I thought Joe was cooler than Ken. LOL. Barbie is a year younger that I am. I was one year old when Barbie was "born". She was "born" in March and so was I. LOL
One of my favorites from the era is Peteena. One of the first, if not the first, anthropomorphic fashion dolls (a precursor to Pinkie Cooper). She's a poodle! Her ad jingle always gets stuck in my head. She was made in 1966 and has really cute fashion packs!
I had 3 of the 60's Barbie dolls all with plastic hair. I had 3 wigs, blonde, brunette, and black. Also the black stands, a black circle carrying case with a half zipper. My Mom was a phenomenal knitter and would knit the dolls little sweaters from spare yarn. The sweaters fit perfectly too. Then when I turned 12, my Mom told me to give them to my Godmother's first granddaughter. 😩
Crissy is my favorite from the 60s by far. I love the face and body sculpts and the fashions! I'm most excited for the 80s edition because of the Teddy Ruxpin doll. I hope you include him on the list because he's super sweet and endlessly iconic. I know he's more of a Teddy bear but he had a sort of dress up element with different fashions and accessories that were made for him. Overall, he's my favorite piece of 80s memorabilia 🥰🐻
I had a Taking Barbie, brunette, from 1968, which I loved. I still remember the case she came in. Yes, she had cool friends, like Casey and P.J. and the Julia doll too.
I wanted Barbie so bad, my mom put her foot down, so I had Tammy who came out quite early and her sister Pepper. But grandpa got me Skipper and Tutti. I didn't have a troll, my friend had a whole bunch and my grandpa bought me a Moongoon, who was colored green with ruby hair definitely a knockoff. I had an early Chatty Cathy. My mom had a Talking Chatty and two lovely Vogue Burkett dolls. My cousins had a Giggles and a Kissy. My mom vetoed Chrissy. All my dolls got lost in several moves across country. But now I made up for that, and I have my family of 60s Barbies and friends, and I have Chrissy and Velvet and the AA Chrissy. And two early Chatties.
😮 I had the color magic Barbie…haven’t seen it in years!! My favorite was PJ & Casey. Thank you for all the hard work you put into making the videos, they bring such joy.
OMG!!!! I've been trying for years to find out the name of Popi! I had this doll and loved actually making the clothes. I learned to sew not long after and that doll definitely was a great learning tool to teach about sewing and fashion design. Thank you!!
Wow those Barbie dolls that mimicked Jackie's style are so beautiful! I love an elegantly dressed Barbie. Sindy is another line that I find quite cute, especially her modern iteration (though I live overseas and they don't ship to me 😭). Licca-chan has quickly climbed the ranks to be one of my favorites, I'm a sucker for that old Shoujo face and all her cute outfits, she has me obsessed.
My mother had (and still has!) Crissy and Velvet dolls when she was a kid, and I admit, I kinda took a liking to them! When I was a teenager I used them as my audience during my piano sessions lol
Also popular baby doll was called Thumbelina. Pebbles and Bam Bam dolls. Still have my Kissy doll, works too! Tressy had a knob or button on her back to adjust the hair length. Yes the dream house was cardboard. Remember having to assemble all the furniture from flat pieces. Thanks for the memories❤️
Smaller dolls were also very popular in the 60s. Liddle Kiddles came in many varieties, and even in jewelry like large lockers, small pins, bracelets, and pins, all with tiny dolls in them! There were also Dolly Darlings, and the Hi Heidi doll and her friends that came in carrying cases. Chrissy with growing hair was my favorite non Barbie doll as a child! They also made several friends and a cousin for her.
In my opinion, the 60s was the decade manufacturers tried to imitate the likeness of Barbie for competitive purposes. Until Barbie debuted, there weren't many dolls that represented adult females. If there were, they weren't the same size as Barbie.
Tutti is Stacie she had a name change just like Kelly who became Chelsea this was explained several times. Barbie sisters are Skipper Stacie ( Tutti) brother Todd Chelsea ( Kelly ) and baby Krissy
You missed the Liddle Kiddles. They were small dolls, maybe 3 inches tall, some themed with little cars or airplanes, etc. My favorites were the jewelry themed Kiddles, dolls inside lockets or rings that you could actually wear. There were Kiddles inside perfume bottles that smelled like flowers, and a line of Kola Kiddles that came in soda bottles. There were fairy tale Kiddles and even a line of romantic couples like Romeo & Juliet and Robin Hood & Marian.
My mom was born in 1968 and she would tell me about some of these toys that she had. She even passed a couple on to me like one of the hair growing ones.
Tressy was an 11.5" doll like Barbie. Crissy and her friend Kerri were about 17" tall (I had purchased Kerri on sale when I was about 12 to use as a model for designing clothes and hairstyles). The dolls had 13" or 15" younger sisters as well.
10:51 Sindy wasn't just in the UK. I live in Ohio and I had one as a child. I remember using a white lace trimmed hankie of my aunt Mirt's to make a wedding dress for her. I even made a bouquet out of tiny silk flowers.
I recall a doll line by the name of Liddle Kiddles. They were small dolls that came inside little bottles and items , like flowers.They were sold by the Mattel company.
I still have Tutti. Never realised she was so short a while on the market. I have her red print dress and blue tights, other wise all her clothes are ones I made myself, which is chiefly what we did with all of our dolls.
I had a Tutti. I got her as a reward for stopping my thumb-sucking. Don't think I had many (if any beyond the original) clothes for her. I do remember she wasn't jointed, but had a wire "skeleton," which started breaking rather quickly.
I can't wait to see the 80's video. The all pink decade as for barbie. It was also the decade they made Jem and the holograms. In France we had our "national barbie counterpart" called Perle.
Same here, I remember the 90s Troll dolls (still have mine 🙂), but didn't know that they already existed in the 1960s until Pinterest showed me some pictures some time ago.
I can't believe you omitted the Best of the West collection!!! It was a family of dolls in western attire, meant for both boys and girls, and you could also buy their horses and stables and IIRC accessories you could wear to play like you were just like them. They were meant both to echo the Wild West and "Western" (horses, ranchers, etc) of the day
One thing I really like about dolls (and commercials) is how they give an insight into the zeitgeist of the time. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, so it's not as much of a stretch for me to remember how different things were.
In the sixties, the troll dolls were called Wishniks. Many had a long topknot ponytail. You were supposed to hold them by the ponytail in one hand, rub their belly with the other hand, and make a wish.
Fun GI Joe fact: the popularity of GI Joe started to decrease in the mid or late 60s due to protest against war. They changed up their line for a moment and the action figures went from solder to like park ranger or something like that.
A doll with a color-changing gimmick being advertised in a black and white TV ad gave me a good chuckle. They still did a good job indicating the color change given the limitations, but sure it hits different in a technicolor screen-filled 2023.
I preferred Sindy over Barbie during my doll playing years, 1979-1986 Sweden, because she had a more flexible body. Useful since my dolls were superheroes and other physical activities. I actually owned more Barbie dolls, though. 2 Sindys vs 4 or 5 Barbies. Barbie was considered fancier so I guess that's what adults preferred to get me for my birthday. Barbie cost around 200SEK mid 80-ies Sweden (4-5 restaurant pizzas, for comparison 😋), Sindy was maybe half that. I think Sindy got kind of caught in a spot where she was too expensive to get me when it wasn't a special occasion but too cheap when it was. I also had 2 off brand dolls of a different manufacturer (with flexible limbs like Sindy). She was like a head shorter then Barbie and Sindy, so I would have her be their little sister. Can't recall her name but I'm guessing it was some kind of a bargain bin version as it was a bit of an impulse buy on my moms part. So would not have been an pricey doll. I do remember both being ballerinas.
I wish I'd had a Bewitched doll; however, my grandma who sewed a lot of my Barbie clothes made me a long black dress with long sleeves for Barbie, so I was happy with that.
Nice video. Ideal Tammy is not a clone though. She is actually a doll with a more wholesome look made by Ideal in competition to Barbie. Pedigree based their Sindy doll upon the same style as Tammy hence the similarities. I think there was some licensing agreement between Ideal and Pedigree. They even shared the same catch phrase, "The Doll You Love to Dress".
Hi darling I had Barbie doll the twist and turn also I had her sister I paid I think about three pounds I had sindy and patch I still got patch and sindy x
A "slug bug" is a Volkswagen Beetle. It refers to the game, sometimes called "Punch Buggy" where you hit the person in the car next to you every time you see a Beetle, or "bug", car. To 'slug" someone was also a way to say punch back in the day.
Really cool video and it does bring back memories. Like the first Barbies, I also had many of the 60s ones, and I had the Chrissy with the growing hair. She was so fun. I had some trolls, but our family got weird and decided that they were bad dolls, and took them away from my brother and I. We never got them again. I didn't have any of the baby dolls as I liked fashion dolls better. Almost all of the baby dolls were reminescent of American Girl to me. Maybe they were her precursor or something. I'm looking forward to your next decades video :)
Tammy dolls were not clones of Barbie, they were the US licensed iteration pf Sindy, and the early versions of both were essentially identical, with the same outfits in many cases. Tammy was hardly an afterthought--she was extremely popular, and her clothing and accessories matched Barbie's in detail and quality. I had both Barbie and Tammy as a kid, and actually preferred Tammy as a play doll. My interest in Barbie was as a mannequin for her gorgeous fashions, as well as for Ken's.
I could kick myself! A few years ago I found an original Barbie Dream House from the 60's in new condition, with all the furniture still unassembled. It was cheap too ($55) in an antique mall and I pass it up because I have no room to display it. I should've grabbed it and store it. Oh well.
Did you ever made a video about „Bild lilli“! She was the inspiration for Barbie! She’s from Hamburg, Germany my hometown! This is a very interesting subject. I’m sure you made a video of her, but I wanted to comment. 😊 hehe ( I know Bild Lilli isn’t from the 60s she’s from the 50s) ❤
I’m shocked that somebody doesn’t know what slug bug is! Lol. And if you read any books or watch 1960s shows people had cute little nicknames for each other hence the name cricket.
I have Kissy. I wanted her so bad. My mom told me I might not get her because dad was not working for his company went on strike. But I did get her! You press her arms to together where he hands meet and she kiss you. I still have her. Her body fell apart, but I have directions on how to use stretch cords to put her together again. I have also Tressy the girl with growing hair.
Ahahahahahaha! I’m sorry, but I think it’s funny how someone made a baby doll who reacts to getting spanked! I definitely can’t see that being made today!
I had Mod Francie, Twist and Turn Barbie, Crissy, and one that I don't see on the video--Timey Tell (she had a watch, etc., but maybe she was an early 70's doll). Loved your video!
Lol slug bug was a game. When you saw a Volkswagen wagon Beatles which was often you slugged ie punched your siblings in the arm smugly announcing slug bug. Not to be confused with punch bug. When you hit your siblings when you saw a Beatles with one head light out
I washed my Barbies clothes in the washer and dryer and they came out nice no color problems white stayed white , I am going to wash 24 dolls outfits 1 is Sonny Bono white dress suit from the 70's I own since I got him and Cher for Christmas when I was as around 10 maybe less still have them his suit is black and grey blobs on White I'm 57
With Giggles if you squeeze the arms toward each other, she makes a giggling sound. She has flirty eyes that move from side to side. I had a Chatty Cathy and I think the whole family of them are super ugly, especially the babies! Charming’ Chatty is cute, the one who says 120 things, but she plays records in her side to do so.
When I looked it up online before I saw your video they called them bubble cup Barbies, not bouffant Barbies maybe I was wrong. also, I have a bubble cup Barbie but it's not worth that much because its head kind of melted in the back so its head can come on and off. Also, all my old Barbie seemed to get sticky for some weird reason these were my mom's toys when she was a kid. Finally, their skin also turns darker.
I had a Popi. The wigs were soft plastic and worked well. The clothes were fun and really did work as advertised but they had a funny smell. The Barbie type body was a cheaper, thin plastic and just seemed cheap.
Ive always cringed at those bendable legs that make that cracking sounds but now that i have degenerative arthritis in my 30s it physically hurts me to think of them 😂
@@wizzwamf I know. That's likely why they weren't as popular. They likely would have been more popular if the parent dolls were Barbie and Ken size and the daughters, Skipper and Stacie size.
My mom's first American toy was a troll doll. My grandma came to the u s to work so she left all her kids back home in Mexico with her cousin my grandma would send clothes and stuff back to her kids and she sent my mom a troll doll with orange hair that was my mom's first American toy. The flatsy dolls I had one they were rubbery had a wire inside so you could pose the arms and legs I don't know what I did with her.
I have been waiting for a new episode of this series of yours. I’m so excited for 70s-90s. Please don’t stop this
Me too..
Agrees!!
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My daughter has her grandmother's original Barbie dream house. For a cardboard house it's actually pretty sturdy. She's the third kid to play with it and it's in surprisingly good condition.
That’s good to know! I’m glad it is so robust! Thanks for watching
I want one!
The Tammy doll is Sindy. Pedigree Toys licensed Tammy from Ideal and brought her over to the UK and made her more British and changed her name. The dolls are identical and use the same molds. They both even use the same 'the doll you love to dress' tag line.
Woah! I never knew that!! That’s so interesting! Thanks for watching
Well, that explains why Sindy looked so familiar. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure that my Mary Poppins doll (1965) was made from the same mold as Tammy/Sindy.
As a child growing up in the 50s and 60s, I love this series!. My daughter grew up in the 80s, and I hope you will make an episode of these. ...Cabbage Patch Kids, Strawberry Shortcake, Barbies, Rainbow Bright, My Child Dolls. Ahh...these shows take me back to my childhood..how I loved dolls, (and still do). I am now buying articulated Barbies and Licca dolls for my grand-daughter! Keep these shows coming, they are wonderful! Thank you 😊
Thanks for watching! The 80’s episode will be out soon
@@BeautyInsideABoxI wasn't phased by the name Cricket because the name became normalized to me after watching a character named Cricket on The Young & The Restless for years 🤣🤣🤣
I’m so excited for them all! But the 90’s and 2000’s are going to be so fun and nostalgic to watch! 🤩
Yeah I’m excited to make those videos! Thanks for watching
"Slug bug" is a game played on car trips. When a Volkswagen Beetle is spotted along the way, the first person to see it will "slug" (punch/hit) another person in the car after saying "slug bug".
Did British people not do it?
I'm in America and we say or in my family we say punch bug when we see a beetlebug on the road.
There was also a series of dolls called LITTLE KIDDLES. I had the KIDDLE Doll in the locket (LUCKY LOCKET KIDDLE) that could be worn as a necklace as well as displayed on a table.
I had the locket Liddle Kiddle doll too. It was a purple locket, mine was brunette, with hair down to her feet. I loved those dolls!
I loved Liddle Kiddles! There were also animiddle kiddles - I had Dainty Deer and Tiny Tiger, and perfume kiddles that came in cologne shaped plastic bottles. I had Apple Blossom.
OMG yes! I loved Little Kiddles!
I had a Lucky Locket Kiddle too. I remember getting it in my stocking. It was so cute and I remember the hair curled at her ankles! Fun memory.
Yes, I adored the Liddle Kiddles. They had several sizes, the larger Kiddles were even used as the same heads of the Tutti friends that Mattel made.
Slugbug is a game you play in the car. If you see a VWbug you yell slugbug or punchbug and hit the other person in the car in the arm. Usually this person was a sibling lol. I still have my childhood Crissy doll and her hair still works.
Mattel had two dolls that were my favorites back then; Dancerina (the ballet doll) and Tippy Toes - she rode her own bike!
Wow the video brought back fond memories. I'm showing my age, but I had some of these dolls. I was given my first Barbie in 1962 (I was 5 that year) and she was the red head bubble cut doll (I still have her). I had twist and turn Barbie, Fashion Queen (I still have her as well) a Skipper, Tutti (she was fun to pose), Tressy, Tammy, Crissy, Julia (the 1960's television show; another "star" doll that Mattel made), I'm surprised you didn't mention her. I also had Twiggy as well. The 60's was a good decade for dolls. I even had a Flatsy doll and I would "borrow" my nephews G.I. Joe so Barbie could go on a date. I had a Ken but I thought Joe was cooler than Ken. LOL. Barbie is a year younger that I am. I was one year old when Barbie was "born". She was "born" in March and so was I. LOL
One of my favorites from the era is Peteena. One of the first, if not the first, anthropomorphic fashion dolls (a precursor to Pinkie Cooper). She's a poodle! Her ad jingle always gets stuck in my head. She was made in 1966 and has really cute fashion packs!
I'm surprised you didn't include Little Miss No Name by Mattel, which is without a doubt, one of the creepiest dolls!
little miss no name is by hasbro
@@wizzwamf either way it's from the 60s and I was surprised he didn't include it.
OMG, I can't believe I remember that doll!
I just looked it up, terrible idea right before bed. How did anyone ever think this was ok 😭😭
omg i LOVE her and child me would have loved her too!!
The Crissy doll had a smaller cousin named Cricket too.
And Velvet
I had 3 of the 60's Barbie dolls all with plastic hair. I had 3 wigs, blonde, brunette, and black. Also the black stands, a black circle carrying case with a half zipper. My Mom was a phenomenal knitter and would knit the dolls little sweaters from spare yarn. The sweaters fit perfectly too. Then when I turned 12, my Mom told me to give them to my Godmother's first granddaughter. 😩
Can't wait to see the 70's dolls!!!
so excited for the 70s-80s!! love this series
Crissy is my favorite from the 60s by far. I love the face and body sculpts and the fashions! I'm most excited for the 80s edition because of the Teddy Ruxpin doll. I hope you include him on the list because he's super sweet and endlessly iconic. I know he's more of a Teddy bear but he had a sort of dress up element with different fashions and accessories that were made for him. Overall, he's my favorite piece of 80s memorabilia 🥰🐻
I loved my Chrissy doll too, but wanted the blonde Velvet doll, which I never got.
Barbie came out with such cute friends in the 60s, my favorites
I had a Taking Barbie, brunette, from 1968, which I loved. I still remember the case she came in. Yes, she had cool friends, like Casey and P.J. and the Julia doll too.
@@janl3556 I had PJ and almost forgot about Casey--my sister had her!
I grew up in the 70's. That's why I'm really looking forward to the post about it! ❤️
I wanted Barbie so bad, my mom put her foot down, so I had Tammy who came out quite early and her sister Pepper. But grandpa got me Skipper and Tutti. I didn't have a troll, my friend had a whole bunch and my grandpa bought me a Moongoon, who was colored green with ruby hair definitely a knockoff.
I had an early Chatty Cathy. My mom had a Talking Chatty and two lovely Vogue Burkett dolls. My cousins had a Giggles and a Kissy. My mom vetoed Chrissy. All my dolls got lost in several moves across country.
But now I made up for that, and I have my family of 60s Barbies and friends, and I have Chrissy and Velvet and the AA Chrissy. And two early Chatties.
Autocorrect... Vogue Brikette dolls
slug bug? thats punch buggie xD love your videos
😮 I had the color magic Barbie…haven’t seen it in years!! My favorite was PJ & Casey. Thank you for all the hard work you put into making the videos, they bring such joy.
The 80s was my childhood. Still have some of my 80s Trolls and MLP, Sylvanian Families etc.
OMG!!!! I've been trying for years to find out the name of Popi! I had this doll and loved actually making the clothes. I learned to sew not long after and that doll definitely was a great learning tool to teach about sewing and fashion design. Thank you!!
Wow those Barbie dolls that mimicked Jackie's style are so beautiful! I love an elegantly dressed Barbie. Sindy is another line that I find quite cute, especially her modern iteration (though I live overseas and they don't ship to me 😭). Licca-chan has quickly climbed the ranks to be one of my favorites, I'm a sucker for that old Shoujo face and all her cute outfits, she has me obsessed.
My mother had (and still has!) Crissy and Velvet dolls when she was a kid, and I admit, I kinda took a liking to them! When I was a teenager I used them as my audience during my piano sessions lol
Chrissy had a little sister named Cinnamon. There was a marketing campaign to name her.
I hope you include "My Best Friend Cynthia doll" in the 70s video!
also a similar fashion doll that talked and with a similar charmin chatty mechanism but it was battery powered not pull string
Also popular baby doll was called Thumbelina. Pebbles and Bam Bam dolls. Still have my Kissy doll, works too! Tressy had a knob or button on her back to adjust the hair length. Yes the dream house was cardboard. Remember having to assemble all the furniture from flat pieces. Thanks for the memories❤️
Yes, ,Thumbelina, Pebbles and Bam Bam! Loved all of those..
Had a Pebbles doll. Tressy had a button in her stomach and a key to put in back to crank hair back in.
I had Thumbelina
Smaller dolls were also very popular in the 60s. Liddle Kiddles came in many varieties, and even in jewelry like large lockers, small pins, bracelets, and pins, all with tiny dolls in them! There were also Dolly Darlings, and the Hi Heidi doll and her friends that came in carrying cases. Chrissy with growing hair was my favorite non Barbie doll as a child! They also made several friends and a cousin for her.
In my opinion, the 60s was the decade manufacturers tried to imitate the likeness of Barbie for competitive purposes. Until Barbie debuted, there weren't many dolls that represented adult females. If there were, they weren't the same size as Barbie.
Tutti is Stacie she had a name change just like Kelly who became Chelsea this was explained several times. Barbie sisters are Skipper Stacie ( Tutti) brother Todd Chelsea ( Kelly ) and baby Krissy
Don't forget Scooter, who was Skipper's friend. She had long dark brown hair.
Love this video, such great memories, l had sindy, tod, and trolls, also a talking doll by pedigree.
You missed the Liddle Kiddles. They were small dolls, maybe 3 inches tall, some themed with little cars or airplanes, etc. My favorites were the jewelry themed Kiddles, dolls inside lockets or rings that you could actually wear. There were Kiddles inside perfume bottles that smelled like flowers, and a line of Kola Kiddles that came in soda bottles. There were fairy tale Kiddles and even a line of romantic couples like Romeo & Juliet and Robin Hood & Marian.
My mom was born in 1968 and she would tell me about some of these toys that she had. She even passed a couple on to me like one of the hair growing ones.
I had a barbie in the 70’s that had hands that opened and closed but never hear anything about them
Tressy was an 11.5" doll like Barbie. Crissy and her friend Kerri were about 17" tall (I had purchased Kerri on sale when I was about 12 to use as a model for designing clothes and hairstyles). The dolls had 13" or 15" younger sisters as well.
We had wallpaper in our house like the flowered background you used!
I had a tall and a short flatsy doll!
As a vintage collector, totally enjoying this video, thank you, as usual great job
I think I had Babs and bud. They also sold a 5-inch version of the same mold.
Tammy came before Sindy. She was American. pedigree bought the rights to reproduce a very similar doll, Sindy.
10:51 Sindy wasn't just in the UK. I live in Ohio and I had one as a child. I remember using a white lace trimmed hankie of my aunt Mirt's to make a wedding dress for her. I even made a bouquet out of tiny silk flowers.
I recall a doll line by the name of Liddle Kiddles. They were small dolls that came inside little bottles and items , like flowers.They were sold by the Mattel company.
Yes, I had Honeysuckle and the deluxe Cinderella, complete with ball gown and pumpkin carriage.
I still have Tutti. Never realised she was so short a while on the market. I have her red print dress and blue tights, other wise all her clothes are ones I made myself, which is chiefly what we did with all of our dolls.
I had a Tutti. I got her as a reward for stopping my thumb-sucking. Don't think I had many (if any beyond the original) clothes for her. I do remember she wasn't jointed, but had a wire "skeleton," which started breaking rather quickly.
I love the effort you put into this videos, they are really interesting and thank to you it's full of cool info about those dolls
Slug bug was when you were going somewhere and saw a Volkswagen you hollered slug bug and lightly slugged someone next to you. Repeat. Lightly. Leta
Hi Joey I love your videos but the tickles commercial is super duper funny
I can't wait to see the 80's video. The all pink decade as for barbie.
It was also the decade they made Jem and the holograms.
In France we had our "national barbie counterpart" called Perle.
I had a doll in the 70' s called Tiffany Taylor, you could turn her scalp from blonde to brunette and back!! Have you heard of her??
I had a Barbie that had hair like her in the year I think late 69 to 1970'ish
Yes! I still remember the jingle. There was a smaller version too named Tuesday Taylor
Great series! I love seeing all these different dolls. I never knew Troll dolls went all the way back to 1959.
Thanks for watching! Same I didn’t realise they were so old too until I made this video
Same here, I remember the 90s Troll dolls (still have mine 🙂), but didn't know that they already existed in the 1960s until Pinterest showed me some pictures some time ago.
I can't believe you omitted the Best of the West collection!!! It was a family of dolls in western attire, meant for both boys and girls, and you could also buy their horses and stables and IIRC accessories you could wear to play like you were just like them. They were meant both to echo the Wild West and "Western" (horses, ranchers, etc) of the day
Thé barbie with the wigs I had her, she also had tiny pierced earrings.
Tutti had a friend called Chris! I had her and my sister had Tuttl. I think Francie had a friend called Casey.
I had a Tressy, but her sister was called Toots
I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s and I wasn’t into Barbie, I loved my paper dolls. I had a bunch of regular dolls
One thing I really like about dolls (and commercials) is how they give an insight into the zeitgeist of the time. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, so it's not as much of a stretch for me to remember how different things were.
In the sixties, the troll dolls were called Wishniks. Many had a long topknot ponytail. You were supposed to hold them by the ponytail in one hand, rub their belly with the other hand, and make a wish.
Fun GI Joe fact: the popularity of GI Joe started to decrease in the mid or late 60s due to protest against war. They changed up their line for a moment and the action figures went from solder to like park ranger or something like that.
I'd love to see a video on your Licca-chan collection. I have like 20 including some of the really tall ones that came out in recent years.
This is my new fav channel!!!!
A doll with a color-changing gimmick being advertised in a black and white TV ad gave me a good chuckle. They still did a good job indicating the color change given the limitations, but sure it hits different in a technicolor screen-filled 2023.
I preferred Sindy over Barbie during my doll playing years, 1979-1986 Sweden, because she had a more flexible body. Useful since my dolls were superheroes and other physical activities. I actually owned more Barbie dolls, though. 2 Sindys vs 4 or 5 Barbies. Barbie was considered fancier so I guess that's what adults preferred to get me for my birthday. Barbie cost around 200SEK mid 80-ies Sweden (4-5 restaurant pizzas, for comparison 😋), Sindy was maybe half that. I think Sindy got kind of caught in a spot where she was too expensive to get me when it wasn't a special occasion but too cheap when it was.
I also had 2 off brand dolls of a different manufacturer (with flexible limbs like Sindy). She was like a head shorter then Barbie and Sindy, so I would have her be their little sister. Can't recall her name but I'm guessing it was some kind of a bargain bin version as it was a bit of an impulse buy on my moms part. So would not have been an pricey doll. I do remember both being ballerinas.
Omgg how did i just find out they made a doll of Samantha from Bewitched?? Need
I wish I'd had a Bewitched doll; however, my grandma who sewed a lot of my Barbie clothes made me a long black dress with long sleeves for Barbie, so I was happy with that.
I really enjoy your channel. And all the info you share
I really enjoy your channel! Great job!
Great video. I love this series idea.
First of all pink star dress Barbie is an icon. Lookin stunning and gorgeous. And I do like Barbie clones they look like Dracula tho
Weren't the Liddle Kiddles available in the 1960s? Many of we Barbie fans used them with Barbie, as her kids.
Nice video. Ideal Tammy is not a clone though. She is actually a doll with a more wholesome look made by Ideal in competition to Barbie. Pedigree based their Sindy doll upon the same style as Tammy hence the similarities. I think there was some licensing agreement between Ideal and Pedigree. They even shared the same catch phrase, "The Doll You Love to Dress".
Beat me to it lol
Hi darling I had Barbie doll the twist and turn also I had her sister I paid I think about three pounds I had sindy and patch I still got patch and sindy x
A "slug bug" is a Volkswagen Beetle. It refers to the game, sometimes called "Punch Buggy" where you hit the person in the car next to you every time you see a Beetle, or "bug", car. To 'slug" someone was also a way to say punch back in the day.
Hi I’m in the comments just to validate you - yes we know of the dancing cactuses on Insta and tt 😂
Really cool video and it does bring back memories. Like the first Barbies, I also had many of the 60s ones, and I had the Chrissy with the growing hair. She was so fun. I had some trolls, but our family got weird and decided that they were bad dolls, and took them away from my brother and I. We never got them again. I didn't have any of the baby dolls as I liked fashion dolls better. Almost all of the baby dolls were reminescent of American Girl to me. Maybe they were her precursor or something. I'm looking forward to your next decades video :)
Tammy dolls were not clones of Barbie, they were the US licensed iteration pf Sindy, and the early versions of both were essentially identical, with the same outfits in many cases. Tammy was hardly an afterthought--she was extremely popular, and her clothing and accessories matched Barbie's in detail and quality. I had both Barbie and Tammy as a kid, and actually preferred Tammy as a play doll. My interest in Barbie was as a mannequin for her gorgeous fashions, as well as for Ken's.
Barbie was bob haircut. Boufaunt was high with curls. Very plastered with hairspray. Leta
I could kick myself! A few years ago I found an original Barbie Dream House from the 60's in new condition, with all the furniture still unassembled. It was cheap too ($55) in an antique mall and I pass it up because I have no room to display it. I should've grabbed it and store it. Oh well.
Oh man that’s annoying
Little miss echo is dope
✨barbie your beautiful✨💅
Did you ever made a video about „Bild lilli“! She was the inspiration for Barbie! She’s from Hamburg, Germany my hometown! This is a very interesting subject. I’m sure you made a video of her, but I wanted to comment. 😊 hehe ( I know Bild Lilli isn’t from the 60s she’s from the 50s) ❤
I’m shocked that somebody doesn’t know what slug bug is! Lol. And if you read any books or watch 1960s shows people had cute little nicknames for each other hence the name cricket.
I have Kissy. I wanted her so bad. My mom told me I might not get her because dad was not working for his company went on strike. But I did get her! You press her arms to together where he hands meet and she kiss you. I still have her. Her body fell apart, but I have directions on how to use stretch cords to put her together again. I have also Tressy the girl with growing hair.
Ahahahahahaha! I’m sorry, but I think it’s funny how someone made a baby doll who reacts to getting spanked! I definitely can’t see that being made today!
I had Mod Francie, Twist and Turn Barbie, Crissy, and one that I don't see on the video--Timey Tell (she had a watch, etc., but maybe she was an early 70's doll). Loved your video!
I still have my Times Tell doll except her legs broke. I need to get her fixed. I think she was released in the early 70's.
« Cricket » is also a famous character in the soap opera « the Young and the Restless », so I guess it’s not that uncommon of a name in the US.
also talking cricket in the 80s her brother was corky which is cricket ball related
Slugbug is when ya see a VW Volkswagen Beetle and say what ever color no slugs back as ya gently punch the knee of someone 80's thing
Where I grew up in Livonia, Michigan
Our family did it on road trips in the 70s.
Can't wait to see the 90s
And "Saucy Walker".
love my baby dolls
Lol slug bug was a game. When you saw a Volkswagen wagon Beatles which was often you slugged ie punched your siblings in the arm smugly announcing slug bug. Not to be confused with punch bug. When you hit your siblings when you saw a Beatles with one head light out
I washed my Barbies clothes in the washer and dryer and they came out nice no color problems white stayed white , I am going to wash 24 dolls outfits 1 is Sonny Bono white dress suit from the 70's I own since I got him and Cher for Christmas when I was as around 10 maybe less still have them his suit is black and grey blobs on White I'm 57
Slug bug is when you see a Volkswagen Beetle you punch a friend in the shoulder.
У моей подруги были Барби в чемоданчиках- домиках с полным набором одежды.... ( конец 60х) хотелось бы увидеть полный набор...
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You missed little kiddles, baby 1st step, hi Heidi pocketbook dolls, baby boo.
With Giggles if you squeeze the arms toward each other, she makes a giggling sound. She has flirty eyes that move from side to side. I had a Chatty Cathy and I think the whole family of them are super ugly, especially the babies! Charming’ Chatty is cute, the one who says 120 things, but she plays records in her side to do so.
Love this series!
When I looked it up online before I saw your video they called them bubble cup Barbies, not bouffant Barbies maybe I was wrong. also, I have a bubble cup Barbie but it's not worth that much because its head kind of melted in the back so its head can come on and off. Also, all my old Barbie seemed to get sticky for some weird reason these were my mom's toys when she was a kid. Finally, their skin also turns darker.
PS: My bubble cup Barbie has red hair
Isn't it "Bubblecut"? in reference to the hairstyle she's wearing?
I had a Popi. The wigs were soft plastic and worked well. The clothes were fun and really did work as advertised but they had a funny smell. The Barbie type body was a cheaper, thin plastic and just seemed cheap.
Ive always cringed at those bendable legs that make that cracking sounds but now that i have degenerative arthritis in my 30s it physically hurts me to think of them 😂
Sorry to hear about your arthritis.
I think the Littlechap Family dolls were introduced in the early 60s, too.
yes they cant share barbie clothes there a scale bigger and more thought of as upper class dolls
@@wizzwamf I know. That's likely why they weren't as popular. They likely would have been more popular if the parent dolls were Barbie and Ken size and the daughters, Skipper and Stacie size.
My mom's first American toy was a troll doll. My grandma came to the u s to work so she left all her kids back home in Mexico with her cousin my grandma would send clothes and stuff back to her kids and she sent my mom a troll doll with orange hair that was my mom's first American toy. The flatsy dolls I had one they were rubbery had a wire inside so you could pose the arms and legs I don't know what I did with her.
I wish you did Penny Albright, baby cheerful tearful, baby small talk, baby first step, & the little kiddles, thanks for doing Crissy!