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I HAVE BEEN MEANING TO SUBMIT THIS DOLL I FOUND SINCE OCTOBER

they letting that baby read Stephen King

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The 14th of March was my birthday! and today, on the 20th, a present I asked my Mum for arrived in the mail :-))

This is a 'Little Sophisticates' doll by Uneeda from the 60s. I realise that I mentioned Uneeda in my last post, unintentional foreshadowing is fun.

The above image is the condition she arrived to me in. I spent my day today giving her a little refresh. Details and after pictures below the cut :-)

her body got just a simple wipe down, while her head had to be removed for (slightly) more intensive cleaning. I cleaned and boiled her hair, and removed her remaining eyelashes so that I could give her new ones. I also spent a long time styling her hair, including sewing a miniature bumpit with a fabric scrap and quilt batting.

Her clothes got washed too, I scrubbed them with a stain bar to try to combat the yellowing and let them soak for a few hours with a little laundry powder. After rinsing all the soap out I was feeling a little lost when they were all still yellow, but I sprayed them with a fabric spray by the dirt company before hanging them out to dry and it definitely helped. I'm not sure that's even an advertised function of the spray but it's worked for me before and was pleased to see it work again.

I also gave her some shoes, a new ribbon waist tie, some hair accessories, and sewed some lace to her socks because I got bored waiting for her dress to sun-dry.

Here she is now !!

I think she came out quite cute :-)

I came across an in-box listing of one of these dolls in a mercari JP search and discovered via the box art that this doll's given name is "Suzana" which I think I'll keep, it suits her!

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Jennifer

This is a pretty rare variant of Jennifer and I ended up playing a game of chicken with the seller for two weeks before I caved and overpaid for her by a wide margin lol

At least she came in a beautifully (handmade I think) wedding gown to justify the cost a bit more. She also came with her original shoes! I'll put a Before and After here and leave the nerdy stuff below the cut lol

First thing I did when she arrived was wash her, straighten out her hair and set it into rollers.

And with her hair out of her face, I can more easily show what makes her so special compared to other Taiwan Jennifer dolls: she has Miss Long Hair's inner eyelashes!

(early Taiwan Jennifer with inner lashes vs later Taiwan Jennifer with no inner lashes)

This Jennifer is from the earliest batch of dolls made in Taiwan, which, unlike subsequent batches, have all of the facial details of Takara Miss Long Hair's face screening. Jennifer steadily loses more and more details of the original Miss Long Hair design through her production timeline, starting with the inner eyelashes. This batch with the full MLH face seems to have been a pretty small run, as the vast majority of Taiwan Jennifer dolls have no inner eyelashes.

There are other differences too; aside from the lashes, early Taiwan Jennifer has pinker/salmon lips and more saturated, heavier blue eyeshadow. Her torso and legs are also made of a much denser plastic than other Jennifers and they don't match her head and arms as closely as later Taiwan Jennifers. Early Taiwan Jennifer also has more pink to her skin, while Later Taiwan is more peachy. For reference, this is what Miss Long Hair's face looks like:

Both of these dolls represent the two major makeup variants of Miss Long Hair; the variant with a more subdued orange lip and blush, and the variant with highly saturated, bright orange blush and almost neon orange lips (my favorite lol) I feel like both Taiwan Jennifer variants take different bits and pieces from both MLH faces, but Early Taiwan makes the most of the original face to me- I'd even say she's prettier than MLH in some regards, especially the more saturated blue eyeshadow and more salmon pink lip!

Once her hair was done, I decided to swap her outfit with one of my other Jennifers and put her in my spare Long Hair Emily outfit, which I think suits her a lot more than it did the other girl!

And this Jennifer (and the wig I customized for her last month) was made to wear this wedding dress so it all worked out perfectly lol

And she fits in nicely with one of my other Jennifers, who is dressed in an original Miss Long Hair wedding dress!

Super in love with this doll and very glad I got my hands on her despite the cost! There are still a few Jennifer variants I'm missing (I don't have any of the Hong Kong variants for example) but I'm happy I have her!

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Look back month day 21: lovely

Admittedly my version has ratty hair and some chest damage, but I think miss Suzette is the loveliest doll I’ve ever seen. Slightly ratty is what I could afford, and I’m not brave enough to reroot something so valuable. I still think she’s pretty.

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1996 Liddle Kiddles Bottle Baby

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Uneeda doll I was told was a Dollikin but she’s even bigger than Barbie! She’s in great shape for her age and I’ll make a post showing off her joints with a size comparison soon.

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National Biscuit Co, 1931