Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday: Mattel Happy Family Grandpa 2003


  • Happy Family Grandpa
  • A Man and his Shed

I am always surprised when I find a doll who has not been featured on Fashion Doll Friday before. After so many years I feel like you must have seen nearly all of my dolls although there are still many of Naomi’s you have yet to meet.

Today’s Friday Guy is Mattel’s Happy Family Grandpa, the father of Midge and grandfather of Ryan, Nikki and however many more children Mattel have given Midge and Allan.

Grandpa Hadley has distinguished silver hair, blue eyes and a few lines and wrinkles which give his face character. His arms are articulated but his legs are not.

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Published by Taswegian1957

I was born in England in 1957 and lived there until our family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband, David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008. We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. In 2015 David became ill and passed away in October of that year. I currently co-write two blogs on WordPress.com with my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania. In November 2019 I began a new life in the house that Naomi and I intend to make our retirement home at Sisters Beach in Tasmania's northwest. Currently we have five pets between us. Naomi's two dogs Toby and Teddy and cats, Tigerwoods and Panther and my cat Polly. My dog Cindy passed away aged 16 in April 2022.

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  1. I love his outfit! I think mine is the version w/ a sweater. Wish I could find a really soft recliner for him to read a book to grandkids, and some 1:6 scale reading glasses. I have tried a Santa jacket on him but as he’s so trim he needed padding. He’s an all season guy looking just as well in beachwear.

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    • I have his outfit somewhere but had put him into this one for some reason, there is a tuxedo style jacket I think. I thought that the braces were a nice touch although he probably should have a flannelette shirt and maybe a cardigan.

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      • Grandpa looks smart in his outfit and a great photo, outside his shed. I haven’t managed to find Grandpa yet. I do have Grandma, she was a lucky find by my Mum and Dad in a charity shop. Mum recognised her as “being from the Barbie range”

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