Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday: Happy Family Alan 2003


Today’s Friday Guy is Happy Family Alan. Naomi and I both have one of these dolls, in fact I think there might even be a third one somewhere. This one is mine. Alan has the older type of Ken body with articulated arms. I often wonder why Mattel did not leave Alan as a redhead. That would have been cool but this doll is quite nice too. He’s wearing mix and match Ken clothing from the late 1990s.

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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. Alan is a great character doll,,I know I probably have two because I named the second one Adam. I always wanted the AA version .It’s interesting to compare them as they almost have their own personalities. I like the way you have your guy styled. Great blog.

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  2. Happy Family Alan does look happy, and can’t we all use some extra smiles during this pandemic. So nice to see a male fashion doll wearing pants instead of the shorts that all the current playline Kens seem to be wearing. Great photos – I can almost see the wind ruffling through Alan’s hair.

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