Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday: Send in the vintage clones


Wendy from WR toys or Randy from Fab Lu
Is she Wendy from WR toys or Randy from Fab Lu- or someone else?
clone doll in original dress.
blonde Sindy clone

WordPress is playing up today, not allowing me to format blocks properly so I decided to do something different and feature some vintage clone dolls owned by Naomi and one by me. Be sure to click on the gallery to see larger images.

The blonde and brunette bubble cut girls belong to Naomi. They are made by Linda regd.

The brunette with straight hair who also belongs to Naomi is Liza Jane. I couldn’t find out much about her except that she was made in Hong Kong and manufacturer was listed as EFS.

The blonde in the floral dress we haven’t definitely identified.

All these dolls are Sindy/Tammy clones and all were made in Hong Kong in the early 1960s

Next, we have a Skipper clone. She is a nice one with rooted eyelashes. We think she might have been made by Davtex.

The Barbie/Bild Lily clone is marked with a U on her back. I thought that she might be Suzette by Davtex.

The Barbie clone in the blue dress has an R on her back. She has a twist waist. So far we haven’t worked out who she is.

I bought the Barbie clone in the wedding dress at the Hobart Doll Show one year. The stall holder told me that this was her original outfit.

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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.

6 comments

  1. Clones are sometimes better than the real thing. You have some great clones here. The bride could easily be mistaken for a real Barbie. It is always interesting trying to find out more information about them.

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  2. I agree that these are all great dolls. My first Barbie doll as a young child was a clone that was dressed in a wardrobe my mom sewed so I have a soft spot for clones. They are charming dolls when given nice outfits.

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  4. The bride is lovely, I will be displaying my Barbie Brides in July for my anniversary. I can never have enough. white dresses and tuxes. My first bride doll looked something like yours. My daughters was a brunette Club Wedd Barbie. I have a blonde version.

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