Hi All, I picked up a couple of really fun dolls this weekend, and thought you might be interested. As most of you know, Barbie is a copy of a German doll called the Bild Lilli. Well, these are copies of that same German doll, made in Hong Kong, or more popuarly known as Hong Kong Lillis. They are made of incredibly cheap, light weight plastic. They are a strung doll with leg joints that splay outward when the doll sits. ( Mattel did score with the redisigned leg joint!) The shoes are molded on, and there are holes in the feet for a stand. I had to restring the dolls, but unless those leg joints were incredibly tightly strung, I don't see how they ever would have stood up. The hair on these is made of the really soft stuff, like the early Barbies. The light blond one has tiny spiral curls, and the darker haired one has what looks like might have been a hard curl at one time. The clothes are clone things from a company that called their doll Wendy. Does the blue one look like "Movie Date" or what? My mother in law was helping out with a doll sale, and told me about these, and she couldn't decide if they were early Barbies or what. Have I taught that woman nothing? Anyway, I would kill for a German Lilli, and that is probably the only way I would get one, but I was really tickled with these. My friend Deb is getting the one with the darker hair. Never say I don't share.
http://www.frii.com/~mroczko/temp/lilli.jpg
Closeup of the faces:
http://www.frii.com/~mroczko/temp/lilli2.jpg
Sideview, so you can see the hair.
http://www.frii.com/~mroczko/temp/lilli3.jpg
One of these sold on Ebay last week for $36.00. They are getting pricier. Anyway, I need to quit playing with these sorts of things, and get back to work on my OOAKs. I really do have one about half finished, but I am up to doing hair, and I HATE that. LOL
Kathy M.
Frivolities Antiques & Fashion Dolls Ft. Collins, CO