[HPFGU-OTChatter] Crumpet doll (Was: American dolls, was American biscuits)

[Amanda Geist]

Carol responds:

Is this the doll? If so, you can still buy her on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.
<http://cgi.ebay.com/BEAUTIFUL-Vintage-1970-Kenner-CRUMPET-Doll_W0QQitemZ300
158863023QQihZ020QQcategoryZ95246QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem>
com/BEAUTIFUL-Vintage-1970-Kenner-CRUMPET-Doll_W0QQitemZ300158863023QQihZ020
QQcategoryZ95246QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Carol, who think the price is a bit high since this Crumpet seems to
be showing her age

Amanda now:

I agree about the price, and about her showing her age. And no teapot? She
doesn't work? I might not pay that much even if she did.  1970, okay, I was
six that year and I got two memorable dolls for Christmas-one was Crumpet,
that Santa brought because she was all unwrapped and set up.  The other one
was my beloved, my favorite, the one I still have (and who still
talks!-probably because I guarded her from my children) Baby Beans: 

http://cgi.ebay.com/1970-Mattel-Talking-Baby-Beans-Doll_W0QQitemZ19015835352
4QQihZ009QQcategoryZ335QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The quickest way to send my 6-year-old self into a towering rage was for my
brother (and alas, my mom) to laugh when she said "Peekaboo," because they
thought it sounded like "Chicken Brew" (it did).

Another memorable doll was "Dancerina" (I didn't remember the name, but
faithful eBay did)-she's from 1968, so I was even younger (probably why I
remember her being HUGE). You held the jewel in the crown on the top of her
head, and she spun like a ballerina and kicked her leg out. Totally cool. I
loved her. 

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1968-MATTEL-DANCERINA-DOLL-ORIGINAL-BOX_W0QQitem
Z270172563184QQihZ017QQcategoryZ335QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is fun. 

~Amanda 



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