I had a full-out chortlefest over Holly Hobbie horror. I was on the periphery of that particular bit of pop culture; I was really little when HH was a cross-stitch/American Greetings icon, though I was the recipient of rag dolls with bonnets (Did you ever get the sort that had dresses that went over their heads and then they switched between being awake or asleep?? Our pastor's wife made us Black dolls and, weirdly, one that switched between Black and white whilst waking/sleeping [?]), but I never got an official HH coloring book, storybook, or doll or knew if there was a TV series attached. I think I just had a binder or something.
Holly Hobby as horror icon is a MUCH better use of her silhouette.
I had Holly Hobbie SHEETS—if there'd been a horror version of her in the 70s just IMAGINE how much more of a weirdo I'd have turned out to be. Totally agree about this being a great use of her silhouette.
We never had those flip-the-dress dolls that I can remember, but I've always liked the possibilities of the design—I've seen fairy tale ones where you start with Red Riding Hood, flip her into the grandmother, and then flip the grandmother over backwards into the wolf. Three in one! One that flips between Black and white is a new one for me though, wowzers.
Except for Cabbage Patch Kids, we never had too many people-dolls in the house, mostly stuffed animals? But hilariously, we both had a couple of bears from our paternal grandmother that were based on actresses? My sister had BEARLY TEMPLE and I had SARAH BEARNHARDT—which, like, who on earth thought kids of the 80s would have any idea who Sarah Bernhardt was, I ask you. The toy industry is WILD.
I had a full-out chortlefest over Holly Hobbie horror. I was on the periphery of that particular bit of pop culture; I was really little when HH was a cross-stitch/American Greetings icon, though I was the recipient of rag dolls with bonnets (Did you ever get the sort that had dresses that went over their heads and then they switched between being awake or asleep?? Our pastor's wife made us Black dolls and, weirdly, one that switched between Black and white whilst waking/sleeping [?]), but I never got an official HH coloring book, storybook, or doll or knew if there was a TV series attached. I think I just had a binder or something.
Holly Hobby as horror icon is a MUCH better use of her silhouette.
I had Holly Hobbie SHEETS—if there'd been a horror version of her in the 70s just IMAGINE how much more of a weirdo I'd have turned out to be. Totally agree about this being a great use of her silhouette.
We never had those flip-the-dress dolls that I can remember, but I've always liked the possibilities of the design—I've seen fairy tale ones where you start with Red Riding Hood, flip her into the grandmother, and then flip the grandmother over backwards into the wolf. Three in one! One that flips between Black and white is a new one for me though, wowzers.
Except for Cabbage Patch Kids, we never had too many people-dolls in the house, mostly stuffed animals? But hilariously, we both had a couple of bears from our paternal grandmother that were based on actresses? My sister had BEARLY TEMPLE and I had SARAH BEARNHARDT—which, like, who on earth thought kids of the 80s would have any idea who Sarah Bernhardt was, I ask you. The toy industry is WILD.