Sunflower Tommy!

Today my Sunflower Tommy arrived!  I didn’t see him when he was released in 2007.  He must not have come to my local toy stores.  I first saw him on the web and I really wanted him… but at a good price!  Many of my fellow bloggers have this doll.  Fellow bloggers feel free to post the link to you Sunflower Tommy!

So here he is out of the box.  He has a great little outfit!  He wears a blue shirt with green trim with a skateboarder on it and khakis with blue stitching.

And blue shoes and…

a frog!

They did two other issues of this Tommy but they were in sets that included other dolls! Kelly/Chelsea collectors refer to the sunflower issue dolls and No Neck dolls because they have a short neck.

Here is a close-up on his face!  He has a sweet face and great eyes!    I love the bowl hair cut on Tommy dolls.  It is my favorite for blonde hair boy dolls. They also used this face mold for the Asian Sunflower doll.  The face paint and complexion of these dolls gives them different looks!

This Asian doll is on a larger body.

There are a variety of Kelly/ Chelsea size bodies. Then there are the SIS Kids.

 Renee added for scale!

 Kelly size Tommy added for scale.

Maybe it the hair cut or the short neck or becuase Mattel just didn't do one, but I wanted him on a taller body.  Blonde hair dolls are in constant danger of being the next project around here because they are so easy to acquire.

I’m calling him August!  Because he looks like a kid in August trying on last year’s school clothing!  Yes, It is time for some new school clothes! Say hello to Auggie!

Thanks For Looking!

I’m More Like My Mother Than I Thought…

At least With Dolls!
I grew up in what today would be considered a large family.
Back then it was not. There were five of us. Both my
parents worked but my mom was expected to still take
care of the home. (Side bar-you know I couldn’t have
made it back then because wouldn’t have had all of that
men don’t do house work crap!) So with working inside
and outside of the home, this meant my mom was a
very busy woman!

I was the fourth of five children. My younger sister was
2 ½ years younger than me. I was never sure if it was
because my mom was so busy it was easier, or that she
thought it was cute or because it was the cheapest way
to do it but mom always dressed my sister and me alike.
Some time there was a difference in color, I was in red
and my sister was in pink, but most of the time it was
the exact same outfit. I absolutely hated it! Now mind
you my sister was an almond complexion and I was
more of a dark walnut but people would always ask
“are they twins?” Insult to injury! I always complained
about it. My mother would say “when you buy your
own clothes, you can wear something different than
your sister.” Well, I was never one to back down from
what I thought was a challenge and I started doing odd
jobs at a young age and learned to restyle things too. I
can’t tell you that it solved the problem but that more
for another post.

So I had a second edition Julian doll on my dollpage
that had not sold so, I decided that he would be a brother
to my other second edition Julian. He would not be a
twin brother but be a little brother. I also had a Swan
Lake Tommy. His hair style was too much for a toddler
but not for a child a bit older. So I swapped the head
from a Tommy doll, to make a little brother for the
Julian. Tommy’s head went on Julian’s body. So now
I have two dolls with a Julian face. I haven’t given them
names or a family yet but I hope to do so soon. And
yes… it was a little easier to put them both in the same
outfit.

The brothers! So here they are!
The two will the Julian face...


Tommy is a little chubbier than Julian is around
the middle.


...and the Swan Lake Tommy on the new body with his
brother. He and his bother are called Xavier and Xanti.
I have a family in mind for them.



Tommy’s body was a little darker but not too much. To me,
siblings at this age always look a lot alike!


Xavier always looks after his brother!

Here are the boys at Smith Playground! They love it there!

You have to do the sliding board.


Girls on the seesaw.


Xavier tell Xanit how to be safe before they start to play!



Enjoying the day!


Some play ball...

but one is noticing the boy on the sliding board.

Loving the swing!

Wee Ones!

Mattel Children!
Volume 1

Mattel has be done children dolls to accompany their

adult dolls for a while. Some are more known and popular

like Skipper. Others are not like the Heart family children.

On this post I'd like to show you my latest purchase!

The Arrival!

Warning ...Nude Dolly Pictures

I purchased her nude for $2.00. It didn't bother me at

first that she didn't have clothing. Liked her face! It is

different from the old Kelly face. It was wider and a little

cheekier! Mattel did a real wide face Kelly

( the lemon heads) a while back but she is not one of those.

My mystery doll!

She has "Shirley Temple curls"! That is what we

called them when I was a little girl. They are called spiral

curls now. Yeah, I'm dating myself! The front curls

were passable but the back.....I believe is what in the

hairdressing world is referred to as

a hot mess!


So I guess I'm going to have to work on her hair!

When I looked at her on the web, I thought she was

SIS child size. Her legs were longer than the old Kelly

body. To my surprise, out of the package, she was shorter

than SIS children.

Here she is beside Zahara. Still she didn't look the size of

the xxx Kelly... she is not. She is a little taller than the

2004 Kelly.


Kelly 2004, Miss Mystery and Zahara!

I searched the Internet for a picture of her but without a

name, buyer had her listed as just Kelly, info is hard to find.

I came across a great website on Kelly dolls I like to share

with you! The name of the site is Lil Friends of Kelly.

It has great info on Kelly dolls. The Administrator wanted

me to tell you that she is still working on some things on the

site. Also, she may not have time to answer a lot of

inquires right away too. But be patient while she gets things

up to speed.

I found out that this doll is part of the "I Can Be... "

Professions Bunch-Career 4-Pack. This pack included

Kelly/Shelly, Tommy, Kayla, Miranda. It came out in 2008.

These dolls have what is know to collectors as the "smug

face". Their legs are longer than the previous Kellys' and

I think they are the precursors to the the Shelby and SIS

we are seeing now. The "I Can Be..." doll are referred to as

Kelly/Shelly. See what I mean...Shelly-Shelby. The

administrator of the Lil Friends of Kelly site believes that

she is Miranda. The Tommy and Shelly stayed the same

the Miranda and Kayla dolls changed depending on the set.

So know we know who she is!

I can be Professions bunch!

So, I still didn't have clothing for her! I could borough

something from another doll but I hate to have less

clothing than dolls. That is when I realised that I

hadn't seen Kelly clothing for sale in stores for years!

There use to be clothing set for her or a big sister little

sister pack. There really hasn't been the full range of

Barbie fashions since Fashion Avenue! I really miss

that degree of fashion option for my dolls! I remembered

a post from Van's Doll Treasures on a

dress. So I pick up a dress at the craft store. There

weren't shoe but at least I had a dress.

Once she is restyled and dressed I will post her

picture!