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Established in 1998,
Nostalgia Central is your one stop reference guide through five decades of music, movies, television, pop culture
and social history
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Dolls
Angel
Babies
Annie
Baby Alive
Baby Crissy
Baby Sweet Dreams
Baby Tenderlove
Baby That-A-Way - had a switch on her back and when you switched
her on she would crawl
Barbie and Ken
Superstar Barbie
Bionic Woman doll
Talking Bozo Doll
Buffy (not the vampire slayer!)
Cabbage Patch Kids
Candi
Care Bears
Daisy Dolls
In 1973, Mary Quant decided to create a range of
outfits for her own Daisy dolls, to be the 'best-dressed doll in
the world'
Dawn
Poor man's Barbie but sexier and a bit hipper!
Dressie Bessie and Dapper Dan
Dolls with snaps, zippers, buckles
and laces so you could learn how to work these important objects
Garfield
Get-Along Gang
Gonks - A hairy cross between a doll and a troll. Very popular in
the 60s with teenage girls.
Holly Hobbie (and her best friend Heather - who both had plaits
and dressed like Little House On The Prairie people)
Katie Kachoo (raise her arm and she sneezes)
Ken (Barbie's fella)
Love-Lee
Love Is . . . Dolls
Midge (with freckles)
Muffie
My Little Pony
Nina Ballerina
Paddington Bear - In 1958, Michael Bond's book A Bear Called
Paddington was published. In 1972 the toy Paddington Bear became
popular with the addition of Wellington Boots to help him stand
Penny Brite
Pepper (little sister)
Pippi Longstocking
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
Rainbow Brite
Rub-A-Dub Dolly (for the bath)
Sailor Sue
Sindy
Skipper (crank her arm and her chest grew!)
Strawberry Shortcake
Stretch Armstrong
The Sunshine Family
Sweet April
Sweetie Face
Tammy's Family - Arrived from Ideal Toys in 1962.
Teddy Ruxpin
Thumbelina
Tiffany and Tuesday Taylor (with hair you could change from blonde
to brunette and back again - also came in a black version)
Toots - Tressy's little sister. See Below.
Tressy - Tressy's hair could be combed and teased into any number
of styles, from Mod bob to side plait.
Trolls
Tutti (legs always broke)
Wake-Up Thumbelina
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