Doll Competition
1. Cute Tammy, Pepper, or
Clone Dressed In Outfit Of Choice:
Ideal Posn' Tammy in Vintage Dress
2. Foreign Tammy Dressed In
Native Outfit (Hong Kong, Camay, Reliable, Japan, etc. - Sindy, Marjie, &
Suzie:
Ideal Tammy - Made In Japan wearing a tagged dress for
the Japanese market.
3. Most Creative Tammy or
Tammy Family Member Dressed In Outfit Of Choice:
Ideal Tammy: The Bruised Angel
4. Tammy Licensed Product:
The Tammy Game
5. Re-Designed Tammy or
Family Member: Reroots, Repaints, etc., Dressed In Outfit Of Choice:
The White Suit Strut: Tammy Takes Manhattan
(The suit was Elizabeth Tailored by
Elizabeth's Sewing Basket)
6. Tammy and Tammy Family
Clone Advertisements, Catalog Pages, Booklets - English or Foreign:
I have 3 types of the more common catalogs
(the one on the far right is shown with front and back).
7. Tammy In Favorite Ideal
Outfit:
Ideal Tammy In Classic Blue Gym Suit
8.
Favorite Diorama or Display:
1. Foreign Tammy , Tammy
Family, or Clones: Wearing Original Outfit Doll Was Purchased In
Ideal Tammy - Made In Hong Kong from the UK
Doll's shoulders are stamped "Ideal Toy Corp. - Made In Hong
Kong" Head is stamped "Ideal Toy Corp. - BS 12"
Although the doll's head says one thing, I believe this is a Hong Kong clone or
Tammy knock off. The doll's back is marked "Made In Hong Kong." The
back of the head is stamped "Ideal Toy Corp. BS 12." The Ideal
markings are slightly skewed, but very readable.
Based on what little experience I've had with the Ideal Hong
Kong dolls, it seem they have weak right legs at the upper thigh and
joint. Also, I've yet to see a Hong Kong Tammy doll with curly
hair.
2. Tammy In Romper Outfit
Other Than US Issue: -----
3. Variation of US Outfit
Issued For Another Country: ------
4. Tammy Wearing Native
Costume, Historical or Ethnic Outfit:
The Gypsy Tammy
This doll is in the exact
same condition today as I received her - beads and all - a long time ago.
When I received the doll, I couldn't believe the way it looked, and haven't
even removed the outfit to clean it, the doll, or even look at the doll's
markings on its back. It just charms me to the touch, and I am thinking about
framing her just as she is, dirt and all.
The costume is removable, and the needlework is sew fine. The velvet vest is
completely lined and almost looks reversible. It also snaps. The seed bead
work on the vest is some of the finest I've seen. The way the outfit was sewn
tells me this is not a modern at all. The flowers in her hair are true
vintage, but I do not know if they are original with the costume. I have no
idea if Ideal ever made an ethnic Romanian or Hungarian type dressed doll in
or for a foreign market, or if a gifted tailor lovingly adorned this doll for
a treasured child. I only knew when I saw this doll, it was something special
to me.
It sure would be wonderful if one of the experts know something about it.
5. Unusual Tammy & Family
Item:
I thought this doll was unusual in that of all the Tammy
dolls I have seen marked "Made In Japan," this is the only one I've
come across that has dark reddish brown hair (tosca?).
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