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Little Miss Dollikin
Triki Miki |
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Now Playing:
"Hello, Dolly"
by Louis Armstrong |
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1970's |
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Click here to see the fashions. |
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by Uneeda Doll Corporation |
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The Uneeda Doll Corporation has made many different kinds of dolls over many decades, starting in 1917 and ending in 1991 when the company changed hands and moved its production overseas. The Little Miss Dollikin doll is a miniature relative of the original Dollikin, made from about 1957 to 1962. The original Uneeda Dollikin towered at about 20" in height and had sixteen points of articulation, making it possible to bend and pose her into almost any position a human could achieve. From about 1969 to the early 1980's, Uneeda began to manufacture an 11" Dollikin to compete with Barbie. And at about this same time, the smaller, miniature 7" Dollikin was also sold to compete with Topper's Dawn doll.
Little Miss Dollikin has fewer points of articulation than her big sisters, but like them she is a strung doll. That is to say, her limbs are connected inside her body (which is a two-piece torso) by strung elastic. Over time this elastic can either stretch or dry out and break, making it necessary to re-string the Dollikin. Fortunately, this is not as difficult a repair as it would be for the larger Dollikins. |
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At left you can clearly see how the Dollikin body is put together. The torso is in two sections, upper and lower, through which passes the cord that holds the legs in place. The cord then passes through the neck knob and is tightened and secured with a metal clip. If the clip is missing, however, you can always tie the elastic in a knot. The head just pops on.
The arms are held in place by rubber bands hooked to each arm post and strung through the upper body.
Knees and elbows are external pin-joints, similar to the knees on a Palitoy Pippa doll.
As you can see she has rooted hair, but not rooted eyelashes, and all other facial details are painted on. |
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The two dolls above are a redhead Triki Miki, and a blonde Little Miss Dollikin. I have their jumpsuits reversed, however; they should be switched. |
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You're probably wondering at this point, "Well, what's the difference between a Little Miss Dollikin and a Triki Miki?" Not much, really. The Triki Miki doll is marked identically to a Little Miss Dollikin, having "Uneeda" on the back of her head and "Little Miss Dollikin" on her back (in addition to patent information and "Made in Hong Kong"). The Uneeda Toy Company arranged for some of their LMD's to be sold exclusively through Woolworth/Woolco under the "Triki Miki" name. The only distinguishing difference between the two dolls is the length of their hair. Little Miss Dollikins often had shoulder-length flip hairdo's, or perhaps straight hair down to the middle of the back or waist. But the Triki Miki doll had hair well past her posterior, as shown below: |
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Little Miss Dollikin and Triki Miki had an extensive wardrobe, filled with shoes, purses, jewelry, vanity sets, etc. All the dolls, however, were sold in standard jumpsuits. Little Miss Dollikin's jumpsuits were generally a solid color with dots, spots or hourglass figures on them. Triki Miki's jumpsuit was usually orange with bright flowers, and tied with a lime green sash.
Little Miss Dollikin's (and Triki Miki's) fashions are some of the better-made ones out there. |
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The doll on the left is a brunette Little Miss Dollikin. Her hair reaches down to her waist, and ends in a tight curl.
The Triki Miki redhead on the left has long straight hair which is obviously much longer. If a Triki Miki doll has had a haircut at the hands of an exuberant little CWS (Child With Scissors), it would be impossible to tell if she was Triki Miki or Little Miss Dollikin. |
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