| Marcy's
22" Mystery Doll
We are asking
anyone who see this doll if they should by any
chance have a doll like this or know about
her, please contact
us to let us know what her name is.
Please put "MYSTERY DOLL" (In Capital
Letters) on the subject line. We receive
lots of email and we will spot yours first.
We thought at
first that she might be a Sweet Sue with vinyl
arms but now that we have her the arms look to be
plastic in texture and by the way the arm is
formed at the torso connection. We cannot,
nor can her owner figure out why the arms
collapsed in this way...the rest of the body was
not harmed. This little doll is so very
special to her owner as she remembers getting her
when she was young. She also remembers calling her
"Susan". She so wants her restored
so much and we are willing to make her dream come
true. We have been approved to replace the
arms and hair so check back with us on all the
repairs this loved doll will be undertaking in the
weeks to come. (And Pray that we can do it..she is
a challenge for us.)
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| Update
- REPAIR |
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| Cannot
repair eyes without cutting vinyl..So polished and
repaired them on the outside. This job has made
repairing our Saucy Walker eyes a breeze and highly
preferable to us. This doll is not a Saucy Walker
but she is a Perfect Walker. We are
considering making a video to show you. Not
sure yet. |
Re-stuffed
vinyl head with new stuffing. Her Mommy wanted a new
wig..Her own hair was very thin. We can do
re-plugging but don't even ask us for the fee
cost....Always available to have that done later.
However by the time we have her finished, who would
want to change her? Mommy in no way is
planning to sell her anyway. |
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paint whites of eyes next session with special extra
shiny paint. Re-blushing of face. Face
was cleaned to remove most spots. |
Body
Sanded and all seams repaired and painted. Created
both shelves inside torso to prevent arms turning
full circle. Patched holes also. |
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| Plastic
patching and painting done only on seams and back
patches. The tiny crack at the knee joint was
patched..However, we took it off because when the
knee bends off comes the patch..We could overcome
that but the little missing plastic is not anything
major to her future knee bending. |
UPDATE:
Decided to replace the replacement arms with arms
not painted..I hate painting on plastic Dolls.
Hum? Now what do I do with these? giggle... Anyone
need painted Saucy Walker Arms cheap ($15.00)??? |
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Her
little sister Tiny Tears is next during that time of
waiting for Mystery to dry completely. Mommy
wants them home before August 17th which is her
birthday. This doll's new life is Mommy's
Birthday Present from her very kind husband. ( Bet
we get them in her arms before August 17th..What do
you think? Way, Way, before.) |
| Okay,
tried four times at this. Does anyone know how
hard it is to repair and paint the whites of doll
eyes while still in head? (arg)
Now have to connect her head to body, Put new
replacement of the replacement arms (not showing
here yet) on and touch up the re-blushing. What a
time she and I had. But regardless of painted
whites, she will be beautiful to her Mommy.
Another set of arms but this set had a missing
finger top..But we took care of that.
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<------Now
there is a top. Little more Saucy Paint and it
will be just fine. |
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| Neck
plate needed tightning because the head was very
wobbly. Inside..Dirty. |
Now
inside under the neck plate is clean. Makes Me
feel better anyway. |
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| We
connected the plate to the body once again but we
did other things too.
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Happy
Birthday Marcy. She will always carry this
greeting inside her head. I filled
in the hole with hard plastic compound to help keep
head more stable. Then put the compound on top of
the pointed connection to cap it and secure the
plate even more. |
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<---Isn't
she beautiful? |
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| Little
ribbon pretty around her waist to cover the elastic
on petticoat photos. Check out the bows
on her shoes..Nice huh? |
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| Final
Photo Next |
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| MUCH
cuter in the real. |
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| Although
someone might share with us as to what her name
really was, we will always remember her as
"Mystery" while we had her here. |
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| Packaging
Photos 6-30-09 |
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HOME AT LAST!!
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