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OF HIS RESTORATION.
We are so
happy to have had three boy dolls finally
after all this time. What a joy it has
been to restore them to almost brand new.
Our third boy doll in our Repair Section on
our front page, we feel a mother might have
decided to change that one into a little
Saucy Walker girl with Mommy made clothing
on but no white vinyl shoes... (hum?)
Same hairdo as this original clothed boy in
red above, just girl clothing. To us, it is
rather strange that Ideal would use the same
red lips and cheeks as the girl and even
allow the wig to remain long with banana
bangs. But since we know of no 40's type
hairdos on the girl Saucy Walkers I can see
why they rolled the hair in the back.
If they had cut the hair, the saran would
and does separate and shows the wig cap
(like a bald spot) where the saran is sewn
to the cap. So there you go, rolled
hair or look at a wig cap with every breeze
of air flow! I make note
that this dolls hair is in perfect uncut
condition and has some of his original hair
pins. The rest we put in a little plastic
bag for his new Mommy to keep. We cleaned
the hair and conditioned it for a total
clean display.
I spoke the
the owner of the boy doll in Judith Izen's
Ideal 3rd Edition book above. Such a
nice lady who told me that she had adopted
him out and does remember him having those
banana bangs. She also remembers the
white vinyl molded Ideal shoes as well.
So we ran
across this red outfit with red socks and a
pair of what looks like a boys original
leather sued boots. So refreshing to see the
doll in boy shoes instead of the girl's
while molded vinyl shoes, needless to say.
Lois, the best
"older doll replica seamstress"
also made the little caps for all of our boy
dolls from a photo of the original that she
had available. Her email is: toniwear@aol.com
She
also made to, my amazement, the replica boys
outfit on Melanie's doll on our front page
in our "Repair In Progress" area.
Now as far as
what we have done is to do our best to
return the doll's body to a like-new
condition and we succeeded in that quite
well. No Saucy Blend Air Brushing on his
body and just a spritz of blushing on his
hands. So far I have not seen blushing
on the boys knees so we did not blush them.
Dr, Hubby, as always, took the walking
mechanism apart and he walks perfectly.
He has been
lightly sanded to remove age and make the
plastic look softer. His clothing has
been soaked and cleaned and ironed and
mended so slightly they were and are in
Excellent condition. We did replace the
elastic on his shorts with not one identical
elastic but two to make them last forever
because the elastic is so thin. His
original Onesie is in excellent condition.
His eyes have
been polished and repaired and we have set
in our preventative platforms to insure that
his eyes should never roll up again.
We always encourage our new Mommies never to
drop the Saucy Walkers on their heads
however, we've been there, done that and got
the t-shirt, and was amazed and very
fortunate that our own doll's eyes looked
just as good as they did before the fall.
Very handsome
little boy and we have added the Ideal vinyl
shoes and a replacement pair of socks as you
can see in the photos above just in case the
new owner would prefer him in them.
If you should have
questions, feel free to contact us: info@saucywalkerscorner.com and God Bless!!
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