Polly (fashion doll)

Polly was a popular brand of fashion doll that competed with various fashion dolls, though the 1960s and 2000s originally made by Valentine Doll Co in 1962 to 1964 and then by other manufactures for other companies through (1958-Present Known as the (Polly Series) she's currently being made by "Polyfect Toys" a private toy company in China. Sold through Family Dollar department stores, as a cheaper alternative to other fashion dolls.
Design
Valentine Polly's Originally made by Valentine are marked with a heart & arrow on her back that refers to the Valentine Company, later dolls are unmarked. then other manufactures in Hong Kong made Polly for different companies, She was made of a good quality vinyl plastic she was jointed from the head, arms, and legs. She came with many outfits and accessories was sold in two different boxes labeled (Polly Jr.Miss Fashion Doll) the early dolls by Valentine were sold in a blue box and later dolls were sold in s green box as a single doll or a gift set with her name and company logo. She was also made as a hard to find African American doll. Other doll companies made Polly with different looks and posing ability's something Barbie did not have at the time. Polly was normally sold through mail order catalogs like Spiegel, Aldens, Jewel Tea catalogs and Sears in the 1960s through 1980s.
History
Polly was made as a cheaper alternative to Barbie known as a knockoff. She first started out as a glamour mail order baby doll in the late 1950s by Valentine, then in the early 1960s as a posing glamour Dollikins type doll. by 1962 Polly hit the doll market in advertisements by Valentine, as a new fashion model doll to compete with Barbie as parents were not able to afford the high prices of Barbie. She was sold in a card board display type box dressed in many different fashion outfits with a doll stand and accessories. She was very popular with children, since kids did not know the difference between Polly and Barbie dolls. In 1963 Polly was given a boyfriend, like Barbie, his name was Don which looked nothing like Ken but had a similar body type with molded hair. In 1965 Polly was given a little sister, like Barbie, her name was Candy which was similar to Skipper but looked different. By the 1970s the Polly doll was revamped, with a new modern look to match the style of the 1970s with fashions reminiscent of the era. By the 1970s Polly was given a new friend, like Barbie, named Mindy which looked similar to the 1970s Dollikins by Uneeda. by the 1980s-present, Polly was made by a new manufacture a private toy company in China called Polyfect Toys which made all types of low budget dolls for small dollar department stores.
In present time Polly is highly collectible by doll collectors, who collect knockoff vintage dolls even though not as high as the vintage Barbie. but just like Barbie she is popular by doll enthusiasts.
Friends and Family Dolls
She had a large family tree of dolls, she had many boyfriends that include Don, Adam and Paul, she had a little sister named Candy, her best friend Mindy, Grandparents, Brother, Mother, Daughter and pets.
Imitations
In the 1960s Polly was popular that other unknown manufactures made their own version of Polly, which looked similar but some were made poorly detailed had poor facial paint and poor detailed unmarked bodies, and other distributors sold identical looking dolls with different names and looks.

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