Dawn Dolls are 6-1/2" fashion dolls produced by Topper from 1970-1973.
Dawn dolls are particularly exquisite in facial molding and painting,
and their wardrobes are truly groovy. This site provides information for
collectors, as well as plenty of cool photographs of Dawn in her natural
environment.
Dawn
had many friends.
Angie,
Glori, Dale, then Jessica and Longlocks.
Later they
added the Majorettes, the Head-to-Toe dolls, the Model Agency Dolls, and
the Dance Party dolls: Fancy Feet and Kevin.
The original
guys - Gary, Van, and Ron.
Topper kept changing
the face of Dawn & a couple of her friends as well. You will
see these different looks in my dolls here. Each of them has a slightly
different appearance and a unique "personality" that seems to go with it.
You may also notice that I don't always display my dolls in the original
outfits. Most of the time, I have matched outfits with each doll
to try to capture the individual "personality" or "attitude" seen in each
face. For this reason, I actually prefer the loose minty dolls to
the packaged ones that I can't touch.
Dawn dolls have many
differences. Some of the body styles are slimmer with smaller looking
breasts (not so round) and flatter butts - these are usually the dolls
with no green knees. Even though the dolls with the fuller bodies
tend to have more of the green knee problems, I prefer them. Although
I cannot say for sure, I believe that the fuller bodied dolls are the earliest
made. I make this assumption because all of the Model Agency dolls
(some of the very latest issued) have the slim bodies, and most of the
earliest (still mint in box) dolls are the green kneed ones. You
can tell by the boxes that they were first issue.
There are also some
other differences in the dolls as well, such as collar bones on certain
body molds,
that are explained and pictured in more detail on Alexandria North's site
entitled "That '70s Doll" on her collector
information page under the Identification section.
*From Julie's doll mom:*
ReplyDeleteI had a basic Dawn doll when I was little (she went well w/ my Rock Flower doll, hope you'll feature those soon). Julie saw this and yelled "Hey, that's my doll!" Julie got one of these for Chistmas 2 years ago, along w/ some clothes and a comb. (See Easy Bake Oven doll Party, and Christmas 2012 on her blog).
Rock flower doll... Hmm I'm curious. Ok I'll research :-)
DeleteI LOVED playing with Dawn and her friends when I was a little girl. I still have some of my original dolls. I remember getting one of the Model Agency dolls when I got my tonsils out in 1972. She is still in great condition! Thanks for all the Dawn info! ~ Maria
ReplyDeleteIsn't is funny how we remember things from our childhood? You with your tonsils....poor thing.
DeleteIs that the actual logo? Ha!
ReplyDeleteNow I wonder if "That 70's Show" deliberately copied it, or if it was a coincidence that they are so alike. Had to be deliberate, right?