Babsy

German "Cricket" doll: Back in the 60s American Character Toys Inc. licenses European Toy manufacturers - such as "Schildkröt" in Germany, "Bella" in France and "Palitoy" in England - to produce Tressy and family dolls for their country. These dolls differ from the originals. In Germany, Cricket is called "Babsy", in France her name is "Snouky" and in England she's called "Toots". All these dolls are well made made and have the growing hair function. All these dolls are to be considered competitors, not clones.

They are not made of a cheap material like most of the Skipper clones and they have their own features. They all have a button on their belly. By pressing it, part of their hair in the middle of the head "grows" and can be pulled out. You need a key to reverse this. Unlike the original doll - Cricket - there aren't any of these European versions with straight hair.

Babsy is a very hard to find doll. Like her sister Gaby and her sister's friend Kessy (equivalent to Mary Make-Up) she is sold only for one year in 1967. She's the rarest of the international Cricket counterparts. Babsy has a turtle pictured on the back of her neck. "Turtle" is the translation of "Schildkröte", and "Schildkröt" (Schildkroet) is the name of the company who produces this doll. Babsy comes in a blue cardboard box that states "Babsy mit tressy hair". Babsy has her own stand with her name on it, which is made of white metal. She wears a blue dress (pictured below) and white unmarked flats. Her legs are made of a soft material, but do not bend. Her neck is much longer than the neck of her international equivalents.

Schildkröt is a German doll manufacturing company (one of the oldest worldwide) which  registered in 1889 as a legal trademark. The company developed the blowing-pressing method for manufacturing dolls' heads (and table tennis balls), which has established as production method worldwide since then.

German "Cricket" doll: Back in the 60s American Character Toys Inc. licenses European Toy manufacturers - such as "Schildkröt" in Germany, "Bella" in France and "Palitoy" in England - to produce Tressy and family dolls for their country. These dolls differ from the originals. In Germany, Cricket is called "Babsy", in France her name is "Snouky" and in England she's called "Toots". All these dolls are well made made and have the growing hair function. All these dolls are to be considered competitors, not clones.

They are not made of a cheap material like most of the Skipper clones and they have their own features. They all have a button on their belly. By pressing it, part of their hair in the middle of the head "grows" and can be pulled out. You need a key to reverse this. Unlike the original doll - Cricket - there aren't any of these European versions with straight hair.

Babsy is a very hard to find doll. Like her sister Gaby and her sister's friend Kessy (equivalent to Mary Make-Up) she is sold only for one year in 1967. She's the rarest of the international Cricket counterparts. Babsy has a turtle pictured on the back of her neck. "Turtle" is the translation of "Schildkröte", and "Schildkröt" (Schildkroet) is the name of the company who produces this doll. Babsy comes in a blue cardboard box that states "Babsy mit tressy hair". Babsy has her own stand with her name on it, which is made of white metal. She wears a blue dress (pictured below) and white unmarked flats. Her legs are made of a soft material, but do not bend. Her neck is much longer than the neck of her international equivalents.

Schildkröt is a German doll manufacturing company (one of the oldest worldwide) which  registered in 1889 as a legal trademark. The company developed the blowing-pressing method for manufacturing dolls' heads (and table tennis balls), which has established as production method worldwide since then.

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For more information on the gift paks please go to the chapters "Cricket", "Toots" and "Snouky".