davidd's A Doll A Day Challenge 2020

[davidd]

I wonder if Maxie every made it in the UK. [cue quick Google] Okay, so that told me nothing, but if they did, it was still during the time Sindy was sort of out-selling. Actually, this might have been the doll line prior to Hasbro buying Sindy....

The version wearing the denim jacket is called Lookin' Smart Maxie, released in 1988.

And... Maxie is Sindy! I researched this in some depth back when I was buying these... with the assistance of CooperSky on Flickr. Simultaneous with Hasbro taking over (and beginning to destroy) Sindy, they began marketing Maxie in the States as a competitor to Barbie. As you know, nobody moves in on Barbie's turf (say what you will about her, that chick is one tough street fighter), so the Maxie line failed after only two years. Around 1990 or so, some of the Maxie playsets and some of the dolls were rebranded as Sindy for sales in the UK and Europe.

Here's a link to some comparison pix of a playset marketed as both Sindy and Maxie:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/135742756@...322731017/

I believe it is the comment stream conversation on that photo that triggered my brief foray in to the Sunny Surfin' World of Maxie. And speaking of the Sunny Surfin' World of Maxie, here's a link to a Maxie doll history and chronology that is quite thorough and quite interesting:
http://marilynsmyth.free.fr/maxie.php

Fun stuff. While the dolls may go, I'm keeping the Maxie daybed and Maxie lifeguard tower I bought!

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29 June – Sally LaSalle and Nicolette Arkham

TBLeague (formerly Phicen) S26A bodies with head sculpts from FireGirl (Sally, left) and Kumik (Nicci, right).

More info about the characters later. I'm still awaiting some deliveries to finish them up.