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I am the original owner of this Blythe Doll. My sister and I each received one from my parents on Christmas of December of 1972. Each year in November, my family went to Dispens’s (spelling?) Castle of Toys in the Chicagoland area (west of the city) and picked out toys we wanted for Christmas. My sister and I fell in love with these dolls and couldn’t wait for our presents that year! That evening we had a house full of family and my young male cousin Chris went into MY bedroom and took my beautiful brand new doll and promptly cracked her neck. I was inconsolable that Christmas Day at dinner because of this, but my father repaired her. And HERE SHE IS! I asked him what he did and he told me he doesn’t really remember much but thinks he added a screw in her neck for re-inforcement after opening up her head. Whatever he did, it worked and she had no further problems, but my father cautioned both of us NOT to abuse her pull-string. Which he didn’t have to tell us anyway because both my sister and I were absolutely wonderful mothers to our dolls and they were all taken care of like they were our kids! As you can see, she IS in perfect condition. There are no marks on her. Her pull-string works just fine. Her hair is not only perfect, but beautiful and full as well . . . not like some I’ve viewed with the “ratty” hair of an abused doll. She was loved and cared for. She is clean and beautiful. I have two dresses for her. I believe the blue one is the one she came with. The red one would have been bought, probably a gift that Christmas with the doll. She has red shoes in perfect condition. And she is wearing her original underwear. There is not a scratch or mark on her. Like I said, she IS beautiful and “nearly” perfect and this is the first time I’ve ever sold anything on here and I want to be honest about it. I have had several people tell me not to mention the story but I think it’s important to be honest. But you cannot see where she was repaired unless you were to take apart her head and I don’t want to hurt her and all works perfect and I am not a mechanic so I am not into disecting dolls. I do not have her stand. If I recall, my sister and I thought those were stupid and just had the dolls sitting on our beds. But the shoes and outfits are all original with the Blythe series and in perfect condition and you couldn’t tell them from brand new. You can’t tell her from brand new.
If you would like additional pictures sent to you, I would be happy to do so. If you would like to know what other dolls I have in my collection, please inquire too because I have a pretty nice collection that I will be slowly getting rid of. (I have boys and they have no interest in dolls!)
There will be absolutely no returns on this item because she is vintage, & I would worry about her arriving back to me in the same condition she is in presently. I can take and send pictures if you have any concerns.
Thank you for viewing her.
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