Dressie Bessie and Dapper Dan (pictured below) – Dolls with snaps, zippers, buckles, buttons and laces so you could learn how to work these important objects
Garfield
Get-Along Gang
Gonks – A hairy cross between a doll and a troll. Very popular in the 60s with teenage girls.
Herby Hippy – from Remco. “He winks, He’s real cool”
Holly Hobbie (and her best friend Heather – who both had plaits and dressed like Little House On The Prairie people)
Paddington Bear – In 1958, Michael Bond’s book A Bear Called Paddington was published. In 1972 the toy Paddington Bear became popular with the addition of Wellington Boots to help him stand
Skye – 11½” companion to Dusty (from Kenner). The duo were accompanied (if you had the cash) by Nugget, their “moveable groomable Palomino” and a gymnastics sets complete with trampoline
Tiffany and Tuesday Taylor (with hair you could change from blonde to brunette and back again – also came in a black version)
TinyTears
Toots – Tressy’s little sister. See Below.
Tressy – Launched in America in 1963 and manufactured in Britain by Palitoy under licence. Tressy’s hair could be combed and teased into any number of styles, from Mod bob to side plait.
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Baby That-A-Way – had a switch on her back and when you switched her on she would crawl
