The
beautiful #1183 Walk Lively Steffie with her pretty brown eyes and dark
brunette hair was Mattel’s big surprise for 1972.
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| Walk Lively Steffie |
Steffie
was packaged wearing a one-piece sleeveless jumpsuit with a soft pink chiffon scarf
that she tied around her neck to accent her ensemble, with closed toe chunky
pink shoes which completed her stylish outfit.
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| Walk Lively Steffie |
She
came with a unique walk-n-turn stand.
With or without the stand she could walk using her legs. Her
head would turn back and forth and her arms would swing. Mattel described her “looking very graceful”. There was no fashion booklet included in the
set. In 1972, Mattel stopped including
fashion booklets with their dolls.
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| Walk-n-turn stand |
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| Walk-n-turn stand |
Steffie
had long brown hair which she wore in a flip, real eyelashes, and bendable
legs. Her waist could twist ‘n turn as
well
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| Look at those long eyelashes! |
There
were four Walk Lively dolls released in 1972; Barbie, Ken, Steffie, and Miss
America. All the Walk Lively dolls
included a walk ’n turn stand
(except for the mail order version of Miss America from the Kellogg Company). The walk ‘n turn stands were all tan in color
except for Miss America’s which was white.
All Walk Lively dolls are marked: ©1967 Mattel, Inc./U.S. Pat. Pend./Taiwan.
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| Walk Lively Barbie, Ken and Steffie (From Mattel Catalog) |
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| Miss America (From Mattel Catalog) |
I love the commercial that debuted with three of these dolls. Miss America was not in the advertisement.
Walk Lively Steffie retailed for $4.97 in the Sears catalog and $4.77 in the Montgomery Ward & Co catalog. Since her release, her popular head mold has been used on numerous other dolls in the Mattel line.
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A very nice and interesting report as usual. Kisses from Spain.
ReplyDeleteI love the walk lively dolls and stands and love the dolls from the 70s and very nice report and blogs.
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