Dressy Bessy's little brother?

December 27, 2006 9:09 AM

Please help me find dressy bessy's little brother.

I'm looking for a doll that my parents gave me when they brought me home from the hospital.

The known knowns: It was made by playskool and looks like Dressy Bessy's younger brother. The doll wore a diaper and a bib. It had red hair coloring for hair with a sprig of yarn on the top left coming out like one of the little rascals. It's eyes were blue. The face really looks like Dressy Bessy from the 70's but with a more "boy" part. It may have also included a rattle. According to its tag, it was made in 1978, and was either item number 37, 57, or 87 (right now I may be remembering this wrong). My parents referred to the doll as "Baby Doll" which makes me think that might be part of the name, as they called my brother's Dapper Dan by it's original name.

The Known Unknowns: The toys actual name, what to search for on ebay (I tried scouring last night to no avail).

I'm looking to get one to put on the side for when I have children.

posted by dial-tone to shopping (7 comments total)

Dapper Dan?
posted by Sufi at 9:23 AM on December 27, 2006

Or better yet, Vintage Dapper Dan
posted by Sufi at 9:29 AM on December 27, 2006

Sufi, as far as I know, it can't be dapper dan, as my brother had a Dapper Dan, and they tended to have shoes you could tie, things to button and the sort. This doll didn't have much in the way of "learning experiences."
posted by dial-tone at 9:30 AM on December 27, 2006

I can conjure up a mental image of the kind of doll you're talking about, but I can't get any decent results with a cursory Google search... Here are two sources who might be able to help you, though...

Doll Reference

Ask Dr. Toy
posted by amyms at 9:42 AM on December 27, 2006

Is this a photo of what you're looking for?

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/indigojones/doll.jpg

There's one in my family too, although I can't remember where it came from.
posted by christinetheslp at 9:47 AM on December 27, 2006

Christinetheslp, that looks exactly like what I'm thinking of, although that one appears to be missing the bib.
posted by dial-tone at 9:52 AM on December 27, 2006

The doll turns out to be called Baby Dressy.
posted by dial-tone at 9:39 AM on April 6, 2007