I noticed this unusual secret agent doll on Ebay.
Adam Adamant's Miss Jones by Laurie Toys released in 1967 and 11 inches tall.
The 1966/67 BBC TV series Adam Adamant Lives starred Gerald Harper in the title role and Juliet Harmer as his side-kick Georgina Jones.
I don't recall the series but it reads like a sort of British Captain America with the titular hero frozen in time and thawed out to fight cads and bounders.
The doll and box must be one special addition to a TV special agent collection. I've certainly never seen one. This particular Miss Jones is on Ebay and costs's a King's ransom.
I can see the boots but not the change of outfit unless the chequered item with the boots [which looks like a bag] is the change of clothes, which is presumably the 'mini skirt' advertised on the front.
The picture on the rear of the box is what the doll is wearing so that can't be the change of outfit. Its a confusing box rear.
The side panels especially the small circular motifs also recall similar on the Fairylite Lady Penelope's box sides, the rarer box described on Thunderbirdsvintagetoys [see below]
The whole concept and look of Laurie Toy's Miss Jones recalls the look and feel of the much better known Lady Penelope by Fairylite. I had the Parker figure when I was a kid.
You can read more about Fairylite's Lady Penelope Doll and box including the box variation by checking the sadly now defunct website Thunderbirdsvintagetoys* saved in part on the Wayback Machine [I can't get the pictures to load alas].
Have you got any secret agent dolls, male or female, readers?
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* Steve, the owner of this site helped my blog a great deal for our 1st Birthday bash in 2009. You can read about the amazing prize and quiz Steve came up with that first ultra special and exciting first anniversary here.
Juliet Harmer (Miss Jones) was my art teacher at school before she decided to give the telly a whirl.
ReplyDeleteWow! How amazing Splat. And she has her own doll! Too cool for school!
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