LOGAN'S DONE! MY CUSTOM LOGAN 5 CLOTHED PRINCESS DOLL

 A while back after finishing Zython I was flicking once more through my new and fabulous Knockoffs christmas gift book and found a another rare cheapo toy I just had to make.

The original and elusive toy appears both in the Plaid Stallions Knockoffs book and the related Mego Museum website.

Here it is, the fabulously cheesy 1970's Kmart Princess with new Long Hair doll in original Mego Logan's Run garb. The maker's clearly wanted to use up male Mego Logan 5 outfits rather than kit her out in the more diaphanous slip Jessica 6 wears in the 1976 movie. 

After all, this is a knockoff and nothing to do with Logan's Run.

[you can read all about Mego's attempt at Logan's Run toys on the brilliant Mego Museum site].

Image: Mego Museum

I looked around for an original Princess Long Hair doll and found a few for sale but they were all too dear for a tight-fisted Yorkshireman!

I also found this modern repro Logan's Run jumper made professionally for 12" dolls on eBay by BlackAshKitBash. Beautiful work but ten pounds would make me cry.

image; BlackAshKitBash

I decided to start from scratch and raided my doll stash for a suitable 12 inch Barbie clone.

A few swags of felt and cloth later and hey presto!

The boots came courtesy of Ebay from a very inexpensive seller. I coloured them black,

All she needs now is a card and blister. I will have to be extra nice to Bill!

What do you think readers?

I'll have to watch the film again now. Do you like Logan's Run? Book, film or series? Any toys?

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A Fawcett Footnote: 

As a footnote, this project reminded me that Farrah Fawcett starred as Holly 13 in Logan's Run too wearing a glittery dress..

 and that I once found a huge doll that I thought was Farrah in yes, a glittery dress [it wasn't Farrah!]

You can read my blog entry at the time about this find here.

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2017/09/dont-fawcett.html

Farah's stint in Logan's Run has inspired others to make custom figures of her. Here's a neat one I saw on Figure Realm by Nightwing1975 with Holly 5 in an equally glittery dress, a project which also includes an Action Man dressed as Logan 5! Now why didn't Palitoy think of that!

What do you think?

Image: Figure Realm

Coming full circle, Farrah even had her own Seventies knockoff too called Tanya/ Sport Girl ripping off Hasbro's Charlies Angels range. Don't fawcett!

BUYS 'N' DOLLS

Slim Pickens down the local boot sale last week but as always highly enjoyable.

Largely an old doll haul - three for a pound, who can resist! -  see what you think, from L to R:

Vietnamese [I think] 18 inch doll, 

Top row: cute tiny Sixties dolly [ID?], cheap Barbie clone, Spanish Flamenco dancer [My Mum loved these!]

Next: Ammonite, Britains Deetail Horse

Next row: plastic bazooka [for a future project]

Bottom: rubbery plastic Action Man pouches [from what?], cast Indian Chief, cast School sign, old 1935 penny, small weight, pendant, metal ball on a rod [glued onto my diver now!] and a VR Trooper.

Re. the tall doll, its a long time since I've found an 18 inch figure. The last time was Farah Fawcett Majors, who was married to Bionic Man Lee Majors, and who I always get mixed up with Jamie Summers, the actual Bionic Woman [played by Lindsey Wagner], the TV wife of the Bionic Man Steve Austin [played by Lee Majors]. See what I mean! My confusion isn't unique. If you read my original post Don't Fawcett about finding the 18 incher you'll see the seller was mixed up too!

Did you get confused between Farah and Lindsey?

Sonic Woman, Sonic Man

A few years back we were discussing such TV luminaries as Farrah Fawcett and Lindsay Wagner. I think I'd found an unusual 18 inch Farah doll.

Another doll came up too, Sonic Woman, a knockoff of the Bionic Woman, although at the time we didn't know the date or the maker.

Paul A contacted me with a link to a cool short video by toy gurus Plaid Stallions. It covers the sonic couple, Sonic Woman and Sonic Man and shows us both the maker and the year of manufacture. Interesting!

Did you enjoy bionic kid stuff?

DON'T FAWCETT AGAIN! THE BIONIC ANGEL!

A few years ago in 2017 we visited a local car boot sale and I wrote about it at the time. As we've mentioned Charlie's Angels recently and as I liked the post so much here it is again!

I came away with a very tall loose action doll.

The seller told me it was a Farah Fawcett figure of Charlie's Angels fame. 

I didn't know the name of it myself but thought it might have been a Mego or similar. She was 18 inches tall and very unusual.

Once I got Farah home I googled her.

I couldn't find anything when searching for Farah Fawcett 18 inch doll.

I changed tack and added Bionic Woman as Farah was the late wife of Lee Majors, the Six Million Dollar Man.

It worked!

It isn't a Farah Fawcett doll at all!

Its a Jaime Sommers doll, the real Bionic Woman of the TV show [pic: Vectis]

The 18 inch action doll was called 18" Super Size Jaime Fashion Doll and made by Denys Fisher in 1977.

My Jaime is unboxed and missing all of her accessories like her ring, earrings, shawl and shoes but she does still have her gold evening dress for bionic nights out.

It is one of the more exciting finds I've made at a boot sale. For some reason they are often dolls, a Sindy dress being top dog of my finds. Or is that top doll?

I'm unsure if there were different releases of this Jaime figure in the US and UK though.

Does anyone know?

Don't Fawcett!

A few weekends ago we visited the local car boot sale.

I came away with a very tall loose action doll.

The seller told me it was a Farah Fawcett figure of Charlie's Angels fame. 

I didn't know the name of it myself but thought it might have been a Mego or similar. She was 18 inches tall and very unusual.

Once I got Farah home I googled her.

I couldn't find anything when searching for Farah Fawcett 18 inch doll.

I changed tack and added Bionic Woman as Farah was the late wife of Lee Majors, the Six Million Dollar Man.

It worked!

It isn't a Farah Fawcett doll at all!

Its a Jaime Sommers doll, the real Bionic Woman of the TV show [pic: Vectis]

The 18 inch action doll was called 18" Super Size Jaime Fashion Doll and made by Denys Fisher in 1977.

My Jaime is unboxed and missing all of her accessories like her ring, earrings, shawl and shoes but she does still have her gold evening dress for bionic nights out.

It is one of the more exciting finds I've made at a boot sale. For some reason they are often dolls, a Sindy dress being top dog of my finds. Or is that top doll?

I'm unsure if there were different releases of this Jaime figure in the US and UK though.

Does anyone know?