I love to find obscure action figures in my old Tomart's reference books.
Its a habit I picked up identifying car boot finds for my old toy stall years ago
One such figure is the Official Disney Davy Crockett doll by the Fortune Toy Company of Jackson Heights, New York from 1955. Fess Parker, who played Crockett on TV, adorns the box.
This particular example is on Ebay USA.
Davy has a cute hard plastic face with sleepy eyes and body and a basic costume with a plastic rifle.
It was originally available through Penney's for a dollar.
What struck me is the similarity of the doll to what I would describe as Dolls of the World.
Like my own Bearskin.
I wonder if Fortune Toys simply repacked an existing sleepy eye doll in 1955?
I couldn't find another similar Davy Crockett doll online but I did find cowboys and cowgirls in the Marcie Doll range.
And this native American Indian girl too.
What do you think readers.
An existing doll just re-boxed as Davy Crockett?