joycel
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posted on January 21, 2001 03:27:30 PM new
Picked up this little guy at a thrift store the other day. He's soft plastic and squeaks through a hole on the bottom (under his feet.) He looks familiar--like he came from an advertisement for something? Anybody recognize him?
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sharkbaby
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posted on January 21, 2001 03:30:59 PM new
Where's the pic? Or are you on your way over to my house to show it to me? haha
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lamps4u
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posted on January 21, 2001 03:32:56 PM new
The Invisible Man? Just a guess!
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joycel
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posted on January 21, 2001 03:33:54 PM new
I'm trying! I'm trying (again!)
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/bin/imageserver.x/000eb96e/joycel/squeak1.jpg
[ edited by joycel on Jan 21, 2001 03:35 PM ]
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joice
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posted on January 21, 2001 03:34:42 PM new
joycel,
You will need to use UBB for the image to show up... oh and the .jpg name is case sensitive. Try this without the $'s
[$img]http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/jo/joycel/Squeak1.jpg[$/img]
Good luck!
Joice
Moderator.
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sharkbaby
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posted on January 21, 2001 03:37:58 PM new
He's reminiscent of Bob's Big Boy Restaurant.
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lamps4u
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posted on January 21, 2001 03:47:41 PM new
Looks like a Ruth Newton copy. She made cute little rubber dolls with their clothes on - boys, girls and animals. I love these things! Have a very similar one on my toy shelf that is copyrighted 1962.
Try a search on eBay for Ruth Newton and see how yours compares. I believe these are quite collectable. (Could also be an Edward Mobley or Sun Rubber piece. (Ruth Newton is a Sun Rubber brand, but they had others as well.) All the name brand pieces are marked as such, but there were a lot of nice copies made.) A search for 'rubber doll' should pull up some good comparisons.
[ edited by lamps4u on Jan 21, 2001 04:00 PM ]
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joycel
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posted on January 21, 2001 04:15:56 PM new
Thanks for your help! I searched "Ruth Newton" and mine doesn't look like the same style as hers, although I wish he did! Those guys are worth some bucks! Also checked Mobley and Bob's Big Boy and although they're all similar, none seem to fit this little guy. There's no identifying marks on it, and it's a fairly thin rubber. Any other ideas?
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gc2
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posted on January 21, 2001 05:39:28 PM new
Maybe Campbell's (Soup) Kids?
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twelvepole
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posted on January 21, 2001 05:46:02 PM new
Maybe Morton Salt?
But Campbells sounds right too.
Ain't Life Grand... 
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fonze
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posted on January 21, 2001 05:47:00 PM new
Hello,
Ruth Newton desined particular baby dolls for Sun Rubber like Amousandra and Sunbabe, not the type you have. It would be described as a Sun Rubber type doll make sure to say Unmarked if it's not marked "Sun Rubber". You might look and see similar dolls.
Melanie
[ edited by fonze on Jan 21, 2001 05:49 PM ]
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lamps4u
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posted on January 21, 2001 06:01:42 PM new
joycel: I think it is probably a Ruth Newton or Edward Mobley copy, as there were many different ones made. Does this doll have any manufacturer's marks on him? That's usually a giveway if its a copy, as most of the copies weren't marked. My doll is an Edward Mobley and it is stamped on the back as such. He is very similar to yours, except that the doll I have has one hand behind his back holding a dangling frog.
Your doll also looks a bit like the Dolly Dingle companion dolls. Grace G. Drayton was the artist who designed the original Dolly Dingle doll that was used by Campbells as their spokesman. Dolly and one of her buddies (Jock perhaps?)came to be known as the Campbell Kids. The dolls did go through a bit of 'development' from their earlier look to the one they now sport, so your doll may be a spin-off. My guess is that this is a late 1950's to mid 1960's piece, as many of the rubber doll of that era had this "look" to them. Whoever he is, he's a cutie!
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xardon
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posted on January 21, 2001 06:16:12 PM new
He does look familiar. I think I met his mom about 7 or 8 years ago at a friend's bachelor party. Let's just say I'm kinda relieved he doesn't have red hair.
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joycel
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posted on January 21, 2001 07:45:24 PM new
Xardon--When I look at him closer, I think he does have a tinge of red in his hair. Do you have a pot belly?
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sharkbaby
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posted on January 21, 2001 07:50:31 PM new
I am laughing sooooo hard!! Almost fell out of my chair! Thanks...
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