Name: Baby Come Back
Made by and When: Mattel, ©1976
Material: Rigid plastic body, cloth, paint, synthetic hair
Marks: (On the head) ©1976 MATTEL INC. USA; (on the lower back) ©MATTEL, INC. 1976 / USA
Height: 15 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Brown rooted bubble cut hair, brown painted eyes, closed mouth
Clothes: Brown floral-print and pink and white checkered top with brown floral-print shorts and molded-on white socks and shoes
Other: Baby Come Back is a battery-operated doll designed to walk on smooth surfaces. When the arms are pushed up, “she toddles off like real tots do, but comes right back and lifts her arms to you” (box description).
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