Name: Magic Hair Crissy
Made by and When: Ideal Toy Corp., 1977
Material: Vinyl (soft face and arms, rigid vinyl body and legs)
Marks: (Head) ©1977 / IDEAL TOY CORP. / M.H.C.-19-H-281 / HONG KONG; (on the doll’s bottom) 6 / [an upside down] 7 / ©1974 / IDEAL / HOLLIS, N.Y. 11423 / 2M-5854-01 / 1
Height: 19 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Black-rooted bubble cut, brown painted eyes, closed mouth with red lip color
Clothes: White eyelet camisole, pink satin skirt trimmed with white lace at the hemline, white undies, and white mules
Other: Not part of the Crissy grow-hair family, Magic Hair Crissy has Velcro “Magic Dots” in the hair to attach five “Magic Dot” hair pieces described as curly top, swirly curls, bouncy braids, daisy twists, and cascading tail. Later, the same doll without “Magic Dots” in the hair was sold by Ideal Toy Corp. as Electro Woman. The third photo in the gallery is possibly a redressed Electro Woman; that doll does not have “Magic Dots” in the hair. Magic Hair Crissy and Electro Woman use the Tiffany Taylor body.
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