Giggles by Ideal

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Name: Giggles

Made by and When: Ideal Toy Corporation, 1968

Material: Rigid vinyl

Marks: (Head) 1966 Ideal Toy Corp. GG-18-H-77, (buttocks) 1967 Ideal Toy Corp. GG-18

Height: 18 inches

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Brown rooted hair, brown flirty eyes that move from side to side with the “giggles” activation, open smiling mouth with painted upper teeth

Clothes: Lime, yellow, orange, and pink striped knit top, matching shorts, black vinyl sandals

Other: This is a rare, never played with version of Ideal’s Black Giggles doll. Giggles remains highly collectible. This mechanical doll’s head and eyes move from side to side when the arms are outstretched and brought together or separated. The arm movement activates a giggling sound and the body appears to vibrate. No batteries are required.

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2 thoughts on “Giggles by Ideal”

  1. Amazing. How did you ever find one that was not played with?? Thanks for sharing. Suzan

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  2. Thank you, Suzan! During the late 1990s to early 2000s, I found this Giggles advertised in Collectors United (CU), which was a monthly periodical for doll sellers and buyers. I found several doll gems through that publication and miss the excitement of waiting for my monthly copy to arrive, so I could comb the ads for other NRFB and MIB gems like Giggles that had probably been purchased new for investment purposes by the often elderly sellers who advertised in CU. From me, as an eager newbie collector, the sellers received a return on their investments. It was a win-win situation for everyone. And then came Internet access to dolls, which opened up more doll-buying avenues and also influenced the demise of periodicals like CU and the closings of brick and mortar doll shops.

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