Name: Taylor Jones
Made by and When: Ideal Toy Corp., 1976
Material: Posable vinyl with articulated wrists
Height: 11-1/2-inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Straight black rooted hair with middle part styled in a low ponytail that changes to auburn with bangs when the skull cap is rotated; brown painted eyes, closed mouth
Clothes/Accessory: Tennis fashion has orange bodice with a white figure-of-eight center design and a white skirt, white mules; clear plastic ankle stand.
Other: Taylor Jones is part of the Tuesday Taylor doll line. In this release, Taylor Jones is the Black doll; Tuesday Taylor is the White doll. Black Tuesday Taylor as a Super Model was made in 1978, but Taylor Jones was released as a Black doll only. Taylor Jones and Tuesday Taylor use the same head sculpt.
The back of Taylor Jones’ blister card illustrates Tuesday Taylor (without mentioning Taylor Jones—see the third gallery photograph). Illustrations of how the hair color changes, two views inside Tuesday Taylor’s penthouse apartment, and some of the separately-sold fashions that fit Tuesday Taylor and Taylor Jones are illustrated on the back of the blister card.
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