Name: Patti Playpal (the 1st Black version)
Made by and When: Ideal Toy Corporation, 1981
Material: Rigid vinyl head and legs, soft vinyl arms, plastic body
Marks: (Head) © / IDEAL TOY CORP. / G-35 / H-346 (Upper Back) IDEAL (in an oval) / 35-5
Height: 36 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Straight black-rooted hair with bangs, extends to mid back; brown stationary eyes with applied upper eyelashes and painted lower eyelashes, closed mouth with coral lip color
Clothes: Red and white checkered dress with a mock white pinafore (a printed strawberry is on the front sides of the pinafore), white panties, white socks, and black vinyl T-strap shoes.
Other: Scaled to the size of a 3- or 4-year-old child, Patti Playpal is a child’s companion doll. The lower front of the 1981 box reads, “Dolls That Mommies Love.” This doll is Ideal’s first black Patti Playpal; the company did not include a black doll in the 1950s-1960s production of Patti Playpals. The same doll was re-released in 1982 packaged as shown in the last gallery image.
Gallery
The first issued Black Patti Playpal by Ideal was presented in the above box, which has “Dolls that Mommies Love” written across the bottom front.
The 1982 version of Ideal’s Black Patti Playpal is the same doll released by Ideal in 1981; however, different packaging was used, as illustrated in the above image. The doll’s size of 36 inches is printed on the 1982 box.
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