Lazy Dazy

Name: Lazy Dazy

Made by and When: Ideal, 1971 (on the market from 1972-1973)

Material: Vinyl (head and hands), stuffed cloth (arms and legs), paint, saran hair, metal cylindrical inserts in the chest and bottom

Marks: (Head) ©1971 / IDEAL TOY CORP. / LB-12-H-197 (body tag) LAZY DAZY™ / ALL NEW STUFFING MATERIAL, Reg….. / 75% COTTON 25% SYNTHETIC FIBERS / ©1972 IDEAL TOY CORPORATION (IDEAL) MADE IN USA.

Height:  12 inches

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Short black curly rooted hair, black sleep eyes with attached upper eyelashes, closed mouth with pink lip color

Clothes: Pink floral-print removable pinafore; sewn-on pink flannel onesie with attached floral flannel material covering the feet; a floral-print flannel pillow, which is not shown, was included with the doll.

Other: Lazy Dazy is a non-battery-operated doll designed to lean over and fall asleep after being held upside down, patted on the bottom, and seated. A Whitman paper doll for the white version was released in 1973.

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