Dolly Report: Little Miss No Name

This weeks Dolly Report is on a doll that to me is adorable, but to the vast majority of the people I’ve shown her to, well, she seems to freak them out.

Little Miss No Name (LMNN) was released in 1965 by Hasbro.    Designed by Deet D’Andrade (who *may* have also designed of the Blythe dolls), LMNN is 15″ tall with rooted blond hair, enormous (Keane Style) eyes, and round cheeks.

She wears a brown burlap sack with two patches sewn on it.  Originally, she came with a headband for her hair, a safety pin to hold her burlap outfit together, and white undies.  If you lift her arms, her hands are molded in such a way that you can assume she might be asking for money.

The neatest part about LMNN’s design is her tear.  Early LMNN’s came with a hole right above their eye where you would insert a peg ended tear.  Later throughout her single year run, the hole would be lowered a bit and eventually removed all together.

The Keane-eyes on LMNN are the most endearing feature on this doll.  Ironically enough, that is the feature that most of the people who have seen her find freaky.  There are some scary looking dolls out there–  a dirty, scraggly haired LMNN isn’t the prettiest thing around. (If you find yourself with a doll like that, it’s usually easily fixable if you give her a good washing and give her a decent haircut/hairwash)!

It is rare to find a LMNN mint in a box for less than triple digits.  Actually, I’ve never seen that happen– ever.  I recommend watching Ebay and checking frequently for dolls up for auction.  You can pick up a doll in decent shape for upwards of $50 in most cases.

And that concludes this weeks Dolly Report.  Check back next week for another Dolly Spotlight.