So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Saturday, September 8, 2012

The World Famous Chatty Cathy Doll For Sale

By Kerri Turner


Mattel was famous for their range of talking toys in the 1960s, and it was Chatty Cathy doll for sale, which started it all for this company. Although the concept of talking toys is quite old but the first hit was Chatty Cathy. The features such as a pull string talking as well as phrases like please brush my hair caught the attention of the little girls.

This product was introduced in during the sixties. It was later reintroduced by the company is 1998 for collectors. It is created by Mattel that is extremely popular worldwide for Barbie doll.

Nontoxic Vinyl is the popular material used in making these toys. The face is made up of soft vinyl. They were produced a long time back in 1964 with a hard plastic face. However, the producers usually have a preference for soft vinyl for making the face, and this is something the collectors also want.

The items produced by Mattel almost 50 years ago were based upon pull string mechanism. However, the actual system of this toy was new and innovative as the toy used to speak words randomly once the string was pulled by someone. The inner components of the toy consist of a needle, a record as well as a turntable. After some time, the rubber belt that controlled its phonograph system broke. That rendered it inoperable and made the doll mute.

The success of the item was followed by more variety of speaking dolls. The company manufactured a complete family of talking dolls that included Charming Chatty, Tiny Chatty Baby and Tiny Chatty Brother. However, none of the other products was that popular among little girls during the 1960s as well as with collectors nowadays when comparing with the initial product.

The price of this product in good condition is somewhere between 300 dollars to 400 dollars. Flawed manufacturing makes the item somewhat cheaper to buy. The rarer variety of the toy that includes mint, Canadian and black dolls are sold at considerably higher prices. The mint black variety is mostly sold over one thousand dollars and mint in the box dolls sold between 600 to 900 dollars. Another desirable style of Chatty Cathy is the pig hairstyle.

These toys could be a great gift for your children. You can buy them from the market or online. If you are buying the product online, it is better to confirm that the item you purchase is in the right condition. The most common complaints that people have while buying this product online is broken arm flanges, poor finishing of face paint, broken neck flanges and the worst is the non talking doll that is sold off as a talking one.

The most unfavorable time for Chatty Cathy doll for sale is the holiday season as during this time, people mostly sell products at high prices. People often cheat and lie and all this take away the charm of gifting this amazing toy your loved ones. It is better to buy them from some online store shop rather than shopping from corner shop.




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