TALKING  CHARMIN’ CHATTY MATTEL 1962 TALKING DOLL & BOX W/4  GOOD RECORDS WORKS

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TALKING  CHARMIN’ CHATTY MATTEL 1962 TALKING DOLL & BOX W/4  ORIGINAL RECORDS WORKS. Charmin talks a little slow put you can hear what she is saying. She comes with her original records and is in extremely good condition for her age, I am the only owner of this doll. I had her since I was ??? years old. I love her. She plays with you and can be your best friend just as she was mine. You will never be lonely with Talking Charmin Chatty. Her outfit is in good condition. Look at the pictures, I really kept her in excellant condition. Here is some additional information:
Charmin' Chatty
was a doll produced by the toy company
Mattel
in 196
2
and 196
3
. The doll, introduced at the
American Toy Fair
in New York City in March 1963,
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citation needed
]
belonged to a line of highly successful talking dolls introduced in 1960 (
Chatty Cathy
was the first of these dolls).
Charmin' Chatty spoke different phrases when a
pullstring
attached to a "chatty ring" protruding from its upper back was pulled. The ring was connected to a simple low-fidelity
phonograph record
in the doll's abdomen. The record was driven by a metal coil wound by pulling the toy's string. Charmin' Chatty was distinguished from Mattel's other talking dolls by having changeable records, all boxes for the doll, clothing and games have a symbol on them that says: "Changeable Record Doll." Three-inch records were inserted and removed from a slot in the left side of the doll. The basic doll came with 5 double-sided "chatty records" with 12 phrases on each side of the record. Thus, with 10 sides total, the doll was able to speak 120 different phrases. By comparison, the original version of Chatty Cathy introduced in 1960 spoke only 11 phrases (that doll's repertoire was expanded to 18 phrases in 1963). Initially, the records were made of black
vinyl
which was vulnerable to warping and blistering, so they were quickly replaced by white
nylon
records.
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citation needed
]
The titles of the records that came with the doll were: Get Acquainted Side 1 and Side 2, Poems/Proverbs, Scary/Animal Noises, Mother/Ridiculous, & Good/Famous.
Charmin' Chatty's shoulder-length hair was available in blonde and auburn, and she had blue side glancing "life-like decal eyes." Standing 24 inches tall, the doll came with a
sailor outfit
(a white jacket with a red sailor collar, jumper dress with a navy blue skirt, red knee socks, and blue-and-white saddle shoes). The doll, which wore
eyeglass
frames, was called "the educated doll" perhaps because it was able to speak
foreign languages
when its records were changed.
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citation needed
]
Eight different outfits were available separately for the doll; each came with a record with phrases related to that particular outfit.
Among the different costume sets and themes for Charmin' Chatty were "Let's Play Together", "Let's Go Shopping", "Let's Play Nurse", "Let's Play Cinderella", "Let's Play Birthday Party", "Let's Play Pajama Party", and "Let's Play Tea Party". One outfit called "Let's Talk 'n Travel in Foreign Lands" came with 4 double-sided records and allowed the doll to speak in English and 6 other languages. Sometimes referred to as Charmin' Chatty's travel set, this is the most sought-after outfit by collectors.
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citation needed
]
It included a navy blue coat, red straw hat, and blue shoes for the doll, plus a flight bag and
stewardess
hat for the child to wear (the idea being Charmin' Chatty was going on an around-the-world airplane trip and the child was the stewardess). Phrases included on the travel set records were, "The Queen lives in
Buckingham Palace
", "
Garçon
means boy in French", and "In German,
Schule
means school". Included in each set were props for the child to wear or use. One of the phrases on the record accompanying Charmin' Chatty's shopping outfit was, "Shall we buy a
Barbie
doll?" There were also four "Chatty Games" available, packaged in sets of two games each, which came with a record that allowed the doll to call out game moves when its string was pulled. Because you never knew what phrase the doll would say, Charmin' Chatty could call out a move, and using the specially designed game board... she could win the game herself! The game titles were, "Chatty at the Fair/Chatty Skate 'N Slide" and "Chatty Animal Round-up/Chatty Animal Friends".
Charmin' Chatty was included in
World Book Encyclopedia
'
s doll section, representing the quintessential modern doll of the era. The doll was also featured on the cover of the December 7, 1963
Saturday Evening Post
and a Little Golden Book was written about the doll.
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