Limited Edition Dolls announced but never issued

Doris Day as "Calamity Jane"

Vera Lynn - "The Forces' Sweetheart"

Planned for issue in 1985

P/770 Doris Day,  as “Calamity Jane”

Doris Day was Hollywood’s top female box office star for four years during the early 1960’s, whilst also recording six “Million Seller” records.   One of the most popular was “Secret Love”, from one of her favourite films, “Calamity Jane”.

A Prototype of this doll was recently offered for sale on a leading internet auction site, but attracted little interest

A 16” vinyl doll, (Model 3162),  was also planned, in a limited Edition of 5000.

Neither version of the Doris Day doll made it into production

 

P/771 Vera Lynn,  as “The Forces’ Sweetheart”

Dame Vera Lynn will always be remembered for her efforts in entertaining the troops during World War II.   Her songs were real morale boosters to civilians and the armed forces alike, during the darkest days of the war.  

A 16” vinyl doll, (Model 3163),  was also planned, in a limited Edition of 5000.

Neither version of the Vera Lynn doll made it into production

 

News

21st September 2023

 

Important Announcement

 

My dear wife, Christine, passed away on the 8th December, 2021, after 8 weeks in hospital. I was by her side, when she slipped away from me peacefully, with no pain or suffering.

 

Chris had been struggling with a slow decline in health, associated with a progressive, untreatable, and ultimately terminal lung disease, and finally succumbed to her old adversary, Pneumonia.

 

We had been friends for 55 years, together as a couple for 50 years, and married just a month short of 48 years, when she died.   

 

This website was Chris's idea, and I did all the technical stuff, to make it work.   After news of Chris's passing reached her close friends in the doll collecting world, I was deeply touched and gratified to hear their tributes to my dear wife, and I must thank them all for their kindness and support.   Ultimately, it was her doll friends that gave me the courage to continue with the website.

 

In the months before her eventual hospitalisation, Chris had outlined a number of additions and changes she wanted to make to the website, and it is my intention to honour those wishes, and to implement the changes we had considered, over the coming weeks and months.

 

I must apologise to all those who have written to us via the website, only to have your emails go unanswered.   Unfortunately, the email system had been hacked aroung the time Chris was going into hospital, and many emails must have been lost, as a result.

 

As you might imagine, I felt completely broken by Chris's loss, and it is only now, almost 22 months after her passing, that I have felt strong enough to even look at the website again.   

 

My aim is to continue with the website, and to implement Chris's aims for her many new ideas as soon as I can.   In the meantime, I have hopefully got the email system sorted out, and I will attempt to answer any enquiries as soon as I can, and to send replies with the same high degree of accuracy that a reply from Chris would have had.

 

From now on, I will be flying solo, whilst my co-pilot and guide will be soaring much higher, (though she is always in my heart, and in my thoughts).

 

My thanks to all our website visitors for your continued support

 

Dave (also known as Arthur), and Chris, (my lost love, Guinevere)

 

Christine Poulten

25th December 1949 - 8th December 2021