u/jammywesty91

This was "David", the treasured childhood possession of someone very near and dear to me but it was spitefully thrown away when they were a child. I would love to identify the doll so I can get her another one. I've spent a lot of time trawling the internet to no avail.

Edit:

The Baby Born baby dolls by Zapf definitely look the closest as some had less pursed mouths and the angle of the hands does fit. That said, he looks a little on the small size and Baby Born dolls come in around 43cm (classic dolls), 36cm (toddler dolls), 30cm and below (small babies and newborns).

In the picture, he's next to a black sandal that is a women's size 6, so 24-25cm.

Also, here is some additional information RE David:

• Dark brown or maybe black eyes

• Faint grooves in the head to immitate hair a la the Baby Born dolls

• Doesn't remember any accessories (potty, bottle, etc)

• He had a hard plastic body and sounded hollow

• No bodily functions

• No anatomy (our boy was smoov)

• Think eyeballs were sculpted as part of head and then painted on

• Skin was darker (roughly #805E45)

• No eyelashes

• Mouth was recessed but not shaped for a baby bottle, etc

• Most vitally, he didn’t look "gormless like some of them do” :')

Edit 2:

Just finished flicking through old scans of archived Argos catalogues (link for the nostalgic).

Still no hit as of yet, but I feel like we're getting closer.

Someone found an eBay listing which includes a box showing "Basic set ethnic 766033". Now this doll might be too small -- they had some which were only 11cm-ish. That said, if they did a version of him in a size between the 11cm and the standard 43cm, it could be our guy...

I've reached out to Zapf and some ardent Baby Born collectors and will get to posting in more places tomorrow.

Any updates and I'll add them here ASAP.

Thank you very much to everyone that has replied!