But of course, the most outstanding characteristic of all was the gorgeous perfume. Each doll had different colour hair, which normally, though not always, gave a clue to the doll’s name. They all had tiny moulded bumps for noses, and their mouths resembled the letter ‘U’. Their most noticeable feature was their rounded heads, which were slightly larger than they should be, giving the dolls a top-heavy appearance. All the dolls had certain characteristics which makes them easily identifiable even today, twenty years later. The most popular sized doll stood five-and-a-half inches tall, was jointed at hip, shoulder and neck, and was made from a hard vinyl. The perfume drifted from a series of dolls, of various sizes, who inhabited the ‘World of Strawberry Shortcake’. Here was a toy we really didn’t mind buying for our children. ![]() ![]() Toy boxes suddenly started to smell delicious in 1980! Delicious fruity scents of cherry, lemon, raspberry, blueberry, lime and – most of all – strawberry filled our homes.
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