Kid Sister and My Buddy Dolls
What started out to be a story on all dolls, turned out to be one on this duo, instead. I remember when My Buddy and Kid Sister first came out. The theme song still plays loud in my mind, like it was yesterday. Oddly
enough, I never owned them but I wanted to. My Dad probably thought they were ugly, like he thought the Cabbage Patch dolls were.
Hasbro, the original manufacturer for the My Buddy doll, initiated this duo back in 1985. Later they made the Kid Sister doll. In the 1990's, Playskool took over. The My Buddy doll was made for mentally challenged children.
Before the change in it's looks when Playskool took over in the 1990's, My Buddy had his own unique characteristics. He had the My Buddy logo on his blue overalls. Then there was red baseball cap over his brown hair. Don't forget about his cute little button nose and his freckles. He wore a red/white/yellow and blue striped shirt and all but his head was stuffed material. Kid Sister had a pink overall set with blond shoulder length hair.
They both shared all the other qualities. There were even an African American set. The original look soon became a look of the past when Playskool changed them in the 1990's.
In the 1990's when he and Kid Sister were modified, Playskool made them with the clothes sewn onto the bodies. Many were not to happy with the modifications. Playskool was trying to keep down the extra cost of buying clothes.
Many people thought that the My Buddy doll inspired Chucky on Child's Play since they resembled one another so much. Actually, according to Tom Holland (writer and director), the movie was inspired by the Cabbage Patch dolls. Apparently, he was tired of seeing them on commercials.(http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/513249/kid_sister_and_my_buddy_dolls.html)
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