Dorothy Hamill Doll by Ideal (1977) - Vintage 70s Toy Unboxing & Review 

All the Ideal dolls are perfection beautifully sculpted great quality materials and that vintage wholesome charm all their dolls have…❤

Thanks for this unboxing and showing of Dorothy and her not-so-great fashions. It's very funny when you demonstrate the amazing technology of my childhood. 😉 It's so matter of fact and kind of blase. But remember this was way before video games, or interactive dolls that speak to you using the internet, as there was no internet. I was a kid during these years and remember the Dorothy Hamill craze here in America. A lot of the women wanted her hairstyle, this was just about a year before everyone wanted the Farrah hairstyle. I had a similar hairstyle during that time, not because of Dorothy Hamill, but because of the character Jessica in the movie "Logan's Run." The most dolls could do then was very simple little movements due to pushing something on the back. Or you pulled a string and they moved a little, like the 1972 Look Around Crissy. Which was my first Crissy doll and I thought it was the most beautiful doll ever. These dolls required a child to use their imagination a lot and go into their little doll fantasy worlds. Dorothy the doll has held up really beautifully considering it's 46 years old! No that doesn't make me feel old at all. 😄 No melting in the limbs and still able to skate and looks just like it did all those years ago. My out of the box one does also. Dorothy was prettier than the doll, but I think for that time period it's a pretty good likeness. Some celebrity dolls around that time and after ended up so ugly. Even in the 90's there were some very bad looking dolls. LOL Thanks for doing this video on a little known doll now even here in the U.S.

After Dorothy Hammil won the Olympic's, her hairstyle became very popular amongst all of the girls in Junior High and High School. Every girl had the same hair cut. 🤣 Her skirt went up due to that is how skating outfits are as they skate.

Dean, hello! Congratulations on your purchase of this wonderful doll! It's amazingly atmospheric!

That commercial is fantastic!

i very much enjoyed this video. So much, in fact, that i now have a NIB Dorothy Hamill doll in my cart. i also have the rehearsal warmer in another cart. Lol i'm going to rest on it for a few days though.

It’s so satisfying witnessing you finally freeing her from that box! She is cute! Maybe not as glamorous as the skating Crissy with those gorgeous red curls, but still cute. I love how sturdy the Ideal dolls feel, very high quality made to last. I like her body shape better than Barbie, seems more delicate and natural to me, I like Barbies feet better though.

When Ideal made the samples for the never-produced Loni Anderson doll, they used the Dorothy Hammill face mold.

Great review! Dorothy has finally 'Hamill Camel'-ed out of her box! LOL I love that 'skating rink' (though it is really just a rotating stand... it would have been cool if Ideal released a real ice skating rink playset for her, though I don't know how well she actually sold. Thanks for showing how the stand works, as I have always wondered how...) You are right:- Ideal's growing hair Crissy was wildly popular here in Australia back then... I had the last (in her original incarnation) 1974 version as a kid, and pretty much all my friends and relatives had her, too... Baby Crissy was also wildly popular over here, but I thought it was weird that a baby should have really long hair so I never wanted one. 😜 LOL when you were trying to put the leg post onto the stand. 🤣 Love her rehearsal jumpsuit... it looks like it came from some 1970's B-grade sci-fi flick! LOL

I bought an out of box Tuesday Taylor because of your last review! I’ll let you know what I think when I get her :) So far I like what i see of her

She is cute,, Ideal dolls have a great quality. I guess Beatiful Crissy deserves her own review.💜

Wow! This sure brings back a lot of memories for me Dean! Dorothy Hamill was the sweetheart of the '76 winter Olympics which were held in Lake Placid In the States. 1976 was our bicentennial year, so everyone was rooting for the US during the Olympic games that year (this was when they were still held every 4 years.) I was 9 years old at the time and all little girls wanted to have Dorothy's haircut! It was such a big deal because most figure skaters before her had their hair in a bun! The plain skating outfit is probably because of the Olympic uniforms they had at the time. The Hamill Camel was her signature move. I played with this doll for hours! I agree that they could have made her a bit prettier though. You should check out the video of her performance if you can! 💗

Got to love 70s doll clothes, hey? I actually do like them, but lots of people hate the low quality compared to the 60s. Her stand is cool and her og outfit and snowy one are cute.

I found a naked Chrissy doll at an opshop, she’s beautiful so I bought her even though she is missing her hands lol, I hope to find replacements one day,

Now that I know Australia had a different version I have to find her!! It's spelled Crissy right?