Monday, September 5, 2011

Mattel Baby Beans Doll Buying Guide

The Baby Beans Dollcollection by Mattel from the 1970sand 1980s provide treasured memoriesof Booful in her yellow pajamas, Bitty Beans in pink pjs, Bedsie Beans in orange pjsand Jeans Beans inhisblue denim. On okay, everyone can recapture the joy and fun of the entire soft, posable and washableBaby Beans familyand"Flop 'em, Plop 'em and Love 'em" all!
Baby Beans Family

Booful Beans Doll - This wonderful little 12-inch doll is wearing her snuggly cloth yellow pajamas with pomsand yellow hood with little curls of blond hair peeking out. Her wonderful smile and bright blue eyes greet you enthusiastically.A 1970 variety of Booful beans has the same great smile though she has changed into the colorful blue with flowers pajamas.Thanks to cjs grandma for the great photo!

Bitty Beans Doll- Booful's adorable sister, Bitty, is wearing cloth pink pajamas and a little pink bonnet. Her little poms on her pjs geplete the outfit as her blue eyes sparkle with joy.

Black Bitty Beans Doll -This 1973 cutie is little African-American Bitty Beans and she's ready to spread snuggles and hugs at naptime in her brightorange pajamas and orange stocking cap.

Biffy Beans Doll- Joining in on the fun is little brother, Biffy, in his blue overalls, orange and yellow shirt and attached blue cap.

Bedsie Beans Doll - Oh Bedsie, sotired andready for nighty, night! Bedsie is a1970 doll decked out in orange pajamas with its matching orange sleeping cap. Bedsie's sleepy little blue eyes and yawning mouth give away her secret that it's past her bedtime...sweet dreams are sure to follow.

Jeans Beans Doll - What a great addition to the family! It's 12-inch Jeans Beans with his shock of hair and smashingly 70s denim jacket with a rainbow appliqu on the front, denim pants, and vinyl feet. He's hip, he's hot and he's waiting for you!

Cry Beans Dolls - Goodness me, little 12-inch Cry Baby Beans hastiny tear ducts that cryreal tears...but fear not as she gees with a bottle forsoothing her tears away. She is wearing cute yellow pjs and yellow bonnet with a pink bow. Her white bib is handy for wiping those last tears as you gefort her troubles away!

Talking Beans Doll - This sweet little talking baby beans doll is wearing blue pajamas with yellow flowers and a matching bonnet tied with a pink ribbon. She has a pull string and she says the phrases "I'm sleepy", "I love you", "play patty-cake, "go bye-bye", "night night", and "baby hungry".

Mama Beans and Baby - These four great variations of Mama Beans and Baby feature: Red hair mama with her baby (pictured), African-American mama with her baby, Brown hair mama and her baby, and Blonde mama with her baby.
Mama Beans and Twin Babies - Double the fun gees with these Mama beans doll and their two twins. These two variations feature an African-American mama with two sweet little babies wearing yellow and pink pajamas and a Blonde mama with her two little ones wearing matching floral pjs.
Daddy Beans and Baby - How dashing is dad with his brown hair and stylish moustache!! Daddy is carry little baby who is swaddled in yellow pajamas. What a great dad!

Storybook Beans Dolls - The Storybook collection of Baby Beans dolls feature wonderful characters from children's tales. Pictured from the left, the storybook dolls are Little Red Riding Hood with a basket of goodies, Little Miss Muffet and the spider, and Little Bo Peep and her sheep.
Baby Beans Puppets - These little puppet dolls have a space for your hand and lets little ones enjoy hours of fun creating puppet plays! These 1973 puppets feature a girl dressed in her orange pajamas and bonnet and a boy decked out in his blue pjs and sleeping cap.
Canned Beans Dolls - These loveable little tidbits! Mattel brings doll lovers originality in this collection of canned beans theme dolls featuring Pork-n-Beansdoll in pink, Green Beans doll in green, and Navy Beans doll in blue.These 8 1/2-inch dolls were offered starting in 1974 and came with a delightful recipe on the back of their cylinder-shaped containers: "Add to Canned Beans dolls: Lots of kisses, Great big smiles, 2 wide-open arms...Then hug 'em tight forever 'n ever!".
Shoebox Beans Dolls - These little miniature dolls were issued by Mattel in 1978. They are a tiny 2 3/4 inches tall and came snug in their little shoeboxes. Featured area little red dollina red shoe box, apink ballerina doll in a pink shoebox, andaboy in a sneaker shoe box.
Baby Beans Paper Dolls - These special little paper doll books were issued by Whitman featuring the wonderful family of Beans dolls. They make a fun addition to any collectors display! Five variations of paper dolls include: Cry Baby Beans and Biffy Beans, Baby Beans and Pets, 1975 Itsy Bitsy Beans Paper Dolls, 1977 Canned Beans Paper Dolls, and 1980 Storybook Beans Paper Dolls.
Baby Beans Markings


Popularly called "tush tags", the Baby Beans family feature various cloth tags sewn onto the backs of their bodies which indicate the year the doll was issued by Mattel, Inc. and the contents used to make the doll. When buying a doll, request a photo of the tush tag, if possible, to confirm the year of issue.

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