Mattel Liddle Kiddles Dolls 1 to Twenty-Four USA
1966 Mattel Liddle Kiddles dolls cardboard hangtag
Mattel Liddle Kiddles dolls history – The first twenty-four Mattel Liddle Kiddles dolls were made in 1966. Kiddles dolls are a tiny 2 1/2 to 3 1/2″ tall with special iddle character names, a miniature accessory to match the character, an eighteen page kiddles komic funny book which tells the dolls story and most dolls had a yellow, pink, blue or white plastic comb and brush.
Kiddles dolls are made of vinyl with a bendable wired and posable body, jointed only at the neck with rooted hair and painted facial features. Kiddles dolls are all marked on the head rim, Mattel, Inc. and on back © 1965 Mattel Inc. Japan.
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Vintage Mattel Liddle Kiddles Dolls Identified
1966-1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3501 Bunson Burnie doll – Bunson Burnie the fireman, is on a 2 1/2″ tall stocky body, has brown rooted hair, blue eyes, wearing a yellow vinyl raincoat that closes in front with two brass hooks, tan pants with loop and tiny button closure and black soft “laced” shoes each marked on bottom “Japan”. His big red vinyl hat has a paper sticker on the front that reads “Fire Chief’ (no markings). He rides in his red fire truck with a round black steering wheel that turns as do the black tires (marked Liddle Kiddles on bumper and “Japan” on underside of bumper), there are two white ladders that hang on plastic hooks on the sides of the truck, and these are often missing from loose dolls, yellow comb and brush. Komic book with Bunsen and Calamity on cover. Dolls are all marked on head rim Mattel, Inc. On back; © 1965 Mattel Inc. Japan.
1966 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3502 Howard “Biff” Boodle doll – Howard Biff Boodle with wagon, wears a yellow knit tee shirt or a more rare white tee, with red lettering that reads “Call Me Biff”, he’s also wearing jean type pants, a vinyl baseball cap in red and he is barefoot. He has white pale blonde rooted hair, brown eyes and has the slimmer 3 1/2″ tall body. A yellow wagon with red handle and black wheels was his accessory of choice, and a yellow comb and brush. Komic book with Biff and Lola on cover.
Biff’s wagon may have color variations, but a pink and orange wagon is Rolly Twiddle’s. Note: Doll’s that were on the market for a shorter time will have a higher value and are harder to find.
1966-1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3503 Liddle Diddle doll – Liddle Diddle baby doll, has rooted blond hair pulled up into a short ponytail on top of her head, big blue eyes, is 2 1/2″ tall slim bodied. She’s wearing her pink patterned one piece cotton pajamas, blue accent ties that tie in the back. Her accessories are a pink crib with working sides (they can be slid up or down) and have a bead strung trim hung on each side, a solid pink fabric lace trimmed pillow, blue blanket and the tiny yellow plastic duck and a yellow comb and brush. Komic book with Liddle, Greta and Florence on cover.
1966-1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3504 Lola Liddle doll – Lola Liddle sailor girl, has long blond hair and big brown eyes, she’s on the taller 3 1/2″ slim body, she wears her white plastic sailor cap, red sleeveless shirt with big white collar with red trim and two blue appliqués on back and a blue tie, white pants and no shoes. Her accessory is a yellow and red plastic sailboat with flying white plastic sails, a pink comb and brush. Komic book with Lola and Biff on cover. That must have been a very windy day.
1966-1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3505 Babe Biddle doll – Babe Biddle with her car, has the stockier 2 1/2″ body with dark brown page boy rooted hair style with bangs, and big blue eyes. She’s wearing a short blue and checked top one piece dress, with a red long sleeve open jacket with white collar, blue scarf with red ties to keep her hair neat and blue t-strap or laced shoes.
Babe has her own wheels in a yellow and red plastic convertible sports car with working black wheels and steering wheel, a clear front windshield and a yellow comb and brush. Komic book with Babe and Millie on cover. Vr-ooom, catch her if you can.
1966-1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3506 Calamity Jiddle doll – Calamity Jiddle cowgirl, has the slim 2 1/2″ body, blonde medium length rooted hair in a ponytail with bangs and big blue eyes. She’s wearing a red long sleeve bodysuit trimmed on the cuffs, collar with white vinyl and down the front placket with a single gold tone bead closure. Her white vinyl fringed skirt is detachable and has two gold tone beads, soft white vinyl boots (each marked Japan) and a big black cowgirl felt hat with gold braid crown trim and ties. Her trusty steed is a flesh and black colored palomino hollow horse with a red painted saddle (either high back or low back saddle) with red rockers (right side is marked © 1966 Mattel, Inc. Japan), and a blue comb and blue brush. Komic book with Calamity and Bunson on cover.
1966-1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3507 Florence Niddle doll – Florence Niddle nurse, is on a 2 1/2″ stocky body type, has dish water blonde hair medium length, with big blue eyes, Florence wears a pink sleeveless dress with white ric-rac trim and white vinyl half apron attached, white nurse cap with red braid trim and pink t-strap shoes. She’s pushing her baby pram of white and yellow plastic, with a plastic baby in a pink pillow type blanket with white lace trim, and a pink comb and brush. Komic book with Florence, Liddle and Greta on cover.
1966 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3508 Greta Griddle doll – Greta Griddle hostess is 3 1/2″ tall slim bodied, blonde rooted hair in a top ponytail with long side bangs, and big blue eyes. Wearing a sleeveless blue and white polka dot dress with tulle ruffle trim and an red appliqué, and white t-strap shoes.
Greta’s accessories are a yellow or pink plastic table with two contrasting (if the table is pink, the chairs are yellow and vice versus) plastic chairs with heart cut-outs on chair back, platter with a fork, spoon, plate with attached teapot and two tea cups & saucers (tea service matches the chair color), blue comb and brush. Komic book with Greta, Liddle and Florence on cover.
1966 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3509 Millie Middle doll – Millie Middle the sandbox girl is 2 1/2″ tall on the slim body, has dark brown long rooted hair in a flip with bangs and big brown eyes. Millie wears a cotton striped sun suit, matching sunhat with ties (is similar to Skipper’s 1933 Country Picnic outfit, which did not come with a hat), has a green plastic sandbox with orange and yellow stripe attached awning to protect her from the sun when she plays and a pink plastic pail and shovel and a blue comb and brush, Millie is barefoot, of course. Komic book with Millie and Babe on cover.
1966-1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3510 Beat-A-Diddle doll a Sears Exclusive – Beat-A-Diddle rock star, is 3 1/2″ tall on the slim body, with long straight blonde hair with bangs, big blue eyes, wearing a two piece black or red floral cotton print crop top and pants, with red t-strap or soft red uncut t-strap shoes. Beat-A-Diddle’s accessories are a light brown plastic guitar with yellow painted flowers and strings, a silver tone microphone. The Beat-a-Diddle doll did not appear on a Komic book cover, probably because she was made only for Sears. The Komic book with Freezy, Windy, Rolly and Soapy on the cover. Beat-A-Diddle’s red cotton print outfit is less common.
1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3513 Sizzly Friddle doll – Sizzly Friddle chef, has the 2 1/2″ stocky body type, short yellow blonde rooted hair with bangs, big brown eyes. Sizzly wears a turquoise and chartreuse polka dot or striped sleeveless dress with matching panties, and a yum-yum with hotdog print apron, a big white chef hat with grosgrain white band and aqua blue t-strap shoes completed her ensemble. Of course a chef needs a grill and hers is a plastic orange brick look barbeque grill with a black grate, two hotdogs and two hamburgers sizzled away and a silver tone red handle spatula and fork to turn them just in time to keep from burning and a comb and brush. Komic book with Sizzly, Trikey and Surfy on the cover.
1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3514 Windy Fliddle doll – Windy Fliddle pilot, has the smaller 2 1/2″ slim body, short light blonde, rooted hair with bangs and big blue eyes. Windy wears a blue vinyl one piece flight suit with a pink striped felt scarf, yellow plastic helmet and blue goggles, a pair of soft white uncut t-strap shoes protected her feet.
Her sopwith camel (ok . . not quite but close) airplane is yellow and red plastic with black wheels and yellow propeller. She had two paper travel brochures; Hawaii and Mexico, to help her find her way and a comb and brush. Komic book with Windy, Freezy, Rolly and Soapy on the cover.
1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3515 Trikey Triddle doll – Trikey Triddle has gorgeous red hair in big full pigtails with green ribbon ties and bangs that curl above her big blue eyes, she’s on the 2 1/2″ slim body, wearing either; a red and white polka dot dress with white vinyl collar or a pink floral with green leaves on a white background dress with white vinyl collar and both tie in back with a green ribbon and attached panties. She tears up her father’s lawn on her blue, pink with white plastic wheeled tricycle, seat is marked Liddle Kiddles and seatbelt. Her cotton candy pink balloon of plastic is on a white plastic “string”, pink comb and brush and red soft T strap shoes complete her outfit. Her komic book has Trikey, Surfy and Sizzly on the cover.
1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3516 Freezy Sliddle doll – Freezy Sliddle has the 3 1/2″ slim body with brownish red hair in a short pageboy style with bangs, big brown eyes. Her two piece snow suit is of fuzzy turquoise with fake pink fur trim and white braid (jacket has attached mittens), pink footed tights and matching hat with ties. Her feet are nice and warm in soft white plastic boots, she glides down the hill on her blue sled with white runners and a seatbelt and she can pull her sled back up the hill with the white cord on the front. No comb or brush. Her komic book has Freezy, Windy, Rolly and Soapy on the cover.
1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3517 Surfy Skiddle doll – Surfy Skiddle has long-long blonde hair with bangs and big blue eyes, she wears a pink vinyl two piece swimsuit trimmed with navy blue and blue goggles (not shown) to protect her baby blues from sun and surf and a pink floral terry cloth towel. Surfy’s plastic surfboard is yellow and red and has places for her feet to fit onto the top, this is set on her blue and white wave. A pink comb and brush and her komic book has Surfy, Trikey and Sizzly on the cover.
1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3518 Soapy Siddle doll – Soapy Siddle has long dark brown hair, pulled up into a ponytail, tied with a red ribbon and cascades down the right side of her face in a pipe curl, she has big blue eyes and is on the 3 1/2″ slim body. Her red and white stripe robe with white terry cloth collar and matching striped belt and striped slippers with white pompons, should look familiar to Mattel collectors as it’s the same material as Ken’s beach jacket. Soapy’s accessories are a gold plastic claw foot bathtub, gold box of talc powder (empty), a yellow terry washcloth and a white comb and brush. Her komic book has Soapy, Freezy, Windy and Rolly on the cover.
1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3519 Rolly Twiddle doll – Rolly Twiddle is the only black doll in the first issued twenty-four Liddle Kiddles, she’s wearing her green and white gingham sun suit with a white placket front trimmed with pink cord, three beads and a hot pink bow. Her dark hair is in an up swept do with green ribbon and white flower trim with a pearl center, white t-strap shoes, an orange wagon with pink handle, pink pail and shovel a blue comb and brush. (There maybe color variations in the wagon, as long as it is not yellow with a red handle which is 3502 Biff’s). Her komic book has Rolly, Soapy, Freezy and Windy on the cover. Rolly Twiddle is hard to find (HTF) and highly valued by Kiddles Kollectors.
1967-1968 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3548 Beddy-Bye Biddle doll – Sears exclusive in 1967 – Beddy-Bye Biddle has long dish water blonde hair with a flip at the ends, and bangs, big blue eyes, a pink hair ribbon, pink nighty (matches the pillow) and flocked pink robe, pink with blue floral bedspread, pink lace trimmed pillow, yellow single bed and a yellow comb and brush, Komic book with Trikey, Surfy, and Sizzly on cover.
1968 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3548 Beddy-Bye Biddle – Same as above doll minus the pink robe. Beddy dolls Komic book has Beddy, Pretty and Rolly on cover.
1967 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3549 Pretty Priddle doll – Sears Exclusive – Pretty Priddle stands 3 1/2″ tall on the slim body type, has dark brunette hair in an up swept do tied with a blue ribbon, big brown eyes, wearing blue two piece baby doll pajamas top and panties; with white lace trim, white ribbon and white T-strap shoes. Pretty’s accessories are a two piece pink plastic vanity with a heart shaped mirror and a pink stool a blue comb and brush set. Her komic book has Pretty, Beddy and Telly on the cover.
1968 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3587 Baby Liddle doll – Sears Exclusive – VHTF – Baby Liddle has a blonde tuff of hair, blue eyes, pink two piece sun dress, blue buggy with white wheels a yellow and blue foam piece to fit in bottom of buggy, pink lace trimmed pillow (same material as her dress) and a dark pink comb and brush set, Komic book with Kampy, Lemons, Slipsy and Rolly on cover.
Baby and Beat-A-Diddle do not appear on any of the Komic book covers as they were only available at Sears.
1968 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3751 Telly Viddle doll – Telly Viddle stands 3 1/2″ tall on the slim body, dark brown long flip style hair with straight bangs, a blue hair bow and big blue eyes. Wearing a one piece dress with a gathered blue/ white checked skirt trimmed with blue suede like fabric and lace trim and solid blue suede like sleeveless top. Aqua t-strap or dark blue shoes and painted on white socks, and blue hair ribbon. Accessories are a yellow television and a cardboard “empty” box of pretzels. Her komic book has Telly, Beddy and Pretty on the cover.
1968 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3752 Lemons Striddle doll – Lemons Striddle has long lemon blonde hair with bangs and a flip at the ends, big brown eyes, she’s 3 1/2″ tall on the slim body. Wearing a red dress with white hearts, lace trim on sleeves, a yellow apron with an aqua trim is attached, she has red painted socks and white T strap shoes. Her accessories are a bright green “Cool Lemonade” stand with a clear pitcher and two glasses. The original Lemonade Tycoon at 5 cents a glass – that’s a bargain! Her komic book has Lemons, Kampy, Slipsy and Rolly on the cover.
1968 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3753 Kampy Kiddle doll – Kampy Kiddle has long platinum hair in a single ponytail (some maybe braided) tied with a red cotton ribbon and bangs, big green eyes, freckles and is wearing a yellow ribbed t-top with back button and loop closure, pull on jean pants (no shoes for this kamper). She has a black plastic fry pan, a tan plastic (has been found in real wood) bamboo pole with a bright green fish on a string (same color as Lemons stand) and a red plaid sleeping bag with yellow ties and green felt interior and a pink “Kiddle Sleeping Bag” sticker on the bag. No comb or brush included. Her komic book has Kampy, Lemons, Slipsy and Rolly on the cover.
1968 Mattel Liddle Kiddles 3754 Slipsy Sliddle doll – Slipsy Sliddle has several different shades of long red to brown hair tied with yellow ribbons in pigtails with bangs, she’s on a 3 1/2″ tall slim body, has blue painted eyes with a few upper corner painted eyelashes and wears a two piece floral blue playsuit with pink ribbon bow and yellow ruffle top, matching blue floral flared pants, white t strap shoes and a comb and brush. She climbs up the ladder of her pink plastic slide accessory and “whoosh” down she goes. Her komic book has Slipsy, Kampy, Lemons and Rolly on the cover.
Kiddles 1-24 | Storybook | Sweetheart | Lockets, Skediddlers | Kola, Kologne | Pop-Up books, Jewelry |
Kiddles N’ Kars | Zoolery, Animiddle, Kosmic | Holiday | Lollipops, Kones, | Tea Party | Play House | Baby |
