Samantha Doll - Pre-Mattel (PM)

Samantha was my first Pleasant Company Doll. She was and is very well loved! Here are her stats and photos, I couldn't rate her anything but an A+ because I have loved her so for over 20 years...so I'm perhaps a bit biased She is not the most technically beautiful doll that I own but...who can compare to your first doll, right?

SAM'S STATS

PURCHASE TYPE: new, direct from Pleasant Company by my mom
PURCHASE YEAR: 1991 (Christmas gift that year, it was the day before I turned 7)
VINYL: Soft and Squishy
SKIN TONE: Light-olive, darker than current "light" skin tone
FACE PAINT: Minimal, but her cheeks still have a flush and glow to them
BODY: Squishy and Tan
HAIR: Light Brown and Wavy (I don't think it ever had true ringlets, even before all of the play)
NECK STAMP: hand-written PLEASANT COMPANY w/ artist's mark

In my mind, this is a young Samantha; 9 years old in the late summer of 1904 (Meet Book), a little tan and her hair a bit lightened by a summer in the sun at Piney Point.

Here she is a "vintage" photo, the morning I unwrapped her (her hair has always been a bit fly-away):

Here are some photos of her now:

Samantha was gifted to me with the nicer, snap-closure meet Mary Janes, but she really prefers Rebecca's boots (and gave her other shoes to Mattel Samantha to play with). Here she's striking her "Meet" pose

There are so many different Samantha dolls with many different looks over the years, but I'm glad that I was able to make memories with this one!