What is a Flatsy?
Flatsys are flat dolls that were made by Ideal from 1969 through about 1973. (Some were repackaged and sold later too.) They have long hair, which goes to the floor, generally in vivid colors (like bright blue, bright yellow, pink, etc). They are made of a soft vinyl with wires inside the limbs, neck, and body so that they can be posed. They wear real “mod” clothes, most of them very 60s-ish. Their faces have super sweet expressions with eyes looking either to the left or to the right. Each Flatsy has a “theme” and comes with an accessory and a cardboard liner with a picture in keeping with that theme. They also have a plastic clip to hold the doll in place on the liner card and to enable you to take the doll on and off the liner to play with her. Many, but by no means all, of the Flatsys also have a plastic frame around the liner. Every Flatsy came with shoes and in nearly every case, a hat.
