A BildLilli doll, Germany 19551964. Bukowskis
The Bild Lilli doll was a West German line of fashion doll launched by Greiner & Hausser GmbH on August 12, 1955, and produced until 1964. Its design was based on the comic-strip character Lilli, created by Reinhard Beuthien for the tabloid newspaper Bild.
A BildLilli doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
Bild Lilli is the doll that Ruth Handler found while shopping in Europe in 1956 and was exactly the kind of a doll she had been thinking of producing. Mrs. Handler noticed her daughter Barbie preferred playing with her paper dolls rather than baby dolls that were prevalent at the time.
BILDLILLI, doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
First created as a comic-strip character in the Hamburg newspaper Bild-Zeitung, the Bild Lilli doll became so popular that she was immortalized in plastic — and sold as an adult novelty,.
BILDLILLI, Doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
This Bild Lilli doll was a platinum blonde, blue-eyed bombshell with large breasts. She wore red lipstick and blue eyeliner. Her feet were molded into black stilettos and she had arched eyebrows and sultry side-glancing eyes.
A BildLilli doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
While Mattel 's Barbie was always marketed to young girls, its inspiration was a German adult gag-gift doll named Bild Lilli, tracing its origins from a sultry figure called Lilli in Germany 's most popular tabloid Bild.
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A Bild Lilli doll from 1955 — the racier ancestor of Mattel's "Barbie" doll — is shown at a 2006 convention. (Frank Hormann/AP) 5 min
BILD LILLI from GERMANY with original stand PRE BARBIE Vintage
Bild Lilli was as innovative of a doll as she was scandalous. Lilli wasn't only the world's first mass-marketed plastic fashion doll; she was also the first to come in different sizes. While the 12-inch dolls are the more famous, there were also 7-inch dolls sold at slightly lower prices but made just as well.
BILDLILLI, doll, Germany, 19551964 and HONG KONG LILLI, made in Hong
The doll was Bild Lilli, based on a newspaper comic strip character originally aimed primarily at men, in German newspapers. (Europe has a long tradition of cartoons for adult audiences such as Asterix or Tintin .)
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To make things more complicated for Bild Lilli fans, the Marx Toy Company of Hong-Kong licensed the doll design and created their own line of Bild Lilli 'clones' between the 1950s and 1960s.
BILDLILLI, Doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
Lilli, also known as Bild-Lilli, is a discontinued West German comic strip created by Reinhard Beuthien for the tabloid newspaper Bild, appearing there from 1952 to 1961.
A BildLilli doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
Born in 1952 in Germany, the inspiration for America's most popular doll was a sexually assertive, modern young woman named Lilli. She emerged as a comic-strip character in Bild-Zeitung, a Hamburg newspaper, c reated by the German artist Reinhard Beuthien. On June 24, 1952, Lilli's creator was ordered to make a "filler" to conceal a blank space in the newspaper.
BILDLILLI, Doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
Bild Lilli was a German fashion doll produced from 1950 to 1964, based on the comic-strip character Lilli in the Bild-Zeitung newspaper. She first appeared in print on June 24, 1952. The cartoon was an immediate success and a new one appeared every day.
A BildLilli doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
The original Lilli dolls were made of plastic with jointed arms and legs. The value of a Bild Lilli Doll depends on several factors such as its condition, whether it is complete with all accessories, and whether it has been professionally restored. Generally speaking, a mint condition Bild Lilli Doll can fetch anywhere from $500 to $5,000 at.
A BildLilli doll, Germany, 19551964. Bukowskis
Walking past a toy shop in Lucerne in the Swiss Alps, both Handler and her daughter were "absolutely transfixed" by the sight of a doll they saw in the window - known as Bild Lilli. "Barbara.
BILDLILLI, doll, Germany, 19551964 and HONG KONG LILLI, made in Hong
A Bild Lilli doll, inspired by a German comic strip, is displayed at a Barbie collectors convention in 2006. Getty Images While on the trip, Handler and a teenaged Barbara came across a Bild Lilli.
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Barbie had a sister—Bild-Lilli, a racy doll marketed to men. And though the risqué 1955 doll has largely been overshadowed by the success of the American toy, she plays a part in the origin.