Baby Sez So
Baby Sez So is a Mego Corp. battery operated doll from 1976. We obtained this doll from eBay. She came in her original box, along with her instructions, her dress, her diaper and accessories (bottle, and spoon). She says 5 different phrases depending which of 5 switches are activated. She appeared to have never been used so we were optimistic that she would operated as soon as a battery was installed and the on/off switch activated. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Two likely problems would be a seized up motor, or a broken o-ring for turning the phonograph. This doll is unusual in that the motor axle is accessible without opening the doll. I put a drop of clock oil on the motor shaft and turned the tip of the motor shaft a few times using a very fine pair of needle-nosed pliers. Once that was done, 3 of the 5 speaking actions (diaper pin: "Mommy change me", flower pin: "Baby pretty now", and heart pin: "I love you, mommy) started to work. The spoon and bottle mechanisms in the mouth would not trigger. We decided that it was worth opening the doll (because she is sealed with screws) to see if we could restore the other 2 speaking phrases. It turns out that the levers coming from the head were stiff. Manually, running them through their motions got them working. The spoon activated phrase is "Yummy, yummy, yummy" and the bottle activated phrase is "I like my bottie". Apparently "bottie" is more baby-like than "bottle". The spoon works all the time now but the bottle mechanism has an issue. The cup-like activator in the roof of the doll's mouth is too far for the bottle's long tip to reach. We are able to activate it with a coffee stir stick and then have to reset it back into position because the spring loaded action is not working properly. It seems likely that this is a manufacturing defect or possibly an alignment issue arising from shrinking plastic. We did not feel it was worth trying to access the interior of the doll's head to remedy the situation.
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