Vintage Doll Repair
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    • Advance Doll and Toy Company >
      • Tama
      • Walking Wanda
      • Walking Winnie
    • American Character Dolls >
      • Little Miss Echo
      • Petite Sally
      • Sweet Sue
      • Teenie Weenie Tiny Tears
    • Carlson Dolls
    • Celluloid Dolls >
      • Celluloid Doll 1 - Made in Japan
      • Celluloid Doll 2 - Schildkrot Reproduction
    • Deluxe Reading/Topper Toys >
      • Baby Boo
      • Baby Luv'N Care
      • Busy Baby - Baby Party
      • Busy-Baby Ride-a-Bike (aka Bikey, battery operated version)
      • Busy-Baby Ride-a-Bike (aka Bikey, non-battery operated version)
      • Li'l Miss Fussy
      • Nancy Nurse
      • Smarty Pants
      • Suzy Smart
    • Effanbee Dolls >
      • Dy-Dee
      • Melodie 1
      • Melodie 2
      • Noma
    • Hollywood Doll Mfg. Co. >
      • Queen For A Day
    • Horsman Dolls >
      • Cindy
      • Peggy Pen-Pal
    • Ideal Dolls >
      • Baby Giggles
      • Bizzie Lizzie
      • Giggles
      • Magic Lips
      • Patti Prays
      • Play'N Jane
      • Saucy Walker
      • Timmy Tumbles
      • Tubsy
    • Irwin Dolls >
      • Irwin Non-Inflam
      • Irwin Walker
    • Madame Alexander Dolls >
      • Chatterbox
      • Ireland
    • Mattel Dolls >
      • Baby First Step
      • Charmin' Chatty
      • Dancerina
      • Hi Dottie
      • Randi Reader
      • Tippee-Toes
    • Mego >
      • Baby Sez So
    • Minifon (unknown - made in Italy)
    • Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls, Inc. >
      • Colonial Dame
    • Remco Dolls >
      • Remco Company Background
      • Baby Grow-A-Tooth
      • Baby Know It All
      • Dune Buggy Baby
      • Jumpsy (1 and 2)
      • Mimi
      • Tumbling Tomboy
    • Schilling Dolls
    • Sun Rubber Company >
      • So-Wee
    • Uneeda >
      • Saranade
    • Unmarked Dolls >
      • 50's Walking Doll with Teeth
      • Ballerina with detached feet
      • Unidentified Stuffed Rubber
      • Unmarked 24" - "Stumpy"
      • Unmarked Oilcloth
      • Unmarked Wood & Bisque
    • Valentine Dolls
  • Interesting Accessories
  • Hard Plastic Disease (HPD)
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    • Littles Dollhouse
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    • Cars and Trucks
    • Creature and Whitey
    • Construction Toys
    • Foxy Grandpa
    • Grandma's House
    • Gumby and Pokey
    • Liddle Kiddles
    • Miscellaneous Toys
    • Playhouses
    • Puppets
    • Sock Monkeys
    • Toy Guns
    • Toy Trains
    • Trolls
    • Western Toys
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  • Other Vintage Toys
    • Dial Master Telephone
    • Tricky Doodle Duck
    • Tricky Peter Penguin
  • References and Resources

Jumpsy (1 and 2)

Jumpsy is a doll that jumps rope.  She has a very unusual mechanism.  The first Jumpsy my sister acquired is in need of serious repairs and a replacement jump rope.  After seeing the bad condition of the mechanism of the first Jumpsy, my sister decided to locate a working Jumpsy.  Jumpsy 2 worked as soon as batteries were put into her battery compartment.

Jumpsy is very unstable when in motion.  She will usually do 3 to 5 jumps before tipping.

Jumpsy information can be found in US Patent 3603030

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Figure 1 - Jumpsy has a jump "rope" that is made from red plastic handles and a long spring. Her clothes are original and have a very cheap look to them.
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Figure 2 - Jumpsy's hair is normally done up in a high ponytail. Notice how the glue used to hold the hard plastic shoes together has yellowed with age.
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Figure 3 - Jumpsy's battery compartment is located in her lower back. The switch on her back sets her in motion. Once she is skipping rope, it is very hard to shut her off without getting your hand wound up in her rope. The spring was likely used to give the rope weight as well as some give when little hands got caught. I suspect many ropes got broken/removed because of captured hands.
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Figure 4 - The doll mark on Jumpsy's head indicates that the head was made in Hong Kong while the doll mark on her back indicates that the body was made in the USA.
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Figure 5 - The rope on the box looks different than the rope that comes with Jumpsy. This Jumpsy appears to have been a Christmas gift due to the gift tag still on the box.
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Figure 6 - the end of the box
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Figure 7 - Identifying information on the back of the box.
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Figure 8 - The directions for operating Jumpsy have discolored with age and have become very brittle.
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