ERosebud Doll LTD was a British doll manufacturer that was acquired by Mattel in the late 1960s. The Rosebud Babies Series started in 1976. Die „Babies“ are proper toddlers with oversized heads. Among others, they have been used as Heart Family Twins, Their Friends and Li’l Friends, .
In the first Rosebud generation, three different head molds were patented. All three have identical 1976 markings but different faces. We adopted the names Rosebud I, II and III from Katarina (kattisdolls.net).
With the Heart Family Set „Baby Wets“ Mattel released in 1987 a new Rosebud Child with the mouth open to give the child a bottle. The last Rosebud generation is from 1995, a boy head mold with sculpted hair.
Headmark: © MATTEL INC. 1976 TAIWAN
In der ersten Rosebud Generation wurden drei verschiedene Headmolds patentiert. Alle drei haben die identische 1976er Markierung, aber verschiedene Gesichter. Mangels einer besseren Idee haben wir die Bezeichnung Rosebud I, II und III von Katarina (kattisdolls.net) übernommen.
1987 gab es mit dem Heart Family Set „Baby Wets“ ein neues Rosebud Facemold – mit geöffnetem Mund, um dem Kind die Flasche zu geben. Die letzte Rosebud Babie Generation ist von 1995, ein Jungen-Headmold mit modellierten Haaren.












































































Thank you for this gallewry.
Great collection.
I had one as a child (dark hair, blue eyes with a rocking horse) – obsessed since!!!