The S. S. Kresge Springtime Family Dolls 1975 made in Hong Kong are clones of Mattel’s Sunshine Family Dolls. The set consists of a Mom, a Dad, a baby, and a dachshund. They are traveling and living off the land because they may be homeless. They are selling apple’s outside of the yellow hippy type RV or bus camper. The Springtime Family makes me think of the 1971 song “Me and You and a Dog Named Bo traveling and living off the land. It was much more fashionable to do this in the 70s.

Around 2012, I first became aware of The Springtime Family because I saw them on eBay. I found someone had posted a blog about the dolls with photos. That blog has been deleted. Since I did not save the blog to Archive Today and I did not save the URL in a document, I can’t use The Wayback Machine to find that blog post again.

The Springtime Family is were not a rare set of dolls. But they may be rare as older clones are seen less and less as the plastic ages. The father doll has a moustache. If he does not he is really a Sunshine Family Doll. I saw a seller trying to pass off a cheaper Sunshine Family Father as the Springtime Family Father. You need to familiarize yourself with what the dolls look to be sure you are buying the correct dolls. If you want the whole set, you can also considering buying the camper and the dolls separately. If they are all together in one auction it will be more expensive.

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