Her friend Misty and Pepper’s friend Dodi were both issued in Pos’n versions, as was brother Ted, although he’s very hard to find. There are other Pos’n dolls in the Tammy range. A bit restrictive to their poseability, I think. It seems the wire mechanism that allows them to pose, also links both limbs, so when you raise one arm, both go up lift one leg and they both move. I do find one aspect of the Pos’n dolls strange though. Pos’n Pepper in Class Room Caper, Teacher’s Pet and Cat’s Meow. Now, some ten-plus years later, her head is still attached, still turns, and I can’t see any sign of damage or degradation. Would it stay stuck as I pushed her head back on? I held my breath, but voila, it worked! I hit eBay and bought Tammy an outfit, ‘School Daze,’ and she was beautiful again. I let it cure for several days – I wanted to make sure it was completely set. I used a basic, general purpose silicon (the sort you use for sinks and shower bases) and applied a bead all the way around the end of her neck. It should adhere to her vinyl and might just be flexible enough to squeeze back though the hole in her body, and allow her head to still twist. A washer of some kind? But would glue hold it on and would it survive being pushed back into the body. Could I glue something to her neck to hold the head on? Rubber bands perhaps, but they would perish over time. Her neck was still quite long, so I pondered on many a possible solution. And she has such a beautiful face, I really did want to make her whole again.
I did think that perhaps I could just pop her head on and put her in a cabinet, but with the slightest movement, her head toppled. And so Tammy sat around for quite some time – well over a year – while I ruminated on a solution. My friend thought I may be able to come up with a suitable repair (I dabble in OOAKs and make-overs) and she didn’t want the doll back, even if I did manage to fix her. In 2005, a friend gave me a Pos’n Tammy, but there was a problem.
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