Just Another Day

It's another wonderful fall day here. Gorgeous sunshine, a light breeze and perfect temperature. After I made 2 more squares, I went for a short walk over to the plaza to pick up food for tonight's supper. I like doing that everyday cos you never know what you are in the mood to eat. And since it is such a lovely day we will bbque and maybe if Jack doesn't get home too late, we can eat on the deck. Haven't been many days this summer that we could do that. Too friggin' hot! And with October only a week or so away there won't be too many left this year to do so either. While on my walk I pondered what to write about today. Let's see....How about Elvis. The King is not dead. He lives in Dolton.
Anyway I have many different types of Elvis dolls. My very first one was bought waaaaaaaaay back in 1987. We had gone to Buffalo NY for the weekend. Shopping of course. I found this rubbery type of no name brand Elvis for my collection. Now remember I had only been collecting a few years and finding an Elvis doll of any kind was, well exciting. And so that is how Elvis came to live in Dolton.

This picture is from a New Year's dance (2007-08) where Elivs (in the gold suit my first one) is performing with his cousins. These are the no name brand of dolls I bought after the first Elvis. Left to right is Byron, Leroy on drums and Austin at the far right. Of course the REAL Elvis is in the background LOL

Back when I first starting making families, I tried to lump the celebrity dolls together and in this case Elvis is the son of my Prince Charles doll. His mother is an Audrey Hepburn doll.  Laugh all you like. But that's how it is. Over the years other companies and then Mattel got on the band wagon and started producing Elvis dolls.
Many years later the next 3 Elvis dolls came out on the market. It was the 90's by then, maybe 1994. I can't remember the company that makes them but they also made James Dean (which I have). I will have to look at their boxes whenever I get them unpacked. (only 10 days to go). These dolls were manufactured long before Mattel got in the game. Of course once Mattel did catch up, then I bought their versions also. And now of course, I guess to make up for lost time (or revenue LOL) Mattel has been producing Elvis every couple of years. Most of them are Doltonites and only a few stay NFRB in my collection.

Now of course you must be wondering what I call all these Elvi's. Well there is only "1" Elvis and that my first one. So the rest got other names. I have divided them up into 3 families. The first Elvis of course is Elvis Taylor and plays "elvis" in Dolton.
Then come the 3 other brand Elvis', they are named Byron, Austin and Leroy. Their last name is Pressick. Each one represents the real Elvis during different stages of his life.

Lastly are the Mattel versions. Most if not all are poser dolls. Their surname is Love since IRL that was Elvis' mother's maiden name. Of course I have the Wedding Day Elvis and Priscilla set (2 actually, one is NFRB) but he will not be marrying her in my town. (broke my heart IRL when he did) So now it's my turn to get even! LOL I am not sure if Priscilla will be a relative with that black of hers or be in a totally different family. I'm still working on that!
And finally the last Elvis to be produced. This one is by Mattel.

Okay one more picture. This is an old scene that I set up a few years back of Elvis entertaining at a Clambake.

Someday I hope to renact scenes from his most popular movies. I have a book (one of many) which has pix from all his movies. My plan is to set up a scene from each one. Stay tuned......