Play Ballet Dancing Ballerinas was a line of 6 ½ inch dolls presented on decorative stages which could be glided across a surface to enable the dolls to spin and twirl. The dolls could also be removed from their stages for individual handplay. Characters were sold individually or in couples known as the Play Ballet Dance Partners, of which there were 6 collectable sets. Stages could be connected enabling each couple to dance together. Images are from the 1992 Galoob trade catalogue.
I’m not sure how successful these ballerina dolls were, but I think they’re pretty adorable, and the catalogue photo designs from Galoob are beautifully made… though I must admit the darker side of me can’t help but conjure a few images of Aronofsky’s Black Swan…
Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky. 2010.
Picture courtesy of Marlena Lovett – Fanpop.
Thank you for performing your ‘Fouetté en tournant en dehors’ with us 🙂
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 
I have been looking for what these dolls were called for so long – thank you so much for this post. I actually have the ‘Danielle’ (blond with the black tutu) from the catalogue pages/pics above.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi Cate, thanks! I think they’re such great dolls. That’s brilliant you have the Danielle one.
LikeLike
Hi TVTA, nice to see some cultured toys out there. And they also seem to have embraced diversity too, producing dancers from all corners of the world, which is great to see (shame it has taken soo long for other companies and society to do the same).Great post!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi FT, thanks, yes Galoob did a good job here. Good they added some male dancers too for aspiring ‘Billy Elliots’ – even though that film came out after.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I know what to get my step granddaughter for her third birthday in March.
LikeLiked by 1 person