How Ideal makes the peeing Betsy Wetsy Doll: Vintage Toys & Games for Christmas

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How Ideal makes the peeing Betsy Wetsy Doll, Behind The Scenes:
Vintage Toys & Games for Christmas

Betsy Wetsy was a doll originally issued by the Ideal Toy Company of New York in 1935. Named for the daughter of Abraham Katz, the head of the company,[citation needed] the doll's special feature was urinating after a fluid was poured into her open mouth. The doll was made in several sizes in the 1940s and saw a spike in populairty in the 1950s. Betsy Wetsy was produced with either molded hair, caracul wigs, or brown, blond, or red plugged hair. A layette, baby bottles, a plastic bath tub, and other accessories were available. Effanbee had previously manufactured a similar doll, "Dy-dee," and a patent infringement suit resulted. The judge ruled that drinking and urinating are natural movements and cannot be patented. A made-in-China version was issued in the late 1980s by Ideal to boost sales, but the doll never reached the success of the original.[citation needed] Betsy Wetsy was one of the first major dolls to be produced in black versions. In 2003, the Toy Industry Association named Betsy Wetsy to its Century of Toys List, a roll call commemorating the 100 most memorable and most creative toys of the 20th century.

Ideal Toy Company was founded as Ideal Novelty and Toy Company in New York in 1907 by Morris and Rose Michtom after they had invented the Teddy bear in 1903. The company changed its name to Ideal Toy Company in 1938. In 1982, the company was sold to CBS Toy Company, which in turn sold Ideal to Viewmaster International in 1987, which renamed itself to View-Master Ideal in the process. View-Master Ideal was later bought by Tyco Toys, Inc. of Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, upon its purchase of View-Master Ideal. The Ideal line remained part of Tyco until Tyco's merger with Mattel, Inc., in 1997. Certain brands and toys that originated with Ideal continued to be manufactured by Mattel, most notably the Magic 8-ball and Rubik's Cube. Ideal began making dolls in 1907. Their first doll was "Yellow Kid" from the "The Yellow Kid" comic strip by Richard Felton Outcault. After that they began making a line of baby and character dolls such as Naughty Marietta from the Victor Herbert operetta and Admiral Dot. Ideal advertised their dolls as unbreakable since they were made of composition, a material made of sawdust and glue. Ideal produced over 200 variations of dolls throughout the composition era. During the Baby Boom era, Ideal became the largest doll making company in the United States and began selling dolls under license in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Their most popular dolls included Betsy Wetsy, Toni, Saucy Walker, Shirley Temple, Miss Revlon, Patti Playpal, Tammy, Thumbelina, and Crissy.

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