Sea Wees Dolls

Sea-Wee Dolls were created by the Kenner Toy company. The first dolls hit the market in 1979. There were three initial dolls in the line, Sandy (who was the Cover-gal in the initial Sea-Wee Television Commercial, and advertising spots) and her friends Coral and Shelly. Each doll came with a bright green lily-pad shaped sponge.

There has been discussion stating that the First Year Sea-Wees had heads from a different mold than later dolls. This is untrue. The heads do not vary. Its the placement of features and the shape of the mouth that varies. The eyes are/were meant to be registered in the middle of the head sculpt resting on the top of the cheek bones. On the second year and third year dolls and even some of the later series like Icy Gals and Bubble Ballet, the eyes were printed up higher on the face -- sometimes so (un-naturally high they are actually in the forehead!)-- This gives the face a longer look. When the eyes are printed where they should be -- towards the center of the face, the faces appear rounder. This was simply sloppy factory work that went unchecked. You can often find Sea-Wees with one eye up a lot higher than the other -- or the mouth printed off balance -- be picky when collecting and ask to see good pics from the seller before you buy or bid on a doll.

There are two substantial differences between the first year and second year dolls. First the shape of the mouth was more of tapered crescent with distinct little ball shapes at the ends. Second year mouths were thicker without the fine tapering and painted bolder as well.

Secondy the body paint color on the first years dolls is less glossy and in respect to Sandy and Coral the color is different. First year Sandys tail color is Coral Pink and after that she has a more Cany Pink tail. First Year Coral has a very deep darker turqouise tail and later dolls have a lighter brighter truqouise tail.