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Liv Katie

Liv Doll
2009 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is Katie. ‘Katie is at her best on her skateboard, snowboard, mountain bike, whatever!’. She is part of the Liv Doll range by the Canadian children’s entertainment company, Spin Master Ltd. Liv dolls are a line of four teenage fashion dolls that, ‘live the same life as any average teenagers, complete with detailed personalities, interests and challenges that girls everywhere can relate to’. The dolls each come with their own secret code that girls can use to enter into the online ‘Liv World’. Spin Master Toys began in 1994 when the three company finders launched, ‘The Earth Buddy’, a small panty-hose covered head filled with grass seeds that sprouted hair when watered. The company dropped the ‘toys’ from its name in 1995 and over the next decade, diversified its offering beyond traditional toys. Today Spin Master has headquarters in London, Paris, Hong Kong and various locations in the US.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLiv Katie (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Plastic, velcro and cardboard
Brief description
Liv Doll Katie in sealed plastic and cardboard box with accessories. Doll has mousy brown hair and green eyes. Wearing silver earrings, a blue hat, a long pink scarf, blue bag with pink stripes, a green jacket, a white stripy top with red, pink, blue and green stripes, white jeans and blue and white trainers
Physical description
Liv Doll called Katie. Cardboard and plastic box with cardboard cover that closes with a round Velcro tab. Cardboard cover features a large picture of the doll on a green background. At the bottom is the Liv doll logo, and a blue strip with words such as ‘beauty, life, love, rejoice’ depicted. There is also the name ‘Katie’ in green flowery writing, a warning sign and a ‘5+ years. 1 SET’.

The cardboard cover opens to reveal a doll with mousy brown hair and green eyes. Wearing silver earrings, a blue hat, a long pink scarf, blue bag with pink stripes, a green jacket, a white stripy top with red, pink, blue and green stripes, white jeans and blue and white trainers. With her is a spare wig with green highlighted hair on a blue mannequin head, a green hairbrush and a green ‘secret access code’. On the other side of the cardboard cover are various images of Katie that show her doing ‘extreme sports’.

On the back of the box are two images of Katie ‘out with her friends’, cycling in the park and playing volleyball on the beach.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.6cm
  • Width: 20.2cm
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Spin Master UK Ltd
Summary
This is Katie. ‘Katie is at her best on her skateboard, snowboard, mountain bike, whatever!’. She is part of the Liv Doll range by the Canadian children’s entertainment company, Spin Master Ltd. Liv dolls are a line of four teenage fashion dolls that, ‘live the same life as any average teenagers, complete with detailed personalities, interests and challenges that girls everywhere can relate to’. The dolls each come with their own secret code that girls can use to enter into the online ‘Liv World’. Spin Master Toys began in 1994 when the three company finders launched, ‘The Earth Buddy’, a small panty-hose covered head filled with grass seeds that sprouted hair when watered. The company dropped the ‘toys’ from its name in 1995 and over the next decade, diversified its offering beyond traditional toys. Today Spin Master has headquarters in London, Paris, Hong Kong and various locations in the US.
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
B.164-2010

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Record createdSeptember 21, 2010
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