Anyone else have this creepy Little Red Riding Hood doll in the 70s?

Posted by DMCDKNF@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 80 comments

I loved this story as a kid, so my mum got me this doll. Flip it one way and it's Little Red Riding Hood. Flip the skirt over and it's the grandmother. Flip the grandmother's cap and it is the wolf!. It freaked me out so much that my mum ended up selling it in a yard sale. She kept trying to convince me that I could keep the cap flipped, but I knew the wolf was still there in the back of grandmother's head under the skirt!

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PupperToes@reddit

I still have :)

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saucybelly@reddit

Me too!

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NoRelevantUsername@reddit

Yes! I loved to read Little Red Riding Hood and play with it along to the story.

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lcrker@reddit

my wife puts hers in a chair when we decorate for Halloween. The grandkids love it and mess with it everytime they come over.

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Hstfan@reddit

i do! Somewhere lol

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Upbeat_Try_1718@reddit

Yes!!!! I loved that thing!!

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holdaydogs@reddit

Yes!

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Fardelismyname@reddit

Yes!

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Substantial-Spare501@reddit

I wish. I did have something like for my daughters just about 10 years ago

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hairballcouture@reddit

Yes! I loved that doll, it was so weird to me.

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yuhuh-@reddit

Oh my god yes! I’ve never seen another one. The granny dress is a different color on mine!

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Few-Currency-8602@reddit

Yes! And I still have it at 51. 😁

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GlassCloched@reddit

There was one in our church’s nursery lol

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wyldginger@reddit

My older cousin had one and I was envious!!

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Bayou13@reddit

Yes!!!

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MysteriousPark3806@reddit

My sister had one.

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CallingDrDingle@reddit

Yep! Memory unlocked

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ZooterOne@reddit

Hey my older sister had this! I thought it was cool.

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Chicagogirl72@reddit

Not creepy. I loved those.

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Popcorn_Blitz@reddit

Yes and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world!!

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cabinet123door@reddit

My sister had one, and I was so jealous. She got all the cool stuff and I got science kits.

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slambrosia@reddit

Still do. But lost the bonnet decades ago and Little Red’s hair is falling off.

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adelec123@reddit

Lmao! Yes I had this doll. It's long gone now.

My sister bought me a smaller one a few years back because it reminded her of the one I had when I was a toddler.

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USAF_Retired2017@reddit

What in the actual fuck!? I have never seen this before. Thank you mom and dad for not knowing about this abomination.

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HighQualityH20h@reddit

100% yes.

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LowkeyPony@reddit

YES!!!

I loved the damn thing! Always had it on the wolf😅 I think I got it as a birthday gift one year from an aunt

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Odd-Spell-2699@reddit

I still have mine!

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Vodka-Forward@reddit

Holy shit I forgot all about that doll

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Shalleni@reddit

I loved mine!

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helena_handbasketyyc@reddit

My aunt had one, I would play with it at her house. I helped her downsize and I took it, so it’s in my living room now.

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BagLady57@reddit

I had a very similar one.

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retro_lady@reddit

No, but it in the early 80s I had something similar. More like a doll that was also a cloth book. Also Little Red Riding Hood.

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4GotMy1stOne@reddit

It's in my attic somewhere, I think. Will probably not survive the purge when we downsize though.

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ceno_byte@reddit

OH MY GOD YES.

I think i still have it somewhere. I always thought it was homemade.

I loved it!

Memory unlocked!!

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FrancescaMcG@reddit

I loved this doll!

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Apprehensive-Log8333@reddit

I had one that was grandma and the wolf, this one is next level

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fraurodin@reddit

I loved mine, thought it was a great concept

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tiredoldbitch@reddit

I still have mine. She is about 50 years old.

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smoosh13@reddit

Woah, you’re giving me a flashback. Yep, I had it.

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Severe-Glass6887@reddit

Fuckng hell!!! Memory un-fucking-locked!

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Robosl0b@reddit

Yes, although a different look. I also had the Cinderella before the ball and in her gown.

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wolfysworld@reddit

Had it and loved it!! Might still be in a box somewhere.

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FlizzyFluff@reddit

Not exact but I still have mine. She’s one of the very few items I have from my younger years. Gave to me at Xmas one year by my parents.

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Ecstatic_Worker_1629@reddit

YES!!!I My sister had one. I remember the dress going over it to show grandma.

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jdgwife@reddit

I had one!!!

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Icy-Veterinarian942@reddit

Oh wow. I vaguely recall having something very similar.

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eeksie-peeksie@reddit

I had one. Thought it was clever

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ER_Support_Plant17@reddit

Omg yes! Then when I was older I realized the concept of having a wolf under your skirt was kinda creepy in a sexual way

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crssufferer@reddit

My younger cousin got one after she had to have a surgery and I was so envious that I wished I could get to go to the hospital too.

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jesslynneyea@reddit

I had one! OMG.

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Over-Director-4986@reddit

I definitely had that. I liked it, haha. Wow, I'd completely forgotten about it!

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kkbobomb@reddit

I had one! I had that one and another. Don’t remember which story it was from

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minikin_snickasnee@reddit

Yes! I still have her somewhere.

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AshRije@reddit

Absolutely! I did love that doll. Those are an example of a topsy-turvy doll, I have seen some beautiful homemade ones!

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Objective-Holiday597@reddit

Wow, my younger brother had one and it was hated. He left it with the parents when he moved away. It was given to the grandkids to play with when they came along and oh how they hated it. This was the doll of nightmares!

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Wrenshimmers@reddit

Yes!!! I just recently had to say goodbye to it due to mold. It had been living in my Nana's basement. It was crazy creepy but also so fun to play with.

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