Lisa Frank Fab Friends Dolls
Before there was Smiggle there was Lisa Frank, churning out colourful dolphins, panda and unicorn emblazoned stationery and other goods for tween girls across the world. Back in 2000 Lisa Frank teamed up with Play Along to release a doll line called Fab Friends. Initially consisting of three girls called Lisa, Cassie and Mara, the latter was later dropped in favour of new friend Vega.
The dolls stood 11 inches tall, had rooted hair, and came packaged with pets and skate shoes. Then skate shoes and a shoe box. There were also smaller dolls (c. 10 inches) available packaged with a bag, extra shoes, and plastic cell phone.
With Pets
Cassie (blonde) had a white cat called Roxi, Mara (purple) had a purple cat called Rolli, and Lisa (redhead) had a dog called Casey. The dolls came packaged with a handbag, stickers, and skate shoes.
★ Mara - box front / box back.
★ Lisa - box front / box back.
With Shoe Box
Instead of the pets, the dolls came packaged with extra accessories. Exactly the same package was available with plain cardboard backing or holographic cardboard (as seen on Mara's box above).
★ Cassie - box front / box back.
★ Lisa - box front / box back.
★ Mara - box front / box back.
Smaller Dolls
These dolls were about an inch or so smaller but, beyond that, there are very few differences.
★ Cassie - box front / box back.
★ Lisa - box front / box back.
★ Mara - box front / box back.
Rainbow Box
Cassie and Lisa were reissued in boxes with a fluffy rainbow handle, joined by two new versions and a new friend called Vega.
★ Cassie #1 - box front / box back.
★ Lisa #1 - box front / box back.
★ Cassie - box front / box back.
★ Lisa - box front / box back.
★ Vega - box front / box back.
