The Doll Blog

It is so easy to offend… and yes I am talking dolls. For instance, two little words, nude, and Barbie. Ten little letters in the English language. Yet put them together — Nude Barbie — and whole treatises could be written about feminism, pornography, nudity, little girls self image…. it goes on and on. And [...]

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It’s the start of the Christmas baby doll buying season and dolls cost more this year. Why?
Fuel and transport costs.
Rising labor costs.
General inflationary pressures.
But to a large extent… new toy safety regulations passed in August by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
Lead:Scope: Materials and substrate of any children’s products.
Requirement: The limits on lead [...]

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Hey! I make my living selling baby dolls, so as far as I’m concerned it doesn’t get any better than this!
The ‘baby doll’ is being added to The Strong National Museum of Play’s “National Toy Hall of Fame!
From the press release:
Cradle it, feed it, take it for a stroll. The Baby Doll, with its newborn [...]

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Arguably the largest doll manufacturer in the world, Mattel is also feeling the pain of the current economic hard times.
The parent company of Barbie and Fisher-Price, American Girl Dolls, and a major stake holder in Corolle, is cutting staff. 1000 in a round announced 11/6, and then another 260 from it’s Intellivision video game division [...]

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Well the results are in! And The Cabbage Patch Doll auction went — Palin Beats Obama!
The Cabbage Patch Presidential and Vice-Presidential Doll Auction Results were:
Cabbage Patch Kids Vice President Candidate Sarah Palin Doll
Giving Works Item
100% of the proceeds go to Marine Toys for Tots
113 Bids Sold $19,000.00
Cabbage Patch Kids Presidential Candidate John McCain [...]

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