Let’s cut right to the chase. The first and only African American Ty Girlz © are named Sasha and Malia. Ty Inc. spokeswoman Tania Lundeen says the dolls aren’t based on the Obama daughters. She says Sasha and Malia were chosen because “they are beautiful names.” Really? Check out the Social Security Administration list of [...]
Entries from January 2009
A most remarkable coincidence: The Sasha and Malia Dolls
January 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Collectible Dolls · Doll History · Dolls
The Doll That Saved Our Business
January 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments
As promised, the story of how a doll saved our business. Back in 2002, the dot.com crash had hurt our ability to give as generously to charity as we liked, and we were looking for a new ‘stream of income’ from which to rebuild our charity gifting. So Addie and I started our first eCommerce [...]
Tags: Art Dolls · Doll History · Dolls · Fashion Dolls
The End of Handmade Dolls?
January 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Hi friends; I have a pretty serious request for all my readers today. I am going to ask, no BEG! – you all to go to this link and sign this petition. The US government, in it’s attempts to increase toy safety, ( a good thing ) has written rules that require testing of all [...]
Tags: Art Dolls · Doll Industry · Doll Safety · The Economy