The Doll Blog

Hi Folks! Just back from the 2009 American International Toy Fair that was held in the Jacob Javitz convention center in NYC last week. It is my sincere pleasure to report that my friend Fanny Wong won the inventor/designer award at the fifth annual Wonder Women of Toys Awards, presented by Women In Toys and [...]

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Golliwog Dolls are based on the children’s books by Florence Kate Upton, the first book featuring a Golliwog was written in 1895. The popular black faced minstrel baby doll went on to appear in many more books and as an advertising character for the next hundred years. However, the ‘word’ golliwag, has come to be [...]

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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 [...]

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Two of the suppliers to our doll sites have announced plans to discontinue in their current form. Showstoppers, makers of fine porcelain dolls and gift dolls, (Here’s one of their dolls) sent us this email: After almost 30 years of enjoying the pleasure of bringing you some of the most exciting dolls available anywhere, we [...]

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We’re sorry to see KB Toys go… 460 stores closing after they sell as much as they can for Christmas. Second time for them in 4 years, this time it’s final. Ouch! At any rate, we thought that our readers would be interested in the following information: It’s from the list of the top forty [...]

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Times are tough, the American economy is taking a major ass-whupping… Us too – last year our average order was $40, this year it’s probably $20. But we sell a basic item in our online stores: ethnic baby dolls, and to a small niche. If you are Black, Hispanic or Asian, and live in the [...]

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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: [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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