The Doll Blog

First off, I want to apologize for the delay since my last postings, I hadn’t realized how time consuming blogging can be, and my first priority is our internet doll stores, and getting them ready for Christmas. (which for the last five years has started around Columbus Day) Once the holiday season starts, we’ve learned [...]

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What’s good for the industry, is good for the doll lover. And the news this week out of Internet Retailer Magazine was very good! Using 2007 reported numbers, Online Toy e-tailers grew about 15% compared to traditional Brick and Mortar Retailers at only 4.9% The biggest success story in dolls probably American Girl LLC at [...]

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Are you a true doll lover? So much so that your significant other is complaining about how much “money you waste on dolls?” Well here’s some good news for you: it’s only pennies! How do we know? Well first, The NPD Group Inc, released a report on the Global Toy Industry this week, and the [...]

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A doll collector recently visited our PattycakeDoll black collectible dolls page and then sent us this question: “What doll magazines or books would you recommend to a collector who collects African American Dolls?” “What a great question!”, I thought, and then realized, “I don’t have a good answer.” IMHO there are really only four magazines [...]

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OK, how important could the Presidential elections be to the ‘Doll’ industry, right? I can here the groans now… Peter Please! Well, depending on whose figures you use, Toys are a 20 Billion Dollars a year industry, with dolls about 2 to 3 Billion of that. And of course, 80% come from China. So throw [...]

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It has been a real interesting summer for those of us who sell dolls! Lots of changes, some good, some not so good, and some… who knows? Yesterday, August 26th, the jury came back with the damages award in the Bratz vs Barbie case. $100 million is the number being reported that Bratz owes Mattel. [...]

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