The Doll Blog

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 stores, [...]

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I’ve commented before on the Barbie vs. Bratz case, and followed it with interest, but even I was surprised with the severity of the final judgement:
MGA must immediately stop making Bratz dolls
MGA must pull all Bratz Dolls off the shelves and out of the stores.
MGA must pay the retailers for the unsold dolls AND pay [...]

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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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Like everyone else in the Doll Industry, I am fascinated by the Mattel vs Bratz Doll case. Now I’m not a lawyer, and I didn’t sit in the courtroom, so I’m going to explain it as I understand it…
It seems doll designer Carter Bryant worked for Mattel. His job was to design dolls. He [...]

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I really do know the reasons why baby dolls get retired, but as a doll e-tailer, it is a little inconvenient.
The first imported dolls in colonial America were the Fashion Dolls. The European dress makers dressed dolls in the latest fashions and sent them to America. The wealthier Americans studied the new designs and then [...]

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