The birth of Miss Barbie Millicent Roberts in March 1959 caused turmoil in the doll market. This teenage fashionista made manufacturers realize that their offerings were looking old-fashioned and out of step with the modern shopper. Not surprising then that Read more…
I‘ve always had a fascination with the underdogs of the doll world. Those dolls who are perhaps less fortunate in the looks department, the ugly stepsisters, the ones that unkind people might just call butt-ugly. I think beauty takes on Read more…
What a brilliant marketing strategy. Unfortunately it’s no longer current, but it did run successfully for a while in the UK. On a trip to the local grocery store with my mother, while still in kindergarten, I spotted a marvelous Read more…
What is it about dolls that makes otherwise sane adults devote so much time and energy to their collection? As a small boy, growing up in a British seaside town, my fairly-liberal parents allowed me to have a doll or Read more…