*DOLLS* *DOLLS* *DOLLS*

Did somebody say DOLLS?

They're action figures, mom!!!

Leggy had an eating disorder...

My kind of thread!

You’re not supposed to take them with liquor, Neely.

Haute couture with strings...

We get it Candy Spelling, you miss your doll collection, move on already. If you had a fraction of caring about your children that you did about those damn dolls your family like would be exceptionally better.

Sounds like you could use a doll, r7. Here, you can have this one. It's always been my least favorite.

One of my favorite Criminal Minds episodes...

Creepy dolls are great for Halloween.

What thread were we posting those "haunted" doll listings where the woman wrote those bizarre back stories of the dead people haunting the dolls?

Found her! She's Nancyshaunteddolls on Etsy. This one is *Haunted Sheena The 1950's Haunted Antique Doll*

*

Sheena is a lively perky spirit that dates back to 1920’s. Sheena worked as a show girl and she also did a few cigarette ads for a popular magazine Co. She was admired by many men and hated by many women. Sheena’s body was found strangled to death in a dark alley in NYC. She was only 27. Her spirit is very much alive and active. She loves to sing and she enjoys listening to any kind of music. Sheena is a bubbly party girl that loves a glass of sweet red wine as an offering and chocolates. Her eyes are creepy and she has a tendency to wink. No need to fear her, she’s totally harmless.

Candy really loved her dolls, unlike her children she could have complete control over them.

I'm guessing Julie Newmar was the tallest of the fashion dolls...

I remember that thread, r11! Here is a link to it.

can make more on bjd boys for young fraus and elder gays alike.

and not to leave the elder fraus out...

Creepy laughing doll. Bonus: Pamelyn Ferdin!

Hi, I'm Brikette. Vogue doll and actress. I have a casting couch tale involving Rod Serling.

Oh great...

*Kisses doll

Kissy

R18- You win. That thing is the creepiest doll EVERY.

My response would be to pour gasoline on it and light it on fire.

OMG

This is the GAYEST datalounge thread EVER.

I do try, r24.

EVER not EVERY

I had a GI Joe doll when I was a kid. As I get older I got hornier. One day I performed a FULL CAVITY strip search on my GI Joe doll and got a RAGING boner.

Let's get baking!

i love all my reborn dolls

Dolls through the ages, my personal favorite is the bisque doll with the bird in her hair at 17:33, so charming!

Berluti designer, Kris Van Assche, for Ken's 60th birthday a couple weeks ago.

One Christmas Day morning she was under the tree for me.

R32- That's Eve Plumb as the little girl

No wonder she seemed familiar, r33, but I was too lazy to place it!

Look up Amazing Alison.

I have a fondness for boudoir dolls from the 1920s. Sometimes you see them on beds in old movies.

I don't understand this thread, I won't post in it.

Barbie was a rip off taken from a German doll, Bild Lili.

Well, r23, see r19. There's creepy and there's...

I was going to put this in the Julie Andrews thread, but this thread is more fitting.

And Carol...

Here's Alison!

r36 "Oh Sylvie. I can't stop thinking about Tony. Wondering where he could be, who he is with, what is he thinking, is he thinking of me and whether he'll ever return some day?"

- Overheard at Hotel La Rut

One of the best Youtube channels.

Has Madame Alexander's Melania doll hit the market yet?

I do love bride dolls. Dennis Rodman was elegance personified.

Not nearly as elegant as the Marla Gibbs doll, r46....

R44, I'm sure Ms. Hoffman is a very nice person, but, I find the worship for her on Facebook very over the top. She runs a doll shop owned by her parents, she hasn't discovered a cure for cancer.

R48, you thought I was serious? You must be new here.

I watched one of her videos with Robert Tonner. I liked seeing his storeroom, but she annoyed me in a Home Shopping Network sort of way. I love the videos from Vintage Doll Collector in the original post. She's very soothing and I love and miss hearing that accent from my New England days.

[quote]I was going to put this in the Julie Andrews thread, but this thread is more fitting.

The Marla Gibbs doll at R47 seems to have stolen Holly Hobbie's dress.

I caught the Mego doll collecting bug a few years ago. I scoured eBay until I had Cher and all her outfits, which also fit Farrah and Diana Ross. The odd thing was, once I accumulated all the clothes and dolls, the thrill was gone. I kept them all, of course, but never tak ed them out of storage anymore. The curse of a collector/hoarder!

Dolls, puppets, marionettes all give me the creeping horrors. My sister had a lot of dolls and I used to have nightmares about them.

Here is the video for All My Rage by Laura Marling. I love this song - the video makes me want to run screaming like Sarah Paulson in AHS Cult.

Chinese Dolly

Did someone say "Dolls?" Dolls...I've had a few in my time.

She's no Candy Fashion!

Tasteful friends, check out this woman's house.

R56, I am convinced that Theriaults has friends in Washington. Not only have they had a lawsuit with Candy Spelling, but Ann Rice and Rosie O'Donnell have gone head to head with them. Allegedly, the FBI stopped an auction because there were stolen dolls among the lots and Theriaults tolf the FBI to FUCK OFF... and got away with it.

Colleen's dollhouse

Nancy Ann Storybook doll...EASTER PARADE #412

A weird vintage video about dolls and toy commercials.

The Judy Easter Parade doll...

Last night on Rizzoli & Isles...

^

Who didn't have one of these as a little girl?

The Lonely Doll

Who can forget, if you're an elder, Poor Pitiful Pearl.

I wanted one when they came out. When I think back to that I feel sorry for myself relating to such a doll. I was pretty poor and pitiful myself.

At least she had a name, r68...

I used to keep a collection of those heinous-looking bog roll dolls in one of the pleb crappers at Clarence House. That is, until Margaret managed to set fire to the lot after attempting to light a Sobranie Black Russian from a dangling light fixture. I didn’t mind about the dolls, but did rather begrudge the blaze claiming my 1995 Viz calendar.

I just bought one of these Continental Trailways hostess dolls. It was always my dream to be a Continental Trailways hostess. Well, I suppose that was the dream of so many of us.

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Doll?

R72, First, there isn't an "it". In the prologue, which tends to be cut for TV, there is a shot of numerous "Baby Jane Hudson" dolls. Since more than one was made, it is curious that none are known to exist.

There was a promo when the film first came out where they gave away a "Baby Jane" doll. These were *not* the movie props. These were the cheap, supermarket-type walker dolls that had been redressed as "Baby Jane". However, I know of none of these in existence either. It is puzzling that neither of the two types Baby Jane dolls seem to have survived.

I know, r73. They aren't quite the ruby slippers, but you'd think as rabid as doll collectors are, someone would have searched for the answer by now. The body/hands look like Patti Playpal's but the head looks almost mannequin-like. And yes, those give-away dolls really were on the cheap side, weren't they?

R74. Even in the case of Scarlett's gowns, people can at least point out where they were remade for one movie or another. It is not as if anyone has said, "That was originally the doll from What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"

bump

I want a Miss Twist...

I'll pass, thank you...

Everybody's grandmother had one of these.

Unless your grandmother was a Jane Withers fan, r79.

I have one of these, a Holland America Line Cruise Ship promotional doll.

Very jaunty, r81. I'd love to have a WAAC doll.

I want a fembot doll!

Realistic repainted dolls. He even made a Kate Jackson doll!

The real Annabelle.

In what universe would Barbie play Little Red Riding Hood and let Midge play Cinderella?

The Doll Dance

A dancing doll...

The gayest doll of all. The Gene Marshall doll!

I beg to differ, r89...

𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙚 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡

R91 No, just no! No one needs to see or hear that, especially We/Us collectors. It's not cute, just really stupid and obnoxious.

Fine, r92, we'll stick with this. Just follow the bouncing ball...

Did/does anyone here own this nightmare fuel?

Dusty was so..so...sporty, r94!

Kenner also brought us cover girl Darcie. I don't remember Barbie getting a disco...

I believe Carol Brent's profession was...starlet.

All Barbie...

Now who wouldn't love an Angela Cartwright doll?

What was so funny about the original Barbie and Midge dolls, they were supposed to be teenagers! They both looked about 30!

There was nothing 'teenage' about Barbie or Midge. If Barbie and Midge were teens, WTF was Barbie's sister Skipper? She wasn't a child, Skipper was a teen, not Barbie.

Miss Barbie....their one attempt at open/close eyes. I call her Alien Barbie.

[quote]Miss Barbie....their one attempt at open/close eyes. I call her Alien Barbie.

My sister has that weird Barbie, she collects vintage Barbies and saved some from her childhood. That Barbie is so ugly and she's bald. She came with several wigs.

You weren't supposed to leave the wigs on her head. To accommodate the sleep eyes, her head was made of hard plastic. In time the wig would cause the head to get melt marks. Barbie's singing career didn't seem to move beyond this...

My favorite Barbie clone, Miss Suzette by Uneeda. Barbie is quite insipid, you just know Miss Suzette performed her own abortions, and gave the football team the clap & laughed about it.

She does have the best clone face, r104. I call her the Katrina Lenk doll.

To be serious, the old Barbies were made extremely well, they are still around how many years later. The Barbie clones have likely melted or the plastic has cracked.

The original Barbie clothing, which was made in Japan, was excellent and extremely well made. One of my late aunts was a seamstress, she worked for major fashion designers. My aunt always marveled at how well the old Barbie outfits were made. The outfits weren't cheap either. My aunt was the person who told my sister to take very good care of her Barbie collection, that the dolls. clothing and accessories would be valuable down the line.

Here's a complete original Skipper outfit from the 1960s. It's up at eBay, for $300! The cost in the 1960s, would have been at least $5.

Willa Kim designed for Barbie early in her career. I believe her peers at the time looked a bit down on it.

Tuesday Taylor is one of the prettiest dolls I've seen. I hope I can add her to my collection someday.

I also agree with r100; there's no way Barbie is a teenager.

Think bigger, r108...

I want a Tammy Studio!

R109, Tiffany Taylor is beautiful, too, but I only collect 1/6 scale dolls and action figures.

What makes a doll an action figure?

My sister also had the rare Tressy Penthouse. For some reason she gave that away. My father spent hours putting the 'penthouse' and all the furniture together. The penthouse was made entirely of heavy cardboard.

I found some photos online. Groovy!

What did Tressy do for a living that she was able to afford such hoity-toity digs?

I was never fond of Tressy. Her face just lacked personality.

The history of Tressy.

There doesn't appear to be any info on Tressy's career, except that she was a 'fashion' doll with adjustable hair.

"Tressy is an American fashion doll with a feature to adjust the length of its hair. Tressy was first produced by American Character Doll Company in the 1960s and later by Ideal Toy Company in the 1970s. The doll was invented and patented by modern furniture designer Jesse Dean and his wife, Diana."

Poor Tressy. Barbie had SO many friends and all Tressy had was...Mary Make-up.

American Girl Doll has a new friend on the block! Meet Karen!

Mugshot Barbie

Arnold.

[...]

Culture-appropriating Barbie...

Arabian Nights Barbie & Ken, circa mid-1960s. These outfits were sold separately.

Mattel had amazing detailed costumes depicted traditional dress for specific countries.

Arabian Nights Barbie & Ken, release date: 2001. This was sold as a Limited Edition set.

Horseman's 25" Jackie...

There are dolls for every type of doll collector.

The Kennedys!

Not dolls, but more action figures. The SUPER RARE Colorforms Outer Space men, produced during the late 1960s.

These were produced in limited quantities, which explains their super rare hard-to-find status.

Still on card collections go for thousands on eBay. I've seen just one figure selling for over $800! People are nuts.

They're no Campus Cuties...

German bisque doll from my collection, circa 1860's-1880's.

R129, I know who you are now ;)

I recently started collecting Jills and Jans.

Topper Go-Go dolls. Groovy Baby!

Please don't make me start another collection, r132.

With the Zanfield Dolly Girls!

Vintage doll doctor on call

The Rizzoli and Isles doll episode just started:

Jane and Maura spring into action when young female professionals are murdered and found dressed as dolls. Elsewhere, Angela serves up new ideas for the café; and Jane makes discoveries about...

Whatever happened to...the dolls???

[quote]R48 She runs a doll shop owned by her parents, she hasn't discovered a cure for cancer.

You don’t know that. She very well MIGHT HAVE, and just hasn’t told anyone!

Rachel is doing well for herself. She has turned the dolls shop (for which she pays a ton of taxes and pays the salaries of several employees) into a very successful Virtual Doll® empire. She is a licensed appraiser and a motivational speaker. One might not like her product, but she has turned the dolls, COVID lock down, and social media into a very successful business.

R139 = Rachel Hoffman.

R140, nope and I have not told her about this thread.

Well, has she at least found the cure for Marybel?

What little girl wouldn't just simply *adore* a Mamie Eisenhower doll?

Mark Ryder's weird doll diorama

No discussion about dolls is complete without cock ring wearing Ken.

My mother worked for Vogue Doll. They made the "ginny" dolls. She had a commemorative doll of Queen Elizabeth II for her coronation. It was really nice, the clothing and jewelry, orb and scepter, etc. She sold it to help finance my college ed.

I prefer Jill and Jan, r146.

Cute! My mom attached and cut the hair on the dolls, so that's cool for me to see. That era was before I was born, she worked there when she was in her early 20s, and I wasn't born until my mom was in her 30s. But she talked about that job, and some of her friends were from working there.

This vogue doll looks like a whore.

Meet Gay Bob. He has a penis!

^^ looks like a serial killer who stalked high heeled Jill from r149

Doll Aria by Natalie Dessay, Orange 2000 - English subs

I’m a collector and focus mostly on various 1960s lines as well as a few current ones. It’s the search that’s the most fun for me. The doll world is a fascinating community and it reflects the best and worst of society. On one hand it’s filled with wonderful and creative people who share a common interest. I’ve made friends from all over the world and have seen extreme generosity. Many collecting groups are connected with charities. Believe me, there’s a bond when you find ‘your people’ especially since it’s something often stigmatised. On the other hand, it’s filled with cut throats, cliques, doll politics, fraud and drama. People do really horrible stuff like recently someone absconded with the majority of a friend’s valuable doll collection after the friend died. A doll collector can live in a dumpy and unassuming house but have $100,000 or more worth of collectibles in one room, and many will readily show photos of their hoards online and it’s staggers. Some have so much stuff they have to put it in storage units. It’s also an amalgamation of gay men and conservative women as the largest segments who somehow existing together...well, there’s occasionally flare ups.

Btw, the vintage doll market is really booming currently due to the Covid related collecting craze. If you have doll stuff stored away and forgotten, it’s a good time to sell. It’s super competitive to buy, and there have been some insane prices lately even on marginal stuff.

R153, are you going to the UFDC convention?

R153 which current lines are you collecting? Fashion Royalty?

R154, R155 I’ve not been to UFDC but it’s cool they’re having an in person convention this year in Baltimore. I collect some Vogue, so I imagine it would be great for that. I’m signed up for the virtual NBDCC though, so I’m glad they’re doing something. Yes, I collect Integrity Toys/Fashion Royalty, but is been so difficult to buy anything this year as the interest has really increased. I did manage to snag a couple E59th dolls. I tried to get intotheir virtual convention, but no luck in their lottery or first come options. Sold out in a couple minutes! Oh well, c’est la vie.

R153, the UFDC convention is more than Vogue. There is a modern doll club in NJ (Metro Dolls) that does a luncheon every year, usually Robert Tonner dolls. And, of course, Barbie's Best Friend will be there, but you probably see him at the NBDCC. There is also a small, but devoted group of Sybarite collectors.

R157, UFDC sounds terrific with such a variety of eras and lines. Sybarite dolls are so lovely! One of my doll friends is big into collecting them, and I live vicariously through him.

Dolly Darlings by Hasbro.

There was even a boy Dolly Darling.

I picture Lisa Littlechap ending up as a rum & Diet Rite swilling divorcee.

Next door to Canter's Deli...

But when you spank Tickles...

What about William's Doll?

My Little Step Children

Atomic Frau Deathmatch 4:33

Babs gets annoyed that O collects dolls too now.

Don't you remember when Barbra was so confused when she thought Rosie was going to gift her with a Liddle Kiddle?

I NEED DOLLS!!!!!!!!!!

R167 I do. I think Babs even showed her right profile for a second,looking for help.

On the above Oprah show, O "surprised" Babs with her Streisand Barbie.

Miss Streisand gave a well manicured finger to the Matell pr team,by pointing out everything wrong with the doll.

If I had been Rosie, r169, I'd a been all "Chill, Babs, I got ya a fuckin Bru!".

𝗗𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗦

Oh the humanity!!!

From an eBay listing...

Island of the Dolls

Chitty

I prefer to build my own

Personally, I prefer my puppets armed to the teeth and ready to shed doll blood in the name of some obscure magical Ancient Oriental honour code.

I love my Liddle Kiddles doll jewelry, and I am not ashamed!

Nor should you be,178.

Excellent documentary about men who live with real dolls.

*kisses doll*

“The houses are washable… and sturdy, too!”

I don’t know if I like that, somehow.

What’s going on in these doll houses??

G&D

Wow, wearing all the R179 necklaces at ONCE would be [italic]quite [/italic]the statement!

r184 - "The point of jewelry isn't to make a woman look rich but to adorn her; not the same thing,"

Dolly dolly!

Razzberries!

Last night I watched CSI:NY, season 2 - episode 9:

*

City of the Dolls

New release from Madame Alexander: 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣

This doll can get together with the Gay Bob doll, or whatever his name was, the doll which was anatomically correct.

Here's Gay Bob in all his glory.

Happy Halloween!

Always remember...

The girl in the OP clip is Susan Gordon daughter of film director. She went on to appear in m at tv shows, including a Twilight Zone where she plays the “crippled” (as they said in those days) niece of an abusive Nancy Kulp. The girl befriends J Pat O’Malley, an old duffer who turns out to be a king on another planet. He returns to his planet with Susan. He’s actually a young man and she will “grow up to be queen one day,” which was kind of creepy.

Also appearing in that episode was Paul Tripp, known to NY baby boomers as the host of Birthday House, a tv show where kids celebrated their birthdays. Tripp was also creepy. He worked with his wife but always managed to be around children, which seemed really pedo, even at the time.

Susan was in a bunch of tv shows and some other crap movies her father produced, like the famously named Picture Mommy Dead, featuring another show biz oddity, Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Susan later became more orthodox and moved to Teaneck NJ where she died of cancer at age 62.

Here is children’s tv host and creepy actor Paul Tripp. What say you, DL? Pedo, or not pedo?

Dolls, r194/r195...

Sing out Marcie!

I find this doll rather...Sketchy.

Christmas '63

Anybody remember this case?

I do, r200. Such PVC intrigue!

[quote]Did/does anyone here own this nightmare fuel?

Dusty looks like a Tan Mom doll.

The dolls kidnapped in the 1992 Great Barbie Heist linked above were rescued and returned to their grateful father.

My name is Talking Tina. Why am I not on this thread yet?

You better be nice to me

r204, see r39.

I once had a 3 way in the workshop of a puppet theater

Does anyone have any doll world gossip? Gays are everywhere from the designers to the collectors. I have a friend who has attended many annual Barbie conventions, and he’s told me can they get really sordid with private little late night parties. Who knew!

The gossip in the general doll world is pretty much nil. The biggest bit is that an officer in the United Federation of Doll Clubs had an arrest for creating cyber child porn (over ten years ago.). At the time creating cyber porn was not illegal; so, it was only a misdemeanor. He is a level 1 sex offender, which is the lowest level, but sounds as if it is the highest. The big issue is that the organization knew, but allowed him to run for office and participate in events, including a slumber party for junior members. In the end, it is "straight people problems" and not gay gossip.

Most of the dolly drama involves business practices, not sex. There are several doll dealers who got their start by being hairdressers or senior care and conned old ladies out of their valuable dolls. One or two who always have the most impossible antique dolls (made yesterday).

If you saw the average Barbie Collector, you would be a lot less interested in what goes on after hours. Your local, straight, bowling league is probably more attractive.

@R208, true, there are some cut throat people in the doll world ready to swoop in like vultures. I’ve seen so much shady stuff even from ‘reputable’ dealers and collectors. People develop cliques of defenders and try to justify their practices, so sometimes it becomes like Alice in Wonderland. Gaslighting abounds. So many stories, like last year there was a major Barbie collector who passed away, and her ‘good friend’ took advantage of her grieving partner and walked away with most the her collection days after the dearth and started selling it online. I think the police had to get involved and some of the collection was returned to be sold on online auction by the widower… but all the most valuable stuff had ‘vanished. It’s nuts what people will do.

R209, Yes, death does bring out the worst.

[quote] an officer in the United Federation of Doll Clubs had an arrest for creating cyber child porn (over ten years ago.). At the time creating cyber porn was not illegal; so, it was only a misdemeanor. He is a level 1 sex offender, which is the lowest level, but sounds as if it is the highest. The big issue is that the organization knew, but allowed him to run for office and participate in events, including a slumber party for junior members.

Yikes. The police should have taken that way more seriously.

Hopefully, all those creeps are on a watchlist.

R211, the police could not do anything because it was not illegal at the time. Our laws are notoriously behind the times when it comes to developments in technology. The child porn he created did not involve actual children. It was completely computer generated. This is why it could only be a misdemeanor. He is on a list, but I believe he drops off in a year or two. Contrary to popular belief, Megan's law is not uniformly retroactive. Indeed, some stated forbid Megan's Law to be applied retroactively.

Some historic gossip.

Rose O'neill, the creator of the Kewpie, was a lesbian and the Rose in the song "Rose of Washington Square.

Johnny Gruelle, the creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy, was an alcoholic who drank himself to death. His publisher, P.F. Volland, was murdered by the wife of a disgruntled author. JG apparently pissed off the publisher after Volland so much that he would not allow any licensing of Raggedy Ann other than Volland printed materials.

Violet Gradwohl, the creator of the Terri Lee doll, was an arsonist and possibly a murderer.

Bermard Ravca (doll artist) was a wife beater.

For years, the Lenci company was owned by Fascists. The company was taken from the original owners in the 1930s and never restored.

The only Gay gossip that I can think of at the moment is that Stephen D. Hassenfeld who brought HASBRO back was gay and died of AIDS.

[quote]Violet Gradwohl, the creator of the Terri Lee doll, was an arsonist and possibly a murderer

I can believe it, r212. Terri Lee looks...special.

Les Poupees de Paris--1965 World's Fair

First Barbie I ever owned. I was in love with that thing. My sister got Peaches and Cream Barbie but I felt mine was more elegant

And Barrie Youngfellow as Jan...

If you thought Chucky was scary... Meet JILL!!!

Cute...

r215 Are you a Barbie collector?

My first barbie was a jewel girl barbie (I'm a mid 90s kid)

Model Doll

Remember "Dawn" dolls? I liked them. They were smaller than Barbie dolls and very pretty. I guess they would be; they were supposed to be "models." The main doll was called Dawn; she had a gorgeous mane of long golden blonde hair. The others had names, too; the only one I can remember is Angie, who was a redhead. I think there were male dolls, doo. Anyway, the Dawn dolls had all kinds of groovy clothes and great accessories. The only troublesome thing about Dawn dolls was that they were made of something that caused their knees to turn blue with age.

And remember "Blythe" dolls? They were dolls that were the epitome of anorexia; a doll with a body like a stick and a huge head. You pulled a string in her back and her eyes would change color, from blue to green to brown, etc. In Bust magazine there was an article about doll collecting; seems Blythe dolls were very collectible.

A nice Blythe can go for $1,000.00, r222. Over double that for a still in box.

[quote]They were dolls that were the epitome of anorexia

That would be a Leggy, r222

I wonder why the dolls at R221 didn't become a thing unless they were really expensive. Barbie was a ripoff of a German doll called Lilly only more "wholesome".

From a Tasteful Friends thread...

^

Demi Moore collected dolls. Antique dolls are VERY creepy. She has approximately 2,000; they're ensured at the cost of $2 million, according to Radar Online. I heard she also has dollhouses for them, which are also quite costly. What a mindless extravagance.

R228, I am not sure if the comment about antique dolls was meant as an aside, but Demi Moore primarily collected modern artist dolls. As far as I know, they have been rotting in a storage unit somewhere for decades.

[quote] , I am not sure if the comment about antique dolls was meant as an aside, but Demi Moore primarily collected modern artist dolls.

I heard somewhere that her dolls were antique ones. At any rate, modern artisan dolls are also expensive as hell. Some of them are gross to look at but some are quite beautiful. And they can run you upwards of $5000 for a single doll.

Anyone frightened by an inanimate object must be "special".

R228, are you a mongoloid?

Betty II

Packing dolls...

r20 Lord, even the teenage dolls looked like they were all over 40 back then

[quote]You’re not supposed to take them with liquor, Neely.

They work faster!

Well, r34, they led active lives.

^r234

reply 229 You’re right about the modern artist dolls DM collected. Something like this one

This is by German doll artist Annette Himstedt

Demi

^^ r229 ^^

Which of you DL’ers were in Chicago the other week for the National Barbie Doll Collector Convention? Any tea to spill? So many strong feelings about the main convention doll. It was too edgy for many elder collectors.

Do GLAMOROUS living dolls count? The former living Ken Doll has now transitioned into The Living Barbie Doll?

There, i did my nice deed for the day I feel WOKE

Omg

The thread is *DOLLS* *DOLLS* *DOLLS*, r242, so...whatever.

If you're in Montreal...

Man Loves His Doll More Than His Wife

Karen...the Answer Doll

I wonder what doll this was meant for...

Doll Houses '56

When I was in HS I worked for a doll company that afforded me the opportunity to go to Toy Fair a few times. It was beyond hysterical as Richard Simmons was there just hanging out, and Marie Osmond had a booth too. The place I worked for was the least normal after school job I could have hoped to find.

Real life doll

R241 what was so controversial about the winning doll?

Convention-goer collectors seem harmless and sweet nerds for the most part. Well, the younger women do, anyway. Youtuber Azusa has the most incredible Barbie-themed bed(?)room in her house, it must be seen to be believed. She also has Barbie brand luggage, phone accessories & shoes. That's commitment.

Certain Aldis in the UK have sale-price name-brand Barbies in for Xmas, in case anyone needs or wants to go bargain hunting. They'll pop up at random and you don't know which exact dolls you're gonna get, though.

R223 the Blythe dolls would have gone down a storm with the Emo kids of the 2000s.

That's precisely the creepy-cute, thin, bobble-headed and empty-eyed Burtonesque Urchin aesthetic they loved.

Her eyes also changed color by using the pill-string, r254.

I like Alaska Thunderfuck’s Lil’ Miss Poundcake.

Do I have to do your visual aid for you, r256?

Mrs. Molloy's Millinery Shop

A Greer Lankton creation...

Wishing everybody a Turkey Lurkey Christmas!

Lilli

'54

So, the contemporary Ken appears to still have a mere...protuberance.

Why don’t the MRA types ever protest that Barbie’s boobs were made huge while Ken was robbed of a penis?

I wonder if Ken's bump is addressed in the Barbie movie, r264.

Interesting blog. Scroll down to the Madame Alexander Jacqueline doll fuss...

I've always been fond of the 1920s Boudoir Dolls.

Some boudoir dolls smoked.

Kinky dolls.

Barbie did a release of the Karl Lagerfeld barbie. There were only 1000 made and I got lucky and ordered one,. I held on to it, even though it was going for a few thousand on ebay. When he died, hoo boy. I got 10 grand for it.

Good for you, r270.

[quote]R266 Interesting blog. Scroll down to the Madame Alexander Jacqueline doll fuss...

Jackie really was kind of an entitled cunt.

Madame Alexander should have told both Jackie and her hired gun Pierre Salinger to shove it.

Baby Lucy???

bjd boys

I've never quite understood the pricing, though.

It's a really odd market whether you get into selling or buying. It doesn't retain fixed rules.

I LOVE the Porcelain Doll collection from the Evinity commercial. Where can I but them !!!

They're really more figurines, r277. They'd be better if they were articulated.

Ken should have such a wardrobe.

It's the colour of winter scrotum...

Bernadette?

That movie reminds me of all the original Twilight Zone episodes featuring dolls.

R264 I can't believe this needs explaining to a grown adult, but: tits are a secondary physical-sexual characteristic, a cock is a primary physical-sexual characteristic. Barbie doesn't have puffy lab ia and an engorged cl it visible through her clothes, does she?

My eyes are up here, r293.

^

Stop pulling my fucking string, Ferdin!

Norma Shearer doll?

Here's one you all might like.

Also known as the Dumpy Doll.

Awww...

I'm the cankle devil...

fashion show

Peteena

French fashion dolls, from days of yore (long video).

I still have my Farrah Fawcett Barbie doll… I know I’m cool.

One of the contributors to this thread died last year, his doll collection will be auctioned off later this month.

You may keep the bracelet.....AND the doll.

I'm assuming you mean Farrah Fawcett doll not Farrah Fawcett Barbie doll, r305?

Thank you for that, r306. Do you know which posts are his? I wish I could get this...

TUSSY!!!

Who knew that Madame Alexander would immortalize me in doll form?

Die Puppe

It's too bad those super expensive talking dolls didn't really take off, think how advanced they'd have become by now.

This is the only talking doll I have...

Megan would be so scarily close to reality by now if those computerized talking dolls had taken off in the 90s.

Oh, that Barbie!

Ken so hot