April 2009 Pullip: Clarity

The April Pullip releases are officially out. Say hello to Clarity. This one could quite possibly be my favorite Pullip doll yet. I LOVE her. There is something about her sophisticated style, and her amazing eyes that is just stunning. She has the new type 4 body type as well. Which I would love to see up close, I love all of the articulation that she is capable of. She actually looks like she could be Lizbel's mother... they are both sporting cowboy boots. Hmmm. You never know.

Pullip Lizbel

Ok so how sweet is this little Pullip!? I would so wear this outfit! She looks so sad though.

Barbie Turns 50!

Well it looks like Barbie is offically in her 50's. She made her first offical debut almost 50 years ago at the New York Toy Fair. I wonder what Mattel will have in store for her at this years show? Our beloved Barbie has taken on more forms than you can imagine over the course of the last 50 years, held over 110 careers, including president. On average 3 Barbies are sold per second!!! Go Barbie!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/shopping_blog/2009/01/at-age-50-barbi.html

Ginny. The All American Sweetheart

I was recently inspired to write a piece about one of the fashion dolls that helped to create the fashion doll industry that we all know and love today, Ginny!

As most of you may know, Ginny dolls were a hard plastic doll that came about in the late 1940’s. The story of Ginny began with a woman named Jennie H. Graves who brought her dolls to life in Somerville, MA in 1948. One of the novel things about Ginny was that this was the first time that doll fashions were sold separately from the actual doll. Mrs. Graves designed all of the fashions, which I might add are all incredibly adorable and detail oriented. In addition, perhaps one of the best things about the vintage Ginny dolls is that they were made in the USA.

A part of the story I find particularly interesting was that Ruth Handler of Mattel had actually begun negotiations with Mrs. Graves to buy Vogue Dolls and Ginny. However, negotiations were unsuccessful. If Ms. Handler and Mrs. Graves had been able to come to a compromise doll history as we know it may have been changed, and Barbie may never have existed.

http://www.voguedolls.com/

MGA Gets Breathing Room in the Bratz Case

http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6625884.html?rssid=78

The latest and greatest in the Mattel vs MGA saga.

TD Monthly Covers Beverly Hills Puppy Club!

https://www.toydirectory.com/monthly/newtoys/newtoys_results.asp?pro_month_diff=7&pro_year_diff=2008&formType=advanced&age=0&category=57&price=0&gender=0&Submit2=Search&onlyvideos=0&page=1

It looks like we're not the only ones that love these little fashionistas!!