Have you ever wondered why people collect dolls? Sometimes, even doll collectors themselves cannot pinpoint the exact reason they started to collect dolls, or even the exact moment they became a doll collector. I've spoken with hundreds of collectors and visited countless homes of collectors, and from these encounters, I've put together some of the Top Reasons That People Collect Dolls.

One of my true passions in doll collecting is French Fashion Dolls. These dolls were the Barbie dolls of their day--they were miniature representations of ladies from the late 1800s era, and they had detailed and era-appropriate clothing, hats, shoes, and accessories of all types available for them. Find out more about French Fashion Dolls from the second-half of the 19th Century in my French Fashion Dolls.

On Facebook, a group of moms have joined forces to lobby Mattel to create a bald Barbie doll, which they feel could be a valuable role model for young girls suffering from hair loss due to cancer treatments and skin conditions. The page, "Beautiful and Bald Barbie! Let's see if we can get it made" has over 132,000 Facebook "likes" as of today. Mattel has issued a statement that basically says they are impressed for the passionate pleas for this doll, and that they take such requests seriously when exploring new Barbie dolls to create. There is also a "Bald G.I.Joe" Movement on Facebook, but this page has a little over 5,000 likes. G.I.Joe is made by Hasbro.

Sometimes the New Year starts, the Christmas presnts get packed away, and I get all nostalgic for Christmases and years gone past. This year is no exception...I started to think about all the fantastic dolls I received as gifts in the past, and the next thing you know it I've come up with a list of some of everyone's all-time Favorite 1960s Dolls. Is your favorite doll on the list?