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Denise's Doll Collecting Blog April 2004 Archive

By Denise Van Patten, About.com Guide to Doll Collecting since 1999

Two Legends Combine To Make One Great Doll

Wednesday April 28, 2004
What do you get when you mix Little Orphan Annie, with Patsy, the iconic doll from the Effanbee Company? You get the new, just released Annie doll from Effanbee ... Read More

Realistic, Reborn Baby Dolls Are All The Rage

Tuesday April 27, 2004
The popularity of reborn baby dolls (baby dolls which are repainted and remade by artists to be as realistic as possible) has contributed to the great popularity of the realistic ... Read More

Mattel 1st Quarter Earnings Fall, Barbie Slumps

Tuesday April 20, 2004
Its been a hard year for Mattel and Barbie, with costs for producing and shipping Barbie dolls rising, toy outlets closing, and with the Barbie play line caught in the ... Read More

Enter the eBay "Crazy For Collecting" Contest

Tuesday April 20, 2004
EBay is holding a contest for registered members who love to collect. Five winners will receive trips to the eBay Live! conference in New Orleans this summer. Unfortunately, eBay does ... Read More

Mattel Hopes New Gear, New Looks, New Boyfriend Will Attract Girls to The Latest Barbie Dolls

Friday April 16, 2004
As many of you know, Mattel has tweaked their play Barbie dolls this year in hopes of attracting more girls (and slightly older girls) to Barbie in the new post-Bratz ... Read More

New, Tiny Madame Alexander Baby Dolls

Wednesday April 14, 2004
Madame Alexander is trying many new, fun things with their dolls this year. Three of their latest new dolls are small, reasonably priced baby dolls. The new "I ... Read More

The Latest About 2004 Barbie Dolls

Wednesday April 14, 2004
So many new Barbie dolls have shipped in the past few weeks that Barbie collectors have eagerly been running to their local doll shop and waiting patiently on their front ... Read More

Theriault's Announces Live, Online Bidding at Auctions

Tuesday April 6, 2004
Theriault's has just announced that all of their Marquis doll auctions will be presented live, on the Internet in real-time, through Proxibid. The partnership with Proxibid will allow collectors ... Read More

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