Dolls This Week-- January 5, 2000
NEWS
NEW 16" MADAME ALEXANDER FASHION
DOLL
Madame Alexander is getting ready to unveil a new, 16"
fashion doll at toy fair in February! The company has been running a mysterious ad
with the new doll in silhouette in several of the current doll magazines. The doll
will have separate outfits available and will be along the lines of Gene, Sommers and
Field, and Tyler Wentworth. For more information on these fashion dolls which
are aimed at collectors, see Fashion Femme Fatales.
Also, Sommers and Field have been released; look for my review of these new fashion
dolls in the next week.
3rd TOP MATTEL EXECUTIVE LEAVES
MATTEL
In only 2 months, 3 top executives at Mattel have left
the company. The latest to leave is the Chief Financial Officer Harry Pearce.
Mattel also named Bermard Stolar, a former president of Sega of America to be president of
the interactive division which concentrates on children's software.
FANS VOTE YES FOR BEANIES IN SURPRISE
VOTE
Excuse my sarcasm, but surprise, surprise, beanies ARE
going to continue to be produced thanks to the vote by Beanies fans on the Ty web site.
Skeptics say that this was all a ploy to create more publicity for the toy, and I
would have to agree.
UPCOMING DOLL EVENTS
Theriault's Premier Marquis Auction Weekend
This is a NOT to be missed event for collectors of antique and vintage dolls. Have
an opportunity to see and purchase museum quality dolls and meet collectors from around
the world. Also, meet your Guide who will be attending the entire weekend!
January 7 to 9, 2000, Newport Beach, California. Five doll and teddy bear auctions are planned for the weekend, including cataloged auctions of all-bisque dolls and rare French dolls in Folkloric costume. Also a Marquis (catalogued) and a Discovery Day (uncatalogued) Auction. For more information, visit Theriaults.com
National UFDC Convention: Fin Du Millenaire: Chicago, July 16-21 2000. The National Convention; over 2000 doll collectors, amazing dolls sale room, modern and antique doll competition rooms, classes, seminars (I will be teaching a seminar and leading a Dynamic Doll Dialogue), meal events and much more! Go to www.ufdc.org for more information.
National Barbie Convention 2000: Barbie in the Old West. June 15 to 17 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Amazing sales room, doll competitions, banquet, classes and more; all things Barbie! For more information, visit the Official Convention Site
National Gene Convention 2000 will be held Oct. 20-23 at the Arlington Heights Hilton in Arlington Heights, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago). Registration is $325 and limited to 700. For more information, contact genecon99@aol.com
Fashion Doll San Diego 2000 San Diego, California August 12 to 14 2000 at the DoubleTree Hotel. Convention dolls are Daisy and Willow. For more information, http://members.aol.com/fashiondollsd or e-mal fashiondollsd@aol.com
For more events and shows, please see the Events Calendar
JUNE GOODWIN DOLL SCULPTING SEMINARS
Learn to sculpt amazing dolls in polymer clay! Classes taught
by NIADA doll artist June Goodwin
Chico, California May 26, 27 and 28 2000, at your Guide's Dollmaking Studio! For more information, contact Denise Van Patten at dollymker@aol.com.
Bradenton, Florida on March 3, 4 and 5, 2000! For more information, contact Michele Ginn at Micant2@aol.com.
Houston, Texas February 25 25 and 27. For more information For more information, please email B.Parker at lbjeparker@aol.com.
Montana SummerFEST 2000
Polymer clay classes and competition June 18 to 25 in Billings Montana. Go to
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/PromotionsUSA
l information and a list of classes.
DO YOU HAVE NEWS FOR DOLLS THIS WEEK?
Become a Roving Reporter and write a report on a doll even! Or, do you have a
doll event to promote, a new doll to announce, or an updated web site? Please e-mail
me at collectdolls.guide@about.com
and put "Newsletter" in the subject line--For events, please give me 7 to 10
days advance notice (at minimum!) in order to have your event appear on time. Some events
will also/alternatively appear in the Events Calendar.
For all 1999 editions of "Dolls This Week" please go to the 1999 Dolls This Week Archives.
