New 16" Fashion Dolls by JAAKS Pacific: These new, relatively inexpensive dolls are the talk of 15-16" fashion doll collectors! They are priced relatively inexpensively (approximately $19 to $30) are available at stores like Target (a boon for fashion doll collectors in small towns) and can share some clothing with Gene and Tyler. Visit the JAAKS site for more information, or come to the Forum to see LOTS of photos, read some reviews and join the discussion: Elle Dolls Forum Discussion.

Knickerbocker Unveils Terri Lee Reproductions: Knickerbocker is planning 6 to 8 dressed Terri Lee Reproduction dolls, plus outfits available separately! Here are some photos of the dolls:

Online Vintage Barbie Auction NOW at Theriaults.com! Theriaults is running a wonderful vintage Barbie auction right now at their Avant auctions at www.theriaults.com This vintage Barbie auction has low starting bids, NO reserves AND lots of great mint in package and NRFB vintage items.

Over 1,700 Dolls On Sale at iDolls Now: Up to 25% off, includes some Madame Alexander dolls, Knickerbocker, Gotz, Corelle and Kingsgate. iDolls Summer Sale.

Dog Days Of Summer Contest: Its going on NOW! A month-long contest extravaganza held here at Doll Collecting at About.com as well as many of the other About Hobby sites, including Action Figures Book Collecting Collectibles Costumejewels Doll Collecting Mineral Collecting Toy Collecting and Pin Collecting!

Toys R Us to join Amazon.com for Revamped Online Toy Store: Toys R Us has decided to shutter its own online toy store and partner instead with Amazon.com the giant online retailer! Under the alliance announced Thursday, Toys R Us' Internet subsidiary, toysrus.com, will buy and manage inventory, which will be housed in Amazon.com's distribution centers around the country. Amazon.com will create and maintain the new Web site, handle transactions and fulfill orders. The co-branded toy store is expected to start some time this fall. When the co-branded Amazon.com store opens, the toysrus.com address will lead Web surfers to Amazon.com's toy store. This is just another move in the consolodation of the large online toy companies-- Rival sites KBKids.com, laid off 30 percent of its staff this year, and Walt Disney Co.-backed Toysmart.com closed its doors earlier this year. For more information visit Excite News. For a related story: Toy Pricing Glitch Upsets Consumers

Girl Scout Troop With Big Hearts: Every now and then you find a heartwarming news story concerning our favorite topic (dolls, of course!), and the following story is certainly one of these! All seven members of Girl Scout Troop 1557 recently were given the Colgate Youth of America award for community service. What they did to get this award was to collect 50 Barbie dolls. The girls gave the dolls makeovers, and donated them to Santa's Workshop, which in turn gave them to girls in need. The girls were in 5th grade, and were looking for a community project that would last through the year. They got people to donate the dolls, they got donated shoeboxes, and then they got to restyle the dolls! For more information on how successful this wonderful charity project was for these young people, visit Rocky Mountain News.com! .

Upcoming Doll Events

• Fashion Doll Convention 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
• Blue Ribbon HSN Event Planned: 8pm to midnight EST on Friday, September 22 will be the sixth annual Doll Collectors Blue Ribbon Event on HSN. The program will offer many dolls that have been nominated for the DOTY awards from Doll Reader magazine and also the Dolls Awards of Excellence from Dolls magazine.
• Theriault's Marquis Trilogy Weekend: September 23 and 24, Redwood City, California. Three auctions--a catalogued auction of antique dolls, a special vintage Ginny auction 'Hi, I'm Ginny" and a "Barbie Retro" catalogued Auction of vintage Barbie, Barbie family and related accessories.
• Timeless Treasures: The Story of Dolls in Canada is on display now through March 30, 2003 at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec. For more information on this huge (over 400 dolls) landmark exhibit, visit http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/cmceng/pr113aeng.html
• 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

2000 Past Editions of Dolls This Week:

January
Madame Alexander 16" Fashion Doll; Mattel Execs Leave *
Doll Costumer Guild Announces New Publication; *
Barbie PC; Barbie Auction *
February
Jill Barad Resigns From Mattel *
All The Toy Fair News! *
Toy Fair Recap; Toy Fair Toys are Technological *
March
New Theriault's Auctions; Dorothy Coleman Dies *
TRU Big Event, Virginia Graves Carlson Dies *
April
New Doll Books; New Barbie Releases in Stores *
Jill-Neimrow Nelson Resigns; Americana 2000 Projects; Fashion Doll Convention *
Barbie for President, Sign Language Barbie; Betty Spagetty and eBay Antique Dealers *
Special Online Doll Auctions; Pleasant Co. Toys For Boys, Cool Collecting Barbie*
May
Pleasant Company Founder Retires/Doll Discounts/Harley Ken HOT! *
Who's Brave Enough to Run Mattel/Hello Kitty Barbie/Barbies in stores now *
Toysmart OUT of Business; Where are Asian Barbies; NEW Mattel CEO *
June
Barbie20001 line info; Gene News; Sailor Moon NEW USA Dolls! *
eBay users dislike advertisements; GI Joe in a Dress; new 16" Fashion Dolls *
Barbie Bazaar, ITCA, Simply Gene Platinum, Barbie Convention
July
New Doll Costuming Magazine; Harry Potter Mania; Dollmakers Convention *
UFDC Sky-High Convention Dolls; Online Convention Clubs Voted In; NEW Fashion Dolls Magazine *
Paralymics Becky; Sotehby Barbie Auction; HSN Doll Event

For all 1999 editions of "Dolls This Week" please go to the 1999 Dolls This Week Archives.