LINK UPDATES AND ADDITIONS:  Welcome to these new and updated sites listed in our various doll Subject pages! We have over 1,250 links to doll sites, in over 60 categories. 

--Carolyn's Rock N Roll Ginny Dolls:  15 new pages added!  In Fifties Dolls.

--Jan's Doll Boutique: Festive clothing for your 11 1/2" dolls!  In Modern Barbie:  Clothing 

--Just About Dolls:  Doll Club in Northern California.  In Organizations (do YOU have a doll club web site that you would like listed here?  Just drop me a line! 

--Show Me TV:  Videos on the web for topics such as doll wardrobes (from the Colemans!) and Fabric Care Tips from the Henry Ford Museum.  In Doll Community

--Fashion Mannequin:  Fashion Mannequins for your 11 1/2" dolls.  Listed in Modern Barbie:  Accessories

--Naajee's Black and Native American Dolls:  Fabulous dolls in cloth and clay.   In Ethnic Dolls

--Dee-Luxe Designs Doll Clothes:  Fabulous clothes for your antique dolls and reproductions.  In Antique Links.

--Emily Hart:  Antique Reproduction Dolls.  Listed in Studios and Antique Reproductions

--Originals By Elaine:  Molds for modern porcelain dolls; including adults, babies and miniatures.  In Dollmaking Supplies.

Look for many more new links coming soon!

TOY E-VOLUTION:  Get ready for toys and dolls that interact, react, build vocabularies, and, well, evolve!  Check out this interesting look at this revolution in dolls in toys in Pioneer Planet.  

ARTICLE FROM MODERN DOLL COLLECTORS CONVENTION:  Finally, my box of dolls has been delivered (a week and a day after shipping them!) Look for my article on the Modern Doll Collectors Convention by the end of this week!  Also, Mail Boxes Etc. and Fed Express Ground DID refund 1/2 of my shipping costs, which was an honorable thing to do.    

The Santa PANIC List:   Check out my week-by-week account of secondary market prices on eBay and other online retailers for toys and dolls that are popular and hard to find this holiday season.  So far, other than the Sony Playstation II, and some collector items like Madra in Black Widow, no real crises have developed in doll and toy supplies.  BUT...its early in the season!  The Santa Panic List.

COLLECTOR ADDS COLOR TO DOLL CRAFTS:  Check out this lovely article on a cloth doll maker from Detroit who specializes in African American Dolls, in The Detroit News. 

VISIT THE CHAT ROOM!:   Its open 24 hours a day, and its free!  Just invite your friends in any time, or stop by to see who's there!  http://collectdolls.about.com/mpchat.htm. 

November 10,2000:  Gene Fan Appreciation Weekend; Lovely in Lace; Random Gene Rumours; More!
November 5, 2000:  Modern Doll Collector's Convention News; Basil St. John doll; Special Gene "Moments To Remember"
October 30, 2000:  ABOUT.com and Doll Reader parent companies to merge; Barbie Challenger Pro and Con, more!
October 23, 2000:  Eve arrives; American Girl Holiday Catalog; Joan Nerini Antique Costuming Seminar
October 19, 2000:  Halloween Kellys; Sothebys.com leaves Amazon; Doll Costuming Magazine Premieres, more! 
October 13, 2000:  Middle-Aged Barbie; KB Holiday Toys; Vintage Barbie by Mail Auction, more!
October 6, 2000:  TRU Big Barbie Event; Robert Tonner Showcase; Holiday Toys; Sad Toy Story
October 3, 2000:  New doll books; Barbie Volkswagen Beetle, Chuck E. Cheese Doll; Barbie Hallmark Ornaments
September 28, 2000:  Mattel Buy-out rumours; Elle dolls; Barbie Fashion Models
September 25, 2000:  Ginny and Vintage Barbie Auctions; Online Toy Store Wars
September 22, 2000:  Daisy and Willow Line In Turmoil; Olympic Dolls; Lee Middleton Showcase
September 18, 2000:  Top Holiday Toys List; Barbie Markets to Moms; Black Widow Released
September 13, 2000:  New American Girl Kit; $15,000 Gene Package; Robert Best; eBay and Featured Items
September 11, 2000:  $8,000 Fashion Model Barbie Doll; Lee Middleton Dolls; eBay tackles fraud; Encore Gene shipping
September 8, 2000:  eToys; The World's Biggest Toy Store; Some Alexs' Sold Out; No AA Fashion Model Barbie
September 6, 2000:  Doe Barbie Manipulate Children; Venus and Serena dolls; Baby Boomer Toys; Robert Tonner 18" dolls 
September 1, 2000:  Modern Doll Convention; New Barbies; John F. Kennedy Doll; ViewMaster 
August 30, 2000:  Reproduction Dawn; Electronic Toy Shortage; Theriaults Upcoming Online Auctions; Paper Dolls
August 28, 2000:  Auction-Site Shake-Out; Barbie in the New Millennium; New Links
August 25, 2000:  Ask the Editor Chat; AA Prince Ken; Doll Reviews

• McMasters Barbie Auction: Catalogued two-day Barbie auction, November 17 and 18th in Cambridge, Ohio.  Just got the catalog--its showcasing some LOVELY in-box dolls!   McMasters 
• 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 
• Theriault Premier Marquis Auction Weekend:  January 5 to 7, 2001, at the Western Coast Plaza, Newport Beach, CA.  3 catalogued auctions PLUS a Disovery Day.  Stop by and say hello to your Guide--I'll be attending!
• Baton Rouge Doll Show:  February 10, 2001.  Ramada Inn and Convention Center, 1480 Nicholson Drive, from 9 am to 4 pm. Competitive and special exhibits, helpers, and door prizes. Proceeds to  benefit local charities such ads JC's Christmas programs for needy children and Easter and Thanksgiving programs for seniors and shut ins; and the UFDC. For additional information contact Pat Duncan pduncan@premier.net or George Orgeron at 504-386-4291 or orgeron@i-55.com.  Stop by and see your Guide; I'll have a table at this show!

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Do You Have Dolls For Sale Or Trade? Did you know that you can place FREE classified ads for your dolls for sale or trade (or, dolls wanted) in the Dolls Forum?  Dealers, collectors, everyone welcome; feel free to link to your eBay auctions as well!  Visit the Dolls Forum to find out how to place your ad; if you are not yet a member, click on GUEST, but you will need a free Forum ID to place your ad.

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