 The
end of "Pink Box" Barbie?: With this year's Barbie dolls
(and friends!) sporting new logos, could this be the end of the term
"pink box" Barbie? Also this year, Barbie has sported a
hipper look, logo and attitude--Barbie is more technological, more
career-oriented, and more of everything little girls are today.
After all, Barbie has her own computer terminal, is now a Generation Girl,
and there are great licensed products like the Barbie i-Zone camera (have
you seen these i-Zone cameras? They are GREAT for kids--my son just
got a regular one, and has been taking pictures everywhere. I will
surprise my jealous daughter with a Barbie i-Zone for Christmas!)
Read more about how Barbie and her friends and how they have been updated,
plus about new products like the Barbie i-Zone, in Barbie
Doll Marks a New Millennium.
New
Doll Links!: Congratulations to Dolls and Dreams (listed in Modern
Barbie: Customizers), Robyns Paper Doll Page and I Love Paper
Dolls (listed in Paper Dolls)
and Angela's UK Barbie (Listed in Modern
Barbie: Around the World) which join our family of over 1,200
linked doll sites! All sites added to the Subject libraries here at
About Dolls have been reviewed before inclusion and are selected from
hundreds of submitted sites each month. Keep current with
About Dolls Daily to find new sites, and to find out if YOUR site has been
listed!
Barbie
Sale!: At the Doll Gallery; includes the beautiful Arthur and
Guenivere set, and also Nolan Miller (which I have, and which is
gorgeous!) Visit the DOLLS FORUM for full information on the Doll
Gallery Sale.
Auction
site shake-out?!: Auctions.com
joins the list of defunct dot-coms and becomes one of the first victims in
the online auctions area to close its doors, effective August 31st.
The closing of this site also proves that the perfect, easiest to remember
URL isn't enough anymore. Will other sites follow? If
you could keep just ONE doll...Wouldn't that be a difficult
decision? ROMAMAY
has reprinted a delightful poem in the Dolls Forum that captures this
dilemma beautifully. Doll
Poem. Which doll would YOU pick--would it perhaps be that
expensive, very limited modern fashion doll you just bought, an
antique handed down through the years in your family, a childhood doll, or
that doll you saved for YEARS to buy? Tell
us in the Forum. Welcome
to Our New Feature! Welcome to the NEW news column on
Dolls here at Doll Collecting at About--About Dolls Daily™. So
much is happening in the world of Dolls, that the "Dolls This
Week" format simply couldn't keep up with it all! About Dolls
Daily™ will help keep you up to date on all the new dolls, events, doll
news, and hot gossip that simply didn't fit a weekly format. Dolls
Daily will be published several times a week, as news and events warrant
it. If YOU have a news item, a doll event, an upcoming convention, a
doll sale, a doll review, an event review, or a press release that you
would like to be featured in Dolls Daily, please e-mail it to your Guide
at collectdolls.guide@about.com!
Upcoming Doll Events
- 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. Four 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. Plus, a Discovery Day Auction!
- 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
Be a Roving Reporter!!
Become a Roving Reporter and write a report on a doll
event! 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. |
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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About Dolls Daily
Archive:
August
25, 2000:
Ask the Editor Chat; AA Prince Ken; Doll Reviews
August
25, 2000:
Auction-Site Shake-Out; Barbie in the New Millenium; New Links
2000 Doll
News Archive:
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
Barbie®20001 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
August
New Elle Dolls; Teri Lee
Repros; iDolls Sale; TRU joins Amazon
For all 1999 editions of "Dolls This Week" please go to
the 1999 Dolls This Week Archives. |
