 SHORT
UPDATE: My apology for the briefness of this new About Dolls Daily,
but I am "sandwiched" between trips to LA and San Francisco this
week (when things settle down NEXT week, there will be LOTS of new
items--an article
on the WONDERFUL new American Girl doll Kit, and also an article on Black
Widow, the new Madra doll). PLUS, surprises and dolls to share (I
hope!) from the Theriault's auction weekend in San Francisco. Hope to
meet some of you there!
DAISY
AND WILLOW LINE IN TURMOIL: It was confirmed this week that the
designers of the Somers and Field dolls, aka Willow and Daisy are parting
ways with Knickerbocker. Although Knickerbocker will continue to
produce the dolls, Doug James and Laura Meisner will no longer design the
dolls and outfits. As a collector of this doll, I express how
disappointing this news is. As I write this, I cannot access the www.knickerbocker.com
site, so it is unknown if the Knickerbocker site will issue any formal
announcement of this news. The news of Doug and Laura leaving was
passed on to me by a dealer of the dolls.
iDOLLS
SALES!: iDolls is running some wonderful sales right now, including
60% off Phillip Heath dolls, and 25% off Millennium Tyler. Click
here to find more iDolls sales!
iDOLLS
LEE MIDDLETON SHOWCASE: Starting today, iDolls is featuring Lee
Middleton Dolls in their special Showcase Celebration, through October
2. The celebration includes 10%
off all Lee Middleton Dolls,
Live chats with Reva
Schick, Mavis Snyder and Sherry Housley, Original Articles, Lee Middleton
Doll Give-Aways, an Exclusive Preview of a new fall doll AND donations
to Newborns In Need for each new iDolls.com Frequent Buyer Club
member. If you love Lee Middleton Dolls, don't miss it! www.idolls.com
NICK
HILL CHAT THIS TUESDAY!: Don't miss it! This Tuesday, September
26th, at 9pm eastern, Nick Hill, vinyl doll expert and author of "The
Definitive Book On The Care And Preservation of Vinyl Dolls" will be
our special Guest in the chat room! he editor of Doll World Magazine, will return
for the second in her series of popular "Ask The Editor"
chats! Ask Vicki anything you like regarding Doll World, doll
collecting and dolls! That's 9pm eastern, 8pm central, 7pm mountain,
and 6pm pacific. Questions and answers will last for approximately
one hour, with general chat thereafter. And, there will be DOOR
PRIZES! The chat room is ALWAYS open, and can be reached
at http://collectdolls.about.com/mpchat.htm.
OLYMPIC
DOLLS AND BEARS: You can buy Olympic Barbie® dolls and Olympic beanie
babies (not Ty) online at the NBC
Olympic Store. Be forewarned that the site can be busy,
and I TRIED to buy my children Olympic swimming and gymnastics bears but
could not get the check-out page to check-out.
 Mystery
Guide Of The Day: Did you know that we have over 700 Guides at
About, all bringing you the best on their topic? Click on the
picture of the Guide to find out who this Guide is and to visit her
site--HINT: Your KIDS will love this site, too! site, too!!
About Dolls Daily
Archive:
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
Upcoming Doll Events
- Blue
Ribbon HSN Event Planned: 8pm to
midnight EST tonight, 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!
Click here for Full Auction Information
- 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
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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
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