Tribal Beauty™ Barbie® Doll

The first in the Global Glamour Collection is designed by Linda Kyaw. It will be available on  2/14. Here is the description from the website:

The first doll in the Global Glamour^™ Collection shows her exotic side wearing an intricate ensemble featuring a feathered midriff top, golden breastplate adornment, waist-attached bead fringe, earrings, bangles, long split skirt and elaborate headpiece. Her zebra scepter pays tribute to the royal splendor of Africa and her status as a reigning queen of fashion.

Body Type:	ModelMuse™
Skin Tone:	Light Brown
Facial Sculpt:	Pazette
Fashion Sewn On?:	No
Eyelashes:	Applied

Tribal Beauty Barbie Doll $100.

Tonner 2013 Main Line Release

There's always a mind-blowing amount of new dolls and fashion in a main line release from the Tonner Doll Company. I'm just going to touch upon a fraction of the offerings and will provide a link to the site where you can see the entire debut.

My favorites and the two dressed dolls I will probably buy eventually:

While I am not a fan of the Marilyn Monroe sculpt, I do love this fashion.

In A Dream $199.99

This is Precarious with a non-removable wig. (IMO no wig is 'non-removable,' it's just glued.) I love the fashion and I am quite fond of the Precarious sculpt.

Tamed $199.99

Another Precarious doll whose wig should be a lesson to another doll company that can't get their rooted bangs right:

Think Pink Basic $124.99

Quite pricey for a basic doll but her hair is perfection. Her wig is "white removable synthetic hair." I wonder if that is the same as saran. The sunglasses are adorable.  I like her a lot.

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The anticipated "Warm Bodies" dolls:

R $189.99

I laughed when I read part of the product description of this zombie doll:

• Oatmeal long-sleeve shirt with holes and stains
• Red hooded zip-up sweatshirt with holes and stains
• Denim pants with rips and stains

For those who don't  know, he is a character in the new movie, Warm Bodies. He is played by Nicholas Hoult. The likeness is fabulous.

Julie $179.99

This is R's love interest in the movie played by Teresa Palmer. The sculpt - meh.

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It looks like Glinda, the Good Witch, has returned. There may be a few details that are changed but this is the same doll.

Glinda, The Good Witch $249.99

Below is a picture of my Glinda taken several years ago. There's no difference except for a necklace on the new one. But it's entirely possible I just didn't put it on my doll. I'm glad it's re-released. She was a stunning doll. The Oz line was incredible.

Here is another early one I found. Now I'm really confused.
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The 22" line got one of my favorite characters, Poison Ivy. Although I do not like her green vinyl, she looks very dramatic. The red hair is stunning, so is the price!

22" Poison Ivy $349.99

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DeeAnna Denton, Cami, Jon, Antoinette, The American Model and Patsy fill up most of the rest of the offerings.  Sydney and Tyler make brief appearances.

The dressed Sydney leaves me speechless. If I were her mother I wouldn't let her out looking like this. The fascinator is described thus: Red fascinator with faux flowers, rhinestones, and veil. I detest faux flowers on doll clothes.

All Drama Sydney $224.99

Classic Elegance Tyler $199.99

 Are we going to find out that Tyler is with child?
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The Tonner Ballet Line is pretty. I've never gone there but I do like to look. Here is one of the three offerings from that line:

Wood Nymph $244.99

The ballet feet are removable and come with high heel feet to switch off.

On a topic other than dolls....as a photographer, I don't understand how they let this picture be published.

There are three major issues I would have had to correct. Do you see what they are?

Click here for the link to the Mainline Release.

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Vapore in Love

The more I look at Vapore, the more I like her. Today she is dressed in the outfit called "Love" which I acquired by trading with another collector. The purse is her own.

Attention Current Barbie℠ Fan Club Members

Registration for 2013 begins on 2/6/13 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time. Mark your calendars and set your reminders.

Barbie Collector

Will you be joining this year?

Superdoll Valentine 2013 "Sinatra"

Today Superdoll released their Valentine 2013 Sybarite doll, Sinatra. She is the Venus sculpt with a regular skintone.

She has a gorgeous face but I am passing on this one. I do love the jacket and the gold shoes.

The price is £387 British Pounds which is approximately $608. US Dollars.

Click on the photo to see it full size.

Madame Alexander 2013 Dolls

It's that time of year again for me to drool over my secret passion - baby faced dolls. I probably won't be adding new MA dolls to my collection this year as I still look for deeply discounted ones from several years ago.
For this post I will show only the 21" Cissy and 10" Cissette dolls.

21" Madame Alexander-1923 is a fully articulated Cissy dressed as she would've been in 1923 when she began the company. Limited Edition of 125 dolls.

21" Scarlett O'Hara Prayer Dress is a fully articulated Cissy with green eyes and wavy, center-parted, shoulder length brunette hair pulled up on the sides and held with a red bow.

10" Sylvia From the Ballet Sylvia is a fully articulated Cissette.

10" Snowflake from The Nutcracker Collection is a fully articulated, Cissette with blue eyes and upswept black braids wearing a magnificent white tutu.

10" fully articulated, Cissette Celebrates Madame's 90th Anniversary.

Queen Victoria, having sat on the throne for 63 years, is the longest reigning monarch in British history. She set the tone for many aspects of British life but none more so than fashion. She is a 10" fully articulated Cissette.

10" Zelda Fitzgerald - infamous wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald - is a fully articulated Cissette.

 10" Denise Boulet is a fully articulated Cissette.

10" Theodora, who would eventually be the Wicked Witch of the West, is fully articulated with brown eyes and side-parted brunette hair that's swept to one side and fashioned into a braided bun.

10", fully articulated Glinda, has brown eyes and long, blonde wavy hair.

In Disney's new prequel to The Wizard Of Oz, we come to know the Great Oz as Oscar Diggs, with brown eyes, brown painted hair and goatee.

 10" Evanora, fully articulated with brown eyes and side-parted, brunette hair pulled back and styled into a loose bun, looks more beautiful than you'd ever expect the future Wicked Witch of the East to look.

Coffee or Tea with Pan Am, a fully articulated stewardess, as they were called, with short, curly Taffy Tan hair, dressed as she would be in 1970.

10" Scarlett O'Hara Honeymoon Dress is a fully articulated Cissette with green eyes and brunette hair pulled back to a low bun at the nape.

 10" Dorothy in the Poppy Fields is a fully articulated Cissette.

10" Wicked Witch of The West and The Winged Monkeys is a fully articulated, green-faced meanie who has dark eyes and black hair pulled up into a top-knot.

 10" Glinda The Good Witch and The Lullaby League is a fully articulated, Cissette, with blue eyes and long, curly Taffy Tan hair, wearing a gorgeous pink gown.

And there is so much more. If I were going to pick my favorites, I'd get the Madame Alexander 21" Cissy holding the two little dolls. The Cissette I like best is the Scarlett O'Hara Honeymoon Dress doll.  The cutest ones are the Oz dolls. So adorable!


These are just partial descriptions of the dolls taken from www.matildadolls.com who has the world's most extensive list and pictures of Madame Alexander dolls. All of these dolls can be purchased there. She also carries some Gene Marshall dolls and fashions!