Correction: Bargain Barbie - $5.50; So in Style Dolls $10.00

Correction: the prices for these dolls actually is $5.50 for the Basic dolls who flank the So in Style dolls and $10.00 for the So in Style dolls. Double what I published. I apologize for misleading you. Please do not seek this series of the So in Style Grace and friends at your Family Dollar store at $5.00 each. I must have read the price for the Basic Barbie doll shown. And those Basic dolls are no longer $5.00 but are now $5.50.


I will say that "I have egg on my face."

Liv and Barbie in Fast Company

Here is an article about Barbie and the Liv fashion dolls that I enjoyed. It's from last year, but it is new to me and may be new to you.

What tickles me is how the author thinks in terms of Barbie OR Liv when we collector-enthusiasts are merging the two. Barbie or other doll heads on Liv bodies. Mattel and Spin Master probably haven't considered that possibility either.

Does anyone else LOVE the header photograph by Jamie Chung.

Warning Morristown: East Philly Wedding Guests Going!

Izzy: Hey, yo! Izzy here. The girls and I decided we wanted to go to Rod and Danielle's wedding. Yep. In Morristown. Way down in Georgia. You can imagine the reactions we got: "Are you crazy? Georgia is states away. You are too young." Yada, yada.

So my pals and I decided, we are too going to Georgia, we are too going to that Wedding. I mean, it just might be the Event of the Year. So we are NOT going to miss it because our parents don't like to travel.

Three heads nod.

Izzy: Anyway, Hanna told her Mom. Her Mom's the coolest of our parents. Her Mom suggested we find a chaperone to go with us. We'd go to the Church and then to the Reception and then come right back. (Well, you can't have everything.) So we found Old Joe was going. Problem, solution, right? Wrong. My Mom freaked. Fee's Mom freaked. Even Hanna's Mom said, someone else would need to go. Just cause Old Joe has a few social problems ...

Hanna: My turn now, Izzy. Hi everybody. Hanna here. Izzy takes too long. Long story short, we found Disco Wanda would chaperone us. She agreed - seems she wanted to go, but she worried people would think she had hooked up with Joe ...

Fee: We shouldn't be telling people what we're doing. Suppose my Father hears about it? We'll be grounded before we can go.

Izzy: Fee's worried Daddy-Preacher will put his foot down. He'd have to walk away from the mirror, first, haaa hhaaa.

Disco Wanda appears: Girls are you ready? Mr. Joe says we have to leave now.

Izzy: Hey, Wanda, yeah. We're coming. Come on girls, it's now or never ... Oh our photo is at the top of this post; Wanda and Joe's photo is right below. Ciao.

How to Sell Barbies for Newbies

I received a request for information on how to sell Barbies from someone who has had "no contact with other collectors." I offer this information, but if anyone else wants to share his or her experiences, please send in comments.

First, you need to list the dolls you have for sale. Note the condition of the box, the date on the box, and the doll name/title/series.

Next, how much time do you want to devote to selling your Barbies? If you want to sell them as quick as possible, for whatever price you can get, try to find a doll dealer, someone who specializes in buying and/or selling dolls in your area. Check your telephone directory and an online directory to see if there are local doll dealers who might buy some or all of your dolls. Me, I have not found any dealer buyers, but I can not say that I really tried hard to find them. It is not easy to sell dolls in recent years, but it is possible.

You can also try to find out if there are any doll clubs in your area. Are any of their members interested in the dolls you have for sale?

Third, you can investigate eBay. I have sold dolls via eBay.

Here is some suggested reading:

1. Vanessa's encounter with a couple who had purchased Barbies for a daughter they never had.

2. Denise Van Patten's About.com Doll Collecting Guide's links on Selling .

Write back and/or check back for additional suggestions from other readers of this blog. Doll enthusiasts are helpful people. Let us know how you make out or if you have any additional questions.

If anyone would like to add any additional information or other links, please share. I thank you in advance.

“A Treasury of Dolls:” Philly's 2012 Black Doll Show

The Philadelphia Doll Museum and Dark Images present

The 23rd International Black Doll Show
“A Treasury of Dolls”
Saturday, May 26, 2012
10 AM - 5 PM


Philadelphia Convention Center
12th and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19107


Admission cost is $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for seniors or children under 12 years old.

For information about renting tables, making doll donations, or learning about specific activities, please contact Dr. Whiteman at 215-787-0220.

For hotel information, please contact the Hilton Garden Inn (1100 Arch Street) at 215-923-0100.

Uncovering the Fat Suit of Sideshow's Odd Job

You don't see many portly male dolls or action figures.

Ever wonder how such a figure would look undressed? In this case, he looks the way the average-sized figures do. He is an average-sized figure. Here, Sideshow Collectibles' Odd Job figure strips down to reveal the secret of his "heavy" appearance.

So the action figure is not "portly"; the fitted padding called a "fat suit" fills him out to resemble the actor playing the Odd Job role, Harold Sakata.

The exterior of the "fat suit" is black polyester. Turning it inside out, you can see the padded interior. The white batting next to the black polyester is covered on the other side with a semi-sheer black netting. The padded areas give extra weight to the figure's torso, upper back, and buttocks. His clothes are larger to accommodate the "fat suit."

Here is the inside front of the suit.

And here is the back of it.

Any thoughts on this type of "enhancing" the action figure body?

Interview: Doll Artist and Collector Rin of Cyano Dolls

Interview: Doll Artist and Collector Rin of Cyano Dolls

Thanks for reading. Please leave comments, suggestions, and go visit Rin, too!