Careful When Buying 1Direction Dolls ...

Here are photos of two 1 Direction dolls I saw at Walmart today. Anyone want to state what is wrong with one of them?

YNU Group Mixis Sale Reminder

Mixis Sale has one last day - tomorrow - when you can get all FOUR dolls for $80.00 Please note: that amount does NOT include the shipping from Canada cost. But if you are interested in this doll line, send YNU Group your request. Good luck!

Tim Gunn Barbies at Target - Thanks, Allison!

Alison in CA has news and photos of the soon-to-be launched Tim Gunn Barbies,  Target exclusives. I'm not particularly fashion-keen, but I think the fashions look neat for Barbie-wear. Then again, these dolls probably are targeted (ouch, I slay me as [No]Angelus would say) for adult collectors. Very classy and stylish looking. Pity they seem to be on Model Muse bodies. Shrug.

My would gets are the Casual Style and the Work Style. Now those are outfits that I would wear myself. Can you repeat after me, "Fat chance." Sigh.

Two out of Ten Rating ... Thanks, Mike!

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

You know you have "arrived" in the dollyblogverse when someone gives you a negative review. An unsubstantiated one, too. Let's see, The Doll Observers hosts a site called "Fashion Doll Top 100 Websites." It's a listing of popular fashion doll websites. I check it at times to see if I am there and where. I think it's fun. (Okay, I have "ego," too. LOL).

Well, someone going by "Mike" left a feedback score of 2.0 out of 10.0 for me. Now, no, I doubt that "Mike" meant that I was the second best blogger. Quite the reverse. Four others - thanks, you *know* who you are and I appreciate your positive vote and comments - gave me 10.0 out of 10.0. Yay! So, four out of five people who voted about my blog like my blog. Pretty good, hey? And I am FOURTH on the list of the top 100 fashion doll websites.*

But that's not why I am throwing my arms up a la Rocky. No. It's this: I must be doing a pretty good job blogging for some person to leave a spiteful rating like that. Spiteful, you ask. Surely a person can find your blog less than perfect? Yes, but to post something like that, that is mean spirited. Someone interested in helping fashion doll website readers would have attached a comment explaining the low rating.

But guess what? "Mike" actually validated my blog. How? I must be doing something powerful to cause such a reaction. I have seen stuff that raised my eyebrows or caused me to quickly click away. I don't scrounge around and leave negative feedback. And I have GREAT and positive feedback from my blogging buddies and regular readers. So guess what else? I intend to keep on writing!

Thanks for reading my mini-rant.

*P.S. That ranking is just for today, lol. I don't know where I will rank tomorrow.

William has the 1Direction Dolls!

Hey all - guess who's first on our DAF block to have the One Direction aka 1Direction aka 1D dolls? William of 1/6th Point of View. Head over to his blog post and read about his plans for the guys. I'm almost as happy as if I had them myself. Almost ;-D ....

MGA vs. Lady Gaga and Bravado

MGA Entertainment must miss their legal battles with Mattel: the Bratz maker has a suit against Lady Gaga's merchandising unit, the Universal Music Group-owned Bravado AND Lady Gaga. MGA and Bravado were working on a Bratz line that is to resemble Lady Gaga when Bravado and Lady Gaga asked that the dolls release date be put back until 2013 to coincide with the release of a new Lady Gaga album. MGA - understandably - wants to issue the dolls this year. Thus, a suit is born.

Popcorn, anyone? Opinions?

Brunette Holiday Barbie, Anyone?

Pssst ... heard the rumor about the brunette Holiday Barbie? Well, she exists and you can have notice sent to you as to when she hits the market. This scoop came from The Doll Attic.

Enjoy!