2012 New York Black Doll & Art Show, This Saturday!

For those who will be in New York City on July 21st, remember that the New York Black Doll and Art Show will be held at the Riverside Church (South Hall) at 490 Riverside Drive on that day. The show runs from 11 am to 6 pm. Admission is $5.00 per person but free to children under 12 years old. There will be doll artists, doll enthusiasts, and other creative people in attendance. If you have further questions, please visit the Show website.

If you do go, please share your photographs of interesting playscale dolls, action figures, and related items; send the links to your online photos here. I will update this post with that information. Alas, I will not be there this year. Hope you have a great time!

Coming Soon ... Scarily Ever After Monster High Dolls

Barbie as Princess is no news. But guess who else is taking up the fairy tale theme? Yes, as you may have guessed by this post title, some of the Monster High dolls by Mattel are undergoing the fairy tale treatment. The Target Exclusive trio includes Clawdeen as Little Dead Riding Wolf, Draculaura as Snow Bite, and Frankie Stein as Threadarella. How soon? Oh, right now - July or August 2012. So you might want to check your local Targets for them.

And what about a playset for your monsters? Consider the Monster High High School Playset ... if/when that goes on sale, I might consider it for my "regular" fashion dolls. You will find photos on Flickr of it.

Finally, what about an unauthorized leak? Check this Monster High Wiki. No, I won't spoil the surprise for those who like to wait for the official announcement. Those are my monstrous bits for today.

Barbie Stardoll Design Studio Printable Fashion Kit

Hey, there is a new Barbie Stardoll kit available through Entertainment Earth. The kit is called "Stardoll Design Studio Printable Fashion," and it seems to have three fabric sheets, some embellishment pieces, and a dressing form. Sort of like those model forms whose name eludes me now for Stardolls. Cute. Thirty dollars, cute though? You decide ;-P

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This post has been hijacked by the PhillyCollector July-August Giveaway Fairy. If you are one of the first to post "I want it" to this blog post, you can receive FREE a Mattel My Scene accessory pak. The pak includes a pair of plastic boots, a cloth handbag, and some other fashion doll accessories. No photos of this pak in advance.

Future giveaway items will have a photo of the item or items. Additional criteria may be called for, depending on the item to be given away. Only one giveaway per person per day. Note: you do have to type "I want it" to be eligible for this giveaway.

Good luck!

Survey for More Articulated Barbie Bodies

How often have we collector-enthusiasts longed for Mattel to create more articulated dolls, in different heights and different complexions? A long, long, long time. Well, one of us has taken some action towards this problem. Meet Leslie.

Doll photographer, diorama creator, and writer Leslie whose Flickr account shows some of her doll characters and story lines has created a survey to address this problem. Please stop by and complete it.

Thanks, Leslie, for your efforts. Here is to more articulated Barbie bodies!

Outta This World - New JLS Dolls

Remember the JLS dolls mentioned in a December 2011 post? Check these photos out. I leave one word for the first photo - OUCH! Want to have all four of the JLS guys wearing their "Outta This World," outfits? Find them on Amazon.co.uk. Only $70.08 USD for all four guys - BEFORE postage though ;-D

Depending on where you are, postage might be another thing outta this world, lol.

Saturday's New Monster High Doll is a WereCat

Well, Stu from AtamaiiDoll has come through with a video about the new Monster High doll announced today at the San Francisco Comic Con: Catrine DeMew. This WereCat will be a Walmart exclusive in Spring 2013. Sigh. I might have to get a few of these after all ....

Everyday People: I Need Your Help with Blogger

Everyday People: I Need Your Help with Blogger: I Need Your Help With Blogger! Blogger's "old interface" is due to be withdrawn completely soon.   In order to use my speech and Braille ou...

Blogspot blogger Teresa of EverydayPeople uses a speech and Braille output component that works with Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. However, the new Blogspot interface requires use of  Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0. If Blogspot completely eliminates their old interface, Teresa and many other bloggers will be unable to continue their blogging activities. Any suggestions on who to contact to get Blogspot to maintain IE 8 use in select cases would be appreciated.

Thanks for your help!

D7ana