Dolls & Accessories - Archives

• Mattel launches a range of fashion dolls for Tweens
  Mattel, the leading toy company worldwide, is yet again at the forefront of innovation with the launch of MY SCENE – a range of Fashion Dolls for tweens – girls between 8-12 years of age. As the leader Mattel has a constant eye on the market and evolving consumer trends.
  Author: Alicia Nissen - Date: July 25, 2004



• The Storybook Romance Comes To An End For Barbie And Ken
  After more than 43 years together, Hollywood's quintessential 'doll' of a couple, Barbie and Ken, have decided to spend some time apart. Although Barbie has befriended some of the world's most famous celebrities, from popular boy bands to super secret agent spies, Ken always remained her #1 sweetheart.
  Author: Alicia Nissen - Date: July 25, 2004



• Another Ripe Year Expected From Bandai America Incorporated's Strawberry Shortcake Dolls and Toyline
  After achieving sales in excess of $200 million during the first year of her re-introduction, the classic girls’ property Strawberry Shortcake returns in 2004, poised to repeat her phenomenal success. Master toy licensee Bandai America Incorporated predicts another ripe year in which its scented dolls and toyline will ascend to a top ranking in the mini doll category – and to the top of every little girl’s wish list. Magic wands and dessert-inspired ponies are only a sampling of the year in store for everyone’s favorite little girl.
  Author: Ryan Alton - Date: July 23, 2004



• Bratz Fashion Dolls Become the #1 Best Selling Toy in the United Kingdom!
  MGA Entertainment announced that its Bratz fashion dolls have become the Number One selling toy overall in the United Kingdom during April 2004, with sales up a whopping 159% YTD. In addition, LIL’ BRATZ became the clear Number One selling mini doll in the UK as well. BRATZ products are distributed by Vivid Imaginations in the UK, which is now the Number Two toy company there.
  Author: Leila Pellucci - Date: July 23, 2004



• January Releases Feature Limited Editions, New Lee Middleton Original Dolls
  The wait is over for the highly anticipated January releases from Lee Middleton Original Dolls. Early this morning, passionate collectors logged-on to the Lee Middleton Original Dolls website to feast their eyes on 27 new Artist Studio Collection™ dolls and one new Classic Miniature. A wonderful surprise also awaited the collectors when they discovered five new artist-sculpted faces. Award-winning artists Reva Schick and Eva Helland have once again created lifelike baby faces that make Lee Middleton Original Dolls some of the most popular baby dolls around the world.
  Author: Leila Pellucci - Date: July 23, 2004



• Kylie Fashion Doll Launches Internationally
  JAKKS Pacific, Inc. announced that it will manufacture and distribute fashion dolls, accessories and playsets based on top international performing artist Kylie Minogue, under a new licensing agreement with Darenote Ltd. The agreement was brokered by Delux Merchandise Corporation, SNI's European agent for Kylie Minogue.
  Author: Leila Pellucci - Date: July 23, 2004



• The Middleton Doll Company Announces Manufacturing Alliance
  The Middleton Doll Company has announced plans to move the production of its Lee Middleton Original Dolls to China, the expansion of its Newborn Nursery Adoption Center concept through a new alliance with the Saks Department Store Group and a change in its dividend policy.
  Author: Leila Pellucci - Date: July 23, 2004



• Preliminary Injunction Denied in Case of Artist Tom Forsythe
  Federal Judge Ronald Lew firmly signaled to Mattel today that its efforts to quash an artist's free speech rights through litigation will most likely not succeed. In denying Mattel's request for preliminary injunction against artist Tom Forsythe on copyright and trademark grounds for his artistic use of Barbie dolls, Judge Lew stated that Mattel had not demonstrated it was likely to succeed on the merits.
  Author: Sam Amin - Date: January 28, 2004



• John Rzeznik and Robby Takac of The GOO GOO DOLLS at The 4th Annual Hunter's Hope Candlelight Ball
  Joining the ranks of previous performers such as Tim McGraw, Hootie and the Blowfish, and Meatloaf, the Goo Goo Dolls will be entertaining the crowd with an acoustic performance at this year’s Candlelight Ball. The fundraiser gala, which will once again take place at the Adam’s Mark Buffalo Niagara Hotel, is an evening to celebrate life and love for all children while raising funds to fight Krabbe Disease and other leukodystrophies.
  Author: Art Rowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• Lovee Doll & Toy Co., Inc. Announce Recall of Talking Dolls
  In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Lovee Doll & Toy Co., Inc., of New York, N.Y., is voluntarily recalling about 160,000 talking, electronic dolls. Buttons on the dolls' outfit could detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
  Author: Art Rowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• Mattel Announces Their New Line of Barbie Products, the Hacker Barbie
  Mattel announces their new line of Barbie products, the Hacker Barbie. These new dolls will be released next month. The aim of these dolls is to negate the stereotype that women are numerophobic, computer-illiterate, and academically challenged.
  Author: Ben Bowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• Merit Fellows Lecture Series Continues at Southampton College with American History, Barbie, and Poetry
  America in the 30’s, the rise of fascism, the Spanish Civil War, and the events leading up to World War II will be discussed by one who lived it, Art Munday, during the next Merit Fellows Lecture titled in the Fine Arts Theatre at Southampton College. An Oscar-nominated documentary titled Forever Activist will be shown after his discussion followed by a question and answer period.
  Author: Ben Bowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• Paper Doll Babies, Kids and Templates
  Accu-Cut Systems, the innovator in shape and letter cutting products for craft enthusiasts and educators, announced the arrival of five new templates and 10 new designs in the Jill's Paper Doll World die collection, including a paper doll baby, a child-sized doll and accessories.
  Author: Art Rowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• Park Hyatt Kidsierges: Making Lists and Checking Them Twice
  The Park Hyatt Kidsierges' Top 10 tips of hot holiday gift ideas (and where to get them) and Top 10 tips of cool things to see and do in the coming year are sure to be a hit with young travelers visiting the nine North American Park Hyatts (or going further abroad to international Park Hyatts) this holiday season. These tips are tailored to the tastes and trends of the individual cities, ranging from New York to Carmel and Toronto to San Francisco. To ensure the cool quotient, the Kidsierges check all their lists with a focus group of real children, aged 8-13.
  Author: Art Rowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• Person-To-Person Marketplace Enables Yahoo! Users to Buy and Sell Virtually Anything
  Looking for a marketplace that is always open and offers everything from beanie babies and Lady Diana memorabilia to Mark McGwire trading cards and a walk-on part in Rob Reiner's upcoming film? Look no further. Yahoo! Inc. today unveiled Yahoo! Auctions an online, person-to-person auction service enabling Yahoo! users to easily browse, buy, or sell items at anytime from any Net-connected computer. Yahoo! Auctions is a free service - there are no commissions or listing fees - and connects users, including collectors, auction enthusiasts, and first-time bidders and sellers, with the resources and tools they need to participate in online auctions. To power the new service, Yahoo! has teamed up with ONSALE, Inc., a leading electronic retailer in interactive online auctions.
  Author: Ben Bowe - Date: January 27, 2004



• PEEK-A-BOO I See You, DO YOU SEE ME?
  Who could or would want to miss these adorably soft, new, little cuddly babies being introduced for 2003? The new collection offers several choices, but no limits, so you can have them all!
  Author: Dana Wells - Date: January 23, 2004



• American Indian Doll Show
  The Indian Craft Shop will host an American Indian Doll Show that will appeal to all ages and will interest both the novice and aficionado. Dolls will be sent from American Indian doll makers across the country. Universally loved by children as toys, dolls are also cultural expressions that educate those within a culture, and outside it. Dolls by Native American artists have a special appeal. They can be miniature versions of Native Peoples at a unique period in history, or they can be a reflection of contemporary life. Today, many dolls go far beyond the craft, entering the market of highly collectible art.
  Author: Stan Russ - Date: January 22, 2004



• Barbie in The Nutcracker
  Continuing its leadership position in the distribution of family-oriented home entertainment, Artisan Entertainment's Family Home Entertainment division will distribute Barbie In The Nutcracker, the first ever full-length feature film for Mattel's Barbie brand. FHE is emerging as the distributor of choice for producers -- for both its ability to distribute product directly to mass market and specialty retailers -- as well as its marketing savvy.
  Author: Stan Russ - Date: January 22, 2004



• Dear Aunt Polly® and Dear Uncle Pete® Collectible Elder Dolls
  Dear Aunt Polly & Company is pleased to introduce a signed, limited edition set of collectible elder dolls that represent family and a connection to past generations. The Dear Aunt Polly® and Dear Uncle Pete® dolls were created to honor my own special loved ones and to pass along their gifts of commitment and love, said Dr. Curtis. The dolls are unique collectibles based on figures drawn by award-winning children's book illustrator, Bert Dodson. Doll artist Gail Shumaker sculpted the dolls to illuminate mature features while retaining a youthful vitality. The vinyl was poured by Lloyd Middleton, who helped achieve a soft, natural look. The dolls' warm faces, engaging eyes, graying hair, and rimless eyeglasses evoke timeless values of wisdom and experience. The dolls are available in a limited edition of 1000 (750 light/ 250 dark skin tones), and individually signed by the creator, Dr. Nanci-Ames Curtis.
  Author: Stan Russ - Date: January 22, 2004



• Looking for your perfect Christmas gift
  Trying to find the perfect Christmas gift this year but lacking inspiration? Then look no further than The Dolls House Emporium; the world’s leading supplier of 1:12 scale dolls’ houses and their accessories.
  Author: Stan Russ - Date: January 22, 2004



• The Collections of Maurine Popp
  Skinner, Inc., one of the nation’s leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, will host a very special sale dedicated solely to a single owner collection of dolls: The Collections of Maurine Popp. The sale will be held in Skinner’s Bolton, Mass. gallery. With over 650 lots for sale, the auction offers antique doll enthusiasts much to choose from.
  Author: Stan Russ - Date: January 22, 2004



• Tyneside Firm's International Success in Dolls House Miniatures
  A Tyneside firm specialising in miniature figures for dolls' houses is branching out into new international markets after developing an export strategy with the help from Trade Partners UK - the government body dedicated to providing UK companies with global expertise on international trade and investment. The company's business plan projects that export sales will increase from 37% of turnover to 40% plus by the end of the year.
  Author: Stan Russ - Date: January 22, 2004



• Disney Princess Brand promoted on TV this Fall
  Playmates Toys Inc. unveiled an exciting Disney lineup of dolls, interactive playsets and accessories at the American International Toy Fair 2003 that opened in New York today.
  Author: Britt Halle - Date: January 21, 2004



• The Lord of the Rings Gift Set is the Newest Addition to the Barbie Collectibles® Pop Culture Line
  Considered by millions throughout the world to be the greatest adventure ever told, The Lord of the Rings trilogy has ignited the imaginations of millions of readers throughout the world. For the past two years, New Line Cinema brought this classic legend to the motion picture screen and introduced movie audiences to the extraordinary world of Middle-earth.
  Author: Britt Halle - Date: January 21, 2004



• Vivendi Universal Games to debut Barbie™ on Playstation®2 and Xbox
  The first Barbie™ video games for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft will ship to retail this fall from Vivendi Universal Games. Currently in development, the suite of new Barbie™ Horse Adventures titles includes: Barbie™ Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue for PlayStation®2 and Xbox, Barbie™ Horse Adventures: Blue Ribbon Race for the Game Boy® Advance video game system and Barbie™ Horse Adventures: Mystery Ride CD-ROM. These captivating horseback riding games featuring Barbie™, the #1 girls software brand, will engage girls in exciting equestrian adventures filled with action, horse racing and mystery!
  Author: Ross Mak - Date: January 20, 2004



• Little Hands Create Big Imaginary Meals With Toy Kitchens And Accessories For Girls
  Little girls seem to enjoy doing the things they see mommy doing. They like to have toys that may be household tools like little boys like hammers and saws. Toy kitchens and accessories for girls allow little girls to practice some kitchen skills long before there is a chance they can use the real things. There is nothing to stop a little boy from playing with toy kitchens just as little girls can play with trucks and toy cars. Toy kitchens and accessories for girls can really be play stations for both sexes. They provide activities all children can enjoy. They provide role-playing activities that children can develop themselves but often these sets are purchased for girls.
  Author: Laurie Simpson - Date: May 29, 2005



• Spiderman toys and collectibles spin a great web of entertainment!
  Spiderman has been a comic super hero for many years and has captured the imagination of children as well as adults. Spiderman toys and collectibles are based on the stories of this super hero and how he came to be Spiderman. Peter Parker was an innocent schoolboy on a field trip when a genetically altered spider bit him. This changed his life and turned him into Spiderman the super hero. His character first appears in comic books and was very popular from the time it was introduced. The comic book series of his adventures carried on for many years and spawned a large selection of Spiderman toys and collectibles.
  Author: Laurie Simpson - Date: December 3, 2002