Creatable World: Mattel Releases All-New Gender-Neutral Dolls
While Mattel is best known for the blonde haired, blue-eyed Barbie in the world of dolls, there are many other lines that the company…
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The Toys That Made Us: A Netflix Documentary
Toys play a fundamental role in our lives. They are the building blocks with which we construct our reality, tools which unlock limitless imagination….
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Dolls of Color Month – Celebrating Diversity on Instagram!
Dolls of Color Month is an annual event on Instagram that strives to highlight all the beautiful dolls of color in people’s collections and…
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Dolls of Color Month – Celebrating Diversity on Instagram!
Dolls of Color Month is an annual event on Instagram that strives to highlight all the beautiful dolls of color in people’s collections and…
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Shibajuku Girls: Japanese-Inspired Fashion Dolls Come to the States!
This December a new line of fashion dolls will be coming to ToysRUs stores in the States: Shibajuku Girls. Inspired by fashion trends on…
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A Little Princess and a Little Zombie: Once Upon a Zombie Dolls
Once Upon a Zombie is a doll line that I initially wrote off as a Monster High spin off when I first heard of…
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WonderCon Los Angeles, 2016! Take Three!
There’s something comforting about going to a convention. The exact feeling can’t be found anywhere else. I think at its core what WonderCon provides is…
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The Art of Cosplay: Wondercon 2016
I consider cosplay (“costume/play” to the uninitiated!) to be an art form. Whether a person chooses to copy a costume as accurately as possible…
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WonderCon Los Angeles 2016- What a Blast!
Photo credit: Linnea Aasland WonderCon is an annual convention, started in 1987 in the San Francisco Bay Area, transitioning to Anaheim for the last…
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A Look in the Mirror: Curvy Barbie and Me
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the new body shapes that Mattel was introducing to the Barbie line: tall, petite and curvy….
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Barbie Has Curves – A New Narrative for Mattel
Image Credits: Mattel and Kim Aasland I never hated Barbie. I never hated Barbie, but I must admit that in the past few years…
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Monster High Reboot – A Collector’s Thoughts
Mere days before the New Year rolled around, Mattel released a sizzle reel, one that could change the future of Monster High forever. Monster…
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