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Article Archive: Dolls
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Top 30 Doll Manufacturers: Magic Behind Your Favorite Dolls
Are you a doll enthusiast eager to delve deeper into the enchanting world of dolls? We've curated an engaging list of the top 30 doll manufacturers from around the globe. Discover interesting facts, specialties, and how they've captured the hearts of collectors and children alike. Share this guide with fellow...
10/1/2024
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Mattel News 1/20/2023
Mattel donates 2,000 Barbies, toys to Cook Children’s hospital, honoring Athena Strand bookmark_border share more_vert NRF News Play, purpose and platforms: Mattel wins the game...
1/11/2023
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Doll Play Prompts Children to Talk About Others’ Thoughts And Emotions
Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced that Barbie and a team of neuroscientists at Cardiff University have released the latest findings from a multi-year study exploring the short and long-term developmental impacts of doll play. In the study’s second year, researchers investigated the importance of what kids say while they play...
2/1/2022
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Barbie & Fashion House Balmain Collab: Ready Wear and Accessories Exclusive NFTs
Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announces the launch of a partnership between the Barbie brand and French fashion label, Balmain. Developed as a celebration of both Barbie and Balmain’s combined impact on fashion and greater culture, the two brands are launching a new global ready-to-wear fashion and accessories collection. The...
1/13/2022
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Build-A-Bear Workshop
Build-A-Bear Workshop is a popular store where you can create your own custom stuffed animals. You can choose from a variety of plush toys, outfits, sounds, and scents to personalize your furry friend. They also offer themed collections, like Halloween plushies, and special features like the “Record Your Voice” option for...
12/1/2021
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Most Popular Holiday Toys of 2021 (DEC 15th)
As you’re planning for your final holiday orders, take a look at some of the toys that largely define the toy market today. In the Holiday Toy list represented below, you’ll find our editors top picks with links to buy them on Amazon. Fisher-Price...
12/1/2021
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Mattel and MGM to Develop Polly Pocket Action Motion Picture: Lena Dunham
“Polly Pocket was responsible for countless hours of childhood escapism for me – Polly gave me a tiny world of magic and autonomy to narrate, so it's pretty poetic to be tackling these same ideas now as a director collaborating with the brilliant Lily Collins, Robbie Brenner, Mattel and MGM. I'm so thrilled to bring to bear both my love of this historic property and also my deep-seated belief that young women need smart playful films that speak to them without condescension,” said Dunham...
7/1/2021
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Toys in the News 05/04/2021
Activision has denied claims that Crash Bandicoot 4 studio Toys For Bob has suffered layoffs, and said it will continue to support the platformer alongside its new role on Call of Duty...
5/1/2021
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American Girl Celebrates 35 Years of Making Herstory and Empowering Girls
American Girl, a cornerstone in the Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) portfolio of purposeful brands, kicks off its yearlong 35th birthday celebration with the reintroduction of its original historical characters—Samantha Parkington™, Kirsten Larson™, Molly McIntire™, Felicity Merriman™, Addy Walker™, and Josefina Montoya™. Since 1986, the cherished brand known for helping girls grow up with confidence and character, has created engaging heroines who have transported millions of girls back in time—from 1774 to 1944—through books and stories teaching courage, compassion, confidence, and resilience. Now, these same characters are about to inspire a new generation to make their own positive mark on the world...
5/1/2021
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LOL Surprise™ Is Bringing Dancing, Fierce Fashions And Dolls To Roblox
LOL Surprise is moving into the Roblox world, bringing their fierce fashions, surprises and outrageous personalities to game play! The 'LOL Surprise™ Official Party,' a kid-safe digital game is available today on Roblox and is the first world of dolls to bring global, renowned and popular gaming influencers into the experience playing directly with fans! MGA Entertainment, Inc. (MGAE), one of the largest privately-owned global toy companies, worked with go-to source for kidtech solutions, SuperAwesome to bring this one-of-a-kind, global game play experience to fans before it opened to the general public...
4/1/2021
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Betty Crocker with Barbie Dream Gap Project to Empower Girls
Driven by the belief that the kitchen is the original lab, where culinary science and personal expression fuel confidence and creativity in all makers, Betty Crocker introduces the BettyLab. Through this platform, Betty Crocker, along with a number of innovative partners, will offer resources, ideas and inspiration for people to learn and explore in their own kitchens. For its first initiative, Betty Crocker is partnering with Barbie and the brand’s Dream Gap Project initiative, another cultural icon that shares a commitment to helping children reach for the stars...
3/1/2021
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Barbie Toy Sales Surge as New Content is Released on Netflix, The NPD Group Says
The second-season Netflix (NFLX) release of “Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures” in March 2020, and the movie, “Barbie Princess Adventure,” in September 2020, have lifted the number of hours watched of all Barbie releases on Netflix through September. Toy sales have followed suit, as sales of the Barbie property has trended similarly to the rise in time spent watching Barbie titles, according to The NPD Group...
11/1/2020
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MGA Entertainment Showcases Fall Products
It has been an incredibly challenging year for kids, and the MGAE Team is focused on delivering products now through the holidays that bring smiles and laughter to kids around the world. -- Isaac Larian...
8/1/2020
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Most searched products Aug 09 - Aug 15, 2020
Most searched products Aug 09 - Aug 15, 2020: The top-performing products in Search: Mattel Barbie (Dolls) Second most searched products Aug 09 - Aug 15, 2020: Funko POP! (Action & Toy Figures) ...
8/1/2020
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Mattel’s Barbie Sales Rebound -- Disney Related Sales Drop
SOURCE Mattel, Inc.Third Quarter Highlights[1]- Worldwide net sales flat as reported, and up 2% in constant currency; worldwide gross sales flat as reported, and up 1% in constant currency.- Fisher-Price® worldwide gross sales up 6% as reported, and up 8% in constant currency; Wheels worldwide gross sales up 6%...
9/1/2016
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Dolls
When TDmonthly interviewed retailers about their best-selling dolls in a June 2014 survey, several mentioned Groovy Girls from Manhattan Toy, which are celebrating their "Sweet 16" this year...
7/1/2014
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 Are Fashion Dolls Old Hat?
Fashion Dolls have dominated the U.S. doll market since Barbie came onto the scene back in 1959 and they have reigned pretty much without challenge since then...
6/1/2014
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 Madame Alexander Doll Lovers Share Their Stories
At the 111th American International Toy Fair, held February 15-19, 2014 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, the Madame Alexander Booth held a special "Share Your Story Day" to celebrate the role their dolls have played in the lives of girls and women for almost 90 years...
3/1/2014
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Dolls
In a June 2013 survey about best-selling dolls, retailers told TDmonthly Magazine that Manhattan Toy and Corolle were their top brands...
7/1/2013
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 Q&A with Gloria Mecca for Heavenly Hug Dolls
It's easy for some people to brush off toys as mere entertainment. But as those of us in the industry know, and as any child (or adult!) with a beloved teddy bear or doll can tell you, for so many people toys are more than just a product to be pushed...
4/1/2013
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 TDmonthly's Toy Fair Videos: Dolls, Plush, and Figures
TDmonthly Magazine was at Toy Fair, scouting out the newest toys and hottest trends of 2013. Our videographer captured these new toys on tape, so that retailers who couldn't visit their booths can still get a taste of what these new toys have to offer...
3/1/2013
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Adora Dolls Unveils New Look and Products For 2013
Adora, a leading manufacturer of award-winning dolls, plush toys, and play accessories is launching an "all new" Adora for 2013. Adora has infused its brand with a new identity, packaging, website, and a wide assortment of products and price points for children of all ages...
12/1/2012
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Paradise Galleries to Participate in 2012 Walk for Alzheimer's
California-based designer, developer, and marketer of award-winning dolls, Paradise Galleries, announced today they are beginning to gather a team of doll lovers to participate in the 2012 Walk for Alzheimer's in Dana Point, California on October 6, 2012...
9/1/2012
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 Dolls and Doll Houses
Take a look at these recently added specialty and mass-market dolls and doll houses...
7/1/2012
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 TDmonthly Top Toy Award Winners July 2012
TDmonthly Magazine is excited to announce our TDmonthly Top Toy Award winners for July 2012. We've selected these toys to feature to our 14,600 retailer subscribers for a number of reasons, including their top quality, high play value, and/or status as a proven best seller...
7/1/2012
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Dolls
For the sixth year in a row, specialty store owners have named COROLLE DOLLS' Calin as their best selling doll, followed by Groovy Girls from MANHATTAN TOY...
7/1/2012
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 Dolls
See these recent Specialty and Mass-Market Dolls...
8/1/2011
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Dolls
When TDmonthly interviewed 14 retailers in early Summer 2011 about their best-selling doll, a whopping 71% of them named Corolle Dolls as their best-selling brand...
7/1/2011
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 The Battle Over Bratz
Now that MGA has full control of the Bratz brand again, CEO Isaac Larian is ready to get back in the game...
4/1/2011
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 Celebrating Twenty Years of IDEX
For twenty years, IDEX has brought together artists, manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and collectors for one glorious week at the end of January...
3/1/2011
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 Barbie Poses Moral Doll-Emma
Last issue, we learned that high-fashion womenswear designers are lining up to dress Barbie – that universal beacon of over-the-top womanhood. Although the high-priced celebrity-designer dolls are meant for adults, is that who’s buying them?...
12/1/2010
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 Summary of Online Toy Reviews
TDmonthly Magazine’s Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching...
12/1/2010
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 Grownup Designers Snatch Barbies From Kids
At least since the 1980s, when outré designer Bob Mackie outfitted his first Barbies, dollmakers have enlisted couture designers to weave their talents around the most diminutive of mannequins...
11/1/2010
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 The Return of Bratz
Beginning with their launch in June 2001, Bratz dolls stormed into a market dominated by Barbie. By 2003, Barbie’s market share had dropped...
9/1/2010
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Dolls
A recent survey conducted by TDmonthly Magazine polled 43 retailers nationwide about the sales in their doll departments...
7/1/2010
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 Toy Videos of the Day: 6-29-10
We want you to see the toys we see, so you can determine if they're right for your store! Check this space every weekday to see brief video clips...
6/1/2010
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 Videos: Dolls Bask in the Spotlight
MGA Entertainment has launched a culturally diverse line of 18" dolls for the specialty market, and Ty Inc. has scaled down its doll designs with new Li'l Ones,...
6/1/2010
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 Preview Toys for 4th Quarter
If you’re like most specialty retailers, you’ll wrap up your big holiday orders in late summer/early fall. To make sure you have the data you need...
5/1/2010
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 Summary of Online Toy Reviews
TDmonthly Magazine’s Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching...
3/1/2010
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 Dolls Show Their Dark Side at IDEX 2010
At the International Expo of Dolls show in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 28-31, Alice in Wonderland made an appearance at nearly every one-of-a-kind artist booth, it seemed...
3/1/2010
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 Liv and Moxie Girlz Gang Up on Barbie
For decades, Mattel’s Barbie reigned supreme in the fashion doll world, until the saucy upstart Bratz from MGA Entertainment made its appearance in 2001 and challenged the queen...
8/1/2009
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 Reviving Doll Collecting Amid a Fading Generation
Old friends were reunited and new friends made over a mutual love for dolls during the 60th annual meeting of The United Federation of Doll Clubs and the Original Doll Artist Council of America convention held in Atlanta, Ga., the week of July 12...
8/1/2009
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Dolls
“All of a sudden, we've had a surge on dolls,” Bill Rayment, owner of Toy Crossing in Harbor Beach, Mich., told TDmonthly Magazine during a recent survey of 43 specialty toy stores...
7/1/2009
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 Global Green Pal Inspires Eco-Education
TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable learned there is a world of wonder down under as they traveled with Restoration Gallery’s Pink Coral Laurel, from the Global Green Pals line, in her pretty pink snorkel gear to Australia’s coral reef...
7/1/2009
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 My Best Sellers: At Once All Agog
Owner Candace Gooch of At Once All Agog in Limerick, Maine, encourages her customers to play with the toys in her store and experience their craftsmanship. Here are the items she told TDmonthly Magazine shoppers want most...
7/1/2009
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Licensed Toys
In April 2009, TDmonthly surveyed specialty toy retailers around the country about their sales of licensed product. Here are the top-10 best-selling licensed toys...
6/1/2009
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Holiday Preview - Dolls
Little girls (and boys) should have plenty of playmates this holiday season, from soft-bodied kid dolls with a heartbeat, or a heart for green initiatives, to a smiling diapered baby and a doll that gives a heavenly hug...
6/1/2009
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 Toys from ASTRA Exhibitors
TDmonthly Magazine's video crew will be in full force at this year's ASTRA Marketplace show in June, but while you await the toy demos featured in our July issue, we'd like you to become familiar with some of the specialty exhibitors...
5/1/2009
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 Corolle Dolls Enchant Every Age
Since 1978, Corolle’s finely crafted, award-winning dolls have brightened countless children’s lives with their smiles and cuddly bodies...
5/1/2009
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 IDEX 2009: Dolls Draw Attention Despite Economy
Warm Florida weather greeted enthusiastic attendees as exhibitors displayed one of a kind dolls, play dolls, reborn babies, limited editions, and doll clothing and accessories alongside many celebrity artists at the 2009 Idex Premiere Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in Orlando...
3/1/2009
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 Classics and Creativity Make Their Way to Toy Fair
The toys manufacturers are bringing to the Toy Industry Association’s 2009 Toy Fair, Feb. 15-18, are as high profile as the show itself. Here’s a glimpse of what to expect among the hundreds of mass-market and specialty items debuting at the show...
2/1/2009
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 What Roundtables Mean for You
Throughout the year, TDmonthly Magazine's Roundtable reviewers — parents, their children, and occasionally retailers and experts — don their testing gloves and give their honest feedback about dolls, toys, games and infant products...
1/1/2009
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 TDmonthly's Reviews Do the Work for You
Did you know TDmonthly Magazine offers many more product reviews than you read about in this section each month, and makes it easy for you to check out evaluations on the types of toys your store might be interested in?...
12/1/2008
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 December Staff Picks
The holidays demand that your store be more about selling than buying this month, but it'll soon be time to excite customers with new and innovative toys, games and gifts for 2009...
12/1/2008
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 Karito Kids Provide Health and Homes for Children
KidsGive makes dolls and books that represent girls and cultures around the world. It’s also a children’s charity and the result of a vision shared by Co-founders Laura Rangel, president, and her friend Lisa Steen Proctor, COO...
11/1/2008
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 Top-10 Most-Anticipated Holiday Sellers
Affected by slow sales and a frightening economy, some of the 32 specialty toy-store owners TDmonthly Magazine interviewed in late October didn't feel they could positively name which products will be their strongest sellers for Christmas...
11/1/2008
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 Toys in the News: 10-31-08
Ganz announced it is now contracting with Brandwise to use its SalesOptimizer program, which will allow the maker of Webkinz to access key sales data, including purchasing trends on a Google map...
10/1/2008
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 Travel Charmers Charm Adults and Children Alike
TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable reviewers loved the soft bodies, embroidered faces, cute outfits and delightful charm bracelets of Karito Kids Travel Charmers, a new line of five dolls from KidsGive...
9/1/2008
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 Big Sellers Turn into Big Disappointments
What’s hot one year may not be the next, and even some of the market’s most popular items — Learning Curve’s Thomas & Friends and HaPe’s Quadrilla — can end up destined for a last-chance markdown in some stores, TDmonthly Magazine learned...
9/1/2008
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 Round Up Those Ratings
Are you considering a product for your store, but want to first know what consumers think?...
8/1/2008
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TDmonthly Top Seller 2008 Awards
Which toys are known for driving up sales in specialty toy stores? The list of winners for TDmonthly's Top Seller 2008 award, presented based on sales evaluations by specialty retailers across the country, tells its own story...
8/1/2008
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TDmonthly Classic Awards
TDmonthly Magazine is proud to announce the select winners of its TDmonthly Classic 2008 Award...
8/1/2008
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 TDmonthly’s Top-10 Most-Wanted Dolls
“When I first began, I was told in my research for the store [which opened in October 2004] that dolls were going out,” Ray Goodhart, owner of Ages & Stages Toy Box in Golden, Colo., told TDmonthly Magazine...
8/1/2008
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 Retailing Tips: Finding the Right Dolls
I remember, as a child, pressing my face against a toy-store window and falling in love with a doll. At the time, choices for toys and dolls were more limited...
8/1/2008
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 In This Issue
If it feels like summer is flying by and holiday orders will soon be upon us, well ... that sounds about right!...
8/1/2008
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 Weekly Toy Newscast: 8-17-08
The much-anticipated toy safety bill lowering acceptable lead limits in children's products and overhauling the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has been signed into law. Find out the major provisions...
8/1/2008
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 Girls Give Language Littles Doll an “A” in French
TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable participants recently reviewed Language Littles’ French doll, Jolie. While the two storeowners had several suggestions for improvement, the girls were intrigued by Jolie and enjoyed trying out another language...
7/1/2008
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 When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get an Endcap
There is little doubt that things are tough in toy land. By the end of April, my retailer panel reported declining sales by 5 percent over all categories compared to the same period last year...
5/1/2008
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 Retailer Spotlight: Creative Kids Toy Shop
Although Melodie Ingwersen has childhood memories of playing “toy store” with her sisters, she didn’t aspire to be a toy-store owner, she told TDmonthly Magazine...
5/1/2008
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 The Dolls of Pomona
Dolls of various ethnicities and diverse fashions hit the floor at the WTHRA Western States Toy & Hobby Show in Pomona, Calif., in March...
4/1/2008
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 Retailers' Top 10: Toy Fair and Pomona
What did specialty retailers think about this year’s American International Toy Fair in New York City and the Western States Toy & Hobby Show in Pomona, Calif.?...
4/1/2008
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 TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Dolls
Thirty-seven of 62 toy-store owners raved that Corolle babies are their best-selling dolls, with sales averaging from two to 50 per month year-round and significantly more at Christmas...
2/1/2008
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 New Dolls for 2008
When TDmonthly Magazine calls toy-store owners about hot sellers, dolls aren’t usually at the top of their lists...
2/1/2008
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The Emergence of a German Toy Giant
With bankrupt Smoby’s future up for grabs, Simba-Dickie, the fifth-largest German toy manufacturer, is preparing to challenge the big boys on their home turf...
2/1/2008
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 DOLLS ROUNDTABLE: Love Is Green
The participants of TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable appreciated the bright color and small, cuddly nature of Eva, a 12” cloth doll from Ella and Friends, though some believe the suggested retail price might be too high, even for a quality doll...
1/1/2008
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 Competing With Computers
Given the craze over computers and obsessions for being online, thanks in part to Ganz’s Webkinz, it may seem that children have lost interest in good, old-fashioned toys...
12/1/2007
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 Dolls Roundtable: Dancing With Terri Lee
TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable participants were delighted with the price point and playability of the Prima Princess Ballerina Doll by Terri Lee Associates...
12/1/2007
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 Cool Female Action Figures Get Moving
Dolls aren’t just for sitting on the shelf or dressing pretty anymore. They can be just as cool and exciting as action figures, if given moveable joints...
11/1/2007
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 TDmonthly’s Fashion Dolls War - Update 2007
After its inception in March of 1959, Mattel Inc.’s Barbie doll dominated the fashion doll market. Barbie’s accessories — everything from play homes to cars to clothes — helped make Barbie a worldwide phenomenon...
11/1/2007
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 TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Gifts for Girls
What will girls want from Santa this year? Webkinz by Ganz are sure to stick around, retailers told TDmonthly Magazine, and younger girls are likely to clutch onto the latest dolls from Corolle and Madame Alexander...
11/1/2007
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 Toy Buzz: Giving Back Pays Off for Karito Kids
When Lisa Steen Proctor and Laura Rangel began planning their company, KidsGive LLC, in 2005, they knew they wanted to accomplish more than giving a toy. They also wanted to help kids celebrate diversity and learn to give to others, Laura, the company’s president, told TDmonthly Magazine...
11/1/2007
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 Dolls Roundtable: Press ‘n Dress is Popular
This month, TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable reviewed the Two’s Company and Dinner Party sets of Press n’ Dress dolls and accessories by Pockets of Learning...
11/1/2007
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Dolls Won't Let Up
Little girls have always wanted to have a cuddly doll to tell their problems to, and it's no different today. playzak asked 62 toy-store owners about what's new and marvelous in dolls...
10/1/2007
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 Dolls: Thinking “Glad” With Pollyanna
This month, TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable participants reviewed Tonner Doll Company's Pollyanna, a 14” fashion doll that is similar to Tonner’s Betsy McCall doll...
10/1/2007
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 Kookeys Aim for Webkinz Jugular
Think plush is cute? What about the hungry creators behind it? Kids may be playing with KinzCash, but Ganz is raking in real millions, and manufacturers want in...
10/1/2007
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 Dolls: A Lee Middleton Trio
This month, TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable participants reviewed three age-specific dolls by Lee Middleton...
9/1/2007
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 How American Girl Became an "Experience"
On August 18, 2007, girls from North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and other neighboring states flocked to the Atlanta, Ga., American Girl store, celebrating its grand opening as it joined locations in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles...
9/1/2007
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 Take Britney Home With You
It’s been more than 70 years since Shirley Temple and her namesake doll won America’s heart. But today, teen stars don’t always grow up maintaining a wholesome image...
9/1/2007
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 Dolls Won't Let Up
Though few of the 62 retailers surveyed by TDmonthly Magazine claimed dolls as a stellar seller, all but one carried them — a testament to this classic toy’s staying power...
8/1/2007
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 Fashion Passion
Anyone in need of fashion inspiration can cancel that trip to Paris and look instead to these dressed dolls...
8/1/2007
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 Hot Babes
Over the past three to four months, a number of retailers have told TDmonthly Magazine that baby doll sales are up, and it’s all thanks to little girls...
8/1/2007
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 Dolls: Corolle's Bébé Do
This month, Dolls Roundtable participants reviewed Corolle’s Bébé Do — an infant doll they fell in love with before the package was even opened...
7/1/2007
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 The Doll Next Door
Now any little girl can find a doll that (almost) looks like her ... and her friends...
7/1/2007
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 Dolls Roundtable: Corolle
You wrap up the doll and the customer takes it home. But what do collectors, kids and grandmas really think about a baby doll once it's out of the box?...
6/1/2007
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 Mixis Mix It Up
The founder and president of YNU Group lived a "Mixis" life long before she ever considered making the 12" multi-ethnic fashion dolls...
6/1/2007
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 Dolls: Käthe Kruse's Melena
This month, Dolls Roundtable participants took a look at Melena — a Käthe Kruse rag doll by Europlay...
5/1/2007
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 Only Hearts Club Keeps Growing
Soft yet poseable, wholesome yet cool, Only Hearts Club dolls are an appealing alternative to the typical dolls marketed to girls ages 8 to 12...
5/1/2007
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 Dolls: Teaching Unselfishness
This month, TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable participants reviewed the P31 Elizabeth “Pure Heart” doll by One2Believe...
4/1/2007
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 Dolls: Only Hearts Are All Heart
From the heart of Georgia, grandmas, moms, daughters, collectors and a retailer turned their critical eyes to soft, poseable 9” fashion dolls known as the Only Hearts Club...
3/1/2007
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 Fashion Dolls Still Move and Groove
Manhattan Toys' Groovy Girls received the "grooviest" rating in the specialty market by far, mentioned as a projected best holiday seller by 24 out of 51 toy retailers...
12/1/2006
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 Sales Reborn With Doll-Making Kits
Some "reborn" artists will spend more than 40 hours making a doll — an art that’s exciting doll collectors and opening up new opportunities for retail stores...
12/1/2006
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 Baby Dolls Do Their Business
Sixty-two percent of retailers credited Corolle with reliable doll sales, according to a TDmonthly Magazine survey of 51 storeowners and managers...
12/1/2006
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 TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Gifts for Girls
Manhattan Toy’s Groovy Girls, Calico Critters by International Playthings, and Calin from Corolle prove that doll and critter power rules when it comes to last-minute gift ideas for girls...
12/1/2006
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 TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Classics
Thomas the Tank Engine keeps chugging along, bringing with him dolls by The Alexander Doll Company and Corolle, construction by K’Nex and plush by Gund...
11/1/2006
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 TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Mini-Toys
Manhattan Toy's Groovy Girl Minis are tied with Papo Knights as the best-selling teeny toy, each getting a top-selling nod from 10 of 45 specialty toy-store owners surveyed...
9/1/2006
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 TDmonthly's Toy Sleuth
The search for the "new" is all-encompassing. TDmonthly Magazine scoured the globe for the latest and greatest...
8/1/2006
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 Rag Doll Revival
Rag dolls have been transformed from nostalgic gifts to modern-girl must-haves...
8/1/2006
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 Silly Collectors, Dolls Are for Kids
The start of the 21st century has seen a decline in the collectible doll market, and many manufacturers and retailers are once again focusing their products toward children...
8/1/2006
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 Dolls Talk Back and Kids Respond
Technology has advanced so quickly that baby dolls don’t just talk, they talk back. But do kids go for dolls that have a mind of their own?...
7/1/2006
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 When Unique Dolls Go Mainstream
With Groovy Girls and Only Hearts Club already at Target and Lee Middleton heading to JCPenney, retailers wonder, what's the incentive to carry dolls once considered the anti-Barbie?...
7/1/2006
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 I Know That Doll …
Grandparents and parents are usually cited as the impetus for classic toy buying, but now 2-year-olds are getting into the act...
6/1/2006
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 The Art of Dollmaking
R. John Wright Dolls has been making hand-crafted collectible dolls since 1976...
4/1/2006
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 Dolls Go Soft for 2006
When retailers report grown men buying plush dolls for themselves, you know something’s up...
4/1/2006
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 Tonner Dolls Puts on a Show!
Tonner Doll Company makes the idea that dolls are just for little girls completely old fashioned, according to tween trendsetter Juliette Brindak...
4/1/2006
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 Romancing the Past With Dolls
Carpatina Dolls are meticulous creations that showcase president and lead designer Mihaela Hinkle's talent...
3/1/2006
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 Toys With Heart Coming Soon
Although many companies have developed interactive toys that react to specific phrases, familiar objects and even voices, Exmovere LLC has taken the technology to the next level...
1/1/2006
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Dolls and Plush
The following products are from manufacturers you won't find at the 2006 Toy Fair...
1/1/2006
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 Santa’s Babies
In specialty stores, tradition sells for the holidays, retailers agreed … and what could be more traditional than dolls?...
12/1/2005
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 Celine Dion Gets Real With Dolls
Celine Dion has been working with Uneeda on a line of realistic baby dolls, and other celebrities are getting involved with dolls as well...
11/1/2005
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 Teen Trends Reach For Tweens
Mattel has chucked out the old template for fashion dolls and come up with something new: 17" Teen Trend dolls...
10/1/2005
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 The Coming Fashion in Fashion Dolls
Next month, TDmonthly Magazine talks with the heads of the fashion doll industry — the creators, the CEOs, the movers-and-shakers — to find out where it’s all going and why...
9/1/2005
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 Become Enchanted With Dervish Toys
After six years in development, the husband and wife founders of Dervish Toys, Charles Erdman and Tatiana Romanov, are finally ready to bring their old world fantasy to life...
9/1/2005
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 Sugar, Snails and Silicone: Today´s Doll Materials
What are little girls and boys made of? These days, if they’re collectible replicas, a soft vinyl and silicone mix. From sculpting to manufacture, new materials are revolutionizing the look and feel of baby dolls...
9/1/2005
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 Little Girls Get Real Babies
Little girls are picking up lifelike baby dolls meant for adult collectors, and they’re not putting them down...
9/1/2005
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 Buying a Doll Experience? — Priceless
See a doll, hear a doll. Touch it. Buy it. Then come back for more. The sensory approach to doll selling that Jerree Childers has chosen for her store seems to be working; she estimates that 70% of her customers are repeat buyers...
9/1/2005
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 Groovy Girls Play It Both Ways
How do you sell a specialty item that some fear isn´t so special anymore? When the Groovy Girls hit Target last January, a number of toy shop owners and managers who’d helped build the popular Manhattan Toy Company line felt betrayed...
9/1/2005
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 TDmonthly´s Top 10 Most Wanted Realistic Play Babies
When it comes to baby dolls, the “realer” the better. Lifelike baby dolls meant for collectors, such as Ashton-Drake Collectible’s So Truly Real! line and the Lee Middleton Original Doll Co.’s Breath of Life Babies, have even crossed over into the (very careful) play category...
9/1/2005
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 Get Real, Baby
The lifelike baby doll trend that exploded the collector’s market is moving to the local department store. The Uneeda Doll Company is working on a line of mass-market lifelike baby dolls meant for play instead of collection...
8/1/2005
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 The Princess Tween
In 2004, the animated film “Shrek 2” grossed $436 million, making it the top seller of the year and the third biggest blockbuster of all time. What was the secret behind this cash cow? It was, of course, Fiona, the beautiful princess ogre...
6/1/2005
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 TDmonthly’s Top 10 Most Wanted Dolls
The research for this article was compiled by December 10, 2004. Interactivity and electronics are the season’s buzz words -- dolls are incorporating both these trends to encourage play. Movie tie-ins are also a huge trend. As parents pick up the first “American Girl” movie or Barbie’s big screen adventure, children are desperate to add these new characters to their collections...
1/1/2005
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 Play to Meet Profit at Toy Fair 2005
As retailers begin stocking shelves for 2005, the big question remains, what will be a hot sell in the new year? Of the many resources available, one good place to commence research on toy trends is at the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center this February 20-23rd, where once again the Toy Industry Association, Inc. returns with its annual American International Toy Fair...
1/1/2005
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Dolls-- $2.8 Billions in Sales for 2003
The Dolls category was the industry to watch in 2003. NPD Group reported brisk sales of $2.8 billions and dolls show no signs of slowing down. Little girls want the option to choose and this season doesn’t disappoint with an array of lovable babies and new best friends...
12/1/2004
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The Tween Spending Scene: What do they Buy?
It´s official: Tweens are keen on technology, especially products like Nintendo´s Gameboy SP Advance, which retails for $99.00. Once a Tween owns the SP, games, accessories (such as lights, magnifiers, vibrating buttons, speakers, headphones and carrying cases) and software-related licensed merchandise are ongoing purchase options at a variety of price points. Sometimes, it only take one key product to break open a broad segment of the elusive Tween market...
11/1/2004
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 Shouldn´t Barbie Have to Change Too?
I´ve been trying to live up to the Barbie ideal all my life and I still don´t measure up. Sure, Mattel has attempted to make her more realistic ... Big deal. Barbie is what now - 45 years old? When I received my first Barbie doll in 1965 she looked 16. By now, she should have aged like the rest of us, right? I suppose I have to give Mattel their due and say she has. She now looks at least 16-1/2...
9/1/2004
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 Fashion Dolls Get Edgier and More Ethnic
When Bratz burst onto the fashion doll scene in 2001, the industry was forever changed. The 10 inch vinyls exude fashion sense and a hip, urban attitude that little girls want to emulate. The success of Bratz means Barbie no longer has a solid lock on what is considered acceptable for the industry. As a result, doll designers have the opportunity to experiment...
9/1/2004
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 A Few Words About Bratz
Enormous sales have indicated that kids can’t get enough Bratz merchandise. Now, MGA Entertainment has teamed up with publisher, Grosset & Dunlap, to make some great reading material that is sure to get tweens coming back for more...
9/1/2004
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Chic Boutique Hopes Hottiez will Sizzle
When Murray Bass and Sarah Nguyen formed the Chic Boutique doll company in 2003, they knew they were entering the market at a fiercely competitive time. Staying afloat would require a product line that would set them apart from the rest. They hope they’ve found the key to success with the introduction of Hottiez, a collection of 10-inch dolls geared toward girls ages 4-9...
9/1/2004
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Magic Mini´s: Mini Doll Phenomenon
According to a report "What to Watch in 2004" by the NPD Group, “another area of strength in 2003 that will continue this year is the mini doll category.”...
9/1/2004
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Baby Dolls for Baby Girls
Some of the newest dolls will inspire imagination in young minds and can also become sweet play pals for any girl...
9/1/2004
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DOLLS
Fashion Boulevard The limited edition California Sun Christina doll is the epitome of California fashion! She is dressed for Southern California weather in her hot pink bathing suit, pink animal cover up and big picture hat. She carries a cute tote to match her hat which she uses to...
8/1/2004
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Not Your Mother´s Barbie, Anymore
Barbie has remained a penultimate collectible for those who cherish each Barbie transformation. And the rest of the Adult Collectibles category is morphing, too, along generational and economic lines of the new century...
7/1/2004
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Ugly Never Looked So Good
What began as a series of wacky sketches from a guy to his girlfriend has resulted in a brilliant contribution to the collectibles market...
7/1/2004
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DOLLS
Badger Basket (ToyDirectory)Jessica, part of the Gotz Precious Day Collection, is 18” tall with long, silky blonde hair tat can be brushed, braided and styled. Her articulated arms and legs are vinyl and she is also poseable. Jessica wears a cute pink and white dress, vest, underpants and “patent leather”...
7/1/2004
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 MATTEL FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST FORMER EMPLOYEE
Mattel Inc. has confirmed that it is suing former Mattel employee, Carter Bryant for allegedly misappropriating company intellectual property and secretly working for a competitor while still at Mattel...
5/1/2004
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Retro Revival
From Care Bears to He-Man, many of this year´s “new” toys were actually born two decades ago...
5/1/2004
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 Our Top Ten Toys of 2003
From a new toy that makes kids part of the video game action to fashion-savvy dolls with celebrity panache, 2003 brought some much needed excitement to a rebounding toy industry.....
1/1/2004
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