| What is our fascination with the collectible doll market | | | | yet, but this is what you imagine your perfect baby |
| of today? What is new that is happening now that | | | | looking like. Perhaps you are a young mom, and this is |
| makes us continue to want to collect these beautiful | | | | something that you and your little girl can enjoy doing |
| dolls. Lets look at just a few of the reasons why we | | | | together, playing dolls. There is nothing wrong with us |
| love to collect these dolls. | | | | "big" girls playing dolls too. Just remember, no one |
| WHAT SPEAKS TO YOU | | | | says anything to the "big" boys when they are |
| Sure, the antique dolls are always of value, and they | | | | playing with their toy "cars", toy "trains", or whatever |
| hold a lot of sentimental value if they have been | | | | the "boys" like to tinker with. |
| passed down from our mothers or grandmothers. | | | | NEW BALL-JOINTED TODDLER DOLLS |
| That is probably what started your first fascination | | | | The new pose able 24"-34" ball-jointed dolls are just |
| with dolls. But we have evolved, and we now are our | | | | as fascinating. Have you ever had to stop and do a |
| own generation that has changed with the times. You | | | | double take when you see these dolls in a boutique |
| continue to look for something that speaks to you | | | | or in a magazine? They look so real. How do these |
| when you find that perfect doll. It's different for | | | | artists do this? Some have real human hair wigs and |
| everyone, and that's what makes doll collecting so | | | | real eyelashes. They are about the same height as a |
| wonderful. There are so many new doll designers | | | | little toddler girl or boy, and they can now be posed |
| because not everyone looks at the dolls in the same | | | | in any number of cute positions. Once again, the |
| way, or wants the same doll... | | | | choice is yours, "real baby", or "real toddler". Just |
| NEW COLLECTIBLE LINES | | | | remember, they now only create a limited edition of |
| We now have a new choice and classic updates for | | | | these specialty dolls, and once that number is |
| our older favorite lines. The designers are staying | | | | reached they are retired and do not make any more. |
| true to their retro look but have now made new | | | | That's what makes them so special. Not everyone |
| designs, bright colors, and a modern influence for the | | | | you know has exactly the same doll you have. |
| new collector. The dolls and there fashions have to | | | | ASSORTMENT OF COLLECTIBLE DOLLS |
| continually change to make it new, all the time. Every | | | | And lastly, there is something for everyone. If you |
| year, there is a new line for each of these | | | | have eclectic taste, you should like "Wild Imagination" |
| companies. We collectors love this. That is why we | | | | dolls. For high fashion, movie star taste, or classics, |
| collect in the first place. We look forward to the new | | | | gives Madame Alexander, Tonner or Randall Craig |
| lines and designs, and are rarely disappointed. | | | | Dolls a look. For those who love the life like dolls, |
| REBORN BABIES | | | | browse around the Berenguer Reborns, Ashton |
| The dolls of today are so life like, that they can | | | | Drake, Masterpiece and Lee Middleton Dolls. And for |
| almost fool you into thinking they are actually real. | | | | just the love of any doll, Marie Osmond Dolls at |
| Regardless if you think this reborn baby design is | | | | Charisma Brands is always sure to please. However, |
| adorable or creepy, you have to admit there is a | | | | more and more there are individual artists that are |
| fascination with life like dolls. You can just look at | | | | branching out creating their own works of art, so |
| these precious babies, and they can take you back | | | | keep your eyes open. You never know what you will |
| to when you had your first child, or held your first | | | | fall in love with. |
| grandchild. Or maybe you haven't started your family | | | | |