Dolls
Mattel Corporation first produced the the vintage Chatty Cathy doll 1959. In the 1960s, the vintage Chatty Cathy doll was the second most popular next to another Mattel sensation, Barbie Dolls. The doll was released in stores and appeared in television commercials beginning in 1960. With her pull string mechanism and phrases”please brush my hair” captured all the little girls. Children adored Chatty Cathy because her features are just like those of a real girl. She even has a chubby belly and buck teeth. What made this doll very revolutionary for her time is that it spoke eleven phrases by pulling the string in the center of her upper back. Seven more random phrases were added in 1963.
It was on the market for six years and extended in different characters including Chatty Baby, Tiny Chatty Baby, Tiny Chatty Brother, Charmin' Chatty, and last but not least Singin' Chatty. Chatty Cathy's had three box styles: pink cartoon box, aqua open window box and 2 picture boxes with 2 different photographs of Chatty Cathy.Chatty Cathy's had three hair colors: Blonde, brunette and redhead. They had two eye colors: blue and brown. Blue is the most common. The African American versions were made in 2 hair styles: page boy and longer pig tails. The pig tailed version of the African American Chatty Cathy is the hardest to find of all Chattys. The first versions which had blonde hair, blue eyes, a soft face and a cloth covered speaker are the easiest to find.
Anyone who intends to collect Chatty Cathys should take the time to learn about the many versions of the doll. Not all versions are valuable and it is worthwhile to be knowledgeable of fair market cost. Today, the vintage Chatty Cathy doll is one of the most sought after collection around the globe. Thanks to the Internet, there are now lots of resources full of information about the doll's history, value, where to find one, etc. on various websites dedicated to Chatty Cathy.
There are five Chatty Cathy body types that vary in value. The oldest dolls are not the most valuable. The first and second edition dolls are most common and worth the least, especially the blond dolls. African American, foreign and redheaded Chatty Cathys are the most valuable. Very few of these dolls were produced and even fewer still exist in good condition.
To this day, talkative people are labeled Chatty Cathys. This is a testament to the lasting popularity of this treasured doll.
A dollhouse is a toy home, made in miniature. For the last century, dollhouses have primarily been the domain of children but their collection and crafting is also a hobby for many adults. Miniature homes, furnished with domestic articles and resident inhabitants, both people and animals, have been made for more realistic exteriors appeared in Europe in the 1700s. Early dollhouses were all handmade thousands of years. The earliest known examples were found in the Egyptian tombs of the Old Kingdom, created nearly five thousand years ago. These wooden models of servants, furnishings, boats, livestock and pets placed in the Pyramids almost certainly were made for religious purposes.
Dollhouses are available in different forms. From ready-made and decorated houses to kits to custom built houses made to the customer's design. Some design and build their own dollhouse. Simpler designs might consist of boxes stacked together and used as rooms. Miniature objects used for decoration inside dollhouses include furniture, interior decorations, dolls and items like books and clocks. Some of these are available ready-made, but may also be homemade. Smaller doll houses with, but following the Industrial Revolution and World War II, they were increasingly mass produced and became more standardized and affordable.
Today's dollhouses trace their history back about four hundred years to the baby. The earliest known European dollhouses were the baby houses from the Sixteenth Century, which were cabinet display cases made up of rooms. They showed idealized interiors complete with extremely detailed furnishings and accessories. The cabinets were built with architectural details and filled with miniature household items and were solely the playthings of adults. They were off-limits to children, not because of safety concerns for the child but for the dollhouse. Such cabinet houses were trophy collections owned by the few matrons living in the cities of Holland, England and Germany who were wealthy enough to afford them, and, fully furnished, were worth the price of a modest full-size house's construction.
The baby houses of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the toy dollhouses of the nineteenth and early twentieth century rarely had uniform scales, even for the features or contents of any one individual house. Although a number of manufacturers made lines of miniature toy furniture in the Nineteenth Century, these products were not to a strict scale. Contemporary kit and fully built houses are typically made of plywood or medium-density fiberboard. Tab-and-slot kits use thinner plywood and are held together by a system of tabs and slots. These houses are usually light-weight and lower cost but often require siding, shingles, or other exterior treatments to look realistic. Kits made from heavier plywood or MDF are held together with nails and glue.
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Barbie doll has got a perfect body and appealing clothes. It is famous all over the world, for it has looks and styles suitable for hundreds of cultures. When the little girls have a Barbie doll, they really enjoy changing clothes and other outfits for her, even dress up her with their own tissues and tapes. May be girls are very careful and fond of sewing so they often use their scraps of fabric and tapes to themselves sew clothes for her Barbie doll in just the image.
Barbie Doll dress up games are the best games for girls of any taste. These games are available online also. Some free online games can be downloaded from the net. The objective of the game is to choose Barbie a great dress. The great thing about Barbie dress up game is that, they are no rules as to how she should be dressed.
There are many versions of this game. Dressing a Barbie is a passion for a little girl. There are many types of Barbie dolls, with different hair styles, dresses, accessories and body. There are different versions of the Barbie dress up games like vintage, bridal Barbie, partying Barbie, playing Barbie and many more.
Aside from the lovable collections of Barbie dolls that were created and launched over the years, fans of Barbie couldn't just get enough of her, thus, many of them created various stuff that are related to the doll. Some of these are merchandise, mementos, movies, and other souvenir items.
But among these, the most popular thing that was invented because of Barbie is the dress up Barbie doll game. This game has become popular to young girls and even to those girls who are young at heart.
Dress up Barbie doll game enables the player to dress up Barbie in trendy clothes with marching hairdos. This game also lets you dress up your choice of Barbie doll and lets you have an interactive experience with other players.
Aside from letting you dress up Barbie in any fashion you want, this dress up Barbie doll game also lets you change the color of the doll's hair, lip, and cheeks. If you want to change everything, you can easily reset the game by manipulating the buttons.
Barbie doll also has got more diversified looks than before so the kids and little girls will not feel bored with this game.
Besides matching clothes with shoes and other accessories, they have a chance to make up Barbie and make Barbie look prettier and sexier. The makeup is an essential part of one's look, and for a look conscious character such as Barbie, the makeup must be just right. So, accomplish the makeup within the Barbie dress up games.
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A dollhouse (or dollshouse) is a toy home, made in miniature. For the last century, dollhouses have primarily been the domain of children but their collection and crafting is also a hobby for many adults.
Dollhouses are available in different forms. From ready-made and decorated houses to kits to custom built houses made to the customer's design. Some design and build their own dollhouse. Simpler designs might consist of boxes stacked together and used as rooms.
Dollhouse furniture from dollhouse collectibles counts amongst the best miniature furniture loved by everyone. Electrical lighting kits for interior and exterior of your miniature house makes the dollhouse make even more beautiful and realistic. The doll house furniture gives an attractive and a fashionable and stylish look to the dollhouse. All these are available on the internet which can be bought online. All the doll house furniture are made according to the assorted size and designs of dollhouses so that they can easily set up in the interiors of the any dollhouse.. All types of dollhouse accessories and dollhouse supplies are truly a symbol of perfect dollhouse miniatures that can be used with any type of kit.
It’s not very difficult to build houses. You may need help in building your home. Miniature stores, are great for classes. When you take a class you are able to visualize your doll house as a miniature home, verses a toy house. As a hobby you are able to use all the craft knowledge that you have and utilize it and make mini things.
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The Barbie Doll is one of the most popular characters of all time. Barbie always has the latest and trendiest fashions. The accessories of Barbie make her look more beautiful. Now a days, The hair-streaking tool comes with applicators in color shades that wash out with shampoo with many Barbie dolls. The cool hair twisting tool is useful for wrapping the hair and creates twisty braids on Barbie.
The latest hit in the market is the colorful gems. Decorate Barbie doll's hair with colorful gems and hair accessories that girls can wear in their own hair too. Almost all Barbie dolls comes with hand bags and one or two pairs of shoes. The Barbie glam pool is a small swimming pool which comes with a ladder also, and this is a very good gift for Barbie collectors.
Barbie 3 story dream house comes with all the luxuries of the real house. Realistic sounds like a stove that sizzles, doorbell, even a flushing toilet and two songs on the house intercom. Gourmet-style kitchen with plenty of storage comes with all the popular conveniences. The entire 3-story Dream House is over 3 feet tall and fully furnished. The third story has Murphy bed and is removable for on-the-go complete house play.
Barbie doll and her friends love to cruise around town with the top down in Barbie doll's new Ford Mustang Convertible. This realistically styled car looks just like the real thing, with chrome wheels and a steering wheel that tilts. Seats Barbie doll and one friend.
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Barbie is an icon, not just a doll. The plastic princess has become an icon in our culture for a reason. Timeless and precious to millions of faithful fans. The wonderful world of Barbie is vast sea of knowledge and history.
Mattel toy company introduced the original Barbie doll in 1959 with a price tag of $3.00. After fifty years as reigning queen of the toy industry, a vintage Barbie in mint condition will garner over $3,000. A vintage Barbie doll is one that was produced from 1959 to 1972. A modern Barbie is a doll manufactured from 1973 to present. The modern Barbie dolls that are designed by Byron Lars are always in heavy demand, and once they are no longer available from the manufacturer can only be purchased on-line or from private Barbie collectors and they sell for several hundreds of dollars.
Types of Barbie are classified in several categories. Holiday, Porcelain, Fashion, Theme, and Timeless Treasures are just a few. Barbies are boxed in five different tier structures. Pink label are for the classified play with Barbie found in every toy store. Silver labels are dolls that are limited to a line of less than 50,000. Gold label are limited to less than 25,000. The final tier being the Platinum Label which is a doll that has less than a 1000 produced. Another division is the various different types of Barbie Editions. Limited and Collector's edition Barbie's are limited to a line of less than 35,000.
You will find Barbie dolls that are dressed in special one of a kind outfits that were designed by some of today's hottest designers, such as Kate Spade, Badgley Mischka, Carolina Herrera, and even Zac Posen as well as other "hot" well-known designers who have designed modern Barbie dolls. Fashion designers like Bob Mackie has dressed some of the most memorable collector edition dolls, so much so that one of the more popular facial molds is known as the Mackie face'. Vera Wang, Todd Oldham and many other high end designers have worked with Mattel to create stunning outfits for Barbie. The costumes of certain dolls have become so popular with collectors of other types of fashion dolls that certain pieces can cost more than the whole set did when released. One of the interesting facts is the foreign release, dolls and fashions made for Europe, and Asia where collectors take delight in the intricately patterned saris of the dolls made for India, while darling school girls and sweetly innocent fashions are offered in Japan.
The much sought after designer and themed dolls should be purchased as soon as they are released by Mattel.
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Lanie is a ten-year-old girl living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She enjoys science and nature, and considers herself a scientist. The concept of Lannie dolls came from her story of adventures. The two books written about her story are Lanie, and Lanie's Real Adventures, both written by Jane Kurtz. Lanie Holland is the Girl of the Year Doll for 2010. She made her debut on Friday, January 1st. Lannie Holland doll is an 18" doll with curly blond hair and hazel eyes. Lanie comes dressed in a green and blue striped rugby dress, blue & white shoes, and blue headband. Her movable head and limbs are made of smooth vinyl. Accessories include a pretend laptop, embroidered messenger bag, charm bracelet, postcards and her pet bunny. Additional items available are a gardening outfit, butterfly outfit, nightgown, hammock, camper & gear, and wildlife friends.
Lanie loves nature and exploring the world around her, and her American Girl accessories reflect her love of the outdoors. Her Camper comes complete with a sleeping bag, teapot, camp cup & plate, recycling bin, and more. Everything Lanie needs for a great outdoor adventure.
American Girl has paired up with the National Wildlife Federation in the making of this year's doll of the year. The message behind Lanie's character is to get families to go outdoors. To help foster an appreciation of nature, American Girl is supporting the National Wildlife Federation’s “Be Out There” campaign, which helps families connect to the outdoors through the sale of nature tees for girls and dolls.
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