Still Adding Dolls to the Blog

If you have been following this blog, you know that I have already added pictures of several dolls that live at my house. And I have tons more to add. But I am doing this is small groups because of the dial-up internet connection.

Some people who collect dolls, like to collect only vintage dolls of one era. Some like to collect one type of doll. Some like to collect dolls made by only one manufacturer. I personally think any doll, regardless of type, manufacturer or age has a place in a collection if the doll is available. Of course there are exceptions to this rule and especially, I don't collect the cheap little plastic dolls now being sold at Walmart or K-Mart, etc. I might have an old doll housed right beside a newer type doll. At this time, I have quite a few collectible Barbie dolls in boxes which have never been opened. I lost interest in these newer dolls a few years ago and do not buy these collectible Barbie dolls at this time. I have several American Girl Dolls and a few other series vinyl dolls from the 1990's.

In the 1980's and 1990's the Daisy Kingdom fabric company came out with a series of dolls which they intended for people to use are forms for sewing doll dresses. The dolls were a hit and people were buying them for their collections and for their kids as they were very well made and cheap, but naked when they were in the package. These dolls were sold at fabric stores along with farbic panels designed to make doll dresses to fit the dolls and also fabric panels to make dresses for young girls. Some of these fabrics are still being sold on ebay but the company went out of business. The above doll is a google-eye baby doll and I'm not sure if this doll had a name, although most others did have names. I will have to check on this.

The next few dolls are Daisy Kingdom dolls. The first one is wearing a white pinafore doll lady creation. The following picture shows three dolls wearing Daisy Kingdom dresses. The middle african -american doll is a black Pansy doll, wearing a factory made Daisy Kingdom Christmas dress. I also have a white Pansy doll but at this time I don't have a picture of her. The doll to the right is a doll made by Battat in 1998 to combat sales of the American Girl dolls. These dolls were popular with parents and young girls as they were much cheaper than the American Girl dolls. This Battat doll is also wearing a factory made Daisy Kingdom Christmas Dress. The doll on the right is an actual American Girl doll made by the Pleasant Company. She is wearing a dress handmade from a Daisy Kingdom fabric panel.

Another popular series of dolls were the Baby Face dolls made by Galoob, starting in 1990. Galoob made a total of 36 different dolls but I have only a few. They are popular and almost every collector has at least a few. They are cute in the face, and just make you laugh. The first doll is wearing a doll lady creation but the others are wearing their orginal clothes. The second picture shows a few of the dolls playfully playing with the Christmas lights. the third picture shows three of them on the left side sitting in the cradle with a couple other baby dolls.

In the next several days, I will add some more pictures. If you visit please comment at bottom. Just hit the comment as an anonymous person. Just tell me if I know you.