As you can see, I haven't had much time to work on the site lately. However, I saw this on Target's website and couldn't resist...

It's kind of complicated. The Barbie® doll is like the regular-line I Can Be™ Bride doll, but she's wearing a slightly different dress. The Ken® doll - who seems to be a lot like last year's Beach Party Ken - is wearing a black variation of the pink tuxedo fashion that's currently available separately....

Filed Under: General Dollstuff
/// 30 April 2010 ///
It came from the Dollar Store...

It Came from the Dollar Store: Pretty Mermaid

I saw these dolls at Dollar Tree a few weeks ago. There were a bunch of different colors - magenta, purple, red, green, and blue.

If they look a teensy bit familiar, it's probably because their bodies are made from molds copied off of one of the Barbie® Fairytopia® Mermaidia™ Merbabies™ from 2005: ...

Last year, as part of the promotion for Barbie's 50th anniversary, Mattel released photos to the press showing a Barbie doll wearing a dress from the Top Model™ line. The captions for the photos only identified it as "Quintessential Barbie 2009".

Dolls Magazine incorrectly reported that the doll was going to be released, which caused some confusion among collectors....

/// 14 February 2010 /// (Updated: 24 March 2010)

I almost forgot - Entertainment Earth put up a picture of the Mad Hatter doll from the upcoming Disney movie Alice in Wonderland. The Mad Hatter is played by Johnny Depp in the movie, and this doll's face looks exactly like him.

I wonder if the Alice doll in this set will actually look like Mia Wasikowska?...

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