Today, I went to Target for a non-doll-related purchase.  While there, I decided to browse the toy department for dolls.  En route to view the dolls, I silently repeated, “I will not buy a doll… I will not buy a...

I chose to preorder a doll in March for a few reasons: Her multiple points of articulation, warm complexion, and overall appeal fascinated me. The seller from whom I ordered offered a slightly reduced price and free shipping. I...

Want to experience the sensation of adding a new doll to your collection without draining your budget?  Try redressing one of your dolls.  Yes, redressing will give you a quick, “I have a new doll” fix.  I frequently...

I hand selected each of my dolls, which is why each one is dear to me; their monetary value is secondary.  Even my “cookie cutter” dolls, whose market value is relatively nil, possess sentimental value. They began my...

After Tuesday, November 4, 2008, I was prepared for an assortment of portrait dolls of the new White House residents, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. No one could tell me anything to the contrary,...

A recent memory jog that I own Mattel’s Kissing Christie (KC) led to her location today. Stored on a lower shelf with a dozen or so other never-removed-from-box dolls, KC was freed for the first time in 31 years (based on her...

After surviving a week that seemed endless and experiencing extreme joy about the approaching weekend, I decided to make a cyber doll purchase.  This will not provide long-term gratification like an actual doll purchase, but the...