tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54634734266689959362024-03-13T15:56:12.631+00:00MY DOLL BEST FRIENDAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-54737240616079734292016-10-21T12:38:00.003+01:002017-07-23T23:26:00.982+01:00 Numbered Limited Edition Gotz Happy Kidz Doll Rosie Exclusive to My Doll Best Friend!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">For some time now, we have been inundated with requests for a brand new Gotz doll. Not just any Gotz doll though, you have been particularly interested in a blue-eyed brunette, specifically from the infamous Gotz. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">You will be pleased to hear that we listened to your requests, and have created a brand new beautiful doll, that is exclusive to My Doll Best Friend, meet the amazing Rosie!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Hand-finished to perfection by the well-known artist Hildegard Gunzel, Rosie features a captivating expression, long dark hair and mobile joints. Rosie is extra special due to there only being 250 available worldwide. Rosie is a rare and delicate beauty, so if you're lucky enough to get your hands on her, hold tight and treasure her for years to come.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Our new brand 'Chosen' brings you Rosie, and you can expect to see more limited edition dolls in the future with Chosen.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">The latest addition to My Doll Best Friend is expected to be a sell out, so don't miss out on this exciting opportunity. Order now to get your very own Rosie by Gotz...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: medium;">With limited stock available, don't miss out on this beautiful and exclusive doll from Gotz, available now at <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/gotz-rosie-ed-doll-exclusive-doll-best-frien-p-2028.html">My Doll Best Friend</a>. </span></div>
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Of course, that's where you plan to spend your time, jumping in, splashing around all day long. What a pity!<br />
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Did you know there is a doll who LOVES holidays?<br />
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She doesn't just love holidays, the beach, the sea and pools, she also loves theme parks - particularly the rides where she gets all wet! Those rides are such fun, aren't they?<br />
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She's also very happy to have a friend like you, and you'll find she has the ability to lift your spirit with that sweet smile of hers!<br />
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Who is this remarkable doll that you can get wet and have fun with wherever you are?<br />
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She's an 18" doll called <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/alexis-christine-oshay-p-446.html">Alexis Christine O'Shay</a>!<br />
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She comes with this great bag.</div>
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Have you got 22 seconds to watch <a href="http://karenmomofthreescraft.blogspot.co.uk/">Karen Mom of Three</a>'s niece having fun with Alexis on holiday?</div>
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What about the rest of the school holidays when you're not near the beach?<br />
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Alexis can be played with in the bath!<br />
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She's also a very happy doll. Just see how happy she is in the park having fun with Drift!<br />
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Look at that luxurious hair! It's long and thick, perfect for lots of styling.<br />
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Drift wants some attention.<br />
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Drift belongs to My Doll Best Friend and he plays with all of our dolls, but we have lots of <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/accessories-pets-c-5_79.html">pets</a> looking for new homes.<br />
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First Edition Alexis comes with a limited edition, numbered and signed Certificate of Authenticity and is available at <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/alexis-christine-oshay-p-446.html">My Doll Best Friend</a>, now in low stock numbers.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-84050624445185423502016-08-06T21:02:00.000+01:002016-08-06T21:02:25.529+01:00Gotz Classic Kidz Lena 2015 with hair looseMany of you love Gotz Classic Kidz Lena 2015 but have written to ask what her hair is like when it's loose. After looking on the internet and not finding any photos of this Lena wearing her hair styled differently so that we could advise customers, there remained only one other way to find out.<br />
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Here you'll see all the pictures you could ever want of this gorgeous doll in and out of her box. Her hair is washed to remove the kinks from having had it styled in a bun, and the next day after air drying it her hair is photographed again, loose in its natural style.<br />
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I hope you enjoy the first few photos of close ups of Lena's clothing, designed by Hildegard Gunzel, too.<br />
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Here's Lena on the left next to Happy Kidz Anna 2014 who comes wearing a horse-riding costume.</div>
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Below is Lena with Emily 2014.</div>
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Lena is still available this year, while stocks last. More information about Lena is available on Lena's page, at <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-doll-classic-kidz-lena-2015-p-1134.html">My Doll Best Friend</a>.</div>
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First here's Ninette, limited to 35 and a 2016 edition doll.</div>
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This is Zoe, also one of 35 limited edition dolls for 2016.</div>
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Peggy is a special edition created for a recent doll show in Germany, the Puppen Fruhling.</div>
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Another special doll fair doll is Heidi. She's not part of a collection, simply one of a kind.</div>
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Look carefully at the bodies of the Heidi Plusczok dolls as there are two types, one with 5 joints and one with 9 joints.</div>
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We're lucky enough to have received another delivery of Heidi Plusczok dolls, so you're just seeing a few of the treats we have in the store here. See the full range in stock at <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-heidi-plusczok-c-6_314.html">My Doll Best Friend</a>.<br />
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With <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/clothing-boneka-heidi-plusczok-c-4_321.html">clothes</a> and <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/accessories-shoes-boneka-heidi-plusczok-c-5_322.html">shoes</a> to fit them we have everything you need to enjoy your new dolls!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-22075143616033871372016-06-26T12:54:00.001+01:002016-06-26T12:54:58.826+01:00Sylvia Natterer Dolls At Puppen Fruhling 2016 in Germany<br />
A new delivery of #SylviaNatterer #dolls arrived this week and they've been so popular we've had to re-order more straight away! Brigitte Finouche will be arriving back in stock this week.<br />
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It's therefore a great time to show you photos of the Sylvia Natterer dolls I took at the Spring Doll Festival in Germany, held 23rd-24th April 2016. Photos are not great quality as I was limited to my mobile phone in rather a dark spot of the hall.<br />
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I was delighted to see the full range of dolls were there, including Bibichou and some 'show specials'. All the dolls are special, of course but there were some one of a kinds, painted by Sylvia herself. It was great to see Sylvia again, who was primarily at the show to assist the German distributor of Petitcollin dolls.<br />
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This first doll you see is one of these rare and beautiful hand painted dolls, made as a prototype for the Starlette dolls, new for 2016.<br />
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She's an unnamed <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-44cm-starlette-dolls-c-6_255_284.html">Starlette </a>prototype for the doll <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-starlette-milena-sylvia-natterer-p-1525.html">Milena</a>, whose smile is reminiscent of the Mona Lisa.<br />
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Here's Milena and the handpainted doll next to each other:<br />
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The Little Prince made an appearance at <a href="http://mydollbestfriend.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/words-from-doll-artist-sylvia-natterer.html">Nuremberg Toy Fair 2016</a>, and here he is as a special, looking for a new home. I'm not aware that he will ever exist in another form than this prototype.<br />
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It is interesting to see The Little Prince because he's a boy doll with the girl doll face used for the Minouche girl dolls Alba, Olga and Jeanne.<br />
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Here are Minouche <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/minouche-jeanne-sylvia-natterer-p-1203.html">Jeanne </a>and <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/minouche-sylvia-natterer-p-1204.html">Luc</a>, with Finouche Smilla from 2015 stood behind them:<br />
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Close up of beautiful Brigitte and her doll:<br />
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We also see Brigitte as a violinist, wearing a concert outfit for an evening performance. Her expression is serious as she concentrates on her performance, carried away in the music as she plays to her appreciative audience. This Brigitte was a show special.<br />
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'Fashionable Melanie' is more concerned with shopping and keeping cool while she does. Cannes is her favourite place to shop, and it's so close to the beach, that with a few select purchases made, she likes nothing better than heading to the nearby beach for a swim. This doll is another show special, not for production.<br />
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If you wish for any of these dolls to come and live with you, let me know and I will do my best to make it happen, but be quick as Sylvia will find them new homes in no time, I'm sure!<br />
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Here's <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-finouche-melanie-sylvia-natterer-p-1528.html">Finouche Melanie</a> who is available to purchase this year:<br />
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There were a couple of other special show dolls, a footballer Luc and a gorgeous baby doll.<br />
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Sylvia's husband Klaus had been signed up for the role of booth builder! Behind every good woman is a man. Sylvia is particularly partial to Alba and the baby dolls, but Klaus prefers Jeanne.<br />
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This is one of Sylvia's favourite dolls:<br />
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Klaus is here helping Sylvia with building the set! <br />
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The star of the booth is <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-starlette-tatiana-sylvia-natterer-p-1527.html">Starlette Tatiana</a>, new for this year. Here she is again in my photo:<br />
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A few more photos of the dolls...<br />
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Minouche Natalie from 2015 and <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/finouche-lucie-sylvia-natterer-p-1529.html">Finouche Lucie</a>:<br />
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Bibichou, and <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-minouche-joelle-sylvia-natterer-p-1208.html">Minouche Joelle</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-starlette-coppelia-sylvia-natterer-p-1526.html">Starlette Coppelia</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-starlette-luella-sylvia-natterer-p-1524.html">Starlette Luella</a>:<br />
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Sylvia has worked very hard indeed in the last 2 years, to bring us these dolls. It hasn't been easy as the dolls are produced in Spain, and while Sylvia is an accomplished linguist, Spanish is not one of her languages. Sylvia speaks English and and although it's her third language, after French and German, she speaks it excellently. However, Sylvia does not speak Spanish and yet it is necessary to communicate very thoroughly with Spanish regularly about the doll production. At the factory in Spain virtually no one speaks English and it left to Sylvia and just one person at the factory who understands a few words of French and speaks less, to communicate ideas and progress throughout the entire production of the collections. <br />
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Communication is often by Skype at night time. Sylvia checks the progress and makes suggestions. I get the impression that there is a lot of gesturing of 'bring the piece closer to the camera' please! It is really testament to this great understanding between the two of them that the dolls and their clothing look so spectacular yet again this year.<br />
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I spotted new packaging for the Finouche dolls:<br />
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Finally I asked Sylvia if I may have a photo, and she picked up this baby, and made my day!<br />
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If you enjoyed reading this post there are lots more features on the blog about Sylvia Natterer's dolls. Read <a href="http://mydollbestfriend.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/words-from-doll-artist-sylvia-natterer.html"><i>Words From Sylvia Natterer at the Nuremberg Toy Fair</i></a>.<br />
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See more photos, and shop for <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-34cm-minouche-dolls-c-6_255_256.html">Minouche</a>, <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-48cm-finouche-dolls-c-6_255_258.html">Finouche </a>and <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-44cm-starlette-dolls-c-6_255_284.html">Starlette </a>dolls, <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-c-6_255.html">clothes and accessories</a> at <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/index.php">My Doll Best Friend</a>.<br />
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A few weeks ago, I received a simple one line enquiry to the website asking if My Doll Best Friend would like to see photos of a new range of dolls. The next moment was truly exhilarating: I was reading an email from the very brand whose identity I'd sought since 2014 - <b><a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-new-c-6_318.html"><span id="goog_1408468819"></span>Fun In Faith</a><span id="goog_1408468820"></span></b>.</h2>
How did I already know about the existence of these dolls I set eyes on in that second email? <br />
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I'd heard about them - but no amount of internet searches would provide me with the missing information: the brand name. I knew that there were some delightful faith dolls made by a South African brand, which had been designed with an olive complexion, just like the original princesses from the Old Testament Bible. The other detail I knew was that the artist was Sonja Hartmann.<br />
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Ever since that moment I've wanted to share this with all of you. <br />
Here we now are, with Fun In Faith dolls in stock at <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/index.php">My Doll Best Friend</a>. Such an exciting moment!<br />
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The mission for Fun In Faith was to provide toys that would ground children's characters in a solid belief system through play. Very few suitable fun toys were available in the South African market, so a small group of mothers very courageously and purposefully set about creating the most ideal toys, to simultaneously bring joy and make a lasting impact on the lives of children from a moral point of view. <br />
Fun in Faith started with precious dolls.<br />
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They identified the ideal age group as between four and twelve years old,* the main reason being that parents can spend valuable time interacting with their children, exchanging and shaping views without effort. Through play, children form their value sets and theses images (good or bad) last a lifetime.<br />
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With the help of Sonja Hartmann, Fun In Faith designed and produced their first range of dolls. The scale was chosen so that the dolls would be small enough (21cm high) to be able to be a constant companion for a young girl. The complexion of the vinyl was chosen to be olive brown, an authentic colour to the likely skin tone of the Old Testament Bible characters chosen; namely Esther, Ruth, Hannah, Rebekah and Rahab. </div>
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Hannah; Ruth; Esther; Rahab and Rebekah (21cm doll).<br />
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The Fun In Faith dolls were launched in August 2015.</div>
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Each wonderful gift set includes everything needed for characterful play:<br />
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All the stories start with a problem that has to be resolved and during play, the characters can be dressed in their traditional or modest outfits. However, as Divine intervention produces the best possible outcome the mini dolls have a bridal or grand outfit as well. All these stories end on a positive note, to remind all readers that faith is never in vain. Rahab is the only exception in that she first wears a bright outfit and later her traditional outfit once she is accepted by the Israelites after the fall of Jericho.<br />
The jewel to the Fun In Faith collection is their big doll Esther (45cm in height). This doll was designed by Sonja Hartmann for her Kidz & Cats brand** in 2013 and here we see "Kiki" revived as "Esther". By the time Fun In Faith approached Sonja Hartmann, this doll named "Kiki" had already sold out. "Kiki was the perfect doll we were looking for as our Esther" commented Fun In Faith. <br />
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The Esther 45cm doll comes in three different outfits to choose from: Esther, also known as Hadassah; Princess Esther or Queen Esther. She also comes with her biblical story, and a heart shaped pendant with the words engraved as "Courage", for the child to wear (Esther had the courage to save her people).<br />
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Esther, Princess Esther & Queen Esther (45cm doll).<br />
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The booklets that accompany all dolls can be selected for Christian or Jewish readers. They have been written with the English Old Testament Bible as background. Their English Bible translations use different names for God and this usage was followed in the writing of the normal English booklets. However, the booklets for Jewish children speak of HaShem (The Name) when referring to God. Fun In Faith has used the Hebrew English translation of the Stone Edition Tanach for Jewish readers. There are booklets to accompany all of the dolls, here's an example of those that come with Esther and Hannah, and as you can see they're fun!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">The sparkly highly adorned clothing and shoes and the quality presentation of all material has really impressed me - down to the fabric 'Limited Edition' coloured labels on the 45cm Esther doll boxes and printed ribbon tied in bows around these boxes. There really is so much attention to detail.</span><br />
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Apart from the dolls, all items included in the gift sets have been produced in South Africa.</div>
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Indeed Fun In Faith is proudly South African.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">There will be more toys to come from the brand, particularly for boys, and we look forward to offering you more dolls and figurines in the future.</span><br />
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In common with Fun In Faith, we truly believe that these dolls enhance our range. Apart from the excellent quality of the dolls, as well as the unique handmade outfits and shoes, these characters retell stories that have fascinated old and young for generations.</div>
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We would be delighted to read your comments and answer any questions! </div>
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If you'd like to buy a Fun In Faith doll, you will find them in stock at <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/index.php">My Doll Best Friend</a> and ready for international shipment.</div>
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We're really excited to now be an official stockist of <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-heidi-plusczok-c-6_314.html">Heidi Plusczok</a> dolls at My Doll Best Friend!!!</div>
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The dolls you see in this post were photographed at the <a href="http://mydollbestfriend.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/doll-tourism-at-spring-doll-festival.html">Spring Festival in Munster</a>, Germany, in April 2016. The dolls include those remaining from the partially sold out <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-heidi-plusczok-c-6_314.html">2016 limited edition collection</a>, and some doll show specials that we were able to purchase. </div>
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Heidi's dolls are wonderful playful little children and they have exquisite little bodies with perfect joints. This is the first year we've stocked Heidi Plusczok dolls, but not the first year we've tried to buy them. Such is their established popularity that unsurprisingly they sell out very quickly - precisely what has prevented us stocking them in past years. </div>
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Heidi is a German artist, making dolls now for more than 35 years. She has enjoyed the pleasure her own family has taken in her craft, and her granddaughter has been the inspiration for the most recent dolls, whilst her daughter - at the very beginning 10 years old - was the inspiration for the very first dolls.<br />
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Heidi has always loved the company of children. Children at play fascinate her, and it's this interest that has carried through into the sculptures of her playful little dolls. At the very beginning Heidi sculpted in polymer clay, but just a year later she made her first porcelain dolls. Then for a long time Heidi sculpted dolls for Zapf Creation's vinyl range, but the direction wasn't always the one she really wanted her art to take. She returned to the satisfaction of making dolls for herself in porcelain, in 2002.<br />
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From 2002 onwards she built her Heidi Plusczok business, which evolved into making dolls like her porcelain dolls, but in vinyl. It was challenging at times but Heidi ensured her high standards were adhered to by everyone on the team, and she herself continued to paint the faces of the dolls, and the end results were exceptionally pleasing.<br />
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These little dolls that we now stock are made from vinyl and there are two body types, one with joints just at the shoulders and hips and the other with these joints and extra ones at the elbow and knee. The heads for both bodies have lots of articulation allowing much expression.<br />
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This year Heidi is in her retirement year. It will be the last of the collections as she's allowing herself to stop working at age 70. The collections are this year limited to 35, so the dolls will be in even shorter supply than usual.<br />
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It is Heidi's love for introducing her dolls to new collectors and her love of dolls that drives her to attend doll shows in Germany in her final year of work.<br />
Unlike many fans of Heidi's work who live all over the world, I was able to meet her and talk to her about her dolls, which was an absolute privilege - and I do hope that somehow it won't be the last time.<br />
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Heidi's English is excellent but it hasn't always been the case. Having many fans in America, and travelling to international toy fairs, it has been picked up through her work with dolls, and through communication with so many international fans.<br />
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In 2013 Heidi proudly, and so deservedly, collected the Lifetime Award from the DOLLS Magazine, at IDEX in Orlando, USA.<br />
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We're very lucky that many of the dolls in this post were available to purchase by <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-heidi-plusczok-c-6_314.html">My Doll Best Friend</a> for retail. We anticipate these gorgeous little dolls will take planes, trains, boats and lorries in the coming weeks as they find their way to their new homes, both near and far.<br />
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Of course, one or two won't leave at all!!<br />
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It's this picture of the very beautiful, glowing Heidi with her precious dolls that made its impression on me. I took the same photo 4 times, each turned out exactly the same! But, it's because at that moment looking through the lens I knew what it meant to have genuine passion and motivation for what you do, and I found it so inspirational I wanted to make sure I got the copy.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-87400228667249660212016-05-22T08:53:00.000+01:002016-05-22T08:53:37.986+01:00Wichtel: Magical PowersIf #Wichtel #dolls have anything at all in common with elves, then it is their magical powers and supernatural beauty! Dolls are the epitome of fantasy anyway, and if you have a dolly mindset then you'll understand when I reveal that they have quietly been communicating with me for years! As for their supernatural beauty, they have a charm so intense, it's more like a spell!<br />
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Just take a look!<br />
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If you haven't come across Wichtel dolls before now, or you have and haven't paid them much attention, then these dolls probably look like funny odd, round little figures with characterful faces - and you may not yet be sure whether you like them or not!!<br />
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Why do I keep mentioning elves? Wichtel translates from the German to 'elf' in English.<br />
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Did you know that they have a magic ability to lift the spirit from when you first lay eyes on them?<br />
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Such is their popularity in Europe that very few people just buy one doll. Just take a look at the addiction of those who have fallen for the charm of their expressions and antics, depicted in photos all over the internet. They've inspired blogs, forums and even a dedicated Wichtel doll size furniture website. Indeed the Wichtel furniture was created by a husband whose wife kept acquiring more and more of Rosemarie Muller's delightful vinyl Wichtel dolls! Unsurprisingly the forum is of German origin like Wichtel dolls, like the origination of the concept of elves in the first place back in the medieval times.<br />
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These dolls are referred to as 'balm for the soul'.<br />
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Standing 30cm in height they fight melancholy like giant warriors! We love their super cute postures, joyous facial expressions and quality workmanship. Details like mouth blown glass eyes, hand painted faces and complete German production make them very special dolls.<br />
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The Spring Doll Festival, in Munster has become a calendar event for doll collectors in Germany looking forward to on an enjoyable day out. It's also rapidly becoming the international destination show for doll artists from around the world to bring their fresh new art to an audience of keen buyers. I'd go so far as to say that there is already, after only 2 years since it was founded, a certain feel of 'doll tourism' at this event. Indeed a doll tourist is exactly what I was. I took my flight from a London airport to Hamburg, and then the train to Munster. The fair was open to the public on the weekend of 23rd-24th April, and was hosted alongside the Teddy Bear fair, which was in the opposite exhibition hall.<br />
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Doll magazine publications in USA and elsewhere have carried full page adverts about the event, and it was promoted on social media, particularly Facebook, in the run up to the show.<br />
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Having visited this doll show now, I can report that "doll art" in its many forms - from sculptures to reborn baby dolls - exhibited at the Spring Doll Festival. Many doll exhibitors showed their work for the first time in Europe - some for the first time ever! It was a real privilege to talk to these artists, at the beginning of what will undoubtedly be an incredible journey for them, because of their immense talent and dedication. I was sorely tempted to purchase one doll which I didn't, and it has now sold - it could haunt me forever, I hope not. Expect that.<br />
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There are fabulous established doll artists there too, like Hildegard Gunzel, Sylvia Natterer, Rosemarie Muller and Sonja Hartmann, but it's very much a place where unknown artists exhibit alongside those more established. What an opportunity for everyone!<br />
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Finouche nestled alongside antique dolls, even some vintage dolls made by Sylvia Natterer twenty years before. Amusingly she wasn't that keen to see them again! There was really something for everyone who can appreciate the beauty of dolls in its many forms.<br />
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Take a look at some of the dolls I photographed. Many of these artists will feature more fully in forthcoming blog posts.<br />
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Often artists are huge fans of each others work, and I saw one or two celeb struck artists! It's funny because I'm used to feeling hopelessly in awe, but to see great artists so excited to meet each other - 'fans' of each other - is a bit other worldly and very exciting!<br />
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Other than these highly charged moments, it's mostly a relaxed place, with the only real formality existing on the Sunday afternoon, when there's an awards ceremony. In advance of the Spring Doll Festival artists are invited to apply to enter a doll into the "Amalia Awards" contest. This is the name of the Spring Doll Festival's own awards contest.<br />
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Fittingly the theme for entries in the Amalia contest this year was, 'Spring':<br />
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My visit to the fair was primarily as a doll enthusiast, keen to see dolls I'd never seen before, and excited to discover something new at any moment. There were so many great dolls though, to come back with NO new dolls for My Doll Best Friend would have been impolite, so I'm afraid there will be much temptation in the weeks to come!<br />
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This show was fabulous for seeing the dolls first hand and experiencing new types of dolls. It was exciting to talk to Laurence Ruet and learn that her dolls are all one of kinds from top to fragile toe, sculpted in sculpey clay, such as I buy for my daughter to play with - how incredible, and precious! Then there were the ball jointed dolls made from porcelain which felt like silk in my hand, made by Ekaterina of Reesh Doll Design, who unbelievably only started sculpting a year ago! In subsequent blog posts I will show you all the photos I took of each brand of dolls that will be joining us soon - and many others too.<br />
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For now, I hope you enjoy this round up of some of the beauties I saw at the Spring Doll Festival 2016.<br />
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Would love to read your comments or questions!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-21583127870372766672016-05-11T08:08:00.000+01:002016-05-17T15:12:15.086+01:00Kidz 'n' Cats 2016 at the Nuremberg Toy FairAt the<a href="http://mydollbestfriend.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/highlights-from-nuremberg-toy-fair-2016.html"> Nuremberg Toy Fair</a> this year it was very noticeable how busy Sonja Hartmann is now she's part of the the <a href="http://mydollbestfriend.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/sold-kidz-n-cats.html">Hape</a> team. It's fair to say that I barely saw her over the 5 days, despite frequent visits up to the large Hape booth in Hall 3A, definitely too far from the main lobby for such frequent walks! However, once there, it was very worthwhile as there were was a bar, and food for visitors - certainly one of the best booths there, for its catering.<br />
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It fell to Hagen, Sonja's husband, and her daughter Gesa, who has made a natural move to Product Manager for Kidz 'n' Cats, at Hape, to tell me all the recent Kidz 'n' Cats news.<br />
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I always feel especially lucky to be able to chat to Hagen as he is very involved in the <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-kidz-cats-c-6_205.html">Kidz 'n' Cats </a>production, so there's nothing he doesn't know, and he has the time to tell me all the fascinating little stories of what goes on! This is the first year I met Gesa as my trip is usually shorter and she usually attends the show on Saturdays, but this year as Product Manager for Hape (pron. Harp'ay), she was there the entire time, and it was a real pleasure to meet her after working with her by email for so long.<br />
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Certainly, I can report back that they're all settling in well, and are very happy with the decision to sell the Kidz 'n' Cats company at the beginning of this year. At the Friday night Gala held in personal celebration of the Hape owner's 30 years in business, Sonja and Hagen were introduced to the audience as special guests of the evening. This introduction at this important evening event was a big honour, and significant to Sonja, as a successful professional artist and entrepreneur, working within this larger company. She petitioned hard to become brand 'Sonja Hartmann' within Hape when she negotiated the acquisition - and has markedly created a very defined role for herself within the company. There will be some very exciting things to come in the not too distant future, as I witnessed her rushing off to meeting after meeting, with an important German 'children's personality' in tow - that's a bit more than I am allowed to say but I'm hoping to get away with it. I think Sonja did as many miles to and from that booth as I did! Sonja will play a very important role in the doll development in general at Hape, and let's not forget this company also owns Kathe Kruse. It's a case of watch this space!<br />
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This year of course we're looking forward to the <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-kidz-cats-c-6_205.html">2016 Kidz 'n' Cats dolls</a>. Many of you have posted comments in previous posts on this blog to request a return to the paler doll vinyl of the earlier years of Kidz 'n' Cats. I can confirm that the vinyl will indeed be paler. I did of course ask to see a sample doll from the production run, but there wasn't one available. In fact I understood that one sample doll had been made by the factory in China, and that everybody involved in the process - from the factory in China to the CEO - was in possession of a limb belonging to this doll for reasons of strict quality control! The Hartmanns' 'limb' was not in Nuremberg, it was in Berlin during the week of the Toy Fair - under lock and key I don't doubt!! As I said, I did ask! So, as yet I've not seen the new vinyl, but I understand that it's a return to the vinyl colour of Grace 2011 which was incredibly popular.<br />
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It's certainly tough being a small company and trying to get great results in China. Kidz 'n' Cats is by no means a small brand in terms of the impact that it has had on the play doll world in the last 7 years, however, in terms of financial power, a large company like Hape has the kind of strength needed for Chinese factories to take proper notice. The factory in China would not always make the adjustments that Sonja wanted for her Kidz 'n' Cats brand, and production in the last year has been challenging for them personally. Towards the end of 2015 the dolls were being fully assembled in Germany as China would otherwise have increased the doll price yet again. The contrast in the treatment Sonja and the the brand receives now is huge, simply because the owner of Kidz 'n' Cats is stacked with financial muscle. The factory in China cannot do enough to please the wealthier company. Whilst this is a sad but true fact, there can be hope for many years of fantastic dolls.<br />
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The dolls will be available towards the end of May, with the final delivery in July. For now, let's enjoy getting to know the new 2016 Kidz 'n' Cats characters as presented at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, and look forward to the first photographs of the new production dolls very soon. Click the pictures to be taken to more information about each doll, and the chance to pre-order yours.<br />
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This beautiful range is called <i><a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/style-me-c-290.html">Style Me!</a> </i>and it's exclusive to the retailer My Doll Best Friend, only otherwise available on the brand's website.<br />
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The dolls are 27cm/ 10.5" tall and you purchase the naked doll, and clothes and shoes to your taste. The dolls are the same as the <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-dolls-gotz-just-like-c-3_10_286.html">Just Like Me dolls</a> by Gotz, in that they're 27cm tall, have long rooted hair and have eyes that close. They can share clothes!<br />
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Take a look at our film to discover more about <i>Style Me!</i><br />
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Many of these dolls make perfect gifts, and are bought on the basis of a doll chosen that looks most like their daughter, granddaughter, niece or friend because of the hair and eye colour options available.<br />
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Feedback from customers is that they are love to be able to choose a doll and clothing to co-ordinate with the child's look and favourite clothing style; perhaps even buy clothes for their doll similar to those hanging in the wardrobe - now this is possible!<br />
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Indeed this was the intention when Gotz initially launched their Just Like Me dolls who have the same face and body type, but come dressed in pre-specified Gotz clothing, which is very cute, but it's still always fantastic to be able to customise the look! The <i><a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/style-me-c-290.html">Style Me!</a></i> and <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-dolls-gotz-just-like-c-3_10_286.html">Just Like Me</a> dolls can share the same <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-27cm-clothes-accessories-c-6_204_288.html">clothing and accessories</a> as each other. However something we're looking to include in the future is diversity of vinyl colouring, as there's just white skin tone vinyl at the moment. It used to be available in this size of doll. We hope the brown vinyl dolls will be available again soon, as we know you'd love to see them as part of <i>Style Me!</i><br />
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Customise a beautiful doll for us to send to you, or as a gift for someone else!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-54448618973226485212016-05-05T22:47:00.000+01:002016-05-06T11:56:38.292+01:00Loving the Gotz Just Like Me Dolls, in Nuremberg...At the <a href="http://mydollbestfriend.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/highlights-from-nuremberg-toy-fair-2016.html">Nuremberg Toy Fair</a> this year, these little dolls captured my heart...<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-dolls-gotz-just-like-c-3_10_286.html">Just Like Me</a> 27cm tall dolls, often abreviated to JLM. I've seen them lots of times before, but this year I thought they were so cute I just had to buy them for My Doll Best Friend! They're now in stock and available to purchase, if you're tempted. Here are a few photos so you can see how they fit into the range.<br />
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This year for the first time there's a fairy Just Like Me doll, a horse-riding doll and a ballet doll. On their own, these outfits are some of the most popular that we sell for dolls, evidenced by the fact that they exist in the clothing ranges of many brands, not just Gotz. They are all favourite outfits, and now these quality little dolls come fully dressed wearing the popular clothing sets. However, the clothes they're wearing are not available separately - we have other clothes for you to buy for them. Just Like Me dolls are all vinyl, with swivel arms and legs. They're 27cm tall, with eyes that close and good strong rooted hair, perfect for styling. They're easy to carry round in little hands, and we think they've got the sweetest faces!<br />
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Best of all the dolls are accessible to most budgets, priced about £31.99.<br />
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Dolls are fantastical, so why not have a <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/just-like-paula-fairy-p-1572.html">fairy</a> doll - a fairy is ideal for a lively imagination. This little one won me over first, without a doubt.<br />
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It's not just the fairy though, it's also the cute little <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/just-like-horseriding-p-1571.html">horse-riding doll</a> who is so real, with her love of animals, outdoors, and sport. What a perfect friend to us all!<br />
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Themes that originally were the domain of the taller (50cm) and more expensive Hannah doll: ballet, horse-riding and dressing up as a princess/fairy were so popular, that Gotz made them available in the Happy Kidz range, first in 2014. This year, Happy Kidz Marie, a fairy, has been added.<br />
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The fairy, equestrian and ballerina are now extended to the Just Like Me 27cm doll range.<br />
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All of the dolls pictured here are already available at <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/dolls-gotz-happy-kidz-hannah-precious-c-3_10.html">My Doll Best Friend</a>, plus we have clothing and accessories for them too.<br />
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Finally, in my appreciation of our new line of Gotz dolls - Just Like Me - I particularly love this picture, which I cannot take credit for because I found it on <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/mydollbf/gotz-play-dolls-present-retired/">Pinterest</a>. Certainly if you do look on Pinterest you'll see lots more photos of Just Like Me dolls, and you can see how popular they are.<br />
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What I love in this photo is the creation of little sister, by the similarities between the dolls, such as the hair colour and the co-ordinating clothing. The tall doll is Classic Kidz Laura, and the <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-dolls-gotz-just-like-c-3_10_286.html">Just Like Me</a> doll looks so cute as her little sister. The dolls are in proportion to each other, which makes the little sister story very credible, and a popular one with everyone.<br />
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<b>#SylviaNatterer</b> is a phenomenal artist, with a distinctive style. At #Petitcollin, this style comes through in a fresh new way - more colourful than in the recent past. Sylvia's so talented, but she's also modest and clearly still loving working as much as she always has done. In this report there are photos from the Nuremberg Toy Fair, January 2016. Since then we've met again at the Halle Munsterland, in Munster, Germany, during the weekend 23rd-24th April - photos and news from that show will follow soon, but it's best to bring the photos and news to you in sequence, so as not to miss anything out!</div>
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From left: <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-finouche-brigitte-sylvia-natterer-p-1531.html">Finouche Brigitte</a>, <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/finouche-lucie-sylvia-natterer-p-1529.html">Finouche Lucie</a>, (Minouche Joelle) and <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-finouche-melanie-sylvia-natterer-p-1528.html">Finouche Melanie</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/dolls-sylvia-natterer-dolls-c-3_252.html"><img alt=" Sylvia Natterer Finouche and Minouche dolls" border="0" height="448" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pHXO8qwm2ys/VrJH5BY923I/AAAAAAAAJ84/i12xjVbKftQ/s640/IMG_8248.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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More photos of the gorgeous Finouche dolls:</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/finouche-lucie-sylvia-natterer-p-1529.html" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt=" Finouche Lucie 2016" border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wj0IjK50mGo/VtDc8wGxydI/AAAAAAAAKHc/NlQjlT5l3T8/s640/IMG_8263.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr>
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There's a new boy doll in town called, <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-finouche-jonas-sylvia-natterer-p-1530.html">Jonas</a>. He joins the Finouche collection and was inspired by a boy Jonas who Sylvia knows well,; a graphic designer, who helped her tremendously with the photography and layout for the first Petitcollin catalogue.</div>
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This year the French brand finally gets to launch its long awaited <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-44cm-starlette-dolls-c-6_255_284.html">Starlettes</a>, alongside Finouche and of course the very popular and charming Minouche dolls.</div>
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The collection of Starlettes is 44cm tall and was inspired by a doll that Sylvia made for Gotz of similar height.</div>
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The Starlette collection consists of 4 dolls:</div>
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<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-starlette-luella-sylvia-natterer-p-1524.html"> Luella</a>, a brown vinyl doll with black hair and brown eyes;</div>
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<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-starlette-tatiana-sylvia-natterer-p-1527.html">Tatiana</a>, white vinyl doll with red hair and blue eyes; </div>
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<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-starlette-coppelia-sylvia-natterer-p-1526.html">Coppelia</a>, a white vinyl doll blue eyed ballerina doll with pale blonde hair;</div>
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...and, <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-starlette-milena-sylvia-natterer-p-1525.html">Milena</a>, a dark blonde white vinyl doll with blue eyes. </div>
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The Starlettes are 44cm tall and have a new body which is slightly shorter than the Finouche, who are 48cm tall.</div>
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I always love the fabrics the dolls wear because they're feminine and pretty, but what makes the clothing so interesting is that this prettiness comes not always through floral prints as you might expect, but through geometric prints often inspired by nature - but represented in a cleaner, crisper and more abstract way.</div>
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This year the <b><a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-34cm-minouche-dolls-c-6_255_256.html">Minouche</a></b> packaging completely transforms into doll beds, with little wooden legs, making the packaging even cuter, as well as more useful!</div>
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The lid lifts off and the doll and 4 wooden legs are inside, ready for immediate doll bed construction!</div>
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Petitcollin have been creative with Olga's box too, it's quite a wardrobe and even comes complete with an extra outfit and accessory set, which we love!</div>
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Here's <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/minouche-olga-sylvia-natterer-p-1532.html">Olga </a>in her cute extra set of clothes and accessories.</div>
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The case looks like this when closed. It has got a useful carry handle, as well as good storage inside.</div>
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Another of the Minouche dolls new for 2016 is <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-minouche-alba-sylvia-natterer-p-1533.html">Alba</a>. Sylvia commented how much she loves Alba - she really thinks she's cute!</div>
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This is <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-minouche-joelle-sylvia-natterer-p-1208.html">Joelle </a>from the 2015 Minouche collection which we're stocking again in 2016 (while stocks last) because she's also adorable.</div>
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In 2016 we have the beautiful Minouche doll <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-minouche-mona-sylvia-natterer-p-1534.html">Mona </a>who comes with an adorable baby doll.</div>
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It is quite easy to spot a them with this year's Sylvia Natterer dolls. Many of them carry their own dolls, and not just any dolls, but Petitcollin dolls. For Sylvia, this is a symbol of the artistic co-operation between her beautiful brand, and the esteemed French doll house of Petitcollin established in 1860. Very much together they work to bring us these dolls.</div>
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<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-starlette-milena-sylvia-natterer-p-1525.html">Starlette Milena</a> has a pale blue quilted crib for her doll </div>
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Peek inside....it's a girl! She has such gorgeous toes!</div>
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For the Finouche collection, it's <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/preorder-finouche-brigitte-sylvia-natterer-p-1531.html">Brigitte </a>who has the baby doll. Her doll's clothing co-ordinates beautifully with her own.</div>
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Here are some more photos of the dolls together, so you can see how they all look together - no one want a single doll; it has to have company.</div>
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From left: Finouche Smilla 2015 and Starlette Milena 2016</div>
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The Little Prince first popped up in Nuremberg, and as he's not in the Petitcollin 2016 catalogue I am still wondering what he was doing there. He looks very sweet - do you notice that he does not have the same face as Minouche Luc, but instead he has the girls' face?</div>
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Dolls exhibited at the show were hand painted by Sylvia - as they were prototypes. There will be slight variations from the dolls you see in these photos to the production dolls, due between April and July 2016. We're so excited because the first dolls and accessories have just arrived at <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/dolls-sylvia-natterer-dolls-c-3_252.html">My Doll Best Friend</a>! </div>
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I'd like to give huge thanks to Sylvia Natterer for spending so much time telling me everything you've read here, and I promise, there's even more to come!</div>
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The dolls at the Nuremberg Toy Fair this year were just stunning! At My Doll Best Friend we're only interested in the brands that really stand out as offering something very unique, and desirable. We carry a carefully sourced, impressive group of the very best (play and collector) dolls from around the world. The aim is to offer beautiful dolls for every budget so that children and grown ups may enjoy luxury they can afford.</div>
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All the dolls we stock can stand unaided; they have healthy body attributes and childlike faces. All are made from quality vinyl, have poignant facial features, quality hair and they come wearing beautifully tailored clothing. The sizes range from 21cm - 60cm (8"-24"), and the dolls and clothing are made in Spain, Germany, France, Tunisia, Poland and China. We're very deliberate in selecting those dolls that will move you to emotion - everyone from a child to a grown up can love a doll, and we look across the world to find these very special dolls that will move and inspire you.</div>
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The Nuremberg Toy Fair in Germany is very important terrain for new doll discoveries and for learning more about the brands, artists and creative processes behind the dolls. It's an occasion to communicate your expressed wishes too, and to feedback to the manufacturers directly what you comment here on this blog that you want to see from them next, so don't be shy - comment away!</div>
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There's always a wealth of information to be extracted at the fair - occasionally there are a few secrets that I'm told I must not mention, and a few stories I have to use my judgement not to re-tell - and that's as not fair on me as it is on you, honestly!!</div>
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In the days and weeks coming, there will be doll news from the fair from Sylvia Natterer at Petitcollin, Vestida de Azul, WeGirls, Paola Reina, Gotz, and Kidz 'n' Cats. </div>
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All to be expected as these fabulous brands exhibited at the fair, and are brands that we already stock. </div>
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However, there's also a very special UK exclusivity to tell you about - yes, we have a new range of vinyl children coming to My Doll Best Friend, called D'Nenes, from Spain, and we're going to be the only UK stockist of these ever so cute children! I wanted to gather them all up from the stand, and run away with them...my new school of gorgeous dolls...ok, I will share them with you!</div>
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There's also another brand that is just too beautiful not to tell you about, though it is very expensive - so it's a case of 'just looking' for MDBF, but lovely to see, show you, and talk about, all the same - it's called Dr. Pongratz. </div>
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Another line of dolls from a brand called Antonio Juan is also a possibility for My Doll Best Friend, so I'd very much like to see if you think we should add it - there's a photo below and a feature to come. </div>
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First of all, here below, are some initial highlights from the fair:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/kidz-cats-marina-sonja-hartmann-p-1095.html">Kidz 'n' Cats Marina (46cm)</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NEW Starlette - Coppelia (44cm) by Sylvia Natterer at Petitcollin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">NEW Starlette - Tatiana (44cm) and Mona (34cm) by Sylvia Natterer at Petitcollin</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">NEW <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-happy-kidz-marie-doll-p-1519.html">Gotz Happy Kidz Marie 2016</a> (50cm)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">NEW Finouche - Brigitte and Lucie (48cm); Minouche Alba (34cm) and Finouche Melanie by Sylvia Natterer at Petitcollin</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NEW Antonia Juan Bella Dolls (45cm)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paola Reina Soy Tu Emma (42cm) - NEW!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">NEW Gotz outfit for 2016 for 50cm dolls (just the outfit, not the doll)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paola Reina Soy Tu Becky (42cm) - NEW!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paola Reina Las Reinas Bride Alma (60cm) - NEW!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WeGirls Sara (46cm) in cute Winter clothes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WeGirls Angel (46cm) in raincoat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">D'Nenes Vinyl Children (34cm) - Exclusive to My Doll Best Friend, in UK - NEW!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vestida de Azul Paulina (33cm) - NEW!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kidz 'n' Cats Niko NEW boy doll for 2016 (46cm) and Mini Kidz (21cm)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Kidz 'n' Cats Clarissa NEW 2016 doll (46cm) </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vestida de Azul Paulina (33cm) and (NEW) Carlota (28cm) in NEW bathing costumes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr Pongratz Puppen (28cm) wooden dolls - Just to look at in an upcoming feature on the blog as we will not be stocking them, - they would retail at <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WeGirls Guardian (46cm) using the NEW baking set (coming this year)</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-43601024628516666062016-01-13T13:15:00.000+00:002016-01-13T14:52:39.338+00:00NEW DOLLS FROM GOTZ FOR 2016!!!It's another day of #doll news! This time from #Gotz Puppenmanufaktur who launch their 2016 doll and accessories collection officially at the Nuremberg Toy Fair 27th Jan- 1st Feb. However, in a break from tradition (and because of photo leaks!) they're authorising us to show you the dolls, using the high resolution promotional photos here on the blog, in advance of the Toy Fair.<br />
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Here are the new Gotz dolls!!!!<br />
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Happy Kidz Clara has red hair and blue eyes! (This has been confirmed).<br />
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Happy Kidz Emily has blonde hair and brown eyes.<br />
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Happy Kidz Marie has blonde hair and blue eyes.<br />
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Charlotte has brown hair and brown eyes. She has the face mould sculpted by Sissel Skille that was available for the previous Happy Kidz dolls (a long story..and another blog post). Ordinarily this face mould was used on the Hannah body - so no elbow and knee joints. Looking at the photo, this Happy Kidz doll might have the Hannah body.<br />
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Hannah Happy Birthday has brown hair and brown eyes.<br />
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Precious Day Jessica has blonde hair and blue eyes.<br />
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Precious Day Jessica with fringe (bangs) has blonde hair and green eyes.<br />
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Precious Day Elisabeth has brown hair and brown eyes.<br />
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When I met with Anke in Nuremberg last year I passed on all your comments (and my own thoughts as an adult play doll enthusiast) that we'd like more new hair/eye/face mould combinations, please!!! This 2016 is Gotz's interpretation of that - and Anke made snap decisions at the fair - she said bring back a Sissel Skille? And, a redhead Happy Kidz ?(Originally she thought maybe as a Classic Kidz - but that range has reduced, so I see that the redhead has become Happy Kidz Clara). I find it fascinating how quickly leaders make decisions that they stick to.<br />
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What do you think of the 2016 new Gotz dolls?<br />
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Expect these dolls to become available at <a href="http://ww.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a> from March. Happy Kidz and Hannah doll prices will be c£79.99 and Precious Day will be c£59.99<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-21306528442237806332016-01-11T14:33:00.003+00:002016-01-11T21:53:30.873+00:00SOLD: KIDZ 'N' CATS<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a> brings you the news that Kidz 'n' Cats is no longer an independently owned doll company, but a part of Hape International Toys AG as of 11th January 2016.<br />
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Sonja Hartmann remains the exclusive artist of the brand that she established in 2009 for Kidz 'n' Cats under Hape, and her daughter Gesa Hartmann becomes the Product Assistant for Kidz 'n' Cats, at Hape. She will be responsible for the handling of customer service, as has been the case since the beginning. Being the creative designer, brand ambassador, sole investor and entrepreneur of Kidz 'n' Cats formerly part of With Heart & Soul (the original parent company) has been Sonja's life over the past 6-7 years and it is now time for her to rest a little, and get back to the part she enjoys the most, which is designing the dolls. This is a very exciting new chapter for Sonja, and I would like to offer Sonja my congratulations.</div>
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Hape International Toys AG is a global brand, and in fact owner of the Kathe Kruse doll brand. Interestingly, last year the Hape owner parted company with artist Sylvia Natterer who had designed Minouche for the brand since 2004. Sylvia Natterer has had a huge amount of success with <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-c-6_255.html">Petitcollin</a> in 2015 with the doll <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-34cm-minouche-dolls-c-6_255_256.html">Minouche</a>, and relaunching <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/sylvia-natterer-petitcollin-48cm-finouche-dolls-c-6_255_258.html">Finouche</a> who had been out of production during Sylvia's time at Kathe Kruse.<br />
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It will be exciting to speak to Sonja at the Nuremberg Toy Fair at the end of January to discover her plans. Of course I'll bring full news to readers of this blog. Subscribe and you'll receive an email direct to your inbox!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-11434934417519824002016-01-08T13:34:00.000+00:002016-01-11T21:53:14.519+00:00NEW FROM KIDZ 'N' CATS IN 2016NEW KIDZ 'N' CATS FOR 2016...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-2413189596823290242015-11-05T19:18:00.000+00:002015-11-05T19:18:17.266+00:00Vestida de Azul: I have a doll dressed in blue.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Made in Spain these beautiful dolls have a very traditional artisanal quality to them</div>
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1950's or 1960's.</div>
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This photo was taken at a recent trade show in Madrid.</div>
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So what does it mean, "Vestida de Azul"? </div>
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It means 'Dressed in Blue', hence the logo, but read more below.</div>
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The packaging is gorgeous, not excessive just very pretty in its simple design. Most of the clothing comes packaged in a lightweight window display box so Vestida de Azul makes an excellent gift to give, like a fabulous box of chocolates - just take a look.</div>
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Here's a Paulina doll:</div>
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She is behind a perspex lid and on top of this goes a white cardboard shoebox lid with blue logo. It's beautiful to receive a gift with this presentation.</div>
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A new delivery has just arrived with some very pretty new clothes for the Carlota and Paulina Vestida de Azul dolls. The boxed outfit below is</div>
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Here are Paulina and Carlota. <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/vestida-azul-33cm-paulina-dolls-c-6_212_243.html">Paulina</a> is 33cm and<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/vestida-azul-28cm-carlota-dolls-c-6_212_241.html"> Carlota</a> is 28cm.</div>
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'dressed in blue' but where does this come from?</div>
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It comes from a song that Spanish children, their mums and their grandmas all grew up with.</div>
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Such a classic song is part of the Spanish cultural heritage. The song is called, "Tengo una muñeca vestida de Azul/ I have a doll dressed in blue".</div>
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It's a counting song with a story about a doll,</div>
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just take a look and read the transcript below:</div>
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Here's the translation to English:<br />
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"I have a doll dressed in blue<br />
With her little shirt and her lace shawl,<br />
I took her for a stroll and she caught a cold,<br />
I have her in bed in much pain.<br />
This very morning, the doctor told me<br />
To give her some syrup with a fork.<br />
Two and two are four<br />
Four and two are six<br />
Six and two are eight<br />
And eight are sixteen/<br />
And eight are twenty four<br />
And eight are thirty two,<br />
I kneel blessed souls."<br />
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If you too love traditional European dolls you might like to look at the full range of <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-vestida-azul-c-6_212.html">Vestida de Azul</a> Paulina and Carlota dolls at My Doll Best Friend. They certainly make very beautiful gifts to play with and treasure. Perhaps they may even remind you of a doll you once loved.<br />
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Have you started to reminisce?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-76969172521566757112015-10-24T12:27:00.000+01:002015-11-05T20:27:37.580+00:00EXCLUSIVE CUSTOMISED NEW PAOLA REINA DOLLS AT MY DOLL BEST FRIEND!!!We are very excited because we have 7 NEW and EXCLUSIVE versions of existing Paola Reina #dolls to offer you at My Doll Best Friend only!!!<br />
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This order was been inspired by one of our lovely customers who asked if it might be possible to order some <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/paola-reina-60cm-reinas-dolls-c-6_209_239.html">Las Reinas</a> dolls without the fringe (bangs) cut into their hairstyle. We were both delighted when Paola Reina agreed to this request. Such is the beauty of a small independent boutique factory in the heart of Europe!<br />
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The three dolls we have that are offered different to the 2015 catalogue versions are Sandra, Sharif and Alma and between them there are 7 new variations available right now at My Doll Best Friend.<br />
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Would love to read your comments!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-1882669537475040112015-10-18T16:40:00.000+01:002015-10-18T16:41:36.974+01:00Fairies, Princesses, Skeletons, Witches, Unicorns...this year Halloween is magicial!Halloween is less than two weeks away, and we're thinking about how the dolls will dress for the occasion, and what kind of spells they might cast, and the tricks they might play!<br />
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Children love to use their imagination and Halloween is an occasion to be very vivid with fantasy and story-making. All children need is inspiration and a few beautiful and colourful props - just see how creative they can be!<br />
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This is Happy Kidz <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-happy-kidz-winning-design-school-anna-doll-2015-p-1131.html">Anna</a> and she's wearing the<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-princess-p-609.html"> Gotz Princess set</a> and riding the new <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-unicorn-with-mane-tail-comb-hairbrush-p-1338.html">Gotz unicorn </a>which has real hair for mane and tail for braiding and styling.</div>
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Now you can see her friend <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-happy-kidz-clara-2013-p-1168.html">Clara</a> wearing the<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-sarahs-fairy-tale-p-1344.html"> Gotz Fairy Costume</a>.</div>
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Unisex Halloween clothes include this <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/skeleton-costume-unisex-p-939.html">skeleton costume for £11.99</a>.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Fabulous </span><a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/skeleton-trick-treat-p-1367.html" style="text-align: center;">skeleton treat bag</a><span style="text-align: center;"> made from plastic and perfect size for the dolls, priced at 75p.</span></div>
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Passers-by will stop to look at the beauty and interest of your Halloween window display and children will point excitedly to the dolls. </div>
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This year you could have Halloween decorations to be envied and admired! Neighbouring children will love to see your house decorated in the spirit of Halloween too!</div>
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Paola Reina offers these two beautiful dolls, <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/amigas-abigail-doll-p-875.html">Abigail</a> who is 32cm tall and <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/reinas-brujita-witch-doll-p-746.html">Brujita</a> who is 60cm and they both come wearing their Halloween costumes. Their face paint is richer than that of the other Paola Reina dolls and they have green, pink and purple streaked through their black hair. </div>
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What beauties they are in their pretty Halloween costumes, a treat for anyone at this time of year!<br />
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Join in with the fun this Halloween and decorate your window for 31st October. Best of all with these dolls you can enjoy your Halloween decorations all year round, just change the dolls' clothes to something a little less dramatic!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-33505639978747541702015-09-22T18:13:00.000+01:002015-11-15T15:17:53.068+00:00Sonja Hartmann At Work Sculpting The New Faces For 2015It's an enormous privilege to have been given these photos to share of Sonja Hartmann at work in her studio sculpting the newest additions to the very much adored Kidz 'n' Cats brand of #dolls. These photos contain history in the making and I feel very honoured and grateful to Sonja for allowing me to publish them and talk about them on my blog.<br />
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Sonja designed her very first doll for her daughter Gesa, in 1981. She advanced her skills in the craft and made a career for herself initially sculpting collectible dolls, with a move for the family to the USA when her children were young to further this. It was in her Pennsylvanian workshop that she manufactured limited edition dolls in porcelain and resin building up a good reputation and strong following in the collectible doll market. When her children were teenagers the family moved back to Germany. </div>
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Kidz 'n' Cats were conceived after more than 25 years of experience making dolls. Sonja, who is not only creative and innovative but is also commercial, observed that there wasn't a play doll with joints available in the '18 inch' play doll market. This gave her the initial inspiration for the very first Kidz 'n' Cats play dolls. Her desire to innovate and experiment has meant that the doll limbs have been improved a number of times, and in 2011 Sonja took the initial 9 joints to 11 joints to make the dolls even more enjoyable for children. As a result these fabulous, beautiful and expressive artist play dolls have caught the eye of discerning adults who find the price range accessible and the beauty alluring. Indeed some Kidz 'n' Cats dolls have increased in value on the second hand market since past collections have been retired and moulds no longer used. Sonja has focused on keeping the retail price approximately the same over the 6 year period despite rising factory prices and import costs. Seeing the popularity of mini dolls Sonja thought it would be great to add 'Mini Dolls' to her own Kidz 'n' Cats collection and they're undoubtedly the sweetest little creations!</div>
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The little red wax head you can see in the photos above is how the <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/kidz-cats-21cm-mini-dolls-c-6_205_223.html">The Mini Dolls</a> started, and here they are for Kidz 'n' Cats, below:</div>
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How can Sonja see the lively expressions so early on??<br />
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These dolls are not the correct scale to be little sisters to the taller 48cm Kidz 'n' Cats dolls, they're more the size of the dolls they might play with. However, as durable, beautiful dolls with clothing and accessories to fit them, they stand alone as beautiful dolls in their own right. They are gaining such a lot of popularity that I can see doll dressmakers on Etsy and Ebay making and selling clothing for them, and that is in addition to the Mini clothes and shoes that are available from the brand, stocked by <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/kidz-cats-21cm-mini-clothes-shoes-c-6_205_225.html">My Doll Best Friend</a>.<br />
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In the artist's photos above, the larger red wax head that we can see, is the head shared by Jennet, Julika, Robert and Marina:</div>
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I can't imagine how much talent, imagination and dedication it must take to turn that red wax on a kitchen work top surface into these full bodied and clothed exquisite little people, in just a few short months. </div>
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Creating the <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-kidz-cats-c-6_205.html">Kidz 'n' Cats</a> brand has been a labour of love for Sonja, that she has worked on tirelessly throughout the evenings and weekends over many years since she launched the brand in 2009. </div>
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There have been lots of trips to China to source parts, such as the dolls' beautiful acrylic eyes and densely knotted high quality kanekalon wigs. There's the painstaking search for fabrics, buttons and tiny trimmings for the dolls' clothing from the fabric markets in China. Sonja and her team which consists of her husband and a Chinese factory attendant who helps with the language communication, can often spend a week's trip just scouring the markets, leafing through swatch after swatch of fabric in the vast fabric market in Guangzhou, trying to find the perfect colour, print, texture of fabric needed to complete the doll outfits Sonja has drawn up for the following year's collection of Kidz. </div>
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Sometimes with luck, sometimes with none. When fabric can't be found it has to be printed. The problem is that often the scale required is so small to achieve the designs on the Kidz 'n' Cats clothing that it is impossible to find - with the exception perhaps of a simple stripe . If Sonja doesn't find the kind of fabric print that she's looking for from one of these swatches in the marketplace, then the design needs to be created by a textiles artist. This is one of the reasons the Kidz 'n' Cats clothing is so special. Sonja is very committed to dressing the dolls in stylish fashion comparable to the clothing a child might wear and so the laborious process of making bespoke small scale printed fabric begins. </div>
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Take a look at some of the detail in <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/kidz-cats-julika-sonja-hartmann-p-1091.html">Julika</a>'s clothing:</div>
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Finally, all the way from the artist's kitchen in Germany to the showcase exhibition at the international Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany. With very many thanks to Sonja Hartmann for her generosity in sharing these private photos of her most recent doll journey, with us.</div>
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The Sylvia Natterer dolls are just about to arrive at My Doll Best Friend, after seven long months of waiting. Here's a reminder of the dolls on display at the Toy Fair exhibition in Nuremberg in January 2015.<br />
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Lots of photos follow of the three new Finouche dolls and five new Minouche dolls, plus a mystery boy Finouche doll who we think will be available in 2016!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finouche Zoe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finouche Zoe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minouche Samira</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finouche Alice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finouche Alice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finouche Alice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finouche Zoe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mystery Finouche</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minouche Luc</td></tr>
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The Petitcolin - Natterer dolls will arrive early week commencing 10th August...there's not long to wait now! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-76097086204252921022015-06-21T09:28:00.000+01:002015-06-21T09:29:38.535+01:00What Is Special About Gotz Happy Kidz Jointed Dolls? <div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
Gotz has a really great name as a play #doll brand and it's undoubtedly because of the quality of the products and the suitability of the #dolls and accessories to creative play and child development.</div>
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Seeing several photos of a doll can help with understanding what a doll offers in terms of play value. Photos can explain things so much quicker and clearer than words sometimes.</div>
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Today, I'm delighted to share with you some of Pamela's photos of one of her favourite dolls, <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-happy-kidz-clara-2013-p-1168.html">Gotz Happy Kidz Clara 2013</a>. </div>
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Her hair is really long, with long bouncy layers, and it's silky smooth with a very good shine to it. She has large brown eyes with plenty of white to the sides of the irises, which makes her eyes look realistic.</div>
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She is wearing a pretty and authentic <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/ballet-gotz-ballet-p-343.html">Gotz doll ballet costume with faux leather ballet shoes</a> for ballet practice, and she wants to show us some of her favourite ballet moves. Her strung joints are flexible and allow good movement in 9 places.<br />
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Her ball and socket joint at the shoulder renders it possible for her to raise her arm in the air at this angle, and the swivel joint at the elbow lets her turn the palm of her hand upwards. Note her beautifully sculpted fingers (and toes that you cannot see). She can gracefully follow through this position now with her eyes, which look in the direction of her movement. She can do this because her head can tilt and turn - a feature which makes a doll that can do this many times more expressive than a doll that cannot do this.<br />
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The ball and socket joint at the hips grant this wide leg movement, particularly necessary for the splits.<br />
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Abigail (Clara's new name, chosen by Pamela) is balancing on one leg with the knee behind slightly bent.<br />
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At first glance it looks very natural; she must be a real girl to be able to hold this position!<br />
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It's possible that the pose is slightly aided by the wall behind, clever isn't it?<br />
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Her arms are bent at the elbow, palms turned inwards, and head turned to the side with chin slightly up. She looks like she is concentrating on getting her position right. Her long body with slightly rounded stomach is just like that of a girl of age 8-11.<br />
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Can you see how the joints are giving so much character to this doll?<br />
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Her facial colouring is pretty and very natural with just a little blush on the cheeks and a natural lip colour. Her neutral facial features mean that she can play in different emotional states, such as joy, sadness, fear and love. This is useful in ballet and in many other stories a child might want to role play with their doll.<br />
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If many photos were taken of Gotz Happy Kidz Clara with small adjustments to her ballet position in each photo, I wonder if it might be feasible to create a moving ballet sequence by than making a fast running slide show or mini film. It would certainly be fabulous to watch a stop-motion animation film of Clara practising her ballet. If anyone thinks they would like to try, please let us see what you make!<br />
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Why are joints in dolls so important? They're beneficial in play because the doll can participate in so many physical activities more easily and naturally. If the doll seems more real, she is more real, and the person she belongs to is more bonded with her and will experience more pleasure from doll play.<br />
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Beautiful Abigail has completed her ballet practice and is enjoying some relaxation in the garden with her bunny rabbit.<br />
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Her painted feathered eyebrows are just a little on show whilst her fringe (bangs) frame her gentle face. Her fibre eyelashes look so real, too.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/accessories-pets-c-5_79.html">bunny</a> looks very comfortable in her hands. Pamela has made her beautiful clothing from patterns available at <a href="http://cheriesvaniline.canalblog.com/">Les Cheries de Vaniline</a>.<br />
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Thank you very much to Pamela for sharing these wonderful photos with us of Abigail.<br />
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I'm very grateful to everyone for sharing photos with us for us all to enjoy. You will find photos of many of the dolls available at My Doll Best Friend, photographed by people who simply love them, so visit the <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gallery.php">Gallery</a> and look through the Albums if you can. There's a lot to discover about the dolls in the Albums.<br />
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If you have a weak spot for the doll in this feature I'm pleased to tell you that we do still have some hard to find <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-happy-kidz-clara-2013-p-1168.html">Gotz Happy Kidz Clara 2013</a> dolls available at My Doll Best Friend. It's also possible to buy a <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/ballet-gotz-ballet-p-343.html">Gotz ballet outfit</a> like the one that she's wearing so that your doll can participate in ballet exercises.<br />
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There are currently eight <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-dolls-gotz-happy-kidz-c-3_10_65.html">Gotz Happy Kidz dolls</a> and four <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/gotz-dolls-gotz-classic-kidz-c-3_10_107.html">Gotz Classic Kidz dolls</a> with jointed bodies like Clara, in stock at My Doll Best Friend. You will find dolls with different hair and eye colour combinations, wearing a variety of attractive clothing in these collections.<br />
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They are suitable for children from age 3 to play with, though they're also suitable for older children as their <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/dolls-body-shapes-a-5.html?cArticlePath=0">bodies resemble a girl of age 8-11</a>. Then there are those of us of every age beyond this for whom they're suitable - and that's because we love beautifully created dolls!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-61865601994098429242015-06-05T20:31:00.002+01:002015-11-05T20:32:02.842+00:00Vestida de Azul 2015 Dolls!The Vestida de Azul dolls are absolute treasure from the exquisite little faces through to the beautiful shoes and accessories they wear. I don't think we come closer to luxury in the play doll world than this brand, and all this, manufactured in Spain, with dolls starting at a very affordable £29.99.<div>
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The dolls are in two sizes: Carlota who is 28cm/11" and Paulina who is 33cm/14".</div>
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Separate clothing, shoes and accessories is available for both doll collections, and more will be arriving soon, in particular for the very popular little Carlota dolls.</div>
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Many of these photos you see in this feature were taken by me at the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2015, where I had the great pleasure of meeting the brother and sister team at Vestida de Azul, who bring us these sweet little faces.</div>
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If you want to experience even more of the love we feel for this brand then read about the very first delivery we received from <a href="http://mydollbestfriend.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/rather-rushed-little-post-because.html">Vestida de Azul</a>, just about a year ago.<br />
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If you're tempted by these dolls, visit <a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/brands-vestida-azul-c-6_212.html">My Doll Best Friend</a> to see them in the shop. We ship to many international destinations so you can enjoy Vestida de Azul from Spain, too.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928169174584341843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463473426668995936.post-9473800132684662162015-05-18T23:58:00.000+01:002015-11-05T20:30:41.342+00:00WeGirls Are Very Special 18 Inch Dolls!It's a Monday evening so not usually the time of the week that many of us feel particularly happy, wouldn't you agree? Well, I've been immersed all day in the world of WeGirls, the new doll brand that has just arrived, and I've taken so much pleasure from handling them, dressing them, brushing their hair, photographing them, playing the online games, watching WeGirls on You Tube in their native Poland, and much more, that it really feels like it's not Monday at all, but Saturday afternoon - the very best time of the week!<br />
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It's not really surprising that I love the doll brands at My Doll Best Friend, after all, there are lots of doll brands available to buy in stock, so to make it to one of the exclusive few that we retail means that they have to be very special indeed, and to have won my heart in some way.<br />
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When I purchase a doll brand the buying experience is very important, as well as the product. It was March when I was first approached by email by the WeGirls brand who I'd never heard of, not even from travels to the Toy Fairs. The approach was friendly and professional - a very good start and after a lot more correspondence, there's just a lot more of this! WeGirls already has two retail stores, one in Warsaw and one in Krakow and the brands range includes children's books.<br />
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The books are not yet available in English, but they will be, and so I'm telling you about them so that you know what you're investing in whilst you're spending the time reading about WeGirls!<br />
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And, here's what WeGirls says about its brand:<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>"WeGirls is more than beautiful dolls, meaningful books, cool fashion and attractive games.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>Our dolls are BEST FRIENDS.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>They have personality, they come to life in our books, they are the stories’ leading characters. They wear glasses, have freckles, and are just like real-life girls – casual and natural". </b></span><br />
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WeGirls even has a <a href="http://www.wegirls.com/x.php/2,434/WeGirls-Foundation.html">Corporate Responsibility</a> page!<br />
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I took a look at the <a href="http://www.wegirls.com/e4u.php/2">WeGirls</a> website and the dolls looked sweet, characterful and very plausible and appropriate as children's dolls. I liked that the dolls were 18" tall as this is a market that is so popular in America and growing in Europe that there's no doubt that a doll of this size and build is very desirable. But isn't this just another American Girl copycat brand?<br />
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Actually, I think WeGirls has dared to be different.<br />
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If it were a copycat brand we'd see: wigged hair, fabric torso, made in China...<br />
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So, here are further reasons why I really like this brand:<br />
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WeGirls dolls have been manufactured in Europe, Germany precisely. We are familiar with the factory having loved stocking Schildkrot dolls for the past three years. So, WeGirls have been made in a factory that first opened in 1896 where the finest materials and craftsmanship have meant that it has survived and succeeded where so many European manufacturers have failed in the face of competition from cheaper labour and materials in China.<br />
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The WeGirls dolls have rooted hair - we like rooted hair in Europe!!! We like it because we too have roots in our heads where our hair grows, so it's really quite normal! Also, good quality rooted hair is is infinitely more durable for play than wigged hair. These are definitely made for play - just look at their engaging faces!<br />
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WeGirls have vinyl bodies - allelujah! They are cuddly because their vinyl is soft and tactile and that's how Schildkrot makes its vinyl play dolls, but with the added advantage that they can wear clothes that don't alert us to the fact that they're not real...shh! They do not have stuffing and a fabric abdomen so they look more realistic and they're undoubtedly easier to keep clean because they can be wiped, and arguably easier to dress because vinyl is smoother than fabric, allowing clothes to be slid on and off.<br />
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We also love their faces - really happy, uplifting friendly faces that smile and warm hearts. The message they send our children - ?<br />
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I'm confident<br />
I'm friendly<br />
I'm fun<br />
I'm bright<br />
I'm a child<br />
I will be your friend<br />
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What new developments are coming from WeGirls?<br />
I did ask if there were going to be a non-caucasian doll soon, and I was told that there were plans for this in the future. This is very important for a brand with a name like WeGirls in a multi-cultural and multi-racial country like the UK. Hope it won't be too long as I'd love to see more WeGirls dolls and really celebrate the brand name!<br />
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What else is there to know about the brand?<br />
There are WeGirls Apps which is so exciting for children! Children can access the Fashion App and dress an online WeGirls doll with an assortment of clothes from her online wardrobe, with much mix and match potential. Here's Sara who I dressed earlier! Click the image and you will go to the game.<br />
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What I like best though is the <a href="http://www.wegirls.com/x.php/2,400/Play-.html">Girls Of The World Club</a> game where you can play memory games - I'm sure you'll do better than me!<br />
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Finally, WeGirls is a Polish brand that embraces its heritage - just look at all the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4maHRgkHJJ4InZ08ks0Vkg">You Tube</a> videos of the dolls showing us around Polish cities.<br />
The WeGirls dolls have names like Traveller, Olympian, Artist, Guardian, Idealist....Before I go to bed I'm going to make a wish that they'll bring out one called 'Translator' who will take me around Krakov and Warsaw on YouTube, so that I too, can learn about Poland!<br />
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WeGirls are undoubtedly playful dolls: just take a look at some of my favourite images.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sara and Nina</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guardian</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angel on her scooter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guardian - something nice to eat!</td></tr>
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I know it's some time until Christmas, but I came across this WeGirls image and wanted to finish with it:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nina</td></tr>
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A WeGirl!!!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/catalog/wegirls-46cm-dolls-c-6_272_273.html">WeGirls are now available from My Doll Best Friend for UK and international shipping.</a><br />
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With thanks to WeGirls for the use of copyright images.</div>
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