tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post8259194765286692048..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: What a DollJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-73644684589818738412010-12-17T22:52:14.187-05:002010-12-17T22:52:14.187-05:00Sandy, don't feel bad. In the late 1950s I go...Sandy, don't feel bad. In the late 1950s I got annoyed that there were no male dolls (pre-Ken) and made my own--Flint McCullough. (I was much into Wagon Train.) Since I was using pine twigs and Pla-doh, somehow he came out anatomically correct (at least, more so than Ken). It's all in how you use the dolls, and your imagination.<br /><br />I would have liked a real tool kit, though.Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-12790966362877901612010-12-17T19:49:40.012-05:002010-12-17T19:49:40.012-05:00After reading the comments here, I feel as if I...After reading the comments here, I feel as if I've missed something because I never had one of these dolls! I never played much with dolls as a child. I know some moms at the height of the feminist era wouldn't allow their daughters to have dolls -- they gave them "boy" toys instead. Not a big step forward, IMO.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-86186551114713082222010-12-17T18:18:22.412-05:002010-12-17T18:18:22.412-05:00I bought the American Girl dolls for my daughter. ...I bought the American Girl dolls for my daughter. But I also purchased a "My Twin" doll for her, where we selected hair color and style, eye color, complexion color, face type, etc., and then sent in a picture of her so they could match. She loved carrying around this doll that looked like her. She's 21 now, but what a neat collector's item she has to pass down...look what Kuzlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12555607689634071134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-3610753029450171402010-12-17T15:28:09.548-05:002010-12-17T15:28:09.548-05:00We bought the two for our daughter (no, Molly and ...We bought the two for our daughter (no, Molly and Addie aren't mine!), at her request. <br /><br />I grew up with the Madame Alexander dolls from F.A.O. Schwarz, because my grandmother lived in walking distance. That was before those dolls became collectibles--they were kind of the pre-Barbies, and the first one I had came with a wedding dress and veil (and heels, of course).<br /><br />My Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-29977525760966340062010-12-17T13:56:12.695-05:002010-12-17T13:56:12.695-05:00My granddaughters chose the doll they wanted. The...My granddaughters chose the doll they wanted. They all had one. Some had two. I bought the patterns and made clothing for them. That cut the cost. The best thing (for me) was that they're very playable dolls. The child didn't need to handle them carefully. She could play with them - like a child.<br /><br />I think they originally had some baby boys. I guess they didn't grow Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149940452550321323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-4182816630589463472010-12-17T12:44:52.178-05:002010-12-17T12:44:52.178-05:00My daughter (also 26) had Samantha and Addie. The...My daughter (also 26) had Samantha and Addie. There's still here in the house along with all their stuff. I'm told the older one our daughters have, made before the company was sold to Mattel are more valuable.<br /><br />The rage with all the young mothers I know is taking their daughters for tea at American Girl place. The one in Manhattan is crazy.Barb Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-49773493538719671472010-12-17T12:04:50.790-05:002010-12-17T12:04:50.790-05:00Sheila, my daughter-in-law didn't wait for Gra...Sheila, my daughter-in-law didn't wait for Grandma. My granddaughters already have two girl dolls and a boy from American Girl, so you must be wrong about that. None of them are either Asian to match the girls' looks nor the 1914 Jewish doll to make a bow to their dad's heritage. And speaking of boy dolls, I thought the moment in Toy Story 3 when Barbie's Ken gets accused of beingElizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-86761061709179215002010-12-17T11:13:09.882-05:002010-12-17T11:13:09.882-05:00At least she has a reasonable figure. At least I ...At least she has a reasonable figure. At least I think she does under all those clothes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-56095453586822826512010-12-17T09:15:13.160-05:002010-12-17T09:15:13.160-05:00Our daughter has Samatha sitting on the top shelf ...Our daughter has Samatha sitting on the top shelf in her room. Even though Beth is now an adult, occasionally<br />I notice that her clothes have been changed. I think it's done seasonally. Samantha really became a member of the family. Even the boys would say things like,"is Samamntha coming with us to the beach or is she going to stay here and read?"<br />It was one of the best carynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761365713102858135noreply@blogger.com