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Dearth of Black and Hispanic Dolls?

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Please read Dana’s posting Dearth of Black and Hispanic Dolls? for a great analysis from a doll consumer/collector point of view.

My question… so obviously, nobody is worried about “white” dolls being scarce… “black” and “hispanic” dolls are apparently harder to find… how about ASIAN dolls?

Related article – The Dearth of Black and Hispanic Dolls March 11, 2009 by Jennifer 8. Lee for the New York Times.

The strangest part? Jennifer 8. Lee sounds like an Asian name (I did think at first maybe this the English surname “Lee” but then I noticed the 8 in the writer’s name, 8 is linked to good luck in Chinese)

Tags: D7ana, jennifer 8 lee, new york times
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AKA and Vogue Dolly Goodness

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

did some shopping...

Vogue Italia July ed. Air Mail rate – AUD $33
(well, actually that’s nothing special because Vogue Italia Air Mail mags always cost that much)

AKA doll Pink Label 2008 – AUD $125
A doll that originally cost about USD $50 and is PINK LABEL now goes for more than USD $200 ALWAYS on e(vil)bay – that usually means more than AUD $300 – in other words “I ain’t got that kinda cash!!!” but now she’s mine at last! (yeah, I know it’s only been a year since her release)

… credit card is now is massive pain yet again *cri cri* (ha! it wasn’t even my cash to begin with *sighs*)

Would it be weird if I wanna keep these two items on the pillow (well, maybe bedside table) while I sleep tonight? LOL *hides*

Tags: alpha kappa alpha, black beauty, bragging
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I heart SteamPunk

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Seeing IFDC LUNCHEON @ Shuga Shug’s Blog 090731 and the dolls in a steampunk theme bought back memories of my mini-obsession with retro science fiction in early highschool – which means, I really need some serious memory refreshing/re-reading to do!