hmmm… not really
Blue Caprice, Red Desire and Midnight Lace (W Club Lotto)
Unfortunately for fans of Gene Marshall, it was announce last year that Gene would be retiring this year along with her friends Violet Waters (tanned/dark skin doll) and Madra Lord (dark haired doll).
Gene Marshall was designed by Mel Odom and originally produced by Ashton-Drake from 1995 and then by Integrity Toys from 2006 onwards.
Part of the celebration (well not really but it sort of became part of it once the retirement announcement was made in my opinion) of Gene’s retirement was the release of three “mini” Gene dolls in 12″ size, the regular Gene dolls are 15 1/2″ tall. They are very expensive (for me) and that’s why it took so long after their release to get just one doll.
I chose the blonde one (which is odd for me because usually I prefer redheads over blonde… just not in this case).
mini-Gene
mini-Gene
It would be great to be able to get 1:6 scale dolls of her friends Violet Waters and Madra Lord.
For real life images of the mini-Gene dolls, check out Terri Gold’s blog -
- Mini Genes: Blue Caprice and Red Desire 091217
- Black Lace: The Third Mini-Gene Doll and Silver Zinger 091224
Since the dress she came in was so awesome, I put it on a bunch of other dolls too just for fun 
Nichelle - doesn't she look regal or what?
Barbie Basics Model #05
FR Giselle
DG Sooki
Tags: big dolls, dolls of no color, gene marshall, mel odom
Congratulations on your new doll and what a wonderful dress!
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Therese Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Thanks, I wished they’d made the darker skin doll in 12″ size tho…
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