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9 Silkstone Dolls in 2010 – All White

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

The final word is in (strange since it’s only July still) and the Barbie Silkstone line of dolls, also officially called the Barbie Fashion Model Collection is to consist of 9 dolls this year.

First, there was the Palm Beach line of dolls -
- Swim Suit
- Breeze
- Coral
- Honey (Honey is the DOG!)
- Sugar Daddy (Sugar is the DOG!) – poor dude got shelved due to conservative complaints and never made it into real life…

2010 Palm Beach Line

2010 Palm Beach Line

Then the Mad Man line was announced…
- Betty Draper
- Don Draper
- Joan Holloway
- Roger Sterling

At least this line had MALE DOLLS… who weren’t cancelled! Can you imagine Don and Roger getting cancelled anyway? hmmm… is it because they are philandering jerks and most definitely not gay?

2010 Mad Men Line

2010 Mad Men Line

And finally, since this year is the 10th year anniversary of the Barbie Fashion Model Collection, a commemorative doll is going to be issued. As of this date, this doll has not been made public yet but there is word that she is very blonde with sparkling blue eyes. Definitely not African American.

10th Anniversary Silhouette

10th Anniversary Silhouette

Why does it matter if an African American doll is included in this line this year or not. This line is considered by many collectors to be the high end range of adult collectable barbie dolls. To exclude the representation of an African American doll is very telling… and not in a good way.

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Pale Skin & Black Hair – For Fun

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Somebody got to this blog looking for ‘barbie doll pale skin black hair‘…

Midnight Moon Princess

Midnight Moon Princess

Is she pale enough with black enough hair for you? Hehehe

Doll is Midnight Moon Princess SKU# 27689 (2000)

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Integrity 2010 Lines – Monograms

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

So here are the 2010 Integrity Toy Doll lines on this blog finally… or at least the beginnings of it.

I shall start with the Monograms, mostly because in terms of dolls of color there’s pretty much nothing to say about them so it’s an easy (but not so nice) start for the review of the 2010 lines here.

2010 Monograms

2010 Monograms*

So here we have the Monograms, a doll series that seems to share just one face sculpt for now. From left to right you have -

  • Brilliance – blue eyed, soft tanned skin brunette (wigged) doll, I suppose she could be partially African or South American… but she looks more Italian than anything else to me!
  • Disclosure – brown eyed, pale skinned raven haired doll = no comment here
  • Dreamscape – blue eyed, pale skinned raven hair doll = no comment here
  • Enigmatic – green eyed, pale skinned redhead (wigged) = no comment here
  • Incandescent – grey eyed, pale skinned brunette = no comment here
  • Magnetism (Aussie Convention Doll released just yesterday) – green eyed, pale skinned redhead = no comment here

    • So… if your idea of diversity is an increase in redheads, then you’ve got it! Or… you could go for the Italian…

    Personal boo boo – have ordered Enigmatic because… ? Would have loved to get Brilliance but she was accidently released to dealers before she was to be revealed and now she’s sold out and I didn’t look into her because I was trying to avoid the Monograms!

    Other (mostly likely better and more informative) reviews of the 2010 Monogram dolls -

  • 2010 Integrity Toys Debut Line of Dolls @ Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold 100307
  • FR Monogram 2010 @ Shuga Shug’s Blog 100307
  • Integrity Toys 2010: The Monogram Collection @ The Fashion Doll Chronicles 100309

    • Good news is, there are some more (but not enough as usual) dolls of color in the other Integrity lines… stay tuned!

    *images have been cropped (messily) from original images by Integrity Toys

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    When Diversity Choice = Blonde or Redhead

    Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

    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

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    My New Dolls! POP Christie, Kentucky & FR Luchia

    Monday, June 1st, 2009

    Finally, my POP Christie, Kentucky Derby along with FR Future Bound Luchia Z. dolls have arrived…

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    I was waiting for POP Christie to come home so I can finally start writing about dolls in blackface, as in dolls that are of a Caucasian mould but made out of brown plastic. I don’t doubt that there are dark skinned people who have these features but these features are more associated with people of European heritage rather than African ancestry.

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    Then I can go on (when Arctic Barbie arrives) about how weird it is that dolls that are supposed to be Native American look more East Asian than the dolls that are supposed to be East Asian – yellowface anyone? (I will try to avoid muttering incoherently about various theories involving Indigenous Americans, Mongolians and the Qing Dynasty).

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    Oh yeah, and Luchia – doll of no-color – will also get a post, how seriously undead does she look? *grins*

    Aside – although these dolls are examples of the Eurocentric standards of beauty imposed on black women, I have no intention of selling them. BTW would anyone have an AKA Centennial SKU #L9657 doll they wish to sell (to me)?

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