Girl’s letter prompts MGA Entertainment to bring girl's Bratz doll designs to life

BOCA RATON, Fla. - When it comes to dolls, 8-year-old Angelina Giani of Boca Raton, Florida is a huge fan of Bratz dolls with over 30 in her collection. "Like 30, or 36," she said.

 

But Angelina started to notice they don't look quite like her. "They have blonde hair and they're mostly, very, very tall," said Giani.

 

So, the 8-year-old from Boca Raton decided to write a letter to the company that makes Bratz dolls.

 

In her letter, “Dear MGA, I am a very big fan of you. I love all the dolls you make.” Angelina asked if they could create a doll that resembled her. She even sent drawings depicting dolls with less makeup, shorter hair and longer dresses, which she felt more closely reflected her look. Angelina’s mother, Rosana Giani, said that her daughter is never afraid of being different and customizes her own clothes by cutting long sleeves, or sewing ruffles on pajama pants that are too short.
 

Then four weeks later, the drawings were brought to life.

The company took Angelina’s sketches and transformed them into actual outfits for the dolls, used different shades to reflect the makeup drawn and gave one of the dolls a bob haircut like her illustration.

 

"They actually made them and sent them in a box. I never knew they were going to respond, I didn't think they would take her seriously. It felt kinda cool, and I felt proud.” said Angelina Giani.

MGA Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, produced three custom made dolls, and said in a statement: "We were very impressed and touched by Angelina's designs." Angelina's mom looked at this as a writing exercise for her daughter, but didn't expect the response.

"I never knew they were going to respond, I didn't think they would take her seriously," said Rosiana Giani.

Angelina hopes that one day her designs will be put on store shelves so everybody can buy them.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/girl%e2%80%99s-letter-prompts-bratz-dolls-maker-to-create-custom-dolls-213131169.html

Inventory: Alexander Fairchild Ford “Denver Days Doll”

 

2002 Alexander Fairchild Ford “Denver Days Doll”

 

"Denver Days" Alex has bent-knee and she is all set for cool Denver days in her fur turtleneck sweater attached hood and brown leather pants. Her outfit is completed with matching boots and backpack. She has curly blond hair and hazel eyes. She is a limited edition of 1000 dolls and has been retired from Madame Alexander.

 

 

New retail she was: $119.95

 

 

**No Longer Available from Madame Alexander

 

Release Date: 2002

 

Item #: 33210 LE: 1000

Reclusive heiress Huguette Clark spent millions on doll collection

Huguette Clark is seen in this 1930 photo taken in Reno, Nevada (AP)

 

By: Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News

 

The late heiress Huguette Clark was known for her reclusive nature, rarely leaving her apartment and spending the last two decades of her life voluntarily living in a hospital.

But a new book reveals there was one hobby that drew Clark out of her shell: a lifelong infatuation with expensive dolls. In their new book “Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune,” authors Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell Jr. report that Clark amassed a doll collection worth an estimated $2 million.

 

Clark’s life was full of eccentric tales. For example, she owned two mansions in California and New York worth a combined $150 million — but she never visited either location. She also spent more than 20 years living in New York’s Beth Israel Hospital at a cost of more than $400,000 a year, even though she did not have any diagnosed illness.

 

She lived to be 104. Her father was 22 during the Civil War, and Clark lived to see the nation's first African-American president take office.

 

However, it was Clark’s passion, perhaps even obsession, for dolls and dollhouses that might be the most interesting fact about her life.

 

Clark’s passion for dolls and dollhouses was so strong it trumped her reclusive nature. In the late 1950s Clark reportedly left her Fifth Avenue mansion to attend a Christian Dior fashion show — so she could purchase clothes for her dolls.

 

In their book, Dedman and Newell write that Clark caused a stir when her name appeared on a guest list for the show: "Mrs. Huguette Clark!’ exclaimed the consul general, Baron Jacques Baeyens, who had married Huguette’s niece. ‘Look, she’s not going to come. She’s my aunt, and she never goes out.’ The representative from Christian Dior replied, ‘Oh, yes, she will. She wants to see the dresses to dress her dolls."

 

During a Tuesday appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” Dedman revealed that the doll collection was such a big part of Clark’s life that she would routinely call up the Austrian-Hungarian immigrant husband-and-wife team who constructed her dollhouses.

 

“The man and woman who fixed her dollhouses and did the curtains for her were pestered to death by her,” Dedman told host Jon Stewart. “She would call them every evening and say, ‘You know, the ceilings are too low in these dollhouses.’ She told them, ‘The little people are banging their heads.”

But the dollhouse makers were amply rewarded for their hard work.

 

“She was very generous to them,” Dedman explained. “All the grandchildren of the couple who made her dollhouses went to college on the generosity of Huguette Clark.”

 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/reclusive-heiress-huguette-clark-spent-millions-on-doll-collection--192148726.html

Inventory: Totally Trent Osborn Doll

2002 Totally Trent Doll

 

 

 "Totally Trent", Trent is waiting in his dressing room for a fitting, sitting around in his underwear. Trent comes with A-shirt, T-Shirt, Boxers, Socks & garters and Shoes. 

 

 

BACK STORY:

Born Theodore O'Bannion, young "Teddy" was quite the little neighborhood Romeo, stealing kisses from beneath the playground Pollyannas' pipe curls. He also always had a flair for the dramatic, prodding his playmates into staging elaborate pirate adventures on the bounding waters of the ponds in Philly's most prestigious parks - much to the chagrin of the local police force! 

After graduating from high school, he longed for adventure, even working as a truck driver to escape the city limits. But soon he discovered the local theater groups, where he was quickly spotted by a casting director for the Theatre Guild and whisked off to The Great White Way. His refined good looks, coupled with a certain aura of reckless abandon, brought him role upon role - and the attentions and intentions of an army of beautiful young actresses and debutantes.

After playing the gamut of juvenile roles on Broadway, Teddy, now known as Trent Osborn to the New York theater goers, was brought to Hollywood in 1935. A mainstay at Monolithic, he appeared in scores of films, and his most frequent leading ladies included such glamorous stars as Gene Marshall and Madra Lord.

 

As flamboyant a figure in Hollywood nightlife as he was on the screen, Trent Osborn broke countless hearts. But when he turned on those bedroom eyes, everyone from starlet to seasoned veteran melted at a glance.

New retail was: $129.95


**No Longer Available from Ashton Drake
LE: Unknown
Release Date: 2002
SKU: 96374

The Blonds Blond Gold Barbie® Doll

The Blonds Blond Gold Barbie® Doll

 

Inspired by Barbie®, imagined by The Blonds, the Blond Gold™ Barbie® doll glows in fashion riches. Incredible chain detail adorns her golden corset and metallic-woven cape and inspires her long earrings and golden armbands. Her unique doll stand is inspired by bars of bullion and creates the perfect pedestal for this golden diva. 

New retail she was: $150.00

 

Gold Label®

Release Date: 8/8/2013

Product Code: X8263

 

**This item is currently on backorder. Expected availability is 9/17/2013

Doll Details

 

Designed by: Bill Greening

Body Type: ModelMuse™

Arms: New Left and Right

Skin Tone: Tropic Tan

Facial Sculpt: Lara

Fashion Sewn On:

No Eyelashes: Yes

 

Included with doll: Stand, corset, shoes, arm cuffs, earrings, claw ring, cape.

© 2013 The Blonds LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Direct Exclusives are currently available in the U.S. only from The Barbie™ Collection catalog or at TheBarbieCollection.com.

For the adult collector.

Production doll may vary from the photo shown above.

Mattel reserves the right to modify the fashion/fabrics, sculpt, hair color/style, and accessories. Doll cannot stand alone as shown.

Inventory: Violet Waters "Mood Indigo" Doll

 

 

Violet Waters was (is) the only African American Gene Doll! 

 

"Mood Indigo" is LE to 3,000 dolls worldwide. What an honor! Violet is asked to sing at The Jazz Festival. She makes her arrival dressed to the nines in this navy and white suit with stylish hat.  

  

She is 15 1/2-inches of poseable, collector-quality vinyl with a finish that mimics fine porcelain. Hand painted features. Violet’s wardrobe is crafted of quality fabrics like those worn by real Hollywood stars of the era.

• Jet black hair is in an elaborate chignon with braids.

 

 

Vintage accessories designed precisely to scale are fabulous collectibles in themselves.

Violet Waters doll and costume are hand-numbered, with a Certificate of Authenticity and glamorous story.

 

• Navy 2 piece Satin suit with white collar and asymmetrical button detail on top, and pleats on skirt. • Large white satin portrait hat with navy feathers.

• 2 pearl hat pins.

• Short white mesh gloves.

• Navy and white satin clutch purse.

• Navy and white spectator pumps.

• Violet pantyhose with attached panties (not shown).

• Violet has bendable arms and legs.

 

• Pearl drop Earrings and Necklace with drop in front.

Circa: 1948
Year of Release: 2002
Limited Edition: 3000
Designer: Jose Ferrand

 

New retail was: $99.95

**No Longer Available from Ashton Drake

 

LE 3000 Release Date: 2002

SKU: 76710

Inventory: Storm w/ Mohawk

 

Storm with Mohawk from the 1983 comic book series

 

Storm is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. Best known as a prominent leader of the X-Men, she is the reigning queen of the fictional nation of Wakanda, a title held by marriage to fellow Marvel Comics superhero Black Panther.

She also currently serves as a temporary replacement for the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four. She was created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, and first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975), becoming one of the first and most favorite black heroines.

New retail she was: $39.99

 

eBAY has her bid listing starting at $91.00

 

**No Longer Available from Toy Biz

LE: Unknown

Release Date: 1997

SKU: Unknown


*Due to circumstances beyond my control I had to sell this item (8/20/13). It was one of my favorite collectables.