At least Mattels try at making big head Kellys failed right away! Those were the ugliest dolls yet!! Did you see the new international Kelly set? That one was darling, but I wish they had done some different countries. Two of the three were the same as the TRU set from a couple years earlier. The Irish one was worth the whole set though!
Kathy
At 08:32 AM 4/21/2005 -0400, you wrote:
I'm with you on that one, Kathy. Forget the new body & big head Barbies. I've even stopped buying the Holiday dolls. I just DON'T like those big heads. I mostly buy handmade outfits to redress my favorite dolls in. I still buy some of the DOTW & the International Kellys as folk cultures are what got me started on doll collecting. Melissa
I agree with everyone else. I will believe it when I see it. I find it laughable that the word quality can be used with these dolls. I love my old Candis, but I have become totally spoiled by the quality of the
Fashion
Royalty dolls, and even at their best, Candi didn't come close to that
kind
of quality. Of course, I admit that the FR dolls have even weaned me off 95% of Mattels products as well. The only new doll I have ordered is the Muffy Roberts doll, and that is just because I love her evil looking leer. Last year, the only one I bought was the Princess of the Navajos, and I gave up the playline when they went to the all new body and big heads. Mattel had better get it together or go the way of Hamilton and Candi! Thank goodness for old dolls to play with!
Kathy M.