Pat,

I really got a kick out of your message regarding "Ham-like hands." That was so funny and true. I almost never bought any male dolls unless they absolutely had to accompany Barbie such as the ice skaters, etc. How else would Babs be able to do her "triple lutz"? I have purchased some Dominics and I bought a ken doll, one of those beach kens. When I was young and and played Barbie I bought a GI Joe because he could put his arm around Barbie with the way he was jointed. The GI Joes and other such male dolls are so mean looking - I wouldn't even consider letting Candi, Charice or Barbie meet them much less go out with them. For anyone that has the Dominic dolls, did you notice that their legs are spread far apart? I guess the "joints" are just crooked. I hope they look better when they are dressed (I I did buy some Dominic outfits that were on sale - about $3.99) - and with the Dominics on sale for $1.50 - how could I go wrong??

Karla ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Hawkins jhawkins1320@charter.net To: candichat candichat@dolls.de Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: male dolls

I have never given away any of my men dolls like I have my female dolls. I have a lot of different ones now and hold onto them all. I must have some salacious interest in variety

Orig. I was going to collect antique dolls 'till I got a load of their prices...then I collected porcelein dolls until I broke one of them & that ended that...then collected various older, big dolls such as the Chrissie & Velvet sisters. I started with the Barbie dolls 'cause I thought they were unbreak. ( vinyl) & cheap HA! But at 1st , since I had sons & no daughters, I only collected boy dolls like GI Joe, Ken, Kevin & the black males under various names ( & also all black dolls cause they're so beautiful & for awhile there, were easier & cheaper to get ) I really wasn't interested in having a bunch of all the identical looking blondes, so I collect mostly Barbies' friends in various incarnations. ...some Genes & Tylers & Elle....... Of course, I have all kinds of Candi dolls, which is my great love. But male dolls still interest me...today , for instance, I went to the thrift shop & came home with a Capt. John Smith , still with his long hair uncut ( he's such a hunk) A Harrison Ford from Star Wars series ( he looks sooo young!) & some tiny baby boys, dressed & with shoes even( I think they're from that quintuplet series of some brand or another from back a few years ) I'm always on the lookout for diff. male dolls of any brand to pair with my girls be they Barb or Candi. The problem with them, is getting clothes to fit that's something other than a uniform, because it's hard to get anything to fit over those Ham-like hands they usually have, or massive chests & shoulders & their heads usually won't fit a Ken body, if you can get them off that is. Pat Hawkins in Al.