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I've seen a bunch of people posting about coming to the US on vacation and looking to do some second-hand doll or toy hunting but not knowing where to start!  Here's a very thorough list of the types of places to look for and what kinds of things at what kinds of prices you'll find at each of them.   Thrift Stores: These are actual stores that deal in second hand goods.  There are big chains like GoodWill, Salvation Army, and Savers but a lot of one-off stores too.  When you search for "Thrift Store" you should also search for...

There are a LOT of new dolls this year!  I haven't seen much about L.U.V. dolls and I'm a bit surprised because they are pretty nice looking.  Perhaps this is because they're marketed as 8" dolls and this seems like a strange doll size? It's not.  Some very BIG doll lines have bodies with the same proportions, and it would probably be more obvious if LUVs had oversized heads   Now is she starting to look a bit more familiar? Aside: I get a lot of questions about Bratz now that the line has been refreshed.  They weren't running at...

New Doll Drop!  This time, we've got the new Dream Besties to review. The Dream Besties are a Barbie line, though they bear a strong resemblance in the head sculpt to Ever After High!  I heard the same designer is responsible for both lines' headsculpts, so that's pretty great as I miss EAH.  The hair is nice, the faceup is nice, the body seems sturdy and has the usual amount of articulation for a modern jointed fashion doll.  Lots of people review that stuff, let's get to my specialty: I ordered the dolls from aesthetically most to least similar, with...

Hi there Catty! How can we clothe you today?     Here's Catty with some other dollies with plus sized or pear shaped bodies.  I arranged them by most to least similar. The red horizontal reference lines are to make it easier to see what lines up vertically.   Vertically, Catty is MORE similar to the shorter Petite Fashion dolls, but she still has a little longer torso.  She's both wider and deeper than Abbey, though Abbey is probably the closest aesthetically.  We don't do aesthetics though, we do measurements!     The doll community has a long history of...

Most of the time, a fashion doll with the same body sculpt name has the same proportions no matter how much articulation they have.  There's an exception, and that is the Curvy body type.