As an adult, one of the very first play dolls to catch my attention was Spin Master's Liv .  Liv dolls were produced between 2009 and 20...

I'm back with the second post in the mermaid series!  I learned so much from your comments on the Mermaze Mermaidz review .  As I've...

Whew!  My husband and I are finally finished with our whirlwind graduation tour of the East coast.  We had some absolutely incredible moment...

I think this is surely the most unusual combination of reviews that I have ever posted together, but there's a neat connection--you'...

Ever since my friend Melissa told me about the new 11-inch Project Mc 2 play dolls by MGA Entertainment, I have been looking forward to wri...

Mattel seems to wait until my interest in the Monster High line is waning, and then they announce a very cool and unexpected new addition th...

Lammily is a unique new fashion doll who was released at the end of December.  The mainstream media is very interested in this doll, and h...

The animated movie, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return premiered on May 9th and is getting perplexingly polarized reviews--people either l...

Patience is a new 14" hard plastic and vinyl child doll from Wilde Imagination.  Patience is sweet and upbeat compared to Wilde Imagina...

I reviewed Ever After High's Apple White doll back in July, and while I wanted to be super-enthusiastic about her, she left me feeling ...

I am always interested in what Spin Master is doing.  Even before this company produced my favorite play dolls--the Liv girls , they had me ...

Update : two quick announcements: thanks to a reader suggestion, you can now translate the whole blog into the language of your choice with ...

I am up to my ears writing my next (really long--sorry) review, but I had to share this piece of news with all of you instantly.  You know ...

I found the most wonderful little toy at Toys R Us the other day!  It's a tiny little Cabbage Patch doll.   To me, this is the perfect m...

I was inspecting the toy aisles at Target the other day, and it was pretty clear that 2013 is in full swing...at least in the play doll worl...

This post is a follow-up to my original Kurhn post , below. In other words, my original post was way, way too long and I had to divide it in...

Kurhn dolls are 10.6 inch articulated plastic fashion play dolls made by Kurhn Toys Co., Ltd. in Foshan City, China.  They are essentially t...

Mystixx are a new brand of vampire doll from Playhut.  When I think of Playhut, I think of the awesome pop-up structures that my kids used t...

This post is for Pippa and Abby, who convinced me that my Liv in Wonderland Sophie should come out of her box.  You might remember from my o...

Bratz dolls are not really my style.  I can honestly say that I have never walked the aisles of a toy store and been tempted by a Bratz char...