Pat, I'm unsure as to whether or not Integrity is publicly traded. I will ask Percy but I don't think that it is. Integrity is a family run company. Besides Percy, the lovely voice on the other end of the phone when I call is Joan, his sister, and the gentleman in charge of the warehouse is Percy's brother. I know that when containers from Asia arrive they are all to be found working from dawn to sometimes early hours of the next morn checking in the merchandise and reshipping to dealers. They may bring in extra help at this time but I believe the extra help is temporary. This leads me to believe they are a closely held corporation and not publicly traded.
I hear stories like Melissa's all the time from people across the US. Either the dolls don't appear at all, or, only certain ones appear and sometimes only briefly. The problem with these occurrences doesn't lay at Integrity's doorstep. It is the store buyers who determine the quantity that will be purchased and the distribution. I keep thinking that if the dolls consistently sell out that the numbers the buyers order will increase. Of course, I'm sure that economic factors effect the money the chains may budget towards a certain manufacturer. I'm not privy to the inside information a buyer for a large chain is working with.
Perhaps talking to a manager of a store you frequent in your area with a small representation of the dolls requesting more variety would be appropriate. This could be followed up with a letter to corporate headquarters with the same request. If enough requests are received, the company may respond with increased selection. I'm sure Integrity would be happy to increase their sales, LOL!
Suzanne
In a message dated 1/24/2002 7:03:06 AM Central Standard Time, ebradfrd@crosslink.net writes:
<< Hi, Pat & all, I live in Southern Maryland & the only Integrity dolls my Ames carried this year besides the baby & toddler lines was the In Style Jordan & Alejandro which are still on the shelves. None of the "girls". One of our Walmarts occasionally has a couple of Janays from a couple years back. Our Super KMart had NO Integrity dolls AT ALL this year (2001). Our TRU had One case of the Cool Streaks & one case of the Ultra Divas & one case of the In Style Jordan & Alejandro mix, but that was it all year (2001). Since Integrity has its main office in MD, I'm really surprised that we don't see more of the dolls here. I am really disappointed in their "not showing"... What's it like in other parts of the country??? Melissa
I'm in a Northern Virginia suburb of the sprawling Washington metro area. Our Ames store provides an interesting view of dolls, different from Walmart, because Ames seems to be always trying some new doll line to complement Barbie. Walmart doesn't get creative with its doll selections, at all. The local Ames has always included Integrity playline baby dolls but the fashion dolls are expanding with Janay, Alyssa Alejandro. (My K-Mart is too far away for me to watch regularly, but my visit last week there were a few Alyssas and Janays.) As a matter of fact, I'm starting to notice that Ames has cut back a lot of the Barbie doll line and is now carrying another playline called Steffi Love dolls--they don't do much for me, but I always welcome variety to the doll shelf. Problem is, they've started carrying too many of these dolls. They seem like a cheaper-made doll and no imagination with face sculpts and screening or ethnicity.
Integrity's dolls, however, have long been a staple, albeit in small numbers, but present on Ames shelves. Within the year I've noticed the Integrity fashion dolls are slowly increasing visibility and their numbers on the Ames doll shelves. Integrity is a welcome alternative to Barbie because I think it's evident that Integrity can make a doll whose quality
is
comparable to any Barbie and the dolls offer some relief from the
seemingly
all-white dolls on most shelves. I think it's curious that Walmart hasn't put any of Integrity's fashion dolls on its shelves (at least here), but they put Kid Kore on the shelves. It must be their off-brand name of toys and dolls. I'd speculate, that once Walmart discovers Integrity fashion dolls do sell, watching Integrity prove itself a formidable contender to
the
Mattel fashion dolls throne will be a fun match to watch! Is Integrity publicly traded? Regards, Pat Brown >>
I don't think Integrity is public, either. It's just as well it's not because then there are all the headaches of catering to stockholders.
It appears to me that Integrity is the like the Little Toy Company That Could...could give Mattel a run for its shelf space. It'll take awhile, but I'm so one hundred percent positive of the artistic vision that Jason provides the fashion doll line, that I would put money on the upcoming lines attracting interest beyond independent dealers. As long as Integrity sticks with its steady-as-you-go approach to marketing its fashion doll line and supporting Jason's creativity, I think that within 7 years Integrity's higher-end fashion dolls will be readily available at all TRUs. I'm not sure Walmart will ever get with Integrity because Walmart affiliates itself with companies that can sell in gargantuan volume. Mattel can do that. I wouldn't know or speculate that Integrity would ever want to be in that arena.
It's totally fascinating to me to watch where Candi began and to now, the doll's managed care by Integrity and Integrity's growing presence, generally, in the fashion doll market. Is anyone writing all these events down for posterity? Would collectors of Candi or other non-Mattel fashion dolls truly appreciate this journey? Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: SuzW397026@aol.com To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:36 AM Subject: Re: Integrity playline in stores - reply
I hear stories like Melissa's all the time from people across the US.
Either
the dolls don't appear at all, or, only certain ones appear and sometimes only briefly. The problem with these occurrences doesn't lay at
Integrity's
doorstep. It is the store buyers who determine the quantity that will be purchased and the distribution. I keep thinking that if the dolls consistently sell out that the numbers the buyers order will increase. Of course, I'm sure that economic factors effect the money the chains may
budget
towards a certain manufacturer. I'm not privy to the inside information a buyer for a large chain is working with.
Perhaps talking to a manager of a store you frequent in your area with a small representation of the dolls requesting more variety would be appropriate. This could be followed up with a letter to corporate headquarters with the same request. If enough requests are received, the company may respond with increased selection. I'm sure Integrity would be happy to increase their sales, LOL!
Hi all, just some extra, probably pointless, info. Integrity, according to the D&B Database, is not a public company: There database reports the following: Company Name(s): Integrity Toys, Inc Street Address: 39 Jewett Ave 2 City: Jersey City State/Province: NJ ZIP Code: 07304 County: Hudson Phone Number: (201) 434-3760 Sales: $1,000,000 U.S Employees Here: 7 Location Type: Single Location Line Of Business: MFG TOYS, DOLLS, EXCEPT STUFFED TOY ANIMALS CEO: Mr Percy Newsum, President Executive Biographies: PERCY NEWSUM YEAR OF BIRTH: 1957 |BUSINESS OWNERSHIP: Started this business 1995 INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: Empoyed with Olmeck Toys Inc, Richmond, VA as Vice President of Operations OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Plant Manager of Berbice Mining Co, Guyana. Robin
Pat Brown nqsqurtz@staffnet.com wrote: I don't think Integrity is public, either. It's just as well it's not because then there are all the headaches of catering to stockholders.
It appears to me that Integrity is the like the Little Toy Company That Could...could give Mattel a run for its shelf space. It'll take awhile, but I'm so one hundred percent positive of the artistic vision that Jason provides the fashion doll line, that I would put money on the upcoming lines attracting interest beyond independent dealers. As long as Integrity sticks with its steady-as-you-go approach to marketing its fashion doll line and supporting Jason's creativity, I think that within 7 years Integrity's higher-end fashion dolls will be readily available at all TRUs. I'm not sure Walmart will ever get with Integrity because Walmart affiliates itself with companies that can sell in gargantuan volume. Mattel can do that. I wouldn't know or speculate that Integrity would ever want to be in that arena.
It's totally fascinating to me to watch where Candi began and to now, the doll's managed care by Integrity and Integrity's growing presence, generally, in the fashion doll market. Is anyone writing all these events down for posterity? Would collectors of Candi or other non-Mattel fashion dolls truly appreciate this journey? Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:36 AM Subject: Re: Integrity playline in stores - reply
I hear stories like Melissa's all the time from people across the US.
Either
the dolls don't appear at all, or, only certain ones appear and sometimes only briefly. The problem with these occurrences doesn't lay at
Integrity's
doorstep. It is the store buyers who determine the quantity that will be purchased and the distribution. I keep thinking that if the dolls consistently sell out that the numbers the buyers order will increase. Of course, I'm sure that economic factors effect the money the chains may
budget
towards a certain manufacturer. I'm not privy to the inside information a buyer for a large chain is working with.
Perhaps talking to a manager of a store you frequent in your area with a small representation of the dolls requesting more variety would be appropriate. This could be followed up with a letter to corporate headquarters with the same request. If enough requests are received, the company may respond with increased selection. I'm sure Integrity would be happy to increase their sales, LOL!
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Interesting. So he was with Olmec? Olmec was one of the earliest "black-owned doll manufacturers in the US to provide ethnic variety in a fashion/glamour doll (circa 1991-1994). Hamilton Toys was another one at the time. Olmec was a toy company that was founded, also, by an African American mother (like Helena ), her name was Yla Eason, who had a hard time finding "positive-image" toys for her son, named Menelik. I didn't know Olmec had operations out of Richmond. According to an 1993 Dolls magazine article, offices were located in the toy district of Manhattan (of course, there can be a difference in location for operations and corporate offices). Some of you may remember the names of the Olmec dolls and the ethnicities they represented were Lisa/Consuelo, Naomi, Ellisse, Imani and Menelik, the Hip Hop Kids anda line of action figures called the Brown Bombers.
Thanks, Robin for getting that Dun & Bradstreet info. Regards, Pat Brown
----- Original Message ----- From: Robin To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:19 PM Subject: Re: Integrity playline in stores - reply
Hi all, just some extra, probably pointless, info.
Integrity, according to the D&B Database, is not a public company: There database reports the following: Company Name(s): Integrity Toys, Inc Street Address: 39 Jewett Ave 2 City: Jersey City State/Province: NJ ZIP Code: 07304 County: Hudson Phone Number: (201) 434-3760 Sales: $1,000,000 U.S Employees Here: 7 Location Type: Single Location Line Of Business: MFG TOYS, DOLLS, EXCEPT STUFFED TOY ANIMALS CEO: Mr Percy Newsum, President Executive Biographies: PERCY NEWSUM YEAR OF BIRTH: 1957 |BUSINESS OWNERSHIP: Started this business 1995 INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: Empoyed with Olmeck Toys Inc, Richmond, VA as Vice President of Operations OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Plant Manager of Berbice Mining Co, Guyana.
Robin
Pat Brown nqsqurtz@staffnet.com wrote:
I don't think Integrity is public, either. It's just as well it's not because then there are all the headaches of catering to stockholders.
It appears to me that Integrity is the like the Little Toy Company That Could...could give Mattel a run for its shelf space. It'll take awhile, but I'm so one hundred percent positive of the artistic vision that Jason provides the fashion doll line, that I would put money on the upcoming lines attracting interest beyond independent dealers. As long as Integrity sticks with its steady-as-you-go approach to marketing its fashion doll line and supporting Jason's creativity, I think that within 7 years Integrity's higher-end fashion dolls will be readily available at all TRUs. I'm not sure Walmart will ever get with Integrity because Walmart affiliates itself with companies that can sell in gargantuan volume. Mattel can do that. I wouldn't know or splls > consistently sell out that the numbers the buyers order will increase. Of > course, I'm sure that economic factors effect the money the chains may budget > towards a certain manufacturer. I'm not privy to the inside information a > buyer for a large chain is working with. > > Perhaps talking to a manager of a store you frequent in your area with a > small representation of the dolls requesting more variety would be > appropriate. This could be followed up with a letter to corporate > headquarters with the same request. If enough requests are received, the > company may respond with increased selection. I'm sure Integrity would be > happy to increase their sales, LOL! >
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I remember Olmec Toys. I have most of their Fashion Dolls. The last one I purchased was the Imani with the Dredlocks. I wondered what happened to the company. Seems like they were improving the quality of their dolls when they disappeared.
I wish I'd gotten more of the Baby and Toddler dolls now. They are probably hard to find now.
Harriett ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Brown To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 5:03 PM Subject: Olmec Toys
Interesting. So he was with Olmec? Olmec was one of the earliest "black-owned doll manufacturers in the US to provide ethnic variety in a fashion/glamour doll (circa 1991-1994). Hamilton Toys was another one at the time. Olmec was a toy company that was founded, also, by an African American mother (like Helena ), her name was Yla Eason, who had a hard time finding "positive-image" toys for her son, named Menelik. I didn't know Olmec had operations out of Richmond. According to an 1993 Dolls magazine article, offices were located in the toy district of Manhattan (of course, there can be a difference in location for operations and corporate offices). Some of you may remember the names of the Olmec dolls and the ethnicities they represented were Lisa/Consuelo, Naomi, Ellisse, Imani and Menelik, the Hip Hop Kids anda line of action figures called the Brown Bombers.
Thanks, Robin for getting that Dun & Bradstreet info. Regards, Pat Brown
----- Original Message ----- From: Robin To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:19 PM Subject: Re: Integrity playline in stores - reply
Hi all, just some extra, probably pointless, info.
Integrity, according to the D&B Database, is not a public company: There database reports the following: Company Name(s): Integrity Toys, Inc Street Address: 39 Jewett Ave 2 City: Jersey City State/Province: NJ ZIP Code: 07304 County: Hudson Phone Number: (201) 434-3760 Sales: $1,000,000 U.S Employees Here: 7 Location Type: Single Location Line Of Business: MFG TOYS, DOLLS, EXCEPT STUFFED TOY ANIMALS CEO: Mr Percy Newsum, President Executive Biographies: PERCY NEWSUM YEAR OF BIRTH: 1957 |BUSINESS OWNERSHIP: Started this business 1995 INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: Empoyed with Olmeck Toys Inc, Richmond, VA as Vice President of Operations OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Plant Manager of Berbice Mining Co, Guyana.
Robin
Pat Brown nqsqurtz@staffnet.com wrote:
I don't think Integrity is public, either. It's just as well it's not because then there are all the headaches of catering to stockholders.
It appears to me that Integrity is the like the Little Toy Company That Could...could give Mattel a run for its shelf space. It'll take awhile, but I'm so one hundred percent positive of the artistic vision that Jason provides the fashion doll line, that I would put money on the upcoming lines attracting interest beyond independent dealers. As long as Integrity sticks with its steady-as-you-go approach to marketing its fashion doll line and supporting Jason's creativity, I think that within 7 years Integrity's higher-end fashion dolls will be readily available at all TRUs. I'm not sure Walmart will ever get with Integrity because Walmart affiliates itself with companies that can sell in gargantuan volume. Mattel can do that. I wouldn't know or splls > consistently sell out that the numbers the buyers order will increase. Of > course, I'm sure that economic factors effect the money the chains may budget > towards a certain manufacturer. I'm not privy to the inside information a > buyer for a large chain is working with. > > Perhaps talking to a manager of a store you frequent in your area with a > small representation of the dolls requesting more variety would be > appropriate. This could be followed up with a letter to corporate > headquarters with the same request. If enough requests are received, the > company may respond with increased selection. I'm sure Integrity would be > happy to increase their sales, LOL! >
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Harriett, I'd be willing to bet the babies and toddlers do show up on ebay as unknown dolls--have you noticed if the dolls you have have any markings on the bodies? I doubt Integrity or Olmec babies and toddlers would fetch much on the secondary market, if one were inclined to collect either company's dolls for historical purposes.
I haven't the foggiest what became of Olmec. The only whiff of a story I ever heard was that the company was struggling--I guess the way other small businesses often do when their market share is fairly small and their product concept is somewhat new to consumers. But Olmec did catch the eye--at least enough to get that huge interview with Beauregard Houston-Montgomery I was quoting from. You know, he was once friends with Helena Hamilton. I've often wondered if Helena knew Mrs. Eason and if it were all coincidental that these 2 women were creating dolls for the same reason--they saw their children's toys poorly represented and felt a need to fill the void. I wonder if they were actually competing against each other. Dunno. It's never occurred to me till now. It'd be an interesting follow-up story to find out what Yla Eason is doing now. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: Harriett Weymon To: Candi Chat List Owner Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 12:24 AM Subject: Re: Olmec Toys
I remember Olmec Toys. I have most of their Fashion Dolls. The last one I purchased was the Imani with the Dredlocks. I wondered what happened to the company. Seems like they were improving the quality of their dolls when they disappeared.
I wish I'd gotten more of the Baby and Toddler dolls now. They are probably hard to find now.
Harriett ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Brown To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 5:03 PM Subject: Olmec Toys
Interesting. So he was with Olmec? Olmec was one of the earliest "black-owned doll manufacturers in the US to provide ethnic variety in a fashion/glamour doll (circa 1991-1994). Hamilton Toys was another one at the time. Olmec was a toy company that was founded, also, by an African American mother (like Helena ), her name was Yla Eason, who had a hard time finding "positive-image" toys for her son, named Menelik. I didn't know Olmec had operations out of Richmond. According to an 1993 Dolls magazine article, offices were located in the toy district of Manhattan (of course, there can be a difference in location for operations and corporate offices). Some of you may remember the names of the Olmec dolls and the ethnicities they represented were Lisa/Consuelo, Naomi, Ellisse, Imani and Menelik, the Hip Hop Kids anda line of action figures called the Brown Bombers.
Thanks, Robin for getting that Dun & Bradstreet info. Regards, Pat Brown
----- Original Message ----- From: Robin To: candichat@dolls.de Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:19 PM Subject: Re: Integrity playline in stores - reply
Hi all, just some extra, probably pointless, info.
Integrity, according to the D&B Database, is not a public company: There database reports the following: Company Name(s): Integrity Toys, Inc Street Address: 39 Jewett Ave 2 City: Jersey City State/Province: NJ ZIP Code: 07304 County: Hudson Phone Number: (201) 434-3760 Sales: $1,000,000 U.S Employees Here: 7 Location Type: Single Location Line Of Business: MFG TOYS, DOLLS, EXCEPT STUFFED TOY ANIMALS CEO: Mr Percy Newsum, President Executive Biographies: PERCY NEWSUM YEAR OF BIRTH: 1957 |BUSINESS OWNERSHIP: Started this business 1995 INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: Empoyed with Olmeck Toys Inc, Richmond, VA as Vice President of Operations OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Plant Manager of Berbice Mining Co, Guyana.
Robin
Pat Brown nqsqurtz@staffnet.com wrote:
I don't think Integrity is public, either. It's just as well it's not because then there are all the headaches of catering to stockholders.
It appears to me that Integrity is the like the Little Toy Company That Could...could give Mattel a run for its shelf space. It'll take awhile, but I'm so one hundred percent positive of the artistic vision that Jason provides the fashion doll line, that I would put money on the upcoming lines attracting interest beyond independent dealers. As long as Integrity sticks with its steady-as-you-go approach to marketing its fashion doll line and supporting Jason's creativity, I think that within 7 years Integrity's higher-end fashion dolls will be readily available at all TRUs. I'm not sure Walmart will ever get with Integrity because Walmart affiliates itself with companies that can sell in gargantuan volume. Mattel can do that. I wouldn't know or splls > consistently sell out that the numbers the buyers order will increase. Of > course, I'm sure that economic factors effect the money the chains may budget > towards a certain manufacturer. I'm not privy to the inside information a > buyer for a large chain is working with. > > Perhaps talking to a manager of a store you frequent in your area with a > small representation of the dolls requesting more variety would be > appropriate. This could be followed up with a letter to corporate > headquarters with the same request. If enough requests are received, the > company may respond with increased selection. I'm sure Integrity would be > happy to increase their sales, LOL! >
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What size fashion dolls did Olmec make?...11 12/" ? I had never heard of them before.
Elizabeth
--- Pat Brown nqsqurtz@staffnet.com wrote:
Harriett, I'd be willing to bet the babies and toddlers do show up on ebay as unknown dolls--have you noticed if the dolls you have have any markings on the bodies? I doubt Integrity or Olmec babies and toddlers would fetch much on the secondary market, if one were inclined to collect either company's dolls for historical purposes.
I haven't the foggiest what became of Olmec. The only whiff of a story I ever heard was that the company was struggling--I guess the way other small businesses often do when their market share is fairly small and their product concept is somewhat new to consumers. But Olmec did catch the eye--at least enough to get that huge interview with Beauregard Houston-Montgomery I was quoting from. You know, he was once friends with Helena Hamilton. I've often wondered if Helena knew Mrs. Eason and if it were all coincidental that these 2 women were creating dolls for the same reason--they saw their children's toys poorly represented and felt a need to fill the void. I wonder if they were actually competing against each other. Dunno. It's never occurred to me till now. It'd be an interesting follow-up story to find out what Yla Eason is doing now. Pat
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Maybe Harriett will confirm, because I think she said she had a few of the fashion dolls, but I believe the dolls were 11.5 inches. When I started to rekindle my interest with my childhood Barbie collection, I started studying the new Barbies at the stores. Amidst the doll shelves at Ames is where I came across a couple of old inventory Imanis and Meneliks, and this was about 1995. Obviously, the dolls become extinct and it wasn't until a couple of years ago on another doll list, one of the past members on this List brought up a discussion about his Olmec fashion dolls. Through that collector and the moderator of that doll list I was apprised of the Olmec history.
That's something about the CandiChat that's one of its specialties: all the collectors on the List have knowledge of other dolls that expands our appreciation of how far Candi has come and the long-lived appeal ethnically diverse fashion dolls have with collectors. Regards, Pat Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth biz000art@yahoo.com To: nqsqurtz@staffnet.com; candichat@dolls.de Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 12:40 AM Subject: Re: Olmec Toys
What size fashion dolls did Olmec make?...11 12/" ? I had never heard of them before.
Elizabeth
Thanks Pat.
Now I am interested more than ever!!(he-he) I think I'll have to start looking around for these dolls on e-Bay.
Their names alone sound very interesting and unique: Imani and Menelik... ...'gotta see what they look like! *g*
> That's something about the CandiChat that's one > of its specialties: all the collectors on the > List have knowledge of other dolls that expands > our appreciation of how far Candi has come and > the long-lived appeal ethnically > diverse fashion dolls have with collectors.
> Regards, Pat Brown
YES! That is something I am really enjoying about CandiChat as well!!
Although not an 11 1/2" doll, I thought I would bring up one that I thought was unique, yet far overdue: Daisy--She's an ethnic mix of East Indian and British.
I have one Daisy and one Willow doll ("the British Mod Birds"), and I really like them a lot (except for the fact that their hair is wigged and not rooted).
This is something I haven't seen: an East Indian doll. (Not counting B*rbie--"Dolls of the World"). Wouldn't it be great if Integrity introduced one?!
Just a thought... Elizabeth
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I have a couple of Daisys and Willows and several of the fashions and definitely prefer Daisy. Randall is right, the time is now to be picking up Daisys and Willows and their fashions for way below original retail. A lot of doll shops that advertise in Doll Reader and Dolls were running specials on these dolls during the holidays and I see the ebay prices are rock bottom.
While I wasn't enamored of the mod fashions era, Doug and Laura did do an exceptional job of researching the fashions they designed. I've thought about buying Franklin Mint's Twiggy to go along with D & W, but it's the fashion era that I can't get into. Of course, I'm not too keen on the 80s fashions either, so if someone makes a line of dolls to fill that niche in fashion doll I'd be hard-pressed to buy them, too.
By the way, Doug and Laura did make a conscious choice to not root their dolls' hair because it did allow them to create the extra hair pieces. (I distinctly remember wearing lots of hairpieces myself during the 70s--it was very trendy.) Wigging a doll is also more expensive than the machine rooting. You don't see Madame Alexander's high end collectible dolls with rooting. The materials for machine rooting are much cheaper to buy and simpler to install in a doll's head. Wigging reguires several extra steps before getting the hair on the doll's head. But a wigged doll vs. rooted is a personal preference. I've never been too discerning about either method...Not that observant, I guess. pat ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth biz000art@yahoo.com To: nqsqurtz@staffnet.com; candichat@dolls.de Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 1:30 PM Subject: Re: Olmec Toys and Candi History
Thanks Pat.
Now I am interested more than ever!!(he-he) I think I'll have to start looking around for these dolls on e-Bay.
Their names alone sound very interesting and unique: Imani and Menelik... ...'gotta see what they look like! *g*
That's something about the CandiChat that's one of its specialties: all the collectors on the List have knowledge of other dolls that expands
> our appreciation of how far Candi has come and > the long-lived appeal ethnicallydiverse fashion dolls have with collectors.
Regards, Pat Brown
YES! That is something I am really enjoying about CandiChat as well!!
Although not an 11 1/2" doll, I thought I would bring up one that I thought was unique, yet far overdue: Daisy--She's an ethnic mix of East Indian and British.
I have one Daisy and one Willow doll ("the British Mod Birds"), and I really like them a lot (except for the fact that their hair is wigged and not rooted).
This is something I haven't seen: an East Indian doll. (Not counting B*rbie--"Dolls of the World"). Wouldn't it be great if Integrity introduced one?!
Just a thought... Elizabeth
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