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Posted: Tuesday October 11th, 2005 15:38 |
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i am a newcomer on this site, i need help from all ladies and men, i am looking for original black dolls for a girl under 8 years old. For what?
Not for playing obviously but i realise that when you go for a black doll the only black thing she has is the colour, the features on the face are not black, the style, the close nothing looks like a caraibbean or an african.
The only one which have a face of a black doll is the Bratz, they have big eyes , big lips (like me) but i don't like the clothes i think at 8 years old we don't need a doll with a mini skirt and high shoes, and make up.
If you know any place, where i can buy some let me, i want my daughter to have a white baby doll as well as a black one.
thank you for your help
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Posted: Tuesday October 11th, 2005 16:04 |
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there was a website i knew of a while back that sold black dolls, books and games from africa and the carribean, though for the life of me i cannot remember the name of it. I think they were based in south london somewhere. Have you tried "googling" Black dolls?
I might get one myslef, purely for the fact that i never had one when i was growing up!
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Posted: Tuesday October 11th, 2005 16:43 |
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than you for your message, yes i did some "googling" but i have to admit i am fussy i like to touch the product , there some sales by mail for shops in US mainly.
Also, i would like to go with my daughter so that we can choose together. it is amazing, with so many black population in UK you can't finc a rasta doll or a yoruba doll or an ashamti doll in Toys R Us.
Anyway ...
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Posted: Tuesday October 11th, 2005 16:50 |
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| i can relate to what your saying about want ng to actually see the product before you buy. But if you are waiting for one of those large ty retailing chains like Toys r us, woolworths or smiths to start stocking black dolls you will be waiting a while!!! at best, they will direct you to the black bratz doll. At worst, if you ask for it, they will tel you there is not enough demand. Then you would probably have to get up some kind of petition to show that there IS a demand. then they would probably have to import it from america, so it would end up more expensive than the white dolls. c'est la vie.
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Posted: Tuesday October 11th, 2005 18:17 |
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| If you're happy with the features of the Bratz dolls but not the clothes, just make or buy more suitable clothes for it. You could help encourage creativity in your daughter by helping her design and make dolls outfits. If you don't want the hassle of sewing together bits of material, there are clothes available for the Bratz dolls so you could choose a jeans and jacket if you think that's better than the mini skirt. btw all Bratz dolls look the same features-wise, so the white Bratz doll has the same face as the black one but just with different skin and hair colour.
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Posted: Tuesday October 11th, 2005 18:40 |
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efenjee wrote: If you're happy with the features of the Bratz dolls but not the clothes, just make or buy more suitable clothes for it. You could help encourage creativity in your daughter by helping her design and make dolls outfits.
I really like that idea.
The fact there are still no African dolls that actually resemble African people (even vaguely) is, to say the least, disgraceful. I myself have been thinking about where to purchase African dolls for my neice when she gets a bit older, so that she has toys that look like her-and not a European with dark skin. The closest I have come is finding dolls made out of cloth:  or plastic dolls wearing traditional dress:
Website: http://www.africaguide.com/shop/dolls.htm
Last edited on Tuesday October 11th, 2005 18:42 by Kibibi
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Posted: Wednesday October 12th, 2005 10:05 |
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i like your ideas i will take it.
it is a shame that we can't have this rag doll in uk.
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Posted: Wednesday October 12th, 2005 10:11 |
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There are also companies out they who will duplicate your own child's face from a picture to make the doll. You can't get any more authentic than that.
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf232385.tip.html
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Posted: Wednesday October 12th, 2005 10:42 |
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Misti1 wrote: There are also companies out they who will duplicate your own child's face from a picture to make the doll. You can't get any more authentic than that.
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf232385.tip.html
that's a good idea, i will check this website hope it is not to expensive. thanks
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Posted: Friday February 17th, 2006 01:35 |
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http://www.aishaco.com/Ishababies/Ishababies.htm
Not too much by way of features, unfortunately. Aisha dolls are made by a Black-owned company.
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Posted: Thursday May 4th, 2006 01:34 |
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I have seen beautiful black dolls in male and female fashion by a company called Integrity toy Dolls.
I only know of one store in east London that carries them, thus far
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