♥Jazlin and James♥

Jazlin and James, photo courtesy of fellow collector, Dawn

Fellow doll collector, Dawn, shared the photo on the left of Jazlin and James, 14-inch anatomically correct, all-vinyl dolls made in Spain.  Jazlin and James are two of the 34 dolls purchased by Harpo Studios from Pattycake Doll Company that were used on several recent episodes of  Iyanla Fix My Life.  Even though I no longer collect baby dolls, I am so impressed with their actual appearance that I am quite tempted to order a pair for myself.  Prior to purchasing James (before discovering Jazlin), Dawn wrote, I believe this doll is going to be talked about years from now like the black doll used in the [Doll Test] color experiment.

I too believe the dolls will become historically significant, but more than that, I think they are precious!  I find their ethnically correct facial features quite impressive.  It is apparent the doll maker took extra measures to ensure the dolls look authentically black.

When browsing the Pattycake Doll Company's website, after publishing a previous post about this pair, I saw another doll that interests me because she looks like a real little girl.  Her name is Kayla.  See her here. 

Kudos to the makers of these dolls and to Pattycake Doll Company for offering them and so many other multicultural dolls from which parents can choose for their children, ages newborn and up.  Their store is proof that dolls for all children are available if you know where to look.


Thanks again Dawn!

(Jazlin and James are $34.99 each.) 

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A Warm Thank You From Pattycake Doll Company

As a result of my previous post about the dolls featured on Iyanla Fix My Life, I received an unexpected "thank you email" from Pattycake Doll Company (the source of the 34 dolls used on the show).  That email is shared in its entirety below:

Dear Debbie;

Thank you so much for posting links to our store from your latest blog post. we appreciate the shout out!

As bloggers ourselves, (thedollblog.com), we know how difficult it is to always have to come up with new posts, so we are passing along some follow up information about this story that may be enough to create another post for you:

As you might have noticed when looking at our site, we give 10% of our store's profits to charities that help children. So we tend to think along those lines anyway.

So when Harpo productions was talking to us about their initial order, and we found out this was to be a one-shot deal for them, we asked them what they  were going to do with the dolls afterwards. As they hadn't yet thought about it, we suggested a donation to a local children's hospital or women's shelter, or if needed, TIF (The Toy Industry Foundation) as TIF will sometimes arrange a pick up. (and those were four big boxes!)

TIF got the dolls, and subsequently they ended up at a "toys for children of our military" givaway at Langley Air Force base.

Here's TIF's tweet thanking us and Team Harpo! (Hopefully it will show up in this email.) https://twitter.com/ToyIndustryFndn/status/512684524971368448/photo/1

 

(Screen captured tweet from email)

A great story all around!

PS: Harpo Productions in Chicago did a complete duplicate of the Atlanta order for a follow-up story several months after, but we know nothing more than that.

Your friends;

 

Peter and Adrienne Laudin

The Pattycake Doll Company

www.PattycakeDoll.com  

America's Specialty Doll Store

Black, Asian, Hispanic, Biracial and Multicultural Dolls

Dolls for Boys, Learn-to-Dress Dolls, Musical & Animated Dolls

And the softest, cutest, most adorable plush dolls in the world!

www.MyAdoptedChild.com

Adoption Certificates, Stationery and Gifts

www.SleepySoft.com

Helping Children to Sleep

 

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Pretty cool, right?  You just never know who will find you and read what you have written about them on the Internet. 

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