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Today, we have a triple play. Read this post, and you’ll learn a little something about music history, art history and history history. This Friday, Jermaine Rogers will

In the solar system of designer toys, I’ve just become aware of a neighboring planet: modern dollhouses. The designer dollhouse planet is populated by meticulous, artsy, crafty collectors–just

Waaaaaayyyy back before the dead celebrities depicted in Jason Mecier’s pill portraits had consumed their first capsules, and in an era that lacked the hipster irony of Desire

It’s been 5 years (seems like longer) since the release of Bob Dob‘s first vinyl art toy, Luey, and by the end of the month, his 2nd figure, “Will”

Little Miss No Name was a doll designed by Deet D’Andrade (who also designed Blythe) and released by Hasbro in 1965. The doll wore a burlap sac of a

This is CUBEMAN, a character from M.U.S.C.L.E. (Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere). M.U.S.C.L.E. was an American toyline from the mid-to-late 1980s based on the Japanese toyline,

In 1959, the world was finally fit for a doll who wasn’t. Venerable New York dollmaker, Madame Alexander, created Marybel, “the Doll Who Gets Well,” as a friend