I saw a 1968 show on TV last night and a girl had a Raggedy Ann doll and I thought the doll looked scary. The Bratz dolls are now a standard for what is hip - what is the look little girls find appealing today? Will the Bratz look be a scary (and grotesque!!!) look someday? Will the doll only be fit for horror movies?
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(or is she in the "Barbie camp")
(I'm not an expert professional Fashion Sociologist ...... but it might be fun to be one of those ... where do I apply?)
Does anyone remember the Dusty doll? They made her very "normal." Sadly, the freckle-faced all American looking doll couldn't compete with the fantasized empty-headed Barbie...
I loved my Dusty doll :-(
Bratz DO NOT dress like hookers. They dress like pop stars. Believe me there are hookers up and down my street and they don't have one drop of fashion. Not one !!!
I haven't been blessed with my kids wanting the BRATZ dolls yet. My 4 year old daughter is into the Littlest Pets right now.
Who said 'Doll face' in a movie.
I found a reasonably good page (with photos you can click on) on Robert (the doll -- not my husband...;o) ) on Squidoo here:
Robert the Haunted Doll
But here's the history of Robert (again, the doll...lol) from that page:
"The story begins in the home of Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Otto. The year1896. It was well known the Otto's mistreated there servants and were not the kindest of people. One such servant, that aided in the care of the couples son, Robert Eugene Gene,(Gene) was said to be versed in the ways of voodoo. She for one reason or the other became very displeased with the Otto's, and decided to do something about it. As the story goes the servant gave Gene a doll. The doll standing three feet tall, and stuffed with straw. With life like features, that were at first very endearing to Gene. He decided to name the doll 'Robert'.
The doll became a constant companion to Gene. It is said that the Otto's often heard Gene upstairs talking to the doll. This in it self might not have been so bad? The Otto's were puzzled to hear the boy answering himself in an entirely different voice than his own?
Many Strange things began to occur in the Otto household. Many neighbors claimed to see Robert move about from window to window, when the family were out. Gene began to blame Robert for mishaps that would occur. The Otto's claimed to hear the doll giggle, and swear they caught glimpses of the doll running about the house.
Gene began to have nightmares and scream out in the night, when his parents would enter the room, they would find furniture over turned, their child in a fright, and Robert at the foot of the bed, with his glaring gaze! 'Robert Did It'.... The doll was eventually put up into the attic. Where he resided for many years.
When Gene's parents died, and the Otto home came to Gene, Robert was rediscovered in the attic. Robert hold on Gene was strong, and from the moment Gene laid eyes on him, Robert's influence could be again felt. Well Gene's wife Robert unsettling. One day she decided she had enough of Roberts glare...and returned him to his attic sanctuary. Gene was displeased, and demanding that Robert needed a room of his own where he could see out of the window. He put Robert in the turret room, by a window. It wasn't long after that Gene's sanity was questioned?
The citizens of Key West heard about Robert, and his evil doings. Many people walking by the home reported that the doll watched from the turret room, and mocked them as they passed... School children feared walking by the Otto home , in fear of Roberts mean glare.
Gene, himself reported when visiting the turret room, found Robert him in the rocking chair by the turret room window, displeased with his accommodations...home. Finally Gene himself had enough of
But Robert had other plans. Visitors that entered the house could hear something walking back and forth in the attic, and strange giggling sounds. Guests no longer wanted to visit the Otto home.
Gene Otto died in 1972.The home was sold to a new family, and the tale of Robert had died down...
But Robert waited patiently up in the attic to be discovered, once again. The 10 year old daughter of the new owners. Was quick to find Robert in the attic. It was not long before Robert unleashed his displeasure on the child... The little girl claiming that the doll tortured her, and made her life a hell.. Even after more than thirty years later, she steadfastly claims that ' the doll was alive and wanted to kill her.' "
Maybe it's parental influence (I hate them, I think they look trashy and God knows, with 4 daughters, I really DON'T want them looking that) but I know a lot of my kids' friends who like them.
I still say, "Ick!"
That one always makes me laugh!
Is that a good answer?