Now, which doll do we know that has a big head and a fashion doll body and who is costing Mattel $$$'s in lost revenue, hmm?!

Old Barbie body pictured left - new body (shown on Lara) pictured right.

The Duff Sister get Barbiefied -

In case you are unaware who Hillary and Hayley Duff are, above is a picture of them- I swear I have not altered this!  I think Hillary (right) needs to eat more pies - her ankles are fatter than her knees....just the sort of role model you'd want for your kids, eh?

Bob Mackie Barbie Couture Confection Bride...flamboyant, fabulous, completely OTT - I loves it!

Although I'm sure the irony is lost on them, Mattel have gotten Robert Best to essentially re-do his Movie Star Collection for the Silkstone dolls...they've really run out of ideas, haven't they?

Nippon Dolls
Pretty, pretty dolls by Jason Wu...also pretty expensive unfortunately!  That said his new Monsieur Z dolls are a steal at around $49 - this is half the price of the original dolls which were released under the Monsieur Z name.

And There's More from Jason

From Fashion Royalty, Glow Vanessa and Capricious Natalia

Of course, the new Gene arrived from Mr Wu...I don't like her! I was looking forward to Jason taking up where Mel Odom had left off.  But she looks like she's taken one too many valium; I think it's meant to be vampish - it isn't.  She looks tired. And I'm not too keen at all with the black smudge in between the lips: I thought it was a screening fault until I saw other people's pictures! And the biggest turn off for me was the lower leg joint - it turns through 360 degrees.  Yep, you can have her feet facing backwards if you like...or pigeon toed...or give her duck feet..

Tonner Super Heroes
Apparently the success of the Harry Potter dolls led in no small way to Tonner being granted the licence to produce these DC lovelies.  Many male doll collectors will be in raptures, especially over the Wonder Woman doll.

It's Tonner, really, but not as we know him...
Jason Wu has his fingers in many a dollie pie and no doubt Mr Tonner must have been feeling somewhat chagrined at the newcomer adding Gene to his ever-expanding empire, so not to be outdone, Tonner designed Ellowyne Wilde for Wilde Imaginations.

Ellowyne was originally Gwendolyne and was an Exclusive doll when first released.  Everyone went crazy for her and so a whole line of dolls and outfits has now been released in the US by Wilde Imaginations and the doll is only sold through them and not Tonner dealers.

The concept is a clever one.  Ellowyne's greatest enemy is boredom - and her face does have a touch of the winsome about it.  She is 16 inches tall, but has a small bust unlike Tyler and - as you can obviously see - has an oversized head.  However, don't go thinking that this is the 22" AM model head - it isn't.  Ellowyne's head is smaller than the one used on the  22 AM models.