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Belle Meade Plantation Belles Barbie Doll Club will meet Aug. 2 The Belle Meade Plantation Belles Barbie Doll Club will meet on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in the party room at Shoney's, Bellevue. The collector club meeting will start at 7 PM. Get the details about the doll club meeting at: Belle Meade Plantation Belles Barbie Doll Club will meet Aug. 2 - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner 

, 15th anniversary of Pink Anger: Barbie fans vs. Mattel The Barbie doll reached the height of its collectibility in 1997 with even new dolls commanding staggering prices on the secondary market . In 1997, Barbie was responsible for 80% of sales in the doll segment of the billion dollar toy market. Read about one of the factors that caused a drop in popularity and sales for Barbie. Article at: 15th anniversary of Pink Anger: Barbie fans vs. Mattel - National Barbie Collecting Examiner

Belle Meade Plantation Belles holds July meeting & drawing The Belle Meade Plantation Belles held their July meeting on Thursday, July 5 at Shoney's Bellevue. It might have been the day after the 4th of July, but patriotic dolls were out in full force. However, the featured display was of a Barbie sized Barbie Bazaar office cubicle. Barbie Bazaar was the world's leading Barbie doll collectors magazine from 1988 - 2006, and I was a staff writer there as the Global Barbie columnist, so it was with great pleasure that I heard my name announced as the winner! See more photos of this sweet display and read about our meeting at  Belle Meade Plantation Belles holds July meeting & drawing - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner

A few of my Madame Alexander Dolls Kahn Lucas acquires Madame Alexander dolls Wow! The big news in the doll world this week was Kahn Lucas Lancaster, Inc., a major global designer and wholesaler of girls’ fashion and dress collections, announcing it had acquired all intellectual property and other assets of the Alexander Doll Company, Inc. The Alexander Doll Company has made the Madame Alexander dolls for the past 9 decades. Find out more at Kahn Lucas acquires Madame Alexander dolls - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner Also see: Madame Alexander Ugly Betty doll - so ugly it's cute

New Integrity-Hasbro collaboration Jem and The Holograms dolls announced In the truly outrageous department, Integrity Toys, Inc., announced on June 27, 2012 their plans to release a brand-new series of collectible fashion dolls based on the 1980′s ground breaking animated series JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS.  Article at: New Integrity-Hasbro collaboration Jem and The Holograms dolls announced - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner

   Pizzazz & poetry: Patricia Alice Albrecht poetry reading at Scarritt Bennett Voice-over actress Patricia Alice Albrecht , who is best known for her role as Pizzazz on " Jem and The Holograms ," will be the special guest at Nashville's Scarritt Bennett Center on June 28, 2012, where she will be reading some of her original poetry from 7 – 8 p.m. Details at: Pizzazz & poetry: Patricia Alice Albrecht poetry reading at Scarritt Bennett - Nashville Doll Collecting Examine r

Memorial Day in the U. S. A.  For those who fell on battlefields So far away from home, Or languished in a prison cell Until their lives were gone Keep reading at Memorial Day in the U. S. A. - Christian Activities