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Gene, Tyler, Madra & Hayley celebrate the wearing o' the green - St. Patrick's Day doll display Sometimes dolls take on a life of their own and insist on being photographed for special occasions. That's what happened when Gene , Madra and Tyler got together with a few of their friends and started clowning around in their St. Patrick's Day outfits to celebrate the wearing 'o the green.  Article at: Gene, Tyler, Madra & Hayley celebrate the wearing o' the green - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner

Gene, Tyler, Madra & Hayley celebrate the wearing 'o the green  Gene , Madra and Tyler got together with a few of their friends and started clowing around in their St. Patrick's Day outfits to celebrate the wearing 'o the green.  Article at: Gene, Tyler, Madra & Hayley celebrate the wearing 'o the green - St. Patrick's Day doll display - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner

Gene, Tyler, Madra & Hayley celebrate the wearing 'o the green - St. Patrick's Day doll display Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Sometimes dolls take on a life of their own and insist on being photographed for special occasions. That's what happened when Gene, Tyler , Hayley and Madra got together... Keep Reading »  

Hayley - Shooting Star of the Fashion Doll World       Hayley, a Gene clone, appeared on shelves briefly in 1998 © 1998 by Kathryn E. Darden      On the horizon of the doll collecting world, visible for a brief time, a small, bright star that quickly disappeared... was it Haley's comet? No, just Hayley.      During the first couple of weeks of November 1998, doll collectors who haunt the aisles of toy stores noticed a new girl on the shelves of a few select Toys ìRî Us stores. A few inches taller than Barbie, manufactured by the Soft Luv company, Hayley came in eight different outfits with three distinct facial styles. Those of us who are Gene aficionados immediately recognized the similarities.  For those of you who have not been paying attention, Gene was created in 1991 by Mel Odom, an award-winning New York artist and illustrator. Ashton-Drake, an affiliate of The Bradford Exchange, began marketing the Gene...