Miniature house figurine on blurry outdoor background
Miniature house figurine
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Lost in jungle
Nikon D800E + Nikkor AF 200mmf/4D Macro
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Bye Barbie, hello Batgirl? DC's push for girls
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Mattel, Warner, DC Comics team on Super Hero Girls
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Funko POP! Marvel: Dancing Groot Bobble Action Figure
Funko POP! Marvel: Dancing Groot Bobble Action Figure -- $8.50
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Big Hero 6 Armor-Up Baymax Action Figure
Big Hero 6 Armor-Up Baymax Action Figure -- $19.66
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Disney INFINITY Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition) Loki Figure
Disney INFINITY Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition) Loki Figure -- $9.99
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Minecraft Toy Action Figure Hanger Set, 3-Inch, 10-Piece
Minecraft Toy Action Figure Hanger Set, 3-Inch, 10-Piece -- $8.00
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Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Energize Heatwave the Fire-Bot Figure
Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Energize Heatwave the Fire-Bot Figure -- $14.99
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HobbyLink Japan: RAH Superman (Red Son Version) By Medicom Pre-Order
Scheduled for a December 2005 release is Medicom's Real Action Heroes version of Superman, based on the 2003 comic book series "Superman: Red Son", and it's available to pre-order now from HobbyLink Japan for around the $150 mark.
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C2E2 2015: Diamond Select Toys
Diamond Select Toys always brings a smorgasbord of goods to each convention covering a disparate range of properties. Of course, their comic book properties always take center stage. This time it was the Batman and Superman animated series.
DST showed our heroes and their rogue's gallery through a number of busts. They've also added Supergirl, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, and Hawkgirl to their Femme Fatales line.
Live action properties also got some representation with the 60's Batman busts, a new line of figures based on Gotham, and some figures and Minimates based on upcoming Marvel films.
It doesn't end there, though! Nostalgia trips are in order with a set of Ghostbusters figures (which can combine to form the rooftop scene), the Back to the Future DeLorean, and even a new line of Universal Monsters figures.
Whether it's Star Trek or Ninja Turtles, DST is sure to have something from their dizzying array of upcoming releases to get you excited. Check out the gallery and see what you like!
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Disney Pixar CARS: Star Wars CAR WARS 2015 Series 3
During the Star Wars Celebration weekend, they revealed most of the CAR WARS CARS for 2015, the 3rd series (and apparently the last series). Lightning McQueen as Jedi Luke Skywalker Sarge as Emperor Palpatine + Cone Droid Ewok Pitty’s – Wicket & Logray (Shaman Ewok) Tractor as Royal Guard Deluxe Box Sets Lightning McQueen as […]
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C2E2 2015: BeeFy & Co.
BeeFy & Co. was started by Menh Voong, an aspiring graphics artist who decided to go into business for himself. I'm bad at keeping tabs on who's been where, but looking through Tomopop's history, Menh has apparently been to like every convention. If only I could be so well-traveled...
There were a number of plushies on sale in the Adventures of Ryupoo line. As you might know they all feature his fanciful (and sometimes mustachioed) animal designs. BeeFy's original vinyl creation the Ghost Tribe Warrior was also at the table.
The full display is featured in the gallery. If any of it tickles your fancy, check out BeeFy's website and get yourself something nice!
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C2E2 2015: CKRTLAB Toys
CKRTLAB's mission is to celebrate the golden age of comics. To that end they're resurrecting some comic book heroes from as far back as the 1940s! They've added on to their lineup from C2E2 last year, as a new wave of yesteryear's heroes took to the stage.
The event exclusive was the Black Ops version of Captain Action. There are shots of both that and the regular version in the gallery. Other oldie heroes include Captain Midnight, the original Daredevil, and American Crusader. Rounding out the display was an announcement for Captain Canuck, which looks like it'll come in three variants.
If you're into vinyl with a little retro flair, check out CKRTLAB's website!
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Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Hydro Frank & Mack Winner!
Congrats “Stouffy” for winning a Hydro Frank & Mack! Send us your mailing address at: metroxing (at) gmail.com Thanks all for entering and thanks Disney! Tweet This Post
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timeless summer evenings with your girls
For the most part, we always went with the cheap pajamas from Target. I suppose the habit starts at birth, when Birdie needed several sets to get through diapers, potty training, the flu, etc. Kids and pajamas are a tough partnership in the early years. Birdie is now 6, but we never really changed our ways, but then […]
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After 250 Years It's Still The Bangwell Putt Rag Doll
When I was doing my "History of Faceless Dolls" research I ran across a faceless doll that was created in 1765 and, 250 years later, is still in existence. It was included in the Memorial Hall Museum Online - American Centuries....View From New England website that allows you to "Explore American history with hands-on activities, exhibits, lessons, historic documents and artifacts."
The Children's Toys section of their online collection includes the Bangwell Putt Rag Doll which is a faceless rag doll that was made for Clarissa Field of Northfield, MA in 1765.
Here's what the website had to say about this doll, "Dolls could be purchased, but many people made them at home. A relative made this rag doll for Clarissa Field of Northfield, Massachusetts, around 1770. She named her Bangwell Putt. (Clarissa had several other dolls, all with equally fanciful names, including Pingo, Palica, Kimonarro, and Ebby Puttence.) Clarissa Field was born blind. Although Bangwell Putt lacks a face, her ten fingers were carefully made, suggesting the importance of touch in Clarissa's world. Like other little girls, Clarissa could use her doll to practice the skills she would need as an adult. She could dress and undress Bangwell, and sew fashionable clothes for her. Bangwell has a homespun body and is dressed in eighteenth-century fashion, including a corset. Clarissa also could tend Bangwell as a mother would a child. Clarissa never married. She kept Bangwell until she died in her eighties. Bangwell Putt is thought to be the oldest surviving rag doll in North America."
I became intriqued by this doll, especially her name, and wanted to see if there was more information on her. Here's what I found:
There is a beautiful interactive archives copy of a hand illustrated children's book that is part of the Internet Archives online collection entitled "The Journey of Bangwell Putt" by Marianna and published in 1945 by the F.A.R. Gallery that was re-published in 1965. If you click the "play" triangle in the upper right hand corner you can interactively read through this adorable book.
Wendy Lawton, who is a world class porcelain doll maker, made the Clarissa Fields and Bangwell Putt doll shown in the picture above. Her porcelain doll was named for the owner of the Bangwell Putt doll and she is holding the rag doll in her hand. Please click here for a larger image.
On their website they said, "Clarissa Fields and Bangwell Putt - 2000 - Edition of 175 - More than 225 years ago, a blind girl named Clarissa Fields was given a rag doll she named Bangwell Putt. Little did she know that her doll would be carefully tended by her descendants and finally gifted to Memorial Hall Museum. The poems young Clarissa dictated to her sister are still pinned to the doll's slip. Bangwell Putt is now the oldest extant rag doll in America. It is to Clarissa's memory that we dedicate our version of Clarissa Fields and Bangwell Putt. - Bangwell Putt is used with permission from Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, Massachusetts."
If you would like to see a picture of the actual Bangwell Putt Rag Doll, please click here.
Page 29 of The Doll Book written in 1908 by Laura B. Starr under the chapter Historic Dolls & Other there is a paragraph about the Bangwell Putt Rag Doll. This chapter contained the picture shown at the beginning of this post and shown above.
According to Page 29, "In the collection at Deerfield Memorial Hall is a doll so beaten and battered that it has little resemblance to either ancient or modern dolls. It is named Bangwell Putt and for nearly a century was the beloved companion of a blind girl, Clarissa Field, who lived in Northfield, Mass. At her death, some curious, crude attempts at versification were found pinned to the doll's clothing, which lent an unusual interest to the shapeless little creature. From the legend attached to the doll, it seems to have been a cherished companion of the blind woman in her old age as in her youth."
Page 147 of the Information Please Girls' Almanac by Alice Siegel said this about the Bangwell Putt Doll, "Clarissa Field's wooden doll named Bangwell Putt was given to the Memorial Museum of Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1882. Clarissa, who was born blind in 1765, had a great collection of dolls and an even greater list of names for them. They were: Pingo, Palica, Himonarro, Ebby Puttence, and Bangwell Putt. Bangwell Putt is one of the earliest dolls with a documented history."
The Child Life in Colonial Days, Volume 1 By Alice Morse Earle - Published 1909 not only mentioned the Bangwell Putt Doll but also had the picture shown above. On page 366 they said, "A pathetic interest is attached to the shapeless similitude of a doll named Bangwell Putt, shown facing Page 370. It is in the collection of Deerfield memorial Hall. It was cherished for eighty years by Clarissa Fueld of Northfield, Massaschusetts, who was born blind, and whose halting but trusting rhymes of longing for the clear vision of another world are fastened to the plaything she loved in her youth and in old age."
I think it's wonderful that we still have this doll after 250 years. What better statement than this of the loving affection a young girl had for her doll. Not only is Clarissa's love for her doll a beautiful story, but the fact that it has been kept all these years is amazing. I would love to see it some day. Wouldn't you?
I just wish I had found out the reason she named it 'Bangwell Putt."
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Nathan Hamill’s “Seldom The Never” Print
Nathan Hamill will be releasing a new print today - Wednesday April 29th 2015 - at Noon PT via his online shop. "Seldom The Never" is a Giclée Print Moab Entrada Cotton Rag 300 GSM Stock (whatever all of that mumbo-jumbo means) that measures 11" x 14" and comes signed by the artist for $25.00.
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A Call to Action (Figures): Bad Packaging
This is going to sound hypocritical after writing an article about opening toys two weeks ago, but bear with me. Packaging is an important part of any action figure. It does a lot of work. The first, and most important of these things is keeping the figure in mint condition as long as it stays […]
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A Call to Action (Figures): Bad Packaging
This is going to sound hypocritical after writing an article about opening toys two weeks ago, but bear with me. Packaging is an important part of any action figure. It does a lot of work. The first,...
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