A photo posted by Emilio Garcia (@lapolab) on Apr 4, 2016 at 6:04am PDT
Dropped Tuesday April 12th at emiliogarcia.org is the new 2" BABY BRAINADE from Emilio Garcia - with this WHITE Edition limited to 70pcs and priced at 50€ + shipping.
As of time of this post, the item is listed as "SOLD OUT" though (damn "timezone" differences…). Stay connected to his Instagram @lapolab for updates (if you ![]()
White Edition BABY BRAINADE by Emilio Garcia Dropped April 12th
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"Woot Bear Mountain" Prints by Peter Kato for Bedtime Bunnie Drop at Woot Bear on April 15th
A photo posted by @peterkato on Apr 12, 2016 at 5:41pm PDT
Besides the hand-made resin Bunnie-in-Pink-Boxes given away FREE with the purchase of Wootbear's Bedtime Bunnie exclusive (*Available with in-store purchases only, folks!) - Peter Kato has prepared an exclusive print too, for the drop on April 15th noon! "I made these so that each one will be personalized differently with random doodle ![]()
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Before Going To Bed: The Night-Time Rituals Of Beautiful Women
Every beautiful woman was not just born that way; they work very hard to maintain their good looks. Even natural beauty fades away with time, especially if it is not properly cared for and maintained. If you are a pretty lady, you know how hard it is to live up to the expectations – looking […]
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"Time Killer" by Skuller x Villain Factory
A photo posted by 547toystudio (@547toystudio) on Apr 12, 2016 at 5:17am PDT
"Time Killer" by Skuller x Villain Factory is currently available to purchase here for US$30 apiece. Limited to an edition of 10, the hand-sculpted and resin-cast figure stands 3.25 inches tall, with this articulated dude Made In Thailand!
(Cheers for the headsup @villainfac)![]()
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Details On Gaming Heads Skyrim Glass Armor Statue
Gaming Heads’ Skyrim Glass Armor Statue Looks Great Bethesda and Gaming Heads have partnered up in bringing fans another armor statue, this time the Skyrim Glass Armor statue, as seen in the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls Franchise. The statue will exist in both a regular and an exclusive version, and looks perfect for any […]
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Details On Gaming Heads Skyrim Glass Armor Statue
Gaming Heads’ Skyrim Glass Armor Statue Looks Great Bethesda and Gaming Heads have partnered up in bringing fans another armor statue, this time the Skyrim Glass Armor statue, as seen in the...
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Lifesize Yoda Statue Up For Pre-Order On Sideshow Collectibles
Buy This Lifesize Yoda Statue You Must! Lifesize statues have always been the centerpieces and the pinnacles of great collections. The grandeur of such items increases vastly when they belong to a great franchise as well. This is why we’re excited to tell you about Sideshow Collectibles latest life-size statue, this time of Yoda, the wise […]
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Lifesize Yoda Statue Up For Pre-Order On Sideshow Collectibles
Buy This Lifesize Yoda Statue You Must! Lifesize statues have always been the centerpieces and the pinnacles of great collections. The grandeur of such items increases vastly when they belong to a...
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Marvel's Doctor Strange Teaser Trailer & Poster Unleashed!
PREMISE: "After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant and conceited surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under his wing and trains him to defend the world against evil." (IMDb)The new (Teaser) trailer debuted on "Jimmy Kimmel Live", while the teaser poster was unleashed unto the www a day prior in anticipation of (Poster images via SHH).
WHAT-IS: "Doctor ![]()
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Super7: Alien Queen Molten Magma Announced For Alien Day
Along with a number of items previewed last week ahead of their Alien Day celebration, Super7 also teased a new Alien vinyl figure, and today it was revealed to be the Alien Queen Molten Magma figure, which will be packaged in an Aliens Japanese window box and available in-store and online at Noon on April 26th. Check it out by clicking on the thumbnail above.
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DC Collectibles: Deadshot Statue Detailed Images Released
Yesterday it was Boomerang, and today the spotlight turns to Deadshot with DC Collectibles releasing detailed images of Will Smith's character as he appears in Suicide Squad. You can get a closer look by clicking on the thumbnails above and check back over the coming days to find out if we'll be also be seeing other members of the crew.
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Photo Archive: Mass Effect Tali'Zorah Bishoujo Statue From Kotobukiya
We stick with Kotobukiya for the next entry to our Cool Toy Review Photo Archive, to take a look at the Mass Effect Tali'Zorah Bishoujo Statue. Follow the previous link to check out the Quarian Machinist based on an interpretation by master illustrator Shunya Yamashita.
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Batman (Arkham Knight)
The action figure I’m reviewing today was released under the DC Comics Multiverse line, which is aimed to adult collectors, if the spiel in the packaging is to be believed.![]()
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Mezco Toyz: Behind The Scenes Look at One:12 Collective Green Arrow
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Mezco Toyz's upcoming DC Comics Green Arrow figure from their One12Collective line of hyper-detailed 6" action figures by clicking on the previous link.
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Hollywood Collectibles Group: Selene 1:9 Scale Statue Shipping Now
The latest in-stock and ready-to-ship item from Hollywood Collectibles Group is the Selene 1:9 scale statue from the movie Underworld. Priced $69.95 and limited to 500 pieces worldwide, you can get more details by clicking on the previous link.
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How are you all? I´ve been busy paying bills and making amends with my reckless living for the past
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Roxanna Elizabeth McGee Cole's Beautiful Family Of 19th Century Dolls
In perusing the collection of doll illustrations Dolls From The Index of American Design at National Gallery Of Art I kept coming back to slide #3, which is shown in the picture above. I was drawn to it because it was a Grandmother and because was about a southern lady who made cloth dolls to support herself after the Civil War.
The description was: Here is a handmade cloth doll representing a grandmother knitting a red wool sock. The doll was made by a southern gentlewoman who supported herself after the Civil War by making fine cloth dolls. This was the one-thousandth doll made by this woman.
The credits were as follows: Jane Iverson (artist), American, active c. 1935, Anonymous Craftsman (object maker), Wenham Historical Society (object owner), Doll, c. 1936, watercolor and graphite on paper, Index of American Design, 1943.8.15542
I just had to know more. There was just so much reflection in the dolls face. I couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking.
It turns out the illustration above is actually of the "Grandma Cole" doll made by Roxanna Elizabeth McGee Cole who started making dolls in the United States in 1868.
According to The Ultimate Doll Book by Caroline Goodfellow: Roxanna Elizabeth McGee Cole died in 1907, but her daughter-in-law, Molly Hunt Cole, took over the running of the business and there is a picture of "Grandma Cole" on page 99 and page 93.
The Ultimate Doll Book By Caroline Goodfellow has two references to Roxanna Cole's dolls. In the Rag Dolls section on page 88 there is a wonderful picture of the Grandma Cole doll which was created c. 1901. According to this book: It is thought that the doll may be a portrait of the doll-maker Roxanna Elizabeth McGee Cole, who was a resident of Conway, Arkansas.
Also, under the Painted and Sewn Dolls section on page 93 there is a picture of 5 of Roxanna's dolls. Included in the picture are The Maid, Baby, Josie June, Grandma Cole, and May. It is a delightful picture of the Cole Family dolls.
So, now I knew that the illustration was based on an actual doll that may have been a portrait of the actual doll-maker. I had to find out more about her. Here's what I found:
I found an article on the Eclectic Homeschool Online website which was an interview with Jeannette Fields, who creates 19th century rag dolls and patterns for her Ragtime Doll Company website. She designs and sells her old-fashioned cloth doll patterns to museums and to the public on her website.
According to a From Rags to Old-Fashioned Riches by Jean Hall - Interview with Jeannette Fields of The Ragtime Doll Company article on the Eclectic Homeschool Online website: As Ms. Fields created more historical quilt patterns, her family history and visits to the doll collection at the The Wenham Museum website in Massachusetts got her thinking about dolls and doll patterns. She eased into doll-making, and grew more interested in how dolls were made in the past.
On a visit to the The Wenham Museum website, she asked the staff to let her examine the construction of a Roxana Cole doll. (Roxana Cole lived in Ripley AR in the 1800s. She lost everything in the Civil War and began making dolls to make ends meet. The dolls were beautiful, made of high-quality materials. Because she made a lot of them, quite a few of the dolls are still around.) Roxana Cole was one of the earliest American dollmaker entrepreneurs and is an inspiration to many doll makers today.
On the Biographical Information page of the Arkansas Studies Institute Catalog for Roxanna Elizabeth McGee Cole I learned the following: Roxanna Elizabeth McGee Cole was born in August 3, 1825, near Nolensville, Tennessee, to William and Elizabeth McGee. Her father died in 1831, and she grew up near Franklin, Tennessee. She married William Russell Cole on November 23, 1842, and the couple had four children (W. D., Charles, Bettie, and June). After moving to Colorado in 1880, the family moved to Conway, Arkansas, in 1883 where she lived until she died on November 27, 1907.
After the Civil War, Roxanna began making and selling dolls to help make ends meet. Cole was one of the earliest American doll-maker entrepreneurs, and her creations are highly sought after by collectors.
Note: Different sources spell Cole's name Roxanna, Roxana, or Roxanne.
So I knew she was a doll maker in the 19th century who moved to Conway, Arkansas after the Civil War and that she was one of the earliest doll-maker entrepreneurs and her creations were highly sought after. I figured there had to be lots of pictures of her beautiful dolls. I was wrong.
I ran across a Preserving the past - Conway doll maker's creations returned to Arkansas article By Carol Rolf on the Arkansas Online website.
According to their article: Roxanna Cole made cloth dolls, or rag dolls, as they were more commonly called, all her life. But it wasn't until after the Civil War when she had moved to Conway in about 1880 with her family that she began to make dolls to sell to the public......
Roxanna's dolls, which numbered more than 1,000, are well-known in the world of doll collectors, with several on display in the Wenham Museum in Massachusetts. Two of her dolls now have a home in Arkansas at Historic Museum of Arkansas in Little Rock.....
Given the popularity of her dolls I was sure I'd find many pictures of them on the web. Since I know knew several had been donated to the Wenham Museum and the Historic Museum of Arkansas I figured they'd have some pictures on their websites. I was wrong.
Image Courtesy of The Wenham Museum
The picture above is one of the doll collection displays at The Wenham Museum website in Wenham, Massachusetts.
According to their website: Wenham Museum’s world-renowned doll collection offers insights into the values, manners, and mores of past generations; interpret the costumes and cultures of native and foreign peoples; and reflect the aesthetics and history of the international doll industry.
Also, in regards to the International Doll Collection: Some of the many highlights of the exhibit are a late 18th-century wooden “Suzanna Holyoke” doll with original costume, late 19th-century bisque costumed mechanical dolls, dolls by Joel Ellis, Grenier and Izannah Walker, and examples of 20th- century collectible dolls by Vogue, Madame Alexander and the Ideal Toy Company.
I was disappointed to find they didn't have an online collection and no pictures of the Roxanna Cole dolls.
However, I was able to confirm that several of her dolls were in fact at the Wenham Museum.
According to Cloth Dolls From Ancient To Modern by Linda Edward Chapter 3 Page 26 contains a section on Roxanna F, Cole and two pictures of her dolls. The first is the delicately drawn features of one of her dolls (The Maid) that appears on the front cover above. The 2nd is a picture of 3 of her dolls including the 22" Grandmother, who has brown eyes and is wearing a human hair wig. Included in that picture are the 14 1/2" baby with blue eyes and the 17 1/2" girl with brown eyes. The two other dolls have drawn on brown hair. All of the dolls are at the Wenham Museum, Wenham, MA.
Since I didn't find any information on Roxanna Cole on the Wenham Museum website I figured that maybe the Historic Museum of Arkansas would have some. They had the ability to search their online collections but I was unable to find anything on Roxanna Cole and her dolls.
However I did end up finding two pictures and some information on her on their Arkansas Made Facebook page:
Image Courtesy of Historic Museum of Arkansas
The Arkansas Made Facebook page is maintained by the Historic Museum of Arkansas.
The picture above was posted on the timeline of their Facebook page on March 24, 2016.
According to their post: Cloth Doll - Made by Roxanna Cole (1825-1927) - Cotton, muslin, and paint - 21.5 inches tall - c. 1890 - Collection of the Historic Arkansas Museum - Gift of Robin H. Bailey - 2007.31.44
This cloth doll is wearing original clothing that consists of a handmade black cotton dress, bonnet, slip, and shoes. This attire is appropriate for a woman dressed in the style of the time during which it was made. The body of the doll is made of fine muslin with artistically painted features and hair. The fingers are stitched and the doll has the painted appearance of eyeglasses....
Robin Bailey, the doll maker's great-great-granddaughter, donated this work to the Historic Arkansas Museum in 2007.
Image Courtesy of Historic Museum of Arkansas
The doll shown in the picture above is also from the Arkansas Made Facebook page was posted on their Facebook page on March 3, 2016.
According to their post: "Baby" (Doll) - Made by Roxanna Cole (1825-1927) - Cotton, muslin, and paint - 20 inches tall - 1885 - Collection of the Historic Arkansas Museum - Gift of Robin H. Bailey - 2007.31.43
This all cloth doll is wearing original clothing that consists of a handmade white cotton dress, bonnet, slip, diaper, and shoes. This attire is appropriate for a baby dressed in the style of the time during which it was made, 1885. The body of the doll is made of fine muslin with artistically painted features and hair. The fingers are stitched and the doll has a cloth biscuit in one hand, and a miniature tennis racket with bells attached in the other hand to create a rattle.
Robin Bailey, the doll maker's great-great-granddaughter, donated this work to the Historic Arkansas Museum in 2007.
I was able to find a Time Passages Cole/Allen house has a 'princely' history article by Vivian Lawson Hogueon TheCabin.net website about the Cole/Allen house in Conway where Roxanna lived.
According to their article: Roxanna McGee Cole was a colorful personality whose handmade dolls were once submitted to the Smithsonian Institution. Her life in Ripley during the Civil War is reflected in a letter now cherished as a family treasure and what a historian would call a "primary source." In a Nov. 2, 1862, letter she expresses her agony for her town. "First," she begins, "you must know that on the 28th of September, Van Dorn's and Price's armies met here, forming a junction to march on Corinth with the intention of driving the enemy from their stronghold.......
After several pages of poignant descriptions of the devastating wounds of soldiers and the destruction of private property suffered by many, she finalized her plight by saying, "Perhaps they mean to make an example of us by attempting to stamp out with booted heel and bayonet the fires of patriotism that burn so sturdily in this rebellious little town. But they will have to take Herod's plan and strangle the very children in the cradle first. That they are fast coming to." Roxanna died in 1907.
If you would like to read more of her letter and information on some of her family please CLICK HERE for TheCabin.net article.
I tried searching through some of the Smithsonian Institutes websites to see if there was any information on Roxanna Cole's dolls and was unable to find anything.
I was hoping that if she had made a thousand dolls or more I would be able to see more pictures of them, but was disappointed. I resigned myself to viewing the pictures in the two books I had and contemplating a trip to the Wenham Museum in Massachusetts.
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Under the Radar: Tsume has spectacular new Nico Robin statue on the way
Tsume-Art earlier this month unveiled images of its upcoming Nico Robin statue, which will be the newest entry in the company's One Piece HQS line.
Robin is depicted using her Cien Fleur Wing technique, giving the crew's archeologist a stunning, angelic appearance as she floats over a swirling watery-looking base. Between the wings and flowing hair, she seems to be a little taller than Tsume's incredible White Beard HQS.
As an added bonus, the statue also includes an alternate where her eyes are closed.
This 1/7-scale polystone statue will be limited to 1,800 pieces and is slated to release in early 2017. She's expected to sell for 449€ when pre-orders open.
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Ronda Rousey, Conor McGregor, and other UFC fighters take the fight to Funko's Pop! line
Remember Ronda Rousey? Arguably one of the biggest celebrities in 2015 (and most-searched people on Google), the dominant former UFC champ made headlines thanks to title bouts short enough to be compressed into GIFs. For less than the cost of a UFC pay-per-view, you can add Funko's upcoming Pop! Ronda Rousey to your shelves.
Funko is set to release Pop! UFC figures for Ronda Rousey, Conor McGregor, Chris Weidman, Jose Aldo, Anderson Silva, and BJ Penn. While it's a decent line-up, it's a little unfair to Ronda that she won't have an opponent in your collection... oh well, maybe the next assortment will fix that?
Expect to see these at retail starting in June.
[ Pre-order Ronda Rousey at Entertainment Earth ]
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