Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Celebrity Doll Collections

By Sarah Jones


People have been fascinated by dolls, and doll collection has been around for many centuries now. Even ancient people especially in royalty have been found to have collected their own sets of these intricate creations. Japanese and Chinese emperors were known for their fascination of dolls as symbols and representations of their traditions. Mostly, their dolls depict warriors and children with life-like quality and poses. Today, a lot of individuals have been collecting dolls of their favorite celebrities and movie characters. This is one of the most common types of doll collection that enthusiasts prefer. The familiarity of celebrities and the instant entertainment factor it brings are easy choices for those who are just about to start their collection. Movie and music celebrity fanatics are most likely to start a collection of their favorite actor.

Celeb dolls which have been well-liked for many years are Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, and Michael Jackson. Whilst celeb dolls that depict the likeness of the entertainer in real life are common, their character doll variation can also be as popular to those followers and collectors. Celeb character dolls are those that symbolize the actor's persona inside a specific film. Like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his persona as "The Terminator" and Liam Neeson for his character as Qui-Gon Jinn.

These kinds of character dolls may also be a lot more interesting to gather since it reminds you of the complete motion picture and some would even develop a miniature set of their favored scene in the motion picture. And for music supporters, the rockband Kiss also has their particular doll set which had been a favorite thanks to the band's one of a kind rock clothing and extravagant make-up. You can find even Matryoshka toy doll sets with all the picture of the members from the music group stacked much like the standard Russian toy set. It really is just intriguing how these superstar dolls can provide amusement and also historical value to your doll selection. Sometimes political figures have their particular types of dolls because they may also be superstars within their own right. Numerous regarded doll makers have already been making these superstar dolls and these firms comprise of Tonner Doll Company, Mattel, Hasbro, Madame Alexander, and API.

Believe it or not, Mattel has recently publicised that it may be doing a variety of Keeping up with the Kardashian toy dolls with Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian. Mattel is the manufacturer of the really well known Barbie Doll.

Sporting dolls are deemed celebs as their position puts them head to head with motion picture actors in terms of raking in supporters. One particular well-known sporting figure who had numerous dolls created after his likeness is Dennis Rodman, in addition to basketball fan's favourite Michael Jordan. Though the vinyl material is mostly employed in the creation of such celeb toy dolls, nonetheless you can find classic celeb dolls which might be manufactured from ceramic and porcelain. So for celeb fans, gathering their favored celebrity's vinyl dolls is most frequent besides gathering other memorabilia such as shirts and prints.




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