Remember
back in June when I visited the Toys R Us and FAO Schwarz stores in Manhattan? The highlight of my visit to FAO Schwarz was getting to see several of the current Tonner dolls on display. Tonner makes a huge variety of dolls, and I decided early on in my collecting years that it would be a good idea to specialize, rather than try to sample the breadth of Tonner's work. Over the years, I have collected mostly dolls with the Cinderella face mold. Lately, I have become more interested in Tonner's diversity, and this is due in part to my experience at FAO Schwarz. The dolls that impressed me at the store were not dolls that I would have given a second glance in the catalog--partly because I have gotten in the habit of skimming past them to look for Cinderella or Cami.
My favorite doll at FAO Schwarz was a particularly big surprise because my initial reaction to her promotional picture was,
Ooo, I don't like that one. Well, in person I found her incredibly appealing. It didn't take long after I got back from Manhattan to search out an excellent sale so that I could add this doll to my collection. FAO's price was $199, I found my doll for $130 at the Doll Market. She is called "Beauty and Brains" and is a fashionable female interpretation of the Scarecrow character from
The Wizard of Oz:
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| Tonner Doll's "Beauty and Brains." |
