Over the years, we were forbidden to cross into the blue aisle. We were told from the beginning that fashion dolls and action figures do not mingle, and we must remain separate if we wanted to stay in this store. No one ever challenged the idea, and this is how we stayed for years.
In 1996, we were going to the movies to watch this new Action Adventurer story starring several male action figures. This was one of the few times we could leave the aisle and venture to other areas. We were always chaperoned to the movies. When we arrived at the movies there was a divider that separated the action figures from the fashion dolls. There were very few women on the action figures' side.
They started to show the previews before the movies and one of the previews was the Nissan 300zx car commercial. In this commercial, the action figure drives to pick up a fashion doll. We were like wow. But then it shows her boyfriend standing on the balcony in disbelief. All you heard was cheering and clapping. Then all things changed.
The action figures started tearing down the dividers. There was nothing the chaperones could do. They tried to rush the fashion dolls out. Some of the fashion dolls with boyfriends were being rushed out but the rest stayed to mingle. This how the store changed forever.
To see the video type in : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5U8oH7rpVU.
Monday, December 29, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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Saturday, March 1, 2014
Women's History Month
Women's History Month
Celebrate this month the contributions that all women have made throughout history
Nichelle, Diana, Butterfly, Harriet, Brandy, Diahann
Friday, February 28, 2014
Feb 28, Black History Month
Feb 28, 2014 Black History Month
He was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
"Holds NHL record for longest undefeated streak by a goaltender in his first NHL Season with 23, holds record for most assists in a single seabon by a goaltender with 14, holds record for most games played by a goaltender in as ingle season with 79 and most consecutive appearances in a single season by a goaltender with 76. He won the stanley cup championship in
Stanley Cup championships in 1984, 85,87,88, 90 with the Edmonton Oilers and played for about nineteen years."*
*info from Wikipedia
He was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
"Holds NHL record for longest undefeated streak by a goaltender in his first NHL Season with 23, holds record for most assists in a single seabon by a goaltender with 14, holds record for most games played by a goaltender in as ingle season with 79 and most consecutive appearances in a single season by a goaltender with 76. He won the stanley cup championship in
Stanley Cup championships in 1984, 85,87,88, 90 with the Edmonton Oilers and played for about nineteen years."*
*info from Wikipedia
Grant Fuhr
Feb 27 Black History Month
Feb 27, 2014 Black History Month
He starred in several movies and this is his character from I Am Legend.
He starred in several movies and this is his character from I Am Legend.
Will Smith
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Feb 26 Black History Month
Feb 26, 2014 Black History Month
She was the sassy maid on the television show, The Jeffersons and she played Mary on the television show 227, which was about residents living at that address.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Feb 25 Black History Month
Jackie Robinson
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Feb 24 Black History Month
Feb 24 Black History Month
He played Tyr on the Sci- fi show Andromeda. I would always rush home for the 7pm show and then they switched the time to 4:30.
Keith Hamilton Cobb
Feb 23 Black History Month
Feb 23, 2014 Black History Month
She starred in Clueless and Mo Money
She starred in Clueless and Mo Money
Stacey Dash
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Feb 22, Black History Month
Day 22 Black History Month
She is an award winner singer and actress.
Brandy
Friday, February 21, 2014
Feb 21 Black History Month
Feb 21, 2014 Black History Month
She is the first African American Woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress in the movie Monster Ball. Here are the other parts that she has played in illustrious movie career.
She is the first African American Woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress in the movie Monster Ball. Here are the other parts that she has played in illustrious movie career.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Feb 20, Black History Month
Feb 20, 2014- Black History Month
Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Feb 15 Black History Month
She was the first African American woman to win an Oscar as Best Actress.
Halle Berry
Friday, February 14, 2014
Feb14 Happy Valentines Day
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
Rupaul Andre Charles, best known as simply RuPaul, is an American actor, drag queen, model author, recording artist, who first became widely known in the 1990s when he appeared in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Feb 13- Black History Month
Day 13 Black History Month
He was B. A. Baracus on the A- team and Clubber Lang in the Rocky movies
Mr. T
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Feb 12- Black History Month
Day 12- Black History
He has notched up an impressive array of film and television appearances over the past 50+ years. He is easily best known to l film audiences as the roguish Lando Calrissians actor. He has appeared in Mahogany, The Take, Lady Sings the Blues, Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings, and The Hit.
Billy Dee Williams
He has notched up an impressive array of film and television appearances over the past 50+ years. He is easily best known to l film audiences as the roguish Lando Calrissians actor. He has appeared in Mahogany, The Take, Lady Sings the Blues, Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings, and The Hit.
Billy Dee Williams
Feb 11- Black History Month
She was leader of the Underground Railroad. She delivered hundreds from slavery to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
Monday, February 10, 2014
Feb 10, 2014- Black History Month
He is an American actor known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series.
Ernie Hudson
Feb 9, 2014- Black History Month
Day 9 Black History Month
He was the first black dracula and his name was Blacula. He was played by William Marshall in 1972 and in 1974- Scream Blacula Scream.
He was the first black dracula and his name was Blacula. He was played by William Marshall in 1972 and in 1974- Scream Blacula Scream.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Feb 8- Black History Month
February 8
This person started as a child actor and appeared in the movie Cornbread Earl and Me. He has appeared in other movies throughout his career and portray the Character Nolan in Predator.
This person started as a child actor and appeared in the movie Cornbread Earl and Me. He has appeared in other movies throughout his career and portray the Character Nolan in Predator.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Feb. 7, Black History Month
Feb 7
Samuel Jackson has played in many movies. He has alow played the action hero in some of these movies. In this role, he plays Nick Fury. This character is the "leading agent of the fictional espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. He also an intermediary between the U.S. government or the United Nations and various superheroes. It is eventually revealed that Fury takes a special medication called the Infinity Formula that halted his aging and allows him to be active despite being nearly a century old."*
"Fury is a seasoned unarmed and armed combat expert, was a heavyweight boxer in the army, and holds a black belt inTae Kwon Do and a brown belt in Jiu Jitsu.
He is trained as a paratrooper, Ranger, a demolitions expert, vehicle specialist (including aircraft and seagoing vessels), and a Green Beret. He wears a S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform made of 9-ply Kevlar (able to withstand ballistic impact up to .45 caliber bullets) and a Beta cloth(type C), a fire-resistant material, which has a kindling temperature of 1,700 °F (930 °C)."*
* info from Wikipedia
Samuel Jackson has played in many movies. He has alow played the action hero in some of these movies. In this role, he plays Nick Fury. This character is the "leading agent of the fictional espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. He also an intermediary between the U.S. government or the United Nations and various superheroes. It is eventually revealed that Fury takes a special medication called the Infinity Formula that halted his aging and allows him to be active despite being nearly a century old."*
"Fury is a seasoned unarmed and armed combat expert, was a heavyweight boxer in the army, and holds a black belt inTae Kwon Do and a brown belt in Jiu Jitsu.
He is trained as a paratrooper, Ranger, a demolitions expert, vehicle specialist (including aircraft and seagoing vessels), and a Green Beret. He wears a S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform made of 9-ply Kevlar (able to withstand ballistic impact up to .45 caliber bullets) and a Beta cloth(type C), a fire-resistant material, which has a kindling temperature of 1,700 °F (930 °C)."*
* info from Wikipedia
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Feb 6- Black History Month
Bessie Coleman was the first African Amercian to hold a pilot license. The doll came with a book that detailed her life. The company that created the doll had created other historical dolls.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Feb 5- Black History Month
Feb 5-
Jean Michel Basquiat "was a Haitian-American artist. Basquiat first achieved notoriety as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti group who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the New York City during the late 1970s. By the 1980s he was exhibiting his Neo-expressionist and Primitivist paintings in galleries and museums internationally. Basquiat used social commentaryin his paintings as a 'springboard to deeper truths about the individual' ,as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism."*
"Basquiat's canon revolves around single heroic figures: athletes, prophets, warriors, cops, musicians, kings and the artist himself. In these images the head is often a central focus, topped by crowns, hats, and halos. In this way the intellect is emphasized, lifted up to notice, privileged over the body and the physicality of these figures (i.e. black men) commonly represent in the world."
Jean Michel Basquiat "was a Haitian-American artist. Basquiat first achieved notoriety as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti group who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the New York City during the late 1970s. By the 1980s he was exhibiting his Neo-expressionist and Primitivist paintings in galleries and museums internationally. Basquiat used social commentaryin his paintings as a 'springboard to deeper truths about the individual' ,as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism."*
"Basquiat's canon revolves around single heroic figures: athletes, prophets, warriors, cops, musicians, kings and the artist himself. In these images the head is often a central focus, topped by crowns, hats, and halos. In this way the intellect is emphasized, lifted up to notice, privileged over the body and the physicality of these figures (i.e. black men) commonly represent in the world."
— Kellie Jones, Lost in Translation: Jean-Michel in the (Re)Mix*
*info from Wikipedia
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Feb 4 Black History Month
Diahann Carroll portrayed Julia on the television show of the same name. She was the first African American woman to star in a role that was not a maid. She was the first to portray a nurse in the starring role. This doll was created by Mattel in 1968. Over time her hair as oxidize to this red color. It was originally black.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Feb 3. Black History Month
Congratulations to Russell Wilson for leading the Seattle Seahawks to a victory over the Broncos. He is the 2nd Black Quarterback to win the Superbowl. Doug Williams for the Washington Redskins was the 1st.
Donovan McNabb, Kordell Stewart. Warren Moon, Michael Vick
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Feb 2- Black History
The first African American model to appear on the cover of Vogue issue August 1974.
Beverly Johnson
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Black History Month- Feb 1
He played Tee Hee in the James Bond movie "Live and Let Dive"
Friday, January 10, 2014
Clawdeen
I want a boyfriend. Everyone has a boyfriend, except me. I do not want to be like Lisa Turtle who did not have a boyfriend on the Save by the Bell. I have a brother, Clawd and he is dating Draculura. I have two sisters, Howleen and Clawdia. They should have put all four of us in one gift pack. 
Nakia speaks
Nakia:
I was created by the Get Set Club. We were fashion action dolls and we specialized in specific activities to do. Of course, I played basketball. We were going to challenge the Barbie dolls ideal size.The company had created a brother for me, but Piersin was never made. What a disappointment. I see that Clawdeen from Monster High brother was created. Not fair.
I was created by the Get Set Club. We were fashion action dolls and we specialized in specific activities to do. Of course, I played basketball. We were going to challenge the Barbie dolls ideal size.The company had created a brother for me, but Piersin was never made. What a disappointment. I see that Clawdeen from Monster High brother was created. Not fair.
photo is from : http://www.manbehindthedoll.com/FA010304.htm
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