Got Blythe?

I purchased a Blythe Doll last night on ebay. I have not paid for it yet but I have committed to buy it. I was not completely sober when I did this but I have wanted a Blythe Doll for years now and I thought long and hard about this before I hit that “buy it now” button. She’s not an original Kenner make but those are really expensive and I think if I invested that kind of money in a doll it would be one, kind of freakish and two, I would never want to take her out of the box. I’m not like that. I mean I do have resale value in mind but I like to play with my dolls. Also I will be shooting the hell out of this doll. She will be with me EVERYWHERE! Okay, sorry. That was unnecessary, but it has suddenly made me remember one of the many main purposes of dolls in general. Not only to live out our fantasies through and dress up in different outfits and practice being social with but also to be companions right? I still have teddy bears in my apartment: Darby Rootbear, Graham and forgive me but I can’t remember the third one’s name. I don’t socialize with them much anymore but I take them and all dolls as a matter of fact just as seriously as I did when I was eight. Yeah. I’m that guy.

When we were little, whenever I got a new Barbie, the tradition was that my brother and I (that’s right. He may not admit it but my bro played Barbie with me and he was pretty good at it) would have one or two reps from my Barbie community “drive to the airport” to pick up the new Barbie (she would be a cousin or relative or something) and introduce her to the neighbors. Boy friends’ heads would turn, jealousy over her new clothes and hairdo would ensue. Best friends and enemies would be made. It was great.

Obviously I will do nothing of the sort with Blythe. I mean I have some dignity for Gods sake. But she will be a muse of sorts. I will dress her up, pose her and make her talk to Francis who is seriously freaked out by her. I was searching furiously for a black Blythe doll but I couldn’t find any on sale just these amazing pictures of her on flickr. I couldn’t post any of them because of the copyright.

I hope you like big old heads and big haunting eyes because when my Blythe arrives you’ll be seeing a lot of her. I hear she’s bit of a diva but I’ll try not to let her take over.