1 00:00:16,930 --> 00:00:19,770 Hello everyone, welcome to the iconic doll cast. 2 00:00:19,770 --> 00:00:22,890 My name is Sage, your host. Welcome back to another episode 3 00:00:22,890 --> 00:00:26,210 all about dolls. This week is an exciting one. 4 00:00:26,210 --> 00:00:29,810 We are being doll line specific. I feel like I haven't done an 5 00:00:29,810 --> 00:00:33,450 episode like this in quite some time so I'm very excited. 6 00:00:33,730 --> 00:00:37,810 Today I have a Bobby on the show and Bobby is going to educate us 7 00:00:37,850 --> 00:00:41,600 all on Blythe Dolls. This is a doll line that has 8 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,480 been on my radar for the show for quite some time now. 9 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:47,920 I'm very excited. Just some brief facts about our 10 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,320 girl Blythe. Blythe Dolls were first released 11 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:57,520 in 1972 by Kenner AUS Toy Company, but they did not sell 12 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,400 well at 1st and they were quickly discontinued. 13 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,640 They actually became popular again in the early 2000s, 14 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,320 especially in Japan where Takara, now Takara Tomi, 15 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,840 relaunched them. Today they are mostly collector 16 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,880 dolls rather than children's toys. 17 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,640 I would say they are totally collectors items, not children's 18 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,720 toys. People love these dolls. 19 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,960 They are super unique. They are very photogenic. 20 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:26,480 They are big in the customizing world of dolls as well. 21 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,600 Their key features are they have a huge head and a small body. 22 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,680 They have this really cool eye mechanism as well that you can 23 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,400 pull and it changes the dolls eye color which I think is 24 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,400 really cool. Like I said, tons of people 25 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,040 customize Blythe dolls and I'm very excited about this. 26 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,640 I think pop culture wise these are also big. 27 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,880 I think Emma Roberts has really popularized these with her viral 28 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,480 videos. We all know Emma Roberts 29 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,680 collects dolls, especially Blythe Dolls, and I would love 30 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,680 to get her on the show. Absolutely don't think that'll 31 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,200 ever happen. But anyways, we are going to 32 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,920 talk all about that and more. Please. 33 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,480 If you haven't yet subscribed to my YouTube channel over at 34 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,000 Iconic Doll Cast, you can follow me on Instagram at Iconic Doll 35 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,760 Cast or Britney Spears custom dolls and let's get into Blythe 36 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:20,520 dolls. All right everyone today I have 37 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,760 a Bobby on the show and Bobby is a big fan and collector of 38 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,320 Blythe dolls, and this is something I've been wanting to 39 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,760 talk about for a super, super long time. 40 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,760 So I'm very, very excited to have him on the show. 41 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,840 Bobby, how are you doing today? I'm. 42 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,880 Doing really well. How are you doing? 43 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,280 Doing pretty good. It's been a little bit of a 44 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,520 hectic day. I it's Saturday and Saturday is 45 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,840 my thrift, my thrift day and today was a total bust. 46 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,200 And that's fine. It happens, but I woke up super 47 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,680 early, which is not something that I do very often and I was 48 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,920 super motivated. I went to the outdoor flea 49 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:02,440 market today, even though it's like 15°, but I live in, I live 50 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,440 in Colorado. So I'm like, well, like, I, I 51 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,800 mean, like we're used to it, but like, no one was there. 52 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:11,360 It was still open. And I was just like, what a what 53 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:12,920 a waste. And then I was like, it's OK. 54 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,680 I'll go to some thrift stores and turn this around. 55 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,920 And it just was not a great day, but it's fine. 56 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:23,160 So I am so excited to have you here to talk about Blythe Dolls. 57 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,360 But before we get into that, tell me a little bit about 58 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,880 yourself. All right, so I guess I'm an 59 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:32,200 artist #1 So I think that's why dolls have always intrigued me a 60 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,880 lot, because there is so much art that goes into, you know, 61 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,600 the boxes of a doll to, you know, the design of a doll, the 62 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,720 clothing. There's so many aspects of art 63 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,680 into doll. So I think that's where the 64 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,640 correlation really comes into play. 65 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,760 I went to college for culinary arts but never got a degree. 66 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,080 But so I love to cook. And I think that's another 67 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,520 avenue of art that I've always loved and gone towards. 68 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,280 Yeah. So that's I guess a little bit 69 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,600 about me. I love that I I I don't even use 70 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,920 my degree, so it doesn't, it doesn't even matter. 71 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,840 I feel like no one does. So I know no. 72 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,040 Worries. So often such a waste ball, so 73 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,840 like, I don't regret it. Yeah, I think we learn things 74 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,480 even if we don't get degrees. Yeah, I learned a lot on the 75 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:23,640 way, so. 100% So when it comes to dolls, did you collect dolls 76 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,720 as a kid? I didn't, OK. 77 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,920 I think I, I stayed away from it quite a bit. 78 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,760 I came from a small town, very, I would say conservative, you 79 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:40,760 know, religious, not very much diversity wise at all. 80 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,840 So I was, yeah. Anything that made you 81 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:45,560 different, you just tried to hide, you tried to blend in. 82 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,960 I and I think dolls would have just screamed I'm different, you 83 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,080 know what I mean? So I just, I just stayed away 84 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,720 from it even though they always did intrigue me and I did. 85 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:01,680 I know I had the Glenda 1999 Barbie, that one I remember 86 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,800 having and I remember having the Brad's motorcycle, the boy one. 87 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,560 But those are the only two I ever remember having. 88 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,440 OK, yeah, so on this show I talked to people, obviously doll 89 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,280 collectors and doll artists, and it's so interesting. 90 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:19,160 I think everyone has their own stories. 91 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:23,160 I I come from a background where I was like very obsessed with 92 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,480 dolls when I was a kid. I was raised by my grandparents 93 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:31,800 and they spoiled the hell out of me and I Barbie Ariel, American 94 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,920 girl, like I had it all. But I, I love talking to people 95 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,520 who maybe didn't have that experience just because it's I 96 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,560 don't, I don't want to say, I mean, it's interesting to me, 97 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,040 but it's just, it's always, it's always interesting to hear the 98 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,560 other side of things. So like, do you feel like if you 99 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,640 wanted to play with dolls, like you would have been supported in 100 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,840 that or no? My mom always collected like 101 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:57,000 porcelain dolls and stuff, like maybe porcelain dolls and stuff 102 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,640 like that. And Holly Hobby is one of her 103 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,200 big favorites. But she was always very 104 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:05,280 welcoming and a gum encouraging the I like to play with dolls. 105 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,440 Even my uncle, he used to like encourage it. 106 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,800 He said he's just going to be a really good dad one day. 107 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,760 And, and yeah, they encouraged it, but I still, it was a 108 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,760 personal thing. I think it was like, you know, 109 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,080 just, yeah, gender stereotypes, all that. 110 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,440 Of course, what now that you are a grown adult? 111 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,240 Like what do dolls mean to you? Wow, that's a good question. 112 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,760 They're very comforting to me. I guess in a sense, I don't know 113 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,640 if I look at them almost as like children, especially like the 114 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,400 blithe dolls. And I just, I don't know. 115 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,880 I don't know if I'm protecting them or I'm, you know, because 116 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,320 some of my childhood trauma and, you know, growing up gay in a 117 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,240 conservative area, I think it's a way that I can heal some of my 118 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:44,880 childhood trauma. Yeah. 119 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,440 Yeah. That's a great answer. 120 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,080 Obviously you're really into Blythe dolls. 121 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,760 I, I know nothing about these dolls other than I know that 122 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,680 Emma Roberts, the actress like really likes them. 123 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,320 I've, I've seen them. I, I, I know what 1 was if I saw 124 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:06,400 one, but other than that I have no no knowledge of these. 125 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,520 And these are like the best episodes because I like to learn 126 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,400 and I always enjoy learning about a new dolling so I'm 127 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,880 really excited. So do you collect any other 128 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,240 dolls currently besides black dolls? 129 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,040 I actually started like when I first started collecting a gun, 130 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,200 I think it was June or July of 2024, like that's when I first 131 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,560 started collecting in general. I bought the Ru Paul Monster 132 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,360 High collab and that's where it started. 133 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,680 So Monster High was actually where I kind of delved into my 134 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:38,080 collecting and Barbie obviously, and Bratz, I think Barbie's a 135 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,920 big one in my I like the silk stones and I like the like 136 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:43,640 collaborations with special artists. 137 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,200 Oh my gosh, did you see that new? 138 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,560 What is? I think it's AI think it's a Van 139 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,400 Gogh Barbie. Did you see that? 140 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,240 She's. So cute. 141 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,920 Yeah. Yeah, very cool. 142 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,600 So tell me, tell me about Blight as someone who knows nothing. 143 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:03,240 So she was a doll that like started in 1972 by a woman named 144 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,240 Allison Katzman. And I think that's a big thing 145 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,400 with the Blythe community is we praise that woman. 146 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,680 She really started this all. And she started it based off I 147 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,920 think her daughter, her daughter came home with like different 148 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,320 colored contacts back in like the 60s. 149 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,840 And that really inspired her. And that's one thing with Blythe 150 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,360 is their eyes change color. So that's what made her go in 151 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,840 that direction. And so Allison Katzman, she 152 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:34,280 worked with, I think Kenner at some point and they, they 153 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,640 initially released it in 1972 with like 4 different 154 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:42,080 variations. And the kids hated they, they 155 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,000 were, they were scared of it. I think that oversized head, 156 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:48,760 it's just so such a different doll would like if you if you 157 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,480 see the blight that you know that it has just a huge alien 158 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:56,120 like head on those big eyes and the small, tiny little body. 159 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,720 So it just, it is a very alarming doll. 160 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,560 I would say she's very striking. Yeah, striking there. 161 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:03,960 That's the word I was looking for, Yeah. 162 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,280 I guess at that time, really the whole market was saturated with 163 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,160 Barbie. I mean, it still is, but 164 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:14,240 obviously dolls have grown. I mean, you talking about 165 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,400 Monster High? I think that's one. 166 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,000 That's another doll line that I don't really get into, but it 167 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,600 seems to be like a lot of people's favorites. 168 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,280 And I cannot tell you how many, how many people have told me 169 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,760 Monster High dolls were like they're as an adult if they 170 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,000 didn't have dolls as a kid. Like Monster High was really 171 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,040 their introduction into. I've heard that. 172 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,080 A lot. Correcting I would definitely 173 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,360 put Blythe on that level with just like the uniqueness. 174 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,640 I did not a major. I did not know a major company 175 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,640 like Kenner produced those though. 176 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,480 Yeah, I, I think when I was doing my research, she worked 177 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,040 with a guy, I don't know who he was, but he wasn't like a part 178 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,680 of the Kenner company, but they work together to design it and 179 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:55,040 then eventually actually kind of. 180 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:59,080 Yeah, like the idea enough to to produce it. 181 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,880 It was the same year that the Leggy dolls like Leggy Jill and, 182 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:04,920 and those dolls really intrigued me too. 183 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,680 So I think it was just a year of maybe experimenting for a lot of 184 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:09,160 doll lines. I don't know but. 185 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,280 And so like the like, when you say the eyes change, like, yeah, 186 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,440 she has like a little like a little mechanism in her in her 187 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,440 back, right? It's in the the head part. 188 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,160 That's why the head is so big internal mechanism. 189 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,360 And there's four different colored eyes and it it changes 190 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,000 the position of the eyes and the colors. 191 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,960 OK, Yeah. And there's a pull string on the 192 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,000 back that connects it all. Yeah. 193 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,760 And do they all do that? All of them. 194 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,040 Yeah, all of them. And then the customized ones 195 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,480 actually have an extra pull string for something called 196 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,520 sleepy eyes. So the original Blise, like the 197 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,400 stock Blase, they always have their eyes open. 198 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,280 But then the sleepy eyed ones, I usually I'm customized they can 199 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,040 close them so they look like they're sleeping. 200 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:52,480 Wow. OK. 201 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,200 And so these dolls didn't do very well. 202 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,720 So what kind of what kind of happened? 203 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:58,680 Because I mean, now they're like really trendy. 204 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,760 So how did how? How are they back? 205 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:06,160 So then we get to Gina Gran and Gina Quran actually is someone 206 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,040 that's involved with a lot of the Drag Race girls. 207 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,160 I think she does my best. Judy Murch, she was just big in 208 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,280 New York City and she got a counter doll for a gift, I think 209 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,880 in 1997 and started taking thousands and thousands of 210 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,680 photos of the doll around everywhere in different outfits, 211 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:26,200 like Grey Gardens. She had her dressed up in an Ed. 212 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,920 So she then produced a book called This is Blythe that blew 213 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:32,560 up. So I think it was produced in 214 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:38,000 like 19, 99 or 2000. And yeah, everyone just started 215 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:43,160 to recognize the doll. And then Junko, Junko Wong, she 216 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,480 works for CWC, it's a Asian company. 217 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,840 And she went to an event that Gina, I think had the dolls out 218 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:57,440 and she made that connection. And she was like, I think my, I 219 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:02,080 think Asia would really love it. So she took that idea and she 220 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,760 went and produced it over with Takara. 221 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:07,840 Takara told me. I think it was Takara just 222 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,680 initially and then told me eventually added on. 223 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,840 One of the questions I had kind of present you was like, I don't 224 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,680 aside from like eBay, I guess. Like I don't I don't understand 225 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:21,280 how to get one of these. So that's the thing, when they 226 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:22,880 were, they were released through Kenner. 227 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,360 Kenner was an American brand. So you know, it didn't sell very 228 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,520 well. But then when Junko Wong took 229 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,920 over, over in Asia, she, she thought it would explode. 230 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:39,480 And they actually had to produce $1000 to actually accommodate 231 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,680 the demand of the the customers over there. 232 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,720 So it was when it wasn't a big hit over here for kids, it was a 233 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,560 big hit over in Asia, especially for adults. 234 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:52,160 And that's the big the difference is it went from like 235 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,160 a kids doll to an adult collector. 236 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,440 And that makes sense just because she is so unique. 237 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,520 And I feel like it's something that like, I think these dolls 238 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,280 are definitely more of a piece of art than like a play a play 239 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:04,520 toy. Would you agree? 240 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,000 I agree completely. And I think that's how they're 241 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,960 advertised now is like I think 15 and up, like they're just not 242 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,200 especially like the customized ones. 243 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,840 They're not meant to really be played with too much, which a 244 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:18,720 lot of people break those rules with everything. 245 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,840 But yeah, just you. You rest scratching them and 246 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,040 damaging them. And yeah, they're fragile. 247 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,720 They are plastic so. If I wanted to go buy one 248 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,360 tomorrow, would I have to go through something like eBay? 249 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,160 OK, so if you want like a traditional stock like they are 250 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,280 still released and Takara no longer produces them. 251 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,680 I can't remember what a company took over, but Junie Moon is the 252 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:44,440 big name that Junko Wong runs is the Junie Moon website and 253 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,680 that's over in Japan and you can access it through the you know, 254 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,440 American website and they get sold on there. 255 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,400 They have a lot of pre-orders so you can pre-order a doll which 256 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,680 is highly recommended, especially because they like 257 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:02,000 these are like produced in in every single Blythe ever has 258 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,600 been produced. I don't know about the Kenner 259 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,240 ones, but the Takara ones have always been limited. 260 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,640 Say the limit would maybe go up to 3000 sometimes or even more. 261 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,960 Some are even more rare than that like like anniversary ones, 262 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,720 like a 2007 anniversary when they only released $2007.00. 263 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,200 So a lot of these dolls when they sell out, they're done. 264 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,080 They're not going to be able to be kebab anymore and you have to 265 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,120 buy them on the second hand market and they instantly go up 266 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,760 in price. So you can buy through the Juni 267 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:36,240 Moon website now, but they've released them since 2000. 268 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:40,960 So we're talking like, I want to say thousands of dollars, right? 269 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,240 Like just different blights. And so if you want any of the 270 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,640 older ones, you do have to go to eBay. 271 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,920 I actually order a lot of mine through a proxy, an online proxy 272 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,560 because they're they were sold in Japan and they were a major 273 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,480 hit in Japan and not really sold in America. 274 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,840 That's who has a lot of these dolls, a lot of Japanese 275 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,440 collectors and a lot of them just kept them in the boxes, 276 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,560 didn't take them out, didn't touch them. 277 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,880 They just kept them in the box. I guess they knew they they were 278 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,560 keeping them for profit. Whereas like Gina Grant, she 279 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,280 says like that's she, she likes them because they're Blythe. 280 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:14,520 She likes them because of the doll. 281 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,200 She wants to, you know, she doesn't care about the value. 282 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,520 So yeah, you have to order through a proxy or the Juni Moon 283 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,240 official website. OK. 284 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,120 And what do these retail at? I'm going to say there aren't 285 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,360 automatically expensive dolls, like even back like in 2000 when 286 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,920 they first released, I think they were automatically like I 287 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,520 want to say in the Eighties, $90.00 range. 288 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,960 And now like we're talking a doll, like a new doll released, 289 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,280 say this past month is like in the two hundreds automatically. 290 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,120 Yeah. And it depends on the release, 291 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,440 like how how detailed it is, you know, like some are dressed up 292 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,480 in the animal fur and stuff. So that's obviously going to be 293 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,320 a little bit more. But the other pricey dolls, 294 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,880 especially because they are collector dolls and I think 295 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,520 people know that they can buy them. 296 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,520 And if they do want to keep them for value, you know, say value 297 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,960 or whatever they think they're going to be worth in the future, 298 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,240 they can do that. I imagine the scalping prices 299 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:14,560 get pretty crazy with these. Yeah, especially as I think the 300 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,160 years have gone on because they just have increased in 301 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:22,320 popularity, like astronomically. When Gina was collecting them, I 302 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,360 wouldn't say there was probably hardly any at all, especially 303 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,120 like the rare, like the counter ones, those are especially 304 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,240 sought after because there's so few of those ones in general. 305 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,840 Yeah, that's like everyone's grail is like a Kenner Blythe. 306 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,520 An original. When you say like characters, 307 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,280 they're like Blythe Specific. Or do they do like, do they do 308 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:44,520 like what Robert Tonner does when he's like, oh, it's Belle, 309 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:46,680 like it, that kind of thing. Do you understand what I'm 310 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:47,040 saying? Yeah. 311 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:52,760 Yeah, so I think Blythe is just like Blythe is the name of the 312 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,160 doll. So I guess the blank like I I 313 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,680 guess you would just picture it as a blank slate. 314 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:02,680 So Blake just a blank doll and then you're adding 315 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,319 characteristics to her, I guess maybe kind of like the American 316 00:17:05,319 --> 00:17:08,319 girl where they're saying that you're dressing up like the 317 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:11,680 American girl stays the same, but you're dressing up like 318 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:12,680 you're just switching her outfit. 319 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,319 They're playing, they're playing dress up. 320 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,119 That's kind of what it feels like as Blythe is a as a 321 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,160 ordinary girl. And then all these different 322 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,440 releases, it's just like, maybe she's like trying out different, 323 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,839 like looks and different collaborations and different, 324 00:17:26,839 --> 00:17:28,240 just trying to be different people. 325 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,920 And like, can you just buy clothes for her? 326 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,120 Yeah, actually, like now the secondhand market like 327 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:38,120 individual, like I guess what a small artist they really like on 328 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:42,520 Etsy and stuff they've blown up and and they make amazing 329 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,440 clothes, like super detailed. Like there's actually this one 330 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:50,320 Korean brand TTYA, and they're like their clothing is just like 331 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,680 out of this world detailed like. Yeah. 332 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,920 And back in the day, Takara released dress sets, which I 333 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,360 really, but they're very like they're, they're hard to find. 334 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,880 And then the a lot of them were like made with this, that 335 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,680 pleather, that fake pleather that just cracks. 336 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,480 And it, it's so sad. You can't even because a lot of 337 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:10,760 them had to stretch over the doll. 338 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,480 And once you do that, it just, yeah, it's done. 339 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:15,840 I don't know if you know this about me. 340 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,600 I make custom Britney Spears dolls. 341 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,000 Have you seen that yet? No, I haven't. 342 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,760 Oh, OK, when we're done you should check it out. 343 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:29,640 But I do a lot of stuff on the Britney Spears doll and her 344 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,560 doll. Several of those dolls were made 345 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,120 with that awful vinyl that just peels and cracks over time. 346 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,680 And there are ways to and I think obviously this is a much 347 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,520 cheaper doll than these Blythe dolls. 348 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,800 So they are, it is easy to kind of repaint over the, the cat 349 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,040 suits and stuff. But I, I wouldn't ever want to 350 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,920 do that with these these Blythe dolls. 351 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,080 But I do know that like the customizing world for these 352 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,640 dolls is like pretty big. Can you tell me a little bit 353 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:58,240 about that? And like you, you get into that 354 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,480 correct? Yeah, I think it's definitely 355 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,640 like increased in the recent years, like I want to say the 356 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,360 last five years. It's a crazy amount of 357 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,640 customizers. It's easy to access some of 358 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,520 these. OK, so there's like there's 359 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:18,360 stock dolls that were made by Takara and Kenner, and then 360 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:22,280 there's a fake factory dolls is what we call them. 361 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,920 And you can buy those on Aliexpress or Etsy. 362 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:31,000 And those are where the customizers really started to 363 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,960 take off. I don't know if more recently 364 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,960 the factory dolls have been more easy to access. 365 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:38,760 I want to say that's probably what it is. 366 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,160 It has made it just easier for them to customize. 367 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,040 And when you say like factory dolls, do you mean like like 368 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:48,720 counterfeits? Yeah, we want to say we don't 369 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,600 know what happened for sure, but it seems like someone got their 370 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:58,360 hands on a mold of of a Takara mold or because into 2021 good 371 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:03,800 smile company I they bought the Blythe and Juko Wong writes like 372 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,760 Juko Wong still works with them, but that's who Takara no longer 373 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,840 makes them. So they think maybe when 374 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,640 something happened there, when there was a switchover or 375 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:16,680 something, a mold got like handed on the black market. 376 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,600 And that's how these factory dolls have. 377 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:23,400 Some people even like kind of the conspiracy side think that 378 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:29,600 the people that make the blithe authentic ones do that on 379 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,280 purpose and they just don't want their name attached to it. 380 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,960 But they also, you know, they know it's a profit because it's 381 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,360 always it's always been weird to why they haven't made their own 382 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:41,920 like blank blight that you can buy. 383 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:42,920 Why? You know what I mean? 384 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,320 That's a big market that they could take over and it's just 385 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,920 weird that they haven't. But there's many reasons why 386 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,240 they wouldn't do that too. So. 387 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,400 Yeah, I'm sure. I mean, I could see both ways 388 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,240 also them just trying to like stay pretty exclusive with what 389 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,560 they, yeah, they're putting out. How do you like, OK, so This is 390 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,480 why I was like, I don't know how to get one of these cuz I was 391 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,320 on, I was searching and I was like, I saw some that were 392 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,880 cheaper than others and then some that how do you, how do you 393 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,760 know that you're getting a genuine It's kind of like the 394 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,360 fucking the Boo Boo thing. Like how, what is it? 395 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:21,160 How do you tell the difference between a authentic blithe doll 396 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:27,560 and a perhaps counterfeit blithe doll? 397 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,160 Yeah, that's where it gets really tricky actually. 398 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,680 And like, I'm not even when they come when they're not, I always 399 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,800 buy mine never removed from box or yeah, usually or they've just 400 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:43,080 been open to be like looked at and then put away because then, 401 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:48,360 you know, they're authentic. If not, it's so hard to tell 402 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,760 really. There are some like things like 403 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:55,720 as in they say that the spacing between where the eye and the 404 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:00,440 the face plate, the front face plate connects is a little bit 405 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:05,240 more wider than a stock one. But it's hard. 406 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,960 It's it's kind of really hard to to figure out if you got a 407 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,880 authentic one or not. Yeah, that would that would 408 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,080 stress me out. I'm like, I'm stressed that I'm 409 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,960 going to buy one and it's not going to be. 410 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,240 I was going to say, I think all of my blights I've ever 411 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:25,000 purchased were from a proxy and they were also all in box. 412 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:29,560 I've never bought one out of box, a stock one at least then I 413 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,520 don't because I just otherwise you're really worried about it 414 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,640 being fake. I there's it's very difficult. 415 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,200 They're very, yeah. That's so interesting. 416 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,520 Do these dolls have rooted hair? They do. 417 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,880 So it's they, there's a whole bunch of different molds and I'm 418 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,280 just thinking of maybe the SPL one because that's my favorite. 419 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,480 So SPL is superior Blythe mold. No idea what that means, but 420 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,520 that's what they that's what that particular mold is. 421 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,120 And that one is 3 parts. So you have the back of the 422 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:02,800 head, you have the iMac, the front face plate, and then the 423 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,960 top cap. And the cap is the rooted hair. 424 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,960 But it's a whole piece that you can literally because they're 425 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,920 screws in the head. So you can, and that's where we 426 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,480 get into like you can customize it. 427 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,280 You can get your own hair for it. 428 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:17,960 You can get different types of hair. 429 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:24,040 Yeah, you can get inside of it, switch out the eyes, really take 430 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,800 that face plate apart and be able to customize it, sand it 431 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,120 down, do a whole bunch of yeah, work on it. 432 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,560 So. And and is that something you? 433 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:37,240 Do frequently No, I really want to get into that because that's 434 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,600 art is a huge part of who I am And I I love painting. 435 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:46,280 I love pencil drawing, but I really like ever since I like 436 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,400 started collecting, I'm like, I really want to just try to 437 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,080 customize. I just haven't yet. 438 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,920 Like the tariffs came into play and the tariff, the tariffs have 439 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,920 completely like for blight collecting, it's really 440 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,440 impossible. Like we're talking to 441 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,640 astronomical prices. The shipping went up. 442 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,600 And then on top of that, the tariff fee is just. 443 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,520 Yeah, so. It's risky too, because I mean, 444 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,320 I haven't ordered many blight dolls, but I, I've ordered a 445 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:13,000 couple things that I, I guess I just didn't pay attention when I 446 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:18,600 was buying stuff. And I, I don't check my e-mail 447 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,720 as much as I should. And I've, I had a couple things 448 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:27,160 that got like stuck in customs and then whatever, it's like 449 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:28,560 they're just going to send it back. 450 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,800 But there's some stuff that I ordered that still has I've, I 451 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,880 haven't been refunded for because it's just trapped at 452 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,920 customs because it's such a freaking mess. 453 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,960 And like people are because I didn't even, I didn't even think 454 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,560 about it. And I got an e-mail that's like, 455 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,040 hey, you have to pay your custom fees. 456 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:44,760 But of course I didn't check my e-mail. 457 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,080 And they give you such a short period of time to pay, like 24 458 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,000 hours or 48 hours or something. Yeah. 459 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:54,160 And it's from what I understand, like these warehouses for 460 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:58,880 customs are just packed full. And it's like, OK, well, I mean, 461 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,120 at the end of the day, I am the customer of what I am buying. 462 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:05,440 And this is not it's not my fault that this is taking 463 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,400 forever. So I've had to demand a couple 464 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,760 refunds and for a few things, I still haven't got them. 465 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,640 And like you're saying, you have to, you have to order these 466 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:18,440 from, you know, overseas, so. Fine, so like, I'm glad I 467 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,360 started. I really went ham on my 468 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:25,600 collection in August, or maybe even it was before that, because 469 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,200 August, it was a little bit before that. 470 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:30,000 And I'm so glad I did because there's no way I could have. 471 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,280 I probably would have got half if not 1/4 of the dollars I got 472 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,680 because it would have just been that much more expensive. 473 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,600 It's not worth that, Yeah. Yeah, it's not the whole tariff 474 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,720 thing is a big topic on this on this show right now. 475 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,840 Because I mean, I will say I don't think like in in America, 476 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:53,520 like I, I haven't seen prices really skyrocket as much as I 477 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,960 thought they might. Like when you're talking about 478 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,120 your standard Barbie from Target, she's like maybe a a 479 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:02,280 dollar or two more. But when you're talking about 480 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,240 international fans and like people who like to buy things 481 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:09,640 like blight dolls, it's I it's been a huge, a huge problem. 482 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:14,320 And I also think companies, I think, I, I think that in this 483 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,840 last year, like towards like the middle, the middle of the year 484 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:22,760 and onward, like we just saw an, an absurd, like an obnoxious 485 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,240 amount of dolls coming out. It was like American Girl was 486 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,400 throwing something out every like 2 weeks. 487 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,200 And so is Barbie and so is Monster High. 488 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,760 And I honestly think it's because these company, you know, 489 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,520 and I'm sure you know this like dolls, they take a really long 490 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,760 time to get from start to finish to the stores. 491 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:43,160 I am so convinced that half of the dollars we got this year, 492 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,400 we're so rushed because companies were like, we have to 493 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,560 get this out now because it's only going to get. 494 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:49,640 Worse. That's true. 495 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,360 Yeah, I never even thought about that. 496 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,960 It's only going to get worse. And I think a lot of people have 497 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,240 been bitching about quality and stuff and it's like, yeah, 498 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,560 because they, you know, they and, and quality is a whole 499 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:04,680 another topic because now they had even less time to, you know, 500 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,280 get things together because they're like, OK, we got to 501 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,080 throw this out. I mean, American Girl is a big 502 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,960 one because I mean they. I've heard about that. 503 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:16,960 I've kind of like I obsess over different doll like video like 504 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,280 brands and stuff like you were saying. 505 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,400 And I was, I was hyper fixated on them. 506 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,600 And I've noticed like a lot of people were the quality. 507 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,160 Quality control is awful on their newer dolls. 508 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,680 And it's like, yeah, because they just didn't. 509 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,040 There was no time. And like, that's why we're 510 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,160 getting a doll every two weeks. And like they're stamping these 511 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:37,560 crazy ass collector price stamps on them. 512 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,200 And it's like, it's not really, it's at the end of the day, it's 513 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,760 like, I mean, this is Trump's fault. 514 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:49,280 But I I can only hold Mattel responsible so much because 515 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,520 like, if they're a business, they have to, they have to make 516 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,720 it work. But it is quite unfortunate. 517 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:56,320 So yeah, the tariffs have just been crazy. 518 00:27:56,320 --> 00:28:00,000 And like I said, it's just I don't see it getting better so. 519 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,800 And I think that's why I like Blake dolls and I only collect 520 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:07,080 them really from 2000 to 2010 is because the quality of dolls. 521 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,120 Yeah, Has just, it's not worth it. 522 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,120 And I think when I bought these, even though they were, you know, 523 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,120 a little more expensive than they originally were, I think 524 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:19,160 it's worth it because the quality back then was just way 525 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,040 better. What do you think sets Blythe 526 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,560 dolls apart from other dolls? I I obviously they're very 527 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,480 unique, but like to you what? What makes them so special to 528 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:30,480 you? I don't know. 529 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:34,120 You see most doll lines and they're like smiling or they 530 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:36,280 have this glamorous, gorgeous face. 531 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,360 And it's like, not that Blythe doesn't, but she's just more of 532 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:43,720 that ordinary girl, you know? And I think that's, that's what 533 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,120 sets her apart. But not only that, the 534 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,000 community. I don't know. 535 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,800 I don't know what it is about the Blythe community, but they 536 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,880 are just one of the most compassionate, beautiful, caring 537 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,160 communities I've ever been involved with. 538 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,160 Something with the Blythe. We're just all there for each 539 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,760 other and we really support each other and lift each other up. 540 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,840 And you know, a lot of the independent artists like I, I'm 541 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:10,840 always promoting them as much as I can because that's who really 542 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,440 deserves the shine in all of this. 543 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,120 I think. So It's yeah, the community is 544 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,160 huge, huge part of who Blythe is. 545 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,840 It's not just Blythe the doll. When you start collecting 546 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,880 Blythe, I mean, you could just start collecting Blythe for 547 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,600 Blythe, but I feel like the community just, it's hard to not 548 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,200 be a part of it and get involved and appreciate it. 549 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,040 I love to hear that. That's amazing. 550 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:36,200 You know, I, I, I think the, the best part about this show is 551 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,520 like, I've got to talk to so many people and so like, you 552 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,520 know, most everyone that's been on my show, I'm like, wow, 553 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,520 you're a great person. But you know, I've seen a lot of 554 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,280 drama and I see, I think I think the doll world is definitely 555 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:52,040 known to be very gatekeeping and, and very negative about 556 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,680 dolls too. So being in doll world and doing 557 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,720 this podcast, I've learned so much about communities and for 558 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,400 the most part it's great. But I do see that, you know, 559 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,720 people are always arguing. So it's really nice to hear that 560 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,880 that's kind of not your experience. 561 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,960 Yeah. So what are your thoughts on 562 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,440 Blythe in pop culture today? Because I feel like it's very 563 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,120 popular. A lot of you know, Emma Roberts 564 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,720 is she's got her cute little Blythe doll, which I love. 565 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,880 I reached out to Emma Roberts to be on the show. 566 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:27,360 She I didn't even get a response because I just I think I think 567 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:31,320 she's great because she's very like, she's a doll collector and 568 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,560 she collects really interesting looking doll. 569 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,560 She's not like there's no, it's not like Barbie. 570 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,720 I think a little bit of Barbie, but she gets like the weird 571 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:39,800 ones. Bear, Yeah. 572 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,200 Yeah. And so she really likes Blight 573 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,920 dolls and I think she's really actually, I wouldn't call Emma 574 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,000 Roberts an A list celebrity. I think she's had a big 575 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,040 influence on these. So what are your thoughts on 576 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,320 that? Because these dolls are I think 577 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,560 they, they should be produced mass produced more because I 578 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,800 think companies, the whoever is producing them is probably 579 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,960 losing out on some money like you said. 580 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,440 What what are your thoughts on it being like super trendy and 581 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,840 popular right now? I guess I've never thought about 582 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,160 that and I, I, I can't judge it from like a long term collector 583 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,120 who's done it for a while and now they're looking at this huge 584 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,320 bike and increase in people. But I think, like I said, the 585 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,920 community is always so welcoming and I think we're always just. 586 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,800 I love that there's younger generations that are interested 587 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,920 in these dolls. I think Emma Roberts is huge, 588 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,480 too, because, like, Blythe blew up while she was, you know, 589 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,000 getting famous. I know Johnny Depp collected 590 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,720 them as well. Oh, really? 591 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,920 Yeah. He he actually has quite a big. 592 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:39,840 Yeah, I know he has a doll collection. 593 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,520 I didn't know. I think he has quite a few 594 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,280 blithes he used to play with. What's her name? 595 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,960 Their daughter. She's big now. 596 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:48,840 Whose daughter? His daughter. 597 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,680 Johnny Depp's daughter. Yeah, she's huge now. 598 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,080 She's like. Lily Rose. 599 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,280 There you go. Yes, thank you. 600 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,600 Go. Me would play with her, her with 601 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,960 her dolls. So that's how he started to. 602 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,880 I can't remember if there was anyone else, but yeah. 603 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,720 So I guess I don't mind it so much. 604 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,320 I think it's like the more the merrier. 605 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,320 I know they're not going to produce. 606 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,840 I don't know how many in, I know like back in the day they 607 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,960 produced around like 3000 was the average number or maybe 608 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,440 yeah, 3000 I think was average. And then the more limited gets 609 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,600 more than that. But I don't know how much 610 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,760 they're producing them now. Like I don't know the numbers, 611 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,520 but I think they're still pretty limited. 612 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,840 And I think that's just like like with the Pop Mart and the 613 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,840 Liboo boos and stuff like that. I think they're just, I don't, I 614 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,160 don't know. They just don't want to give 615 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:38,520 that face fake scarcity. That's good. 616 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,320 Like they don't want to get rid of it and I don't know, I don't 617 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,960 mind it so much because Blythe has always been that way. 618 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,760 You know what I mean? It started out that way. 619 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,320 It wasn't like it don't. It was just not like Barbie and 620 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,560 then say all of a sudden they're making them limited, you know 621 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,800 what I mean? Or like these Monster High, like 622 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,120 these collector dolls and stuff like that. 623 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,560 Like I don't even try with those anymore after the brats. 624 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,600 So stressful. Mean Girls collab. 625 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,440 Oh, that was a big topic last year. 626 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:07,840 Really. Really. 627 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:12,080 Yeah. It's so, it's so fucking stupid 628 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:16,160 because also like the fake scare scarcity is so dumb to begin 629 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,960 with. But second of all, like, I don't 630 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,720 know a company like MGA who is so adamant about competing with 631 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,960 Barbie. It's like, why would you not put 632 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:29,240 Mean Girls, Mean Girls Bratz dolls on the shelves at retail 633 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,480 stores? Like I it's like the weirdest 634 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:35,280 thing And I, I, I think it has to come down to licensing. 635 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,240 I but even even that's what a lot, that's a lot of people's 636 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:39,880 arguments. So all the I couldn't get the 637 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,120 licensing and I'm like, I don't know, because Paramount. 638 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,960 Paramount could be making a lot of money on this too. 639 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,120 Like this is. It's very strange. 640 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,040 It is strange and, and I really just left a really bad taste in 641 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:56,680 my mouth and, and I think with that's where I like started, I 642 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:57,840 was like, you know what, I'm done. 643 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,640 I do collect my like my Barbies and stuff like that. 644 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,400 But if they're really hard to get, it's like I can't, I can't 645 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:05,880 go through that heartbreak every time. 646 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,280 It really, it really for me personally, it affects me more 647 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,320 than I realize. It completely ruins my mood. 648 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,320 And I'm not about that. Like that's not what collecting 649 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:17,239 for me is about. So with Blythe, I think, you 650 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:21,639 know, they're harder to get your hands on, but they're not 651 00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:23,920 impossible. And I know there's certain rare 652 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,120 ones like we all have grail ones, like there's an Anna sweet 653 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:31,360 doll Blythe collab. It it is just like that's on 654 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,400 everyone's grail list. And we're talking like 1000 655 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,840 thousand plus starting out. I don't mind paying that little 656 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:42,199 bit extra to not have to deal with am I going to be able to 657 00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:46,560 get it ever, you know, right? Well, Bobby, thank you so much 658 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:50,040 for coming on the show and telling me about Blythe Dolls. 659 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,639 I think this is probably one of the most unique dolls that I've 660 00:34:53,639 --> 00:34:56,000 talked about thus far on the show. 661 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,720 Please let everyone know where they can find you on social 662 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:03,480 media. OK so I think both my Instagram 663 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:08,960 and YouTube is Blythe and friends friends with AZ instead 664 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:13,160 of an S Yeah and I have Instagram and my own YouTube 665 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,320 channel that I'm trying to get more consistent at. 666 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:23,360 YouTube is the one platform that I'm like, it's so stressful. 667 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,080 Like I, I do, I do all my interviews on camera, but most 668 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:30,200 of them I just releases audio. But obviously, like I as a 669 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,400 content creator, I have to evolve, even though like, 670 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,760 podcasting was never meant to be visual, you know? 671 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:42,040 And so I'm trying to like crossover to YouTube right now. 672 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,280 And it's just been like the most annoying journey because I'm not 673 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,360 used to it and it's so hard to break on there. 674 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,720 But it's also like so defeating because like I get like hundreds 675 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:55,400 of clicks and plays on my episodes via Spotify and Apple, 676 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,360 but then I put them on YouTube and it does shit. 677 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,680 So I'm I'm I'm I'm with you on that one. 678 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,480 I'm working on it. I am working on it and. 679 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,920 I think it's forever changing just like we are so. 100% Well, 680 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,440 thank you so much for being on the show and we'll keep in touch 681 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:09,160 well. Thank you. 682 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,720 OK, great. That was an amazing 683 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,240 conversation. And I think I really want to get 684 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:17,600 one of these dolls, but I don't know. 685 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,080 I'm just still nervous even though Bobby laid it out so 686 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:21,720 clearly for me. How to get one? 687 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:22,640 I just. I don't know. 688 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,800 I we'll see. We shall see. 689 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,080 Anyways, thank you Bobby so much for coming on the show. 690 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,280 I had so much fun. Please if you guys haven't yet 691 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,160 subscribed to my YouTube channel, please do at Iconic 692 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,080 Doll Cast. Follow me on all the things and 693 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,760 I will talk with you guys next time.