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Free Glitter Text Maker I HAVE BEEN ADMIRING THESE DOLLS WITH VERY EXPRESSIVE LARGE EYES FOR SOME TIME NOW, NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE CALLED OR WHO MADE THEM OR WHERE THEY ARE SOLD. A NEW FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE "BLYTHE DOLLS", I LOOKED THE NAME UP AND HERE IS WHAT I FOUND:"Blythe was a novelty doll produced by Kenner in 1972, and distributed in Britain by Palitoy. Her most amazing accomplishment was that she could change the position and colour of her eyes.Blythe's eyes were large and round, and they changed from green to pink to amber to blue each time the string was pulled, momentarily closing between each pull. The blue and green eyes were side-glance, amber and pink looked straight ahead. Her appearance was revolutionary for the time - in fact, she scared children which may well be why she was soon discontinued, though another reason could be that a child's frenzied pulling of the cord could cause it to break or the mechanism to jam.A few years ago, a lady called Gina Goran wanted to try out a camera, and grabbed the first doll she could find to test out the lens. It so happened that this lady had accumulated a collection of Blythe dolls. When she saw how great Blythe was as a model, she decided to dress the doll in unusual outfits and to photograph her in various place-settings. The resulting photos were gathered into a small book - and the result is history. Within a few months, prices for Blythe dolls had escalated, and a doll you could once find for a couple of pounds at a boot sale was now like gold dust. Ashton-Drake, the company who have been selling porcelain and plastic dolls amongst their other collectable lines for years, recently introduced their own version of Blythe. This doll is a proper replica - she is a copy of auburn Blythe wearing her green flowery maxi dress. Annoyingly, like so many of these Blythe-type dolls, she is not available in Britain unless you can order her via the internet, though Ashton-Drake have informed me that she might eventually be offered over here, as they are presently introducing many American collectable replicas.Today, Kenner and Palitoy Blythe dolls are selling for around £500 on the internet, double if they are mint and boxed. Even broken ones, or heads alone, can reach hundreds of pounds. Auction houses such as Vectis include Blythe in their sales nowadays. The big-eyed girl which once no one wanted, is suddenly all the rage and she is gaining new devotees every day.