No, not the poor, headless dolls!

[Imogene]

Yeah, you read that right. I was stocking dolls tonight, near the wall of dolls. A customer tapped me on the shoulder and said, "You know you have a whole bunch of dolls down here without heads?"
I turn and look where he's pointing, very worried that someone opened all the dolls I just stocked and, say, tore the heads off and took them home to make pretty pretty plastic doll clothing for their Ed Gein dolls, and smirked. "Of course not, Sir, those are extra clothes for the dolls."

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Damn. . . . and here I was hoping somebody would come out with a historical collection based on the wives of Henry VIII.

Oh well, maybe next Christmas.

[CaroPhoenix]

I have, somewhere in my possession, a ... I guess it's called a "flip doll"? If you looked at the doll, it would be Little Red Riding Hood. Then you'd flip her over, and it'd be the Grandmother, and if you moved the little cap of the grandmother, the wolf's face would be the Grandmother's "bun". They were popular a long time ago (I haven't seen any in the stores, but I have come across patterns).

I can just see the Anne Boleyn & Katherine Howard flip dolls: One side would be them with their heads, and one side would be them missing their heads. But what about the other 4 wives? (Katherine of Aragon was divorced & died, Jane Seymour died, Anne of Cleves was divorced and Jane Parr outlived the King). Hmmm ... Think, think, think.

[Imogene]

When I told my parents the story, my mom got it immediately. I had to tell my dad "The extra clothes come on plastic mannequins..." and he still had a clueless look on his face. So, maybe not such a surprise the guy told me about the headless dolls.

[fireheart]

Reminds me of NCIS.

Tony: was there a reason why you pulled all their heads off Abby? (referring to a crate of dolls that had a bullet inside it)
Abby: So I know which ones I've done.
Tony; but the one with the bullet was sitting right on top!

[Cat]

I have, somewhere in my possession, a ... I guess it's called a "flip doll"? If you looked at the doll, it would be Little Red Riding Hood. Then you'd flip her over, and it'd be the Grandmother, and if you moved the little cap of the grandmother, the wolf's face would be the Grandmother's "bun". They were popular a long time ago (I haven't seen any in the stores, but I have come across patterns).
.

Ohh!! I had one of those Only doll I had that I almost liked, and that was because of the wolf

[wagegoth]

I have, somewhere in my possession, a ... I guess it's called a "flip doll"? If you looked at the doll, it would be Little Red Riding Hood. Then you'd flip her over, and it'd be the Grandmother, and if you moved the little cap of the grandmother, the wolf's face would be the Grandmother's "bun". They were popular a long time ago (I haven't seen any in the stores, but I have come across patterns).

I can just see the Anne Boleyn & Katherine Howard flip dolls: One side would be them with their heads, and one side would be them missing their heads. But what about the other 4 wives? (Katherine of Aragon was divorced & died, Jane Seymour died, Anne of Cleves was divorced and Jane Parr outlived the King). Hmmm ... Think, think, think.

You had to start this, didn't you. Let's see, you could have Katherine of Aragon as young, pretty and pregnant, then flip her over to old, haggard, and loaded down with a giant rosary.

Jane Seymour, again, young, pretty (well, fudge it), demurely downcast eyes, flip over to bloated, pasty, coated with clear plastic sweat, as she dies of puerperal fever.

Anne of Cleves would be young, not attractive, somewhat poorly dressed, flipping over to very well-dressed and a happy smile on her face.

Katherine Parr loaded down with bandages for Henry's gout and a scepter for her time as Regent, then flip her over to bloated, pasty, coated with clear plastic sweat from puerperal fever, except much older than Jane Seymour. If you want to change the flip over to the time of Henry's death, I would suggest having her gesturing as wiping the sweat from her forehead with her cheeks puffed and mouth shaped in a "phew, survived that" look.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Reminds me of NCIS.

Tony: was there a reason why you pulled all their heads off Abby? (referring to a crate of dolls that had a bullet inside it)
Abby: So I know which ones I've done.
Tony; but the one with the bullet was sitting right on top!

I used to have a fascination with dangling my Barbie dolls over the edge of my toy chest and slamming the lid down on their necks.

Abs would have had a great time hanging out with me as kids.

[PepperElf]

Flip dolls - *SOBS* i put mine in the wash and it was destroyed. but yeah i use to have one of those wolf/red dolls

and .... Ed Gein dolls?
Where can i get one of those? Does it come with special attachments like a miniature frying pan & a pair of lips? ... obviously you can't use *all* of the goodies he collected - that would make it a bizarrely x-rated doll - but just the basics.... that might sell...

[Imogene]

and .... Ed Gein dolls?

Just trying to figure out why anyone would take the heads off an entire row of dolls, and he was the first mass murderer who skinned people that came to mind. *shrug*

[poisoned_flowers]

I used to have a fascination with dangling my Barbie dolls over the edge of my toy chest and slamming the lid down on their necks.

Abs would have had a great time hanging out with me as kids.

I used to ritualisticly sacrifice my Barbies. I shaved ones head, doused it with kerosene and burned it at the stake. I tied a rock to another and threw it in the Hillsbourough River. I had several of the cheap hollow plastic knock-off dolls that I would draw-and-quarter or put on a miniature home-made rack.
I had issues.

[Imogene]

I had issues.

Wednesday Addams?

[morgana]

I had issues.

That sounds like a whole subscription, babe. Just sayin'.

[PepperElf]

heck. one of my barbies got a mowhawk
another one... i colored her eyes to match the character in a story i was trying to write - totally blue eyes no whites... and of course my brook shields doll got her legs taken off and put on barbie (would that make her frankenbarbie?)