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August 2006 | Vol. V - No. 8

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What Kids Want ... and Want and Want

The Competition Gets Ugly for Collectibles

By: Alison Marek
Jul 28, 2006

Cooler than cool collectors might be distressed to find their urban vinyl in the hands of innocent babes. But a retailer in the South has told TDmonthly that kids in his store are collecting KidRobot's 2-faced Dunny, and even girls are in on the action.

This ugly doll, however, is still far from replacing the UglyDolls as a top kids' collectible, and Papo knights seem to be safe, too. For the moment.

Read next month's issue of TDmonthly Magazine to get the whole story.

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Alison MarekWriter's Bio: ALISON MAREK is an award-winning writer, director and cartoonist whose work has been published by Fairchild Publications and DC Comics (Piranha Press), broadcast on Showtime and other cable networks, and viewed worldwide in film festivals. See her short films and print work on www.alisonmarek.com. Watch her nefarious villains in the web series www.MuggsMovers.com. Get inspired by her cartoons "Daily ARFFirmations to Unleash Your Inner Fido" at www.ARFFirmations.com. Phew! And then ...  Read more articles by this author


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