Little Duckie by Sheila Michael is an 18" silicone/vinyl mix doll in a limited edition of 350 pieces. He features a duckie snuggly and a duckie receiving blanket. “Adult [collectors] like the babies that look as real as possible,” noted Sherry Grisham, owner of the 9-year-old Yesterday & Today’s Dolls in Corinth, Miss. "Collectors like a realistic expression of the face as well as the feel of the material we use," Shirley Blackall, president of Blackall Associates, told TDmonthly. "The babies that we're doing look like real babies and are sculpted by the best and most world-renowned artists. Collectors also appreciate that the edition size is only 350. We only bring out our dolls for selection in the United States every 3 months. Once they've been ordered, we no longer sell them after that." Launch date: August 1, 2006.