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Bo Bergemann trusts her fans

Bo Bergemann, designer and manufacturer of quality resin ball jointed dolls (BJDs) has expanded her web presence this year to include a members only Yahoo Group,
Bo Bergemann Original Artist Dolls where she shares her new offerings and updates for anyone interested in her collectible artist dolls.

Yahoo Groups are websites where people with a shared interest meet, get to know each other, and stay informed. Groups are free to start and free to join and are used by thousands of individual interest groups on the web. Members can post messages and photos, and usually the messages must be approved by the group's moderator before they actually show up on the page. Moderating these groups can really slow down the spontaneity of a message board but the positive side of moderating a group is that you don't have to worry about any of your members going nuts and posting some inane rant on your site.

Bo, however, has decided to not moderate the group: "This group is not moderated because only members can post and I expect all of my wonderful collectors to honor one another above themselves and play nice. As my Mamma used to say, "If you don't have nothin nice to say, then don't say nothin at all!". Frankly, knowing most of you myself I could hardly imagine anything but kind and friendly fun and sharing. In this hope I have opened this group for sharing posts. I truly long to see your Bo Bergemann Dolls! Yet I don't really have time to oversee or respond to every post many days. So please honor my trust and enjoy sharing with me and others. This is not a sales site, but a Bo Bergemann Doll Fan and Fun Group. So, I will post my dolls for sale as I have new offerings as the main goal of this group is to give my faithful collectors a jump on the public in obtaining my dolls as they sell quickly now. I will also let you all know when I'll be at a show or con."

For me, the idea of leaving an interactive website unmoderated is scarier than a shower at the Bates Motel, but Bo knows her friends and fans and we wish her the best with her new site!

Frustration News

No good deed goes unpunished

The way I heard it, a nice doll collector lady sold some of her items to another nice doll collector and the transactions went so well that these nice collectors built up a trust and a liking for each other over time that most of us nice doll collectors would envy. Then one day it went bad.

The nice doll collector asked the nice doll collector lady if she perchance had a certain doll dress available for sale. Unfortunately she did not have that dress available but did know where to get one, so the nice doll collector lady offered to get the dress and sell it to the other nice doll collector at cost. The other nice doll collector was thrilled and authorized the purchase. This thoughtfulness and kindness is the type of thing that makes doll collectors so nice.

When the nice doll collector lady paid for and received the dress she rushed to share the good news with the nice doll collector who was waiting and had been anticipating this happy day. But, oddly, the nice doll collector did not respond right away. In fact, the nice doll collector didn't respond at all. The nice doll collector had either lost all his niceness or he had dropped dead.

Hours of tireless research of psychological maladies was done by the nice doll collector lady in hopes of learning the fate of her friend. But after a while she realized that there was no mental malfunction known that would cause such a severe drop in niceness levels in the human body so she assumed the bugger was dead and wept.

But then the doll collector who had recently suffered the nice-ectomy miraculously appeared on a doll forum that the heartbroken nice doll collector lady often visits. He's alive! (Maybe he's related to Lazarus?)

She excitedly posts a hello to the Guidot of doll collectors and still there's no response. Is Marcel Marceau going to just ignore the nice doll collector lady forever? What....is he a politician? One of those people who don't believe that people remember things? She's going to forget all about it?

I'm sure I don't have all the facts here, but I hear a lot of horror stories from collectors and traders and in the last year or two it seems that general nastiness is on the rise. Even the New Orleans Saints would be appalled at some of the behavior going on in the doll community lately. Getting scammed by a stranger is something most of us can get over, but there's a special sadness attached when a friend lets you down.

New doll news

Tonner 2012 Mainline Release

The Tonner 2012 Mainline Release was unveiled at the Tonner Direct site on Wednesday, March 21st, to the delight of many collectors. With 42 items for a variety of dolls and a new sculpt there is plenty to tempt especially for those who are fond of the Antoinette/Cami bodies. The "Precarious" doll is a new sculpt (which bears a resemblance to the Suzette sculpt) and is on the 16" Antoinette/Cami body. There are 4 dressed dolls along with 3 outfits for the "Precarious" line. The Antoinette and Cami lines are also offered with five basic and five dressed dolls along with six outfits.

The DeeAnna Denton and Peggy Harcourt line are now offered with smaller heads atop the new 16" (curvaceous) body both of which are receiving mixed reviews from collectors. Two basic dolls and two dressed dolls along with four outfits (Banker's Ball outfit shown here), two wigs and a "Glamour Set" comprise their line. The 22" Amercian Models are also represented as two basic dolls and three outfits. At the smaller end of the scale there are two Basic 13" dolls, Simone and Suzette, but no dressed dolls or outfits are offered in this size.

Matt received a shoe pack but, interestingly, Tyler and Sydney are noticeably absent from this collection. Perhaps they are off sourcing fabrics in Paris for the next collection or vacationing together in Monte or Dubai?

Click here to view Tonner's latest fashion doll offerings.

Collector Corner

Doll Photography Input Requested

Terri Gold recently posted on the Prego board and at her blog, "Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold", the following request:

"I have begun to plan a series of articles and would like to address the needs of collectors who photograph their dolls. It would be wonderful if you could take a little time to answer any or all of the following questions and send them to me via email. If you want you can answer them here as well. If you have anything else to add, feel free!"

-What areas of your doll photography would you like to improve?
-What aspects of your camera don’t you understand?
-What are your biggest challenges with doll photography?
-Do any of your photographic results displease you?
-Do you have questions about doll photography?

To provide your input to Terri, you can visit her blog here.