I work at Toys R Us and I can tell you they aren't FLYING off the shelves! Maybe after the manufacturer and media hype them enough ...

Don't know where you live but in Colorado they are scarce the blue one anyway, little girls 6-9 know these dolls and once a friend has it that is all it takes, I got the last 3 at out Toys R Us and they had to go through every box in the back to find them for me good luck to you all

@Bonnie: Did your girls actually ask for these dolls or are you just going along with the media hype to make it a fad? Usually, it is the parents who buy hyped-up toys thinking, "Oh, this will make my child a "cool kid" for getting one at Christmas!!" Not necessarily. Plus, if your children did not ask for these toys, what makes you think that they will truly want it?

I'm a mom of 3 (2 teens & a kindergartener). I've bought stuff that my kids ask for, which then ends up sitting in their rooms collecting dust after a week (sometimes less), except for some video games (those usually take a month before the kids get frustrated & say "Bag it!"). One year, I stood outside of Wal-Mart for a Furby for my 8-year-old daughter (she is now 17), who had begged for it and was soooo excited---until she realized that no matter how hard she tried to "train" him, he wasn't learning a darn thing!! He ended up going to Goodwill.

Just so you realize, you may be setting your daughters up for a hard fall in life. Yes, you may be giving them the exact item that they want for Christmas, but what will happen when they go out in the real world and realize that they can't get everything they want, no matter how hard they wish for it (i.e., making the cheerleading squad or becoming prom queen in high school; dating the cutest guy in school, getting into the "dream college" or getting the fabulous jobs that they would practically kill for)?

I hope you have a great holiday season with your family. I also hope that those girls will cherish those dolls for many, many years.

Sooo agree! I have three girls and a son. Every year they ask for something. Its "cool" for a couple weeks and then its either destroyed, tossed to the side, or no where to be found! These "fads" are ridiculous but I remember going through them as a kid. :)

Happy Holidays and wish everyone the best of luck with their shopping!! :)

Wait till they see the commercial, they'll love it.

oh goodie goodie f*cking gumdrops!

@sablelace: Wow, do you feel like a better person now? You're probably some jack ass that doesn't have kids anyways. Why are you even reading this? Get a life.

Need you be so nasty? It's a child's doll and she likes it. Were you weaned on lemons or something?

So funny! My daughter was pretty sick for a while. I promised her a prize if she did her breathing machine as needed she could pick a prize. We went to Walmart, seen these dolls that I had never seen before and she had to have the blue haired one. Now, only a few weeks later it's this huge craze. Weird. Although, where I live I can't seem to find any of them now.

I have to say, I would've agreed with you before my 7 year old daughter got one for a present for straight A's. In person, she is the cutest doll and my daughter has gotten many compliments on it from little girls and adults alike. If you can find them in the store, check them out.

There button eyes, when I was little teddy bears had button eyes

I disagree with redrum. They are just upgraded ragdolls. They are whimsical but there is nothing "undead" about them. They look just like the dolls my mom and grandma used to make but they have plastic heads and bodies instead of cloth.

I think they're really sweet and although my girls have just begun to see the commercials and the dolls in the stores, all 3 of them (ages 4 to 7) have asked for one for Christmas. We will definitely have 3 of these under our tree

Definitely not the media, Ive been looking for months for these without having to pay the inflated prices they're selling for on Ebay.

Kung Zoo Pets!

Paper Jamz

Dance Star Mickey!

Agree Kung Zhu pets seem to be something "cool" for the boys. Our nephew asked for one and so did our six yr old son. :) They are cheaper at WalMart than other stores. You can get the "armor" for them too. However my six yr old son loves all the different NERF items and those are inexpensive as well. Good luck and Happy Holidays!

I totally agree!

My kids don't find this creepy at all. And all of them have seen Coraline at least once.

Are u kidding? do u not see all the bullying going on? Diversity is what we need to teach our children and a doll that is not ur normal white skinned blonde hair is a start. Being Different and unique is what this world needs.

There is nothing wrong with a white blonde doll. The problem is that most manufacturers make the white blonde doll the "coolest" one or the leader of the group. Until very recently, dolls with other skin colors have had to be the "friend" doll or the followers.

Most little girls (including my 3 who are not all blondes) like to pick dolls that look like themselves. What must a little girl think if she always sees the blonde haired/ blue eyed doll as the prettiest, or has the best accessories or is always the leader? If there is no guidance for her, many little ones come to the conclusion that the white little girls are the prettiest have the best things and that she can't possibly measure up because she is not white/blonde. I don't begin to say that a doll by itself can cause so much damage but our society as a whole has reinforced this.

I applaud the manufacturers who are just beginning to get the message. Diverse, colorful and unique - sends a better message

Great post Galadriell. Yes, my daughter is white and blonde...but she chose the one named Dot Starlight (the AA doll) as her favorite & I think that's great.

It never really occurred to me that the blonde, blue eyed doll is often the one with the best stuff & sort of the leader. Maybe that really is why these dolls are getting the attention they are.

there's nothing wrong with the blonde white dolls. I'm white and blonde, my daugher is half Filippino, and she loves her blonde Barbie as much as her black Bratz doll. The people who are complaining about the blonde dolls are just insecure about themselves, and will pass that down to their kids, which is a shame. Last time I checked, the abundance of accessories that the dolls have fit them all the same, no matter what color of plastic they are. And who said they were the leaders? Again, insecurities brewed in your own mind. My daughter doesnt have blue hair, but the best selling Lalaloopsy doll does...hmmm, I think I should contact the ACLU about THAT discrimination!!

BTW, if you want your kids to be cool, (which is sad in itself) then you should do the American Girl dolls. They don't have a lot of advertising because some of us parents that are REALLY in the know (the ones that don't believe the hype of the media) already possess that information. But, for the rest of you that are running out of breath trying to keep up with the trends, I guess you should get your kid that CHEAP, weird looking doll that won't be a collectible, or be worth anything at all to your kid in about a minute. Actually, my 4 year old will get a collectible Barbie (a white one OH MY GOD!) accoutrements for her American Girl doll (no worries! it looks like her!) and a Nintendo dsi, because she is a bit too advanced to play with a lalaloopsy which she thinks is creepy anyway. Some of you need to get a clue, or a life-I'm not sure which one yet-maybe both.

by the way, the only bullying that I ever experienced (which, sadly was quite alot), was from hispanic kids-not white ones. You are perpetuating your own racism. It's very sad.

Dear FortuneCookie,

All one has to do is take a look at the ads for doll sales. Who takes center stage? Ask any little girl who has seen a Barbie. Watch any of the Barbie movies. She is the central character and the other dolls are kind of an after thought. Barbie is and always has been the leader of the pack (hence the name.)

At the moment, I can't think of one set of dolls offered before the 1990's (maybe even later than that) whose main character isn't white. Even the American Girl dolls (yes my girls each have one) - their first dolls on the market (Samantha, Kirsten and Molly) were white. That didn't change until Addy was introduced in 1993 (The company began in 1986). In addition, not everyone can afford to have their kid be so "cool" as you put it. The American Girls run somewhere in the vicinity of $100 per doll! It's just not a reality for some people even though the dolls are lovely and American girl has really worked to make beautiful dolls of every skin color - not just changing the color of the plastic in the mold.

I still think people have a valid point about white dolls. Not that they shouldn't be on the market (what little blonde girl doesn't want a dolly that looks like her) but that we should be building all little girls self esteem and showing them that no matter what your race, you are special. It doesn't take a Genius to realize that many in our society love certain types of people and think everyone should imitate them in cookie cutter fashion.

I can't believe I'm going so far on a post over a doll but I really hate that we as a society has become so apathetic to what our children are being taught.

I think that it is a better choice to give our kids dolls that are unique or representative of many races to teach them that all are beautiful - at very least to have an intentional conversation. If we can teach this equality, then they may learn to hold a positive self-image but also a positive image of people who look different than them selves.

Of course I don't begin to suggest that giving dolls of all races to one's child is going to solve every problem. But, it maybe it's a start. If we plant love, compassion and respect in our children, they can learn to reject seeds of racism and stereotyping being sown around them.

My favorite toys growing up were not the "fad" toys. Heck, I can't even remember what the "fads" were back in the 1970's!! The one I do remember is a Cabbage Patch Doll (which I got as a graduation present--um, hello, parents??? Age 18 & fresh out of high school is not the time to buy a young lady a doll, no matter how "cute" & "popular" it is at the time). And what is REALLY IRONIC is that a lot of the "old-fashioned" Fisher-Price toys for toddlers are coming back, like the wind-up TV music box, the wooden clock for toddlers to learn their numbers and how to tell time (learned my numbers; couldn't tell time until 1st grade, lol), and my all-time favorite, the wooden Snoopy dog on wheels (according to my parents, I would pull that toy everywhere with me; I have a picture of me in front of my 1-year birthday cake & I'm clutching that dog toy for dear life, lol!). I still have my stuffed animals from when I was little, namely my very first teddy bear and a spotted leopard, as well as a few others. My mother, who collects dolls, has my first baby doll sitting on a shelf for now. Occasionally, my younger daughter plays with it. I still have ALL of the books that I learned to read at age 3 (and am looking to bring them down for my daughter to learn with as well).

My daughter has the Zhu Zhu toys & both Tickle-Me-Elmo dolls. She had asked for these toys when she was 4 and 3, respectively. She has played with them a few times (for no more than 3 hours since she's had them). At age 5 going on 6, she no longer wants them (she wants to give them to her cousins Clare & Erin, or to the "'vation Army for other kids, Mommy." (She can't say "Salvation" yet.) She is fascinated with "Sleeping Beauty" & that is this year's "theme," along with a few other toys that are not "Sleeping Beauty" related (with her imagnation, I'm sure that she will find a way to make them related; perhaps one of her other dolls will be tied to a track of the Marble Run with some evil villain getting ready to drop a stone on the track & run her over).

So miss the old days!!! Cabbage Patch dolls and Barbies. It seemed so easy then! :)

As a Black woman I understand your concern. This doll comes in brown and is very cute.

I gave my Blonde Haired, Blue eyed DAUGHTER a Black baby doll when she was little, along with other dolls, in order to teach her about diversity. My parents thought I was crazy for buying a black babydoll, but they are old-schooled and don't understand things like this. All children need to be exposed at a young age to people who are different than themselves so as they grow up they will be more tolerant of other people's differences and see that they are strengths, not weaknesses.

my daughter has brown hair & blue eyes. I gave her a really cute black baby doll with green eyes! she loves that doll! nothing wrong with giving a child a different colored doll.

I was one of the "little Kids" that all I wanted for Christmas from Santa was a Cabbage Patch Kid... ( you know when they first came out and you couldn't get them) well SANTA (MY MOM) came through and I actually got 2 Cabbage Patch Dolls for Christmas that year,( I was a very lucky little girl) as she had everyone she knew out looking for it so that I would have it under the tree Christmas Morning..... I do believe Christmas has become very materialistic but I will never forget that Christmas morning and I now have a daughter who has asked for the latest "big thing" that every child wants and the look on her face every Christmas morning and that great big smile that shows she is so happy is well worth waiting in any line or pushing through any crowd..... That smile is PRICELESS........ (so if anyones child really really wants one of these dolls and you can;t find it message me and I will be happy to look in upstate NY and send it to ya )

Are you kidding me?! It's my RESPONSIBILITY to give my kid what they want? That's like lying to your child every time you say, "Santa is watching. If you don't behave this year, he's gonna leave coal in your stocking." And then when your kid is a total brat all year long and STILL gets everything they asked for...what does THAT teach?! Kids need to learn that they aren't going to get everything they want just because it's Christmas. I didn't mean for this to sound like an attack. I just meant that this generation of kids is out of control and spoiled. And as parents, our real responsibility is to raise well-rounded children who know the non-consumerism meaning of Christmas.

It is not your responsibility to get your child what they want. It is to teach them about the spirit of giving. If a child is rotten all the time then they should not get anything that they ask for. They should be taught that there is a consequence for every action.

I had a ragdoll Holly Hobbie growing up that I loved dearly (I'm pretty sure that she is up in my attic with other stuffed toys that I grew up with). She wore a calico print country dress & sunbonnet (like Laura Ingalls in "Little House On The Prairie"). These days, she wears jeans, carries notebooks & most probably a cell phone (a more "modern" Holly). Even Strawberry Shortcake & her friends, as well as Rainbow Brite, have been modernized for today's kids & stores are touting all of the "extras" that the kids need to play with their dolls. Whatever happened to just using the ol' imagination to play with toys? We built houses using books, shoe boxes (which also made great Barbie cars or bathtubs or beds) or whatever we could find! We would cut out pictures from magazines to make televisions or "art work" for the walls!

On a side note--does anybody watch "The Soup" with Joel McHale on E? One year (long time ago, when he was still living in Seattle doing an awesome show called "Almost Live!"),he dressed up as "Rainbow Brite" for Halloween. The crew on "The Soup" found it & showed it on his show. VERY CREEPY!!! To this day, I still see that image in my "mind's eye" & will never see Rainbow Brite any other way!! {Shudder!!}

Really?

Seems like Target is completely out of stock. The link below shows it. On the other hand no one in my family or friends have been looking for a dance star Mickey.

http://www.target.com/s?keywords=lalaloopsy&searchNodeID=1038576|1287991011&ref=sr_bx_1_1&x=0&y=0

"THe story says they came alive after the last thread was sewn. My girls think it is like Toy Story and they come alive at night. It is so cute!"

I used to be like that when I was little--pretending that my toys came to life when I was asleep (that could be why I was always reluctant to give away my "best friends"). I remember reading my mom's trash mag, "US Weekly News" (the black & white one, with Bat Boy on the covers or spottings of Elvis with details on where he was supposedly living; she read them for the laughs, I guess). There was a story about how Cabbage Patch Dolls were coming to life while the owners were asleep, then the owners would wake up just in time to see the doll standing there with a knife ready to murder them (a la the Chucky doll in those scary toy movies).

Why are you trying to scare kids?

Yeah Tara, we get it. you work for Mattel. Dance Star Mickey (which has lousy sound quality by the way) is a Fisher-Price product, and you are pushing that and other Mattel junk in your posts.

To any legitimate consumers out here- several posts here are clearly from Mattel or Hasbro employees. Do not be misled by them- the Lalaloopsy doll is very popular right now- don't worry, more will be coming (I have friends in the industry), also look for the miniature version out there now!

Happy Holidays!

Tara, it is quite obvious you are a Mattel employee (or at least sleeping with one). Your posts all call out FP or other Mattel junk (Dance Star Mickey? Please, horrible sound quality, way over-priced).

To any legitimate consumers reading these- please do not be misled by the many posts on here which are clearly from Mattel ir Hasbro employees. I have friends in the industry and know with much certainty that these Lalaloopsy dolls are very popular, and many more are coming. There is also a great miniature version available out there now.

Happy shopping and Happy Holidays!

Larry,

Not hype. Out of stock everywhere.

http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=lalaloopsy&ic=48_0&Find=Find&search_constraint=0

http://www.target.com/s?keywords=lalaloopsy&searchNodeID=1038576|1287991011&ref=sr_bx_1_1&x=0&y=0