nice ethnic/black dolls... ragdoll type things... where?

[starlover]

A friend of mine has links with a little orphanage in Zimbabwe and we're sending over a Christmas package.
We wanted to get some nice dolls for them with removable clothes (preferably).... they really need to be soft dolls so that they can go in the wash, and also so that they are easier to send over..

we don't have a huge budget, unless anyone would like to make a donation!!!! so reasonable prices please!!!

letterbox???
i had a catalogue this week....

actually ley me have a think....cant rememeber where it was...

Popsy, I think Letterbox has closed their Christmas ordering now (there was an 'arghhhhhhhhh' thread on here recently)

coiuldn't find any on letterbox..

no it isnt there.....
trying to think which catalogues i have looked at this week....

Oh no!
I cant remember where I saw it!!!
ELC??
dont think so

I think this may have been them but they are out of stock....

no actually they are dolss' house ones....
argh
driving me crazy

oh i like those! but need something a bit bigger!

M&S had some lovely ones last year - I think Tescos did too (last year again)

I can't see any M&S ones on-line this year tho'

www.toys-to-you.co.uk/acatalog/dolls_for_3_.html too expensive ?

www.mailorderexpress.com/shop2/centres_softtoy.html

Towards the bottem of the page

can't get that link to work!

Just to say that the term 'ethnic' is meaningless.
We're all ethnic....

would you rather multicultural?

as that and ethnic are how they are classified in most shops/ranges

i was thinkinjg that moondog... but as katymac says, they do seem to be classed as that in shops!

i was a bit worried about putting black, because i was reading another thread the other day and I think general consensus was it's a bit offensive

Eh???

Balci is offensive?

Since when?

Multi cultural...marginally better I reckon but a doll can't technically be multicultural unless it is a mixed race doll. How about a 'multi cultural selection of dolls? Syntactically more accurate.

(No offence btw starlover--just thinking it over.)

Which link

this one?

Or this one?

'Black' that should read obviously..

first one comes up with a 404 error

second one is just a list of links! however have found some on mailorderexpress that i think will be ok! so thanks!

apparently so moondog! anyway.. i should have probably put African dolls. or something.

btw balci is VERY offensive

lol
I'll remember that sl!

there is a brown rag doll with removable clothes in the Raggie Maggie range. we have her. very lightweight and washable. you can get them all over the place.

loving the maggie raggies! just bid on some on ebay! thanks for that