I'm sure this has been done before but I have searched the MN archives and can't find a solution!
My ds is 3 and he loves playing with his big sister's dolls - both the bigger 'little girl' dolls and her Barbies. He plays lovely imaginative games with them, both with his sister and on his own and this is something I'm keen to encourage (all part of my master plan to raise the perfect husband 
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Anyway, he has increasingly been asking for a 'little boy doll with a hard face and hair, that looks like me', but I have scoured the internet and can't find anything that fits the bill. He already has one of the Haba boy dolls, like this one which is dearly loved, but that is more of a rag doll and he really wants one with a vinyl face, hair that can be brushed and clothes that can be changed.
I've found umpteen boy baby dolls, and rag dolls, but none that actually look like a little boy. The closest I can find is the 'Bitty Twins' boy doll by American Girl, which looks perfect (here!) - but these are £££, only available in the US and you need to buy both twins! I've found them on Ebay but the shipping costs are enormous!
I don't understand how there can be such a gap in the market - surely my DS isn't the only 3 year old boy who likes playing with dolls? It makes me a bit sad that the doll market seems to be entirely geared towards girls!
Can anyone help?