55 Incredibly Awesome & Unique Dolls (SUPER GALLERY)

Just when we thought marketing for the US elections couldn’t get any kookier, we find the Obama Action Figure. It’s actually the third Obama doll we’ve seen on Trend Hunter. It didn’t take long to get over the surprise, however, as Trend Hunter has featured a range of unique, and often truly bizarre dolls, from celebrities without underwear to customizable bobble heads. This super gallery highlights the best of them.

Custom Dolls

Customized 16” Replica of You - 1 Mini You (GALLERY)

Creating a 16” replica of yourself has never been easier thanks to 1 Mini You. After choosing a model for your body, upload a photo of your face, order and wait 10 days to receive your figurine. It’s… [More]

Your Look-a-Like Doll - Hero Builders Custom Action Figures

Herobuilders.com can take a couple pictures of you and produce a real life barbie doll, I mean action figure. The website shows some impressive look-alikes. Receding hairlines. Tattoos. Favorite shirt.… [More]

Custom Dolls - Create Your Own Mini Me at Tiny Pocket People (GALLERY)

It’s definitely a personalized world out there, so how about a miniature version of… yourself? TinyPocketPeople lets consumers personalize a 8” (14 cm) doll based on customers uploaded picture. Just… [More]

Icons, Celebrities & Designer Dolls

Celebrity Dolls - Amy Winehouse Barbie

We’ve seen celebrity dolls used as narcisstic promotional tools, but it’s not often we see memorabilia that accentuates a star’s less appealing attributes. This Amy Winehouse Barbie has a lot of similarity… [More]

Britney Spears Action Doll - With No Underwear, Of Course

It hasn’t taken people too long to capitalize on the BS spectacle with a pantiless plastic doll. So, Trend Hunters, what can you say? If you too have got ‘No Tears for Spears’ t-shirt then this is the… [More]

Britney Spears Straight Jacket Doll On eBay (GALLERY)

Britney Spears shorn likeness has been forever preserved in clay thanks to a clever opportunist featuring their novel creation on eBay. The doll is modelled after Britney Spears and comes complete with… [More]

Gwen Stafani Dolls

Musician and fashion designer Gwen Stafani has launched her own line of dolls.  The line, called, “Love. Angel. Music. Baby” features dolls dressed in Gwen’s styles and her Harajuku Girl dancers.
Gwen… [More]

Celebrity Action Figures - Comic-Con Dolls (GALLERY)

The Comic-Con is a multi-day event for fans of comic books, movie memorabilia and action figures. The 2008 event will be held in San Diego from July 23rd to the 27th. This year, as in previous ones, toy… [More]

Celebrity Dolls - Noel Cruz Repainted Reproductions (GALLERY)

Noel Cruz is an artist whose present crusade is to improve upon the affinity for celebrity dolls by repainting them. Most, or I should say many, of us have been exposed to celebrity dolls claiming to represent… [More]

Merchandising Dead People - Heath Ledger Action Figure in May (VIDEO)

OK, we get that Elvis merchandise is still hot, but Keith Ledger action figure? Yes, with the family’s blessing, Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight, will be marketed by Mattel. Two versions of the… [More]

Bizarre Celebrity Memorabilia - Doll for Anna Nicole Smith’s Memorial

After Anna Nicole Smith’s death people have started creating strange things for her memorabilia such as a doll inspired by the late star. This stunning doll has been customized using a new from the box:… [More]

Classic Movie Dolls - Grease Barbies (VIDEO)

These Grease Barbie dolls are sure to leave a lot of class movie fans beside themselves with little girl giddiness. “Tell me more, tell me more...” The replicas of the characters from the original Grease… [More]

Fashion Designer Dolls - Viktor & Rolf, Badgley Mischka Barbie & More (GALLERY)

Badgley Mischka Barbie (featured) is only one of the limited edition fashion designer Barbies on the market. There’s also the Lanvin limited edition porcelain dolls and Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel Bearbrick… [More]

Designer Visualization Dolls - Viktor & Rolf Anniversary Exhibit (GALLERY)

The kings of peculiar fashion, Viktor & Rolf, celebrate their unique work of the last 10 years with an exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. Holding true to their reputation, they are not using… [More]

Fashion Designer Dolls - Kimora Lee Simmons Barbie

Do you have a little fashionista in the making? The Kimora Lee Simmons Barbie Doll is something special for both young girls getting into fashion, and women who appreciate branded pop culture items. The… [More]

Designer Superhero Dolls - Zaha Hadid + Karim Rashid + Jaime (GALLERY)

ZAHA! Empress of Architecture! KARIM! King of Plastic! JAIME! Chief of Ceramic! I love this collection of Limited Edition Designer Dolls which pokes fun at the Design cognoscenti.  The super heroes of… [More]

Steve Woz & Jobs Dolls - Apple-Theme Toys At PodBrix (GALLERY)

All parents raising geeks-in-the-making should head over to the PodBrix online store. Apple fans can introduce their little ones to the wonderful world of Mac with their own Young Woz and Jobs Playset.… [More]

DIY Celeb Dolls - Knitted Icons

For a unique way to celebrate the world’s iconic heroes, try knitting them! The creative new book, Knitted Icons, has full instructions on how to make knitted versions of 25 of the world’s most recognized… [More]

80s Icon Revived - Mr. T Doll Exhibition In San Francisco (GALLERY)

An extravagant artistic exhibition took place at the RX Gallery in San Francisco. The collectors Mike Essl & Greg Rivera gathered thousands of Mr. T figures, the actor who personified Mario Baracus in… [More]

Commercializing Religion - The Pope is for Sale (and His Bobble Head) (GALLERY)

”The pope is for sale,” ntoes the New York Daily News. Pope Benedict XVI’s imminent visit to the United States has unleashed a totally expected wave of commercialism. The article notes, “Memorabilia on… [More]

Political

Obamamania Unabated - Marcel Offermann’s Obama Doll (GALLERY)

Apparently, the Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is a rock star in Germany. So German expert toymaker Marcel Offermann decided to create a doll in the likeness of the junior senator from Illinois.… [More]

Political Sock Monkeys (UPDATE) - TheSockObama Discontinued, Racist

UPDATE July 16th: After creating a lot of controversy, the Barack Obama Sock Monkey is no longer available.  The site notes, “We are very apologetic to all who were upset by our toy idea. We will not… [More]

Hillary Clinton & George W. Bush Voodoo Kits (GALLERY)

How do you really feel about politicians? Disenfranchised? Complacent? If you’re not comfortable expressing it out loud, but need an outlet to release your frustrations, consider picking up a Hillary… [More]

Luxury

$85,000 Diamond Barbie - De Beers Designed Doll

The world’s most expensive Barbie doll, designed by De Beers, is dressed in an evening gown decorated with 160 diamonds and she has complimentary gold jewelry and accessories. “This Barbie was produced… [More]

20 Kg Gold Santa - Statue Has Real Twinkle in His Eye

Nothing says Christmas more than a gold Santa Claus in Japan. Ginza Tanaka created this Santa from 20 kilos of pure gold. It’s about 18” tall and has a bag on his shoulder that is also solid gold.  Of… [More]

Matryoshkus

Geeky Babooshka Dolls - The Matryoshkus Nero Set Teaches Data Sizes

A matryoshka (or Babooshka) is a set of dolls that are placed one inside the other. Art Lebedev uses this popular nested doll mechanism in their nerdy Matryoshkus Nero. Matryoshkus Nero is a set of Matryoshka… [More]

Naughty Matryoshkas - Stripping + Nude Matryoshka

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the Matryoshka dolls. Their funny style, vibrant colors, handpainted design and the mechanism of opening these Russian dolls to find another one and another one. Granted,… [More]

Stylish Slavic Stackers - Russian Dolls In Fashion (GALLERY)

Russian dolls are fashionable? Da, darling! “No matter what you call them- Matryoshka, Babushka, nesting dolls or Russian dolls, the fact is they’re here and it looks like they’re here to stay,” Modish… [More]

Social Acceptance Dolls

Fulla the Muslim Barbie: Best Selling Girl’s Toy in the Arab World

”SHE is the must-have toy this festive season, flying off the shelves. But the season in question is Eid al-Adha next month, not Christmas. Santa Claus means nothing to her.
Fulla, the Muslim doll, is… [More]

Muslim Barbie Alternative - Salma Dolls (VIDEO)

In her frustration to find a modestly-dressed doll in toy stores, Indonesian Muslim mother Sukmawati Suryaman began designing a Barbie-like doll. Suryaman dressed the dolls conservatively; she didn’t want… [More]

Orthodox Jewish Prayer Barbie

Remember last December when we found Fulla the Muslim Barbie?  Well it didn’t take long for the Orthodox Jewish Prayer Barbie to follow.  It’s all good, but I’ve already ordered the Vincent Van Gogh Action… [More]

Toys to Teach Acceptance - Down Syndrome Dolls (GALLERY)

In an effort to make a doll to fit every possible human condition, Down Syndrome Dolls attempt to replicate the unmistakable look of a child with Down Syndrome. 5,000 children are born with the condition… [More]

Other (Mostly Bizarre) Dolls

Sex Dolls For Dogs (GALLERY)

Is your dog always trying to hump your leg?  Are you always trying to peel your pooch off child and guests?  Well, maybe its time to get your dog its own sexdoll.  Gizmodo noted, “It’s shaped like a dog… [More]

Barbie Doll Comes With Plastic Poop

This week we learned that Poop dolls are surging in popularity.  Well, you can’t expect the most popular doll franchise to just sit still and not get in on the action.  The new Barbie comes with a little… [More]

Insect Dolls - Toddlerpedes (GALLERY)

Toddlerpedes is a collection of totally creepy and bizarre sculptures by artist Jon Beinart that are made using body parts from baby dolls. Beinart started making creatures from doll torsos, limbs and… [More]

Weightlifting with Japanese Dolls – Kokeshi Dumbbell (GALLERY)

In Japan, you can lift dolls instead of weights. Kokeshi are Japanese dolls, handmade from wood with a simple trunk and an enlarged head with a few thin, painted lines to define the face. The body has… [More]

Conversational Pod Babies – Unazokin Dolls (GALLERY)

Unazokin dolls are excellent listeners! The Japanese designs have quickly become the desk-topping figuring of choice in London. The egg shaped fairy sculptures shake and nod as you speak to them, making… [More]

Gen Pets – Living Dolls

Has the world gone mad? This latest invention might see you nodding in violent agreement. Bio-Genica is a Bioengineering Company that has combined, and modified existing DNA to create Genpets - living,… [More]

Barbie Going Through a Midlife Crisis

After nearly half a century of vamping up store shelves with her buxom chest and wasp waist, Barbie, the world’s favourite doll is slowly but inescapably ... going out of style. The golden locks are… [More]

Runaway Bride Dolls

Runaway Bride bobblehead dolls disappeared from Duluth, Georgia just as fast as the real thing. The dolls seem to have been inspired by a real runaway bride from the same town who made headlines last year.… [More]

Doll Pieces as Jewelry

Recycling Retro Pop Culture For Modern Jewelry - Earrings Made of Doll Eyes

There’s a country song that goes, “I got tears in my ears from lying on my back crying over you.” Now you can have eyes on your ears without the tears. These funky earrings are made from the eyes of… [More]

More Barbie Handmade Pop Culture - (Followup) (GALLERY)

Margaux Lange has expanded her line of handmade Barbie jewelry to include tiny Barbie ears and hand. She has added a mouth pin, and necklace to complement her ring. The jewelry is fine handwork but with… [More]

Barbie Ring - Handmade Pop Culture

How could you look at this cute little ring and not give a smile? A Barbie doll with bright red lips is encased in the ring surrounded by a bright red. It’s sterling silver with an oxidized finish and… [More]

Lifesize & Naughty Dolls

Life-Size Anime - Japanese Doll Obsession (GALLERY)

Shibuya & Akihabara in Japan are a veritable smorgasbord of anime goodness at every turn. At AsoBitCity in Akihabara, there is no exception to the rule.  Robots, action figures, dolls...ah the dolls.  How… [More]

World Cup Fever - Buy a 5 Foot Inflatable Doll

Nothing comes close to World Cup Fever. The kind of hysteria generated by the World Cup is unprecedented and for good reason. Monster upsets, drama, breathtaking goals, sheer brilliance of individual players,… [More]

Customizable Dolls for Adults - Asian Ball Joint Dolls Looks So Real (GALLERY)

There’s nothing childish about these fully poseable, anatomically correct dolls, known by serious collectors as ABJD – Asian Ball Joint Dolls. Handcast from resin, which give them a life-like, almost… [More]

Alien Love Dolls - Area 51 Love Doll

If you fantasize about doing it with an alien and the idea of three breasts, “kitty-kat” shaped mouth, blue skin, ass-shaped ears and suction cup fingers (!?) is what floats your boat, then we have the… [More]

Fake Intimacy (Part IV) - iDollators

This is our fourth feature on Real Doll subculture, or what we’ve deemed “fake intimacy.” The latest term to refer to someone in a romantic relationships with a love doll is an “iDollator.” We may have… [More]

Sex Toys That Climax - Honey Doll Moans When Pleasured (GALLERY)

Just because you’re alone and living in mom’s basement, doesn’t mean you aren’t a sensitive guy. You want to give pleasure to your partner—even if she’s a sex doll. New love dolls have built-in sensors… [More]

Naughty Dollies - Lita The Burlesque Plush Doll (GALLERY)

Claiming to be a doll for adults who like burlesque does not change the fact that the only people who are going to want this doll are little kids. And what do little kids do when they get a new toy? They… [More]

Rent a Sex Doll in Japan

Realistic silicon dolls are almost everywhere.  Perhaps even in your closest sex shop.  However, in southern Tokyo you can find these dolls are not for sale but for RENT! Doll No Mori (Forest of Dolls)… [More]

Creepy Dolls

The “It’s Only Fun When Someone Loses an Eye” Pencil Sharpener (Halloween Special)

Remember when Halloween was about ghosts and gore and not kinky sexy mini skirts? This pencil sharpener takes me back to when times were creepier. The Sadie Pencil Sharpener from Living Dead Dolls will… [More]

Modern Voodoo Dolls (GALLERY)

Whether you need a little help in love, protection from evil ju ju or just some good old fashioned luck—a voodoo doll is a must have. Popular among young, 20-something females as a means of love coercion,… [More]

Mezco Toyz Living Dead Dolls - Fashion Victims Collection

”Q: Why didn’t my doll come with a death certificate or accessory?
A: Death certificates and accessories are hidden behind each doll. You need to remove the doll from its packaging in order to get to the… [More]

BONUS: Jeremy‘s Favourite Dolls

Pee & Poo Dolls win Design Awards

Want to buy some Pee & Poo?  Well there are a lot of other people just like you.  That’s what designer Emma Megitt learned when her Pee & Poo dolls became highly acclaimed and sold out everywhere. “When… [More]