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Angelina gets all dolled up

Over the weekend, I read (with some interest) that an Angelina Jolie doll sold for $4,300 on eBay. The doll’s creator, artist Noel Cruz, has also made replica dolls of Johnny Depp and Nicole Kidman, but the tiny Angelina is so accurate it’s freaky. Check it out:

Why does this interest me? It might surprise you to learn that I played with dolls when I was a kid. However, back in my day, the celebrity clone doll was a fairly new concept reserved for icons like Cher and, uh, Donny and Marie Osmond.

My Cher doll was top-of-the-line, the kind whose hair you could change from black to blonde by delicately twisting her scalp in circles. I think my parents could only afford one top tier doll for me because, instead of getting a Donny and Marie doll, I got a doll of their lesser known little brother, Jimmy Osmond. The fact that I can’t even find a picture of the Jimmy doll anywhere on the internet says something about its popularity.

I also liked to play with my neighbors’ Star Wars action figures. This was back when Star Wars was all about Luke, Leia and Han, so the most popular figures were replicas of actors Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford. I never owned the dolls myself, but at some point, I talked my parents into buying me a bottle of shampoo in Princess Leia’s likeness. (You unscrewed her head and poured out the shampoo.) I’m still fond of Carrie Fisher, I’m going to see her one-woman show this week. If only I still had that shampoo bottle — and a Sharpie.

As the years went on, celebrity dolls and action figures became plentiful. I’ve seen Britney Spears dolls, Christina Aguilera dolls, Spice Girls dolls — having your own action figure is now just a part of being famous.

Oh, but it was all so much simpler when I was a kid. My Cher doll and my Jimmy Osmond doll were happy together. I know this because they were constantly making out. Still, I can’t help but wonder: If my Cher doll had to compete with an Angelina Jolie doll and a Britney Spears doll, would she have been able to hold on to Jimmy?

What about you? Did you play with celebrity dolls? Do you own any now as an adult?

SportyAllison's picture

This is embarassing... but

This is embarassing... but I still have quite a few of my "action figures" as I called them as a young tomboy who "didn't play with dolls."

My favorites are still my Scary Spice (Mel B) doll and Uncle Jessie from Full House. They, too, made out a lot.

(But not as much as my Ashley Olsen doll and Skipper. ) 

 

 

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Catt M's picture

I had a Michael Jackson doll.

One year, for Christmas, my grandpa gave all of the young girls in our family, Michael Jackson dolls lol.  This was back during the Thriller days, when he still looked human.

Man, I wish I still had that doll.  I bet it would be worth something now.

GustavChristoff's picture

Jayne Cobb

I totally have a Jayne action figure from Firefly, he comes with four guns, a knife, and a grenade
Brave_Little_Toaster's picture

Awesome!

I love Buffy, Angel and Firefly but I only have an Anya action figure (Once More With Feeling style). Are you a Whedonite, too?
Melissa Hsu's picture

ummmm....

well, i still have all of my barbies. all. of. them. nope, nuh uh, can't think of ne dolls at all. :).

purrito >' '<

Steph's picture

90210

the celeb dolls i played with were my 90210 dolls hahahah i had all of them (Brandon, Luke, Kelly, Brandon, and Donna (although i always kept her out of the fun).

the other dolls i had (but kept in the box) were Britney Spears, The Spice Girls, and Jo from S Club 7
Smashley!! O_o's picture

I used to have a Britney

I used to have a Britney Spear's doll that i think i played with a lot but I can't remember. i also had Mary Kate and Ashley dolls that i barely played with at all. I had a pocahontas doll and many, many barbies. :P
Kaytiana's picture

That doll is so

That doll is so prettiful!!  I want it!!  I covet the doll soo badly!!
Serendipity's picture

Kate Winslet

Dudes not gonna lie I have two Kate Winslet (Titanic style!!) barbie dolls in mint condition in my room =)
ladydawn's picture

Angelina Jolie made into a doll?

 I am absolutely in LOVE with this woman, but would i spend *checks price* $4,300 for it? I mean, if I had the money to just spend of COURSE I would but seeing as I am incapable of such things right now, I am content in just staring at her in magazines, in movies, and watch her do interviews :)

"Once you seep in under my skin, there's nothing in this world that could wash you away."

ForTheLoveOfFire's picture

wow

my first thought when i saw the angelina doll was Grandma's Boy

>.<

I never played with dolls, I've always found them creepy. I was always a stuffed animal kind of kid.

jordan-writes's picture

I totally thought of

I totally thought of Grandma's Boy too!
ForTheLoveOfFire's picture

lol

i saw how the doll was laying positioned on the couch thing and my first thought was "oh no" and then the entire i can't stop cumming scene played in my head

>.<

moox6's picture

Britney Hoffa

I fear this is horribly, horribly wrong.  

In the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of college I lived in a small apartment with a close friend.  One ridiculous day, when we were at KB Toys for no apparent reason, I spontaneously bought a Britney Spears plastic doll/action figure.  I took her home to my apartment which was across the street from a new building where a construction company was pouring the cement parking lot.  This gave me a brilliant idea.  I got a dixie cup full of cement and stuck Britney's feet in and let it dry.  I peeled off the paper and tied Britney's hands with a garbage twist tie and made another into a gag.   She then met her final end at the bottom of our fish tank.

Sometime during sophomore year we discovered that our fish, My Fish (that was it's name), had been eating Britney's clothes.  I guess that wasn't very nutritious because one day he swam directly into a plant, flipped upside-down, and died.  It was mostly sad and a little funny.  But mostly sad. 

 

 

Angelina is awesome. 

IndustrialGirl's picture

i used to have New Kids On

i used to have New Kids On The Block dolls *hides*

 

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Tea&amp;Toast's picture

I was never a fan of

I was never a fan of dolls, but my mum used to buy me them all the time, to try and stop me from playing football and be more girlie haha. She bought me like tons of Barbies but instead I used to cut off all their hair :) Apparently I used to disimbody them aswell, but I have no recolection of this...at all...honest.

But I do remember having this Jo from S Club 7 doll that I loved :) I had a huge crush on her but I didn't realise it until years later haha. I also had Sporty Spice doll. I used to pretend that Sporty Spice and Jo were "special friends" :)

Ahh, good times.

 

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Serafer's picture

Didn't have a single doll

Didn't have a single doll when I was kid. Instead, my dad would get me those Meccano toys . Lol Since then, I liked building things. ;)
sundancer's picture

dolls

i never had a celebrity doll. i only had the regular barbie and cindy and i had a few different outfits for them. i used to play them with one of my older friends, who had a huge barbie collection - complete with the caravan/car/house thing... one of them anyway. :) those were fun times.

oh, and i also had a GI Joe.

karina's picture

Cher

As a kid, I only had the regular Barbie, too. But my gf just gave me a Cher doll! Now I don't know if I keep Cher in the box or set her free :)
Lovely Linda's picture

Dolls, Dolls, Dolls

Wasn't that a Sabrina-song? Never mind... I've got two Wacko Jacko-dolls, but I don't know where. I think they're hiding in a box after my moving. It kind of scary, I don't know where they are, but they might come to live at night and scare the hell out of me! Aaaargh

I'm not into that Angelina-doll. Does anyone know when they're gonna doll up Liz Feldman? Preferably with a gaysword and a voice-chip. That when you touch her best boob forward, you'll hear things like "You're so Gay!", "Let's have 7 minutes in heaven!", "Let's make finger-baby's!" and "Please touch my V-Hole"

http://www.youtube.com/LovelyLindaLog 

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mPod's picture

When I was younger...

I mostly stuck to action figures (I had the entire Ninja Turtles collection) but my mom insisted on buying me Barbies, so they played with the turtles. I'm pretty sure that April and Skipper had a (height-appropriate) relationship... though it now comes to my attention that it may not have been altogether age-appropriate...

As of now, the only real action figure I own is one of Xander the ice cream vendor from the Buffy episode 'Restless'... he even came with a little plate of cheese, I love it :)

Amato13's picture

I had a Brooke Shields doll...

I chewed her toes off.  I don't know what that says about me...