Groovy Girls: cute, durable - and doomed?!
Categories: Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Teens & tweens, Toys & games
I was reading Karen Walrond's latest post about
Barbie sales being off, and was pleased to see a comment by Mary
suggesting that parents ditch the Barbies in favor of Groovy Girls. I have to say, I second that emotion. We have an
ass-ton of Groovy Girls at our house, and the kids love them. As Mary noted, they're plush and neatly dressed, but
don't contain the ridiculously disproportionate curves of Mattel's mainstay. Another benefit? Since they're not
composed of detachable parts like Barbies, they're extremely durable. At this point, nearly every Barbie we own looks
like a survivor of Hiroshima; there are hardly any left not missing at least once body part. (And we have a few that
look like they could star in a remake of Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His
Gun.) Not one of the Girls, however, has come undone in the 6 years we've been buying them. Sadly, this post may be coming too late: It looks like all of the Groovy Girls for sale at Imaginarium Online are out of stock. Is this just a temporary glitch - or is it the swan song for America's favorite alterna-doll? I've sent email to the manufacturer, Manhattan Toy Company, to try and get to the bottom of this. In the meantime, if you can't find them in stock elsewhere, you can always pick up plenty of Groovy Girls stuff on eBay.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
StephanieS 1-31-2006 @ 7:39PM
Good God, I hope not! My daughter loves the Groovy Girls! I'm just going to choose to beleive that they're out or stock due to unforseen demand, not because they're (GASP!) discontinuing them.
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Melissa 1-31-2006 @ 8:03PM
Well, they're still at Target: http://www.target.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc_pgc_r_2_1_13887101_2/601-8537230-8919335?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=13987501
Oh, and at Manhattan Toys' own website:
http://store.manhattantoy.com/dr/v2/ec_Main.Entry17c?SID=48105&SP=10024&CID=0&PID=&PN=29&V1=31047280&V2=31047280&CUR=840&DSP=&PGRP=0&ABCODE=&CACHE_ID=0
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Mark Eidsness 1-31-2006 @ 9:08PM
I just returned from the Gift Show in New York, and the Manhattan Toys booth was packed with new Groovy Girls gear. My guess is that some retailers are just clearing out last year's inventory. I actually popped into their booth just to thank them for Groovy Girls - it seems to be the only line of non-sluttly dolls out there.
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Mary 2-01-2006 @ 9:16AM
You scared me! I am a steady consumer of Groovy Girls - and Boys - as I routinely give them out as gifts to the daycare kids. But if you've just created a surge in demand, that's all good. I love these things!
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momma2mingbu 2-15-2006 @ 5:10PM
I know our local Target is still carrying them. They are probably clearing out for a new batch of dolls to be released.
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Mom_to_Al 4-04-2006 @ 12:45PM
Definitely not going "out". Having just purchased two used Groovies at a consignment sale to add to my daughter's Gwen, I've been doing some online looking. There are new ones every year, holiday ones, special editions, tons of clothes, accessories, et cetera.
I particularly liked Genius Babies GG shop http://www.geniusbabies.com/groovy-girls.html and IQKids at http://www.iqkids.com/groovygirls.html . Check 'em out, parents. They are also available at Target online. Independent, non-chain retailers are also a good bet.
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