I've explained on other pages that I have to stop offering so many items for sale, because I just can't build up stock fast enough, and to try out new ideas.  (See Toys.)  I can e-mail you a twice-yearly list of what is available--just contact me.

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5.22. Girl dressed as butterfly, 1/144 scale, bendable limbs.  [$12]

Dolls for dolls, and 1/144 people Page 1 of 4

Toys in Miniature: Frances Armstrong

What's the difference?  Well, that depends on how flexible your imagination is.  To my mind, the four on the left look like dolls, especially those without their underwear on.

To me, it's quite simple: some small people look more like dolls than others, but it's actions that count.  The ones that I''ve called lostlings, who jump away from my knife and disappear, are obviously people.

2.1.  Movable doll (thread joints).  1/2 inch to 1 inch high.  [When available, $10.]

3.2.  Movable doll in underwear, about 3/4 inch high. [ $12]

4.4.  Little girl, 1/3 inch high, fixed legs.  [$6.]

7.  Peddler doll, half an inch high.  $35.

4.1.  Kewpie-like doll, wood, 1/3 inch high or less.  [When available, $3]

This page was last updated on: August 28, 2006

The knights on the right are posed more realistically, but they are less realistic than military or railroad model people.  They don't have noses, for a start. The peddler doll (left) looks quite realistic, but then her name marks her as a doll . . . .

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These peddlers have in their baskets things like wooden dolls, a mirror, a basket of flowers, a copper kettle, a doiley, a pair of scissors and a pair of spectacles, some vases and pots and pans, a  necklace, some pieces of fabric, decorative boxes and a toy soldier These dolls are sold, but I'm making more. $35 plus postage.

I've explained on other pages that I have to stop offering so many items for sale, because I just can't build up stock fast enough, and to try out new ideas.  (See Toys.)  I can e-mail you a twice-yearly list of what is available--just contact me.

I haven't made any of these fully-jointed dolls for a long time, but they are near the top of my "to do" list. The dolls pictured below are sometimes available, but not right now  (August 2006)