Written By: Ken HulseySource: Flickr
One week to the day after Fukada Kyoko paraded out in her sexy Doronjo costume the Hasbro company has released photos of a brand-new doll modeled after the character.
The new doll is part of the companies "Miss Blythe" line that is for sale only in Japan.
Looks pretty cool huh!
Honestly I really don't know very much about dolls and I know very little about the origins of this particular doll.
I did, however, go online and look up the history of "Blythe" dolls. This comes from Wikipedia:
Blythe is a doll created in 1972 by designer Allison Katzman with the now-defunct U.S. toy company Kenner. Reportedly, she was modelled after drawings by Margaret Keane, similarly to many other dolls of the '60s and '70s. Her most distinctive and notable feature were eyes that changed color with the pull of a string attached to the back of her head. Due to a lack of interest, Blythe dolls were only sold for one year in the U.S. (produced in Hong Kong), during 1972.
I also learned that in 1999 CWC International persuaded Hasbro to begin producing the dolls again after a huge demand was created by a retro Japanese commercial that featured the original "Blythes".
The dolls have been big sellers in Japan ever since.
See Also: Fukada Kyoko Shows Off Her Sexy Doronjo Costume / Kyoko Fukuda Cast As Yatterman's Nemesis Doronjo / Saki Fukuda Cast In Yatterman / Sho Sakurai To Play Yatterman
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