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Old August 18th 08, 01:09 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Karen C in California
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Walker Family wrote:

At least the cost outlay is minor if you already have fabric scraps,
trim, small buttons or yarn.



That's part of the plan here. We have the dolls to fit them to, we have
the patterns, we have the scraps, it costs us zero and may bring in a
few bucks.

As opposed to Webkinz where we'd have to buy the dolls, search for and
pay for the patterns, and then cross our fingers that this tight-fisted
skeptical clientele is going to believe us that their grandkids own
these things they've never heard of and want clothes for them.

At least with the Barbie clothes, if they don't sell it hasn't cost us
anything but time. And, worst comes to worst, we buy a couple $3
Barbies at WalMart, bag up each one with a bunch of outfits, and toss
them in the Toys For Tots bin for the tax deduction.



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Finished 7/27/08 - MLI Christmas Visit

WIP: Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to
the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek)
Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market

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Old August 18th 08, 01:11 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Trish Brown wrote:

Oh and BTW, the whole point about the thong showing at the back is that
Kim is a 'great strapping girl' with a 'muffin top' (flesh spilling over
her waistband) and 'fadoobadas' (flesh wobbling on her upper arms).




Not in the promos for the US version, where mother and daughter are both
hotties and very difficult to tell which is supposed to be the older one.

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Finished 7/27/08 - MLI Christmas Visit

WIP: Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to
the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek)
Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market

CFSfacts -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths
Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf
Newest research blog: http://journals.aol.com/kmc528/Lifeasweknowit/
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Old August 18th 08, 01:19 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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"Karen C in California" wrote in message
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Cheryl Isaak wrote:

On 8/17/08 2:28 PM, in article , "Karen
C
in California" wrote:


Cheryl Isaak wrote:

Now - I'm going to point you in a different direction. Webkinz are the
rage
of the moment. DD loves them. They come in "Little Kinz" and "Big
Kinz". DD
loves them and actually will dress them up.


Ah, but then we've got to buy Webkinz to custom-fit them to. We already
own Barbies, and have patterns for them.



Only one of each size... $20 investment.



The point of this venture is to make money, not spend it.

Barbie is proven to be enduring, Webkinz are flavor of the month, and by
next year our $20 investment might be worthless junk and no one want to
buy what we've made for next year's sale.

Besides, most of the clientele at this thing are grannies and
great-grannies -- Barbie they will recognize, Webkinz they won't have a
clue.



Hey!! Watch what you say about Grannies! I'm a Grannie and I know all
about Webkinz! I can even go to their website, play 'Cash Cow' to earn
money and then 'buy' the little critters new cloths, furniture for their
rooms or some nutritious food!

The kids improve their computer skills and even learn that they have to
'work' to provide for their adopted family!

Mavia


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Old August 18th 08, 01:24 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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"Karen C in California" wrote in message
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Walker Family wrote:

At least the cost outlay is minor if you already have fabric scraps,
trim, small buttons or yarn.



That's part of the plan here. We have the dolls to fit them to, we have
the patterns, we have the scraps, it costs us zero and may bring in a few
bucks.

As opposed to Webkinz where we'd have to buy the dolls, search for and pay
for the patterns, and then cross our fingers that this tight-fisted
skeptical clientele is going to believe us that their grandkids own these
things they've never heard of and want clothes for them.

At least with the Barbie clothes, if they don't sell it hasn't cost us
anything but time. And, worst comes to worst, we buy a couple $3 Barbies
at WalMart, bag up each one with a bunch of outfits, and toss them in the
Toys For Tots bin for the tax deduction.



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If you can buy Barbies for $3, I suggest you run to that store and scoop
them up. You could then resell them for $12 and still be cheaper then the
cheapest ones I've seen in years.


L


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Old August 18th 08, 01:34 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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"lucretia borgia" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:19:54 GMT, "Mavia Beaulieu"
opined:


Hey!! Watch what you say about Grannies! I'm a Grannie and I know all
about Webkinz! I can even go to their website, play 'Cash Cow' to earn
money and then 'buy' the little critters new cloths, furniture for their
rooms or some nutritious food!

The kids improve their computer skills and even learn that they have to
'work' to provide for their adopted family!

Mavia

Right on ! Grannies of the World Unite !



Or for any dyslexic grannies out there--Untie !


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Old August 18th 08, 01:42 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Karen C in California
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lucretia borgia wrote:
What ??? I'm a great-grandmother and I know a Webkinz when I see it !
If I was there I definitely wouldn't buy Barbie stuff but I might
consider Webkinz.



It is a matter of knowing the clientele. Most of these would accuse us
of thinking they're gullible, trying to scam them by pushing them to buy
stuff for a toy they've never heard of.

And especially the name "Webkinz", on first hearing it, I had the image
of something that exists only online, like the web-pets that were the
big craze about 10 years ago, and I'm sure that would be the reaction of
this decidedly un-hip crowd, too. (My first thought was "So you scan
the dress into the computer and paste it over the picture of the Webkin?
Couldn't the kid just google up pictures of clothes without me paying
for it?" And when I mentioned it to Mom, who's of the same age and
background as a lot of the clientele we'll be dealing with, she had
pretty much the same idea I did, that Webkinz implied it was a cyber-toy
that doesn't exist IRL, so why should she spend her hard-earned money
buying imaginary cyber-clothes for it?)

And, frankly, having followed Cheryl's link, I would not even want to
try to explain to them the notion of putting clothes on a horse or a
tiger! They'd definitely think we've lost our marbles with that one.
Again, if I can't sell that idea to my own mother, I'm not sure I can
sell it to the clientele at this event.

If we get enough requests for Webkinz, we'll certainly consider them for
next year, but I actually think that we'd have more requests for Barbie
clothes if we only stocked Webkinz, than vice versa.

Of course, at this point, Mom/I/co-booth-holder are all at that stage
where the children we deal with are either late teens and too old for
Webkinz or babies who are too young for Webkinz. The only one in the
family who is the same age as Cheryl's DD has never mentioned them to
me, and neither has the girl who's a couple years older (nor their
mothers in suggesting birthday gifts). I'd put money on it that I am
not the only person in the world who's never heard of them.

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Finished 7/27/08 - MLI Christmas Visit

WIP: Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to
the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek)
Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market

CFSfacts -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths
Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf
Newest research blog: http://journals.aol.com/kmc528/Lifeasweknowit/
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Old August 18th 08, 01:50 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Karen C in California
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Mavia Beaulieu wrote:

I can even go to their website, play 'Cash Cow' to earn
money and then 'buy' the little critters new cloths, furniture for their
rooms or some nutritious food!

The kids improve their computer skills and even learn that they have to
'work' to provide for their adopted family!



OK, if I repeat that verbatim to this particular clientele, your
explanation is just adding to the notion that these things exist only
online and that I'm scamming people trying to get them to spend money
buying clothes for cyber-pets.

Knowing this clientele, I've got to have something better than that to
convince them to spend their hard-earned money on this stuff, and that
it's not just a fad that will be over by February. Whereas we know
Barbie's been around for 50 years and will be around for 50 more. And
she doesn't sound like a cyber-figment of someone's imagination.

Sign me
Totally Confused

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Finished 7/27/08 - MLI Christmas Visit

WIP: Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to
the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek)
Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market

CFSfacts -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths
Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf
Newest research blog: http://journals.aol.com/kmc528/Lifeasweknowit/
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Old August 18th 08, 01:57 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Karen C in California
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Lucille wrote:

If you can buy Barbies for $3, I suggest you run to that store and scoop
them up. You could then resell them for $12 and still be cheaper then the
cheapest ones I've seen in years.



These are the real basic Barbies who come with only a swimsuit. I'm
pretty sure I paid $3-4 for the ones I bought a couple months ago to
dress for Toys For Tots. I know for a fact that I would not have spent
$12 each on as many as I bought.



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Karen C - California
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Finished 7/27/08 - MLI Christmas Visit

WIP: Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to
the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek)
Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market

CFSfacts -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths
Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf
Newest research blog: http://journals.aol.com/kmc528/Lifeasweknowit/
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Old August 18th 08, 02:00 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Karen C in California
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Jangchub wrote:

That's why I asked if this was the same version. Maybe I'm getting to
GOWly, but I really can't stand to see young women with those thongs
out the back with that tatoo on the small of the back which my husband
calls a slut brand like they brand cattle.


Tramp stamp


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Finished 7/27/08 - MLI Christmas Visit

WIP: Oriental Kimono (Janlynn), MLI The Teacher (gift to
the library), Bethany Angel (Marbek)
Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel, MLI Farmers Market

CFSfacts -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths
Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf
Newest research blog: http://journals.aol.com/kmc528/Lifeasweknowit/
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Old August 18th 08, 02:25 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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lucretia borgia wrote:

What ??? I'm a great-grandmother and I know a Webkinz when I see it !
If I was there I definitely wouldn't buy Barbie stuff but I might
consider Webkinz.


And a number of kids either aren't all that into Barbie
(sales have dropped dramatically in recent years) or have parent
who discourage Barbies. Ganz doesn't release sales figures,
but Webkinz are selling through the roof according to the stores
that sell them, and earlier this year their website was running
more than 6 million unique visitors a month (playing using codes
from the toys they've bought). That's a lot of kids, and they
all have grandparents who likely know what's been on their
Christmas lists. Not to mention that the clothes that fit
Webkinz can often do double duty with other small stuffed
animals (and what kid doesn't have boatloads of stuffed
animals lying around?). Honestly, I haven't seen Barbies
on a kid's wish list in ages, and I have a kid in the right
age group. Mine has some Barbies, but they were all gifts
and not something she plays with or asks for. Webkinz, on
the other hand....

Best wishes,
Ericka
 




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