Last week at FAO Schwarz in New York, the Radio City Rockettes helped the Madame Alexander Doll Company unveil a special limited edition holiday doll which is being sold exclusively through FAO Schwarz. The doll, Candy Cane Rockette, is a 9 inch doll dressed in a candy cane Rockette outfit, and she is being offered for a special price of $39.99. This year, Madame Alexander also has introduced the Reindeer 1999 Rockette, Rag Doll 2007 Rockette Cissette and Shine 2007 Rockette Cissy to its kick line of Radio City Rockette dolls. Madame Alexander is the only manufacturer of licensed Radio City Rockette collectible dolls.Photo © 2008 Sarah Jaye Weiss
Can it be only two years since the TMX Elmo mania hit for Christmas? Well...time flies, and this year, one of the hottest toys is again an Elmo doll--a joking, dancing, singing Elmo, Live doll, to be precise. But, is the nearly $70 price tag justified? Read more in my 
In spite of controversy over the effects of hidden bidders on the health of eBay auctions, eBay has decided to extend their hidden bidder system and hide winning bidders on all auctions (only sellers will be able to see the ID of a winning bidder). I'm not a fan of hiding bidders, as I think it ruins the community aspects of bidding in collecting communties such as ours, and i think it facilitates shill bidders. Check out