The November/December 2015 issue of DOLLS features 52 four-color pages, with the winners of the 2015 Diamond Awards, voted on by DOLLS readers and our annual Holiday Gift Guide, with suggestions for collectible dolls, play dolls, and artist dolls for the people on your giving list. The cover features the licensed Wizard of Oz doll line meticulously designed by R. John Wright dolls.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

12 Characters on Parade
Creating dolls the Wright way

16 Created for Collectors

24 Dolls in Toyland

32 Artists Seasonal Creations
By Stephanie Finnegan

38 2015 Diamond Awards Public Choice
And the Winner is…

43 Miniature Stars
Ideal’s Shirly Temple dolls from the 1950’s
By A. Glenn Manderville