Why don’t all Sasha dolls have dark “skin”?
Because of the way the dolls were marketed, it is believed by many that Sasha’s concept in a production doll was to have the vinyl color be a blending of the world’s children. However, this was certainly not the case with her studio dolls. There were 24 different shades of “skin” color used on the studio dolls! There has also been some discussion that the decision to make the Sasha production doll a “universal” skin tone was a commercial one and not solely Sasha’s concept. In 2000, when Gotz was producing the Sasha doll, they came out with a new line of Sashas called the “Modern” line. The “Modern” dolls had very light skin, while the “Classic” line was dark. They were also a little more reasonably priced (I believe the highest I saw retailers sell them for new were around $179 here in the US)– probably Gotz realized that they needed to produce a more affordable doll, since the price of the new dolls was exceeding even the collectible Trendon dolls from the 1980’s. Many have become ups
