How often do new dolls come out?
In years past, Madeline dolls were generally introduced a few times a year. Special limited edition holiday dolls were usually released in August or September and were only available for a short time period. Other versions were introduced throughout the year and available all year long. Spring Time and Winter versions were manufactured many years ago in limited production runs. But since the dot com bust of the late 1990s things have changed. It is our understanding that the original manufacturer, Eden, extended too much credit to companies which suddenly went bankrupt during the dot com bust (such as etoys.com) and in turn, Eden went bankrupt as well. Eden was purchased by Learning Curve, which in turn was purchased by RC2 (which is a company that focuses on mass market products rather than specialty products such as Madeline dolls). Thus, RC2 slowly eliminated Madeline products from their product mix in the early 2000s. In 2007 Madame Alexander took over production of Madeline dolls.
