This great offer from My Twinn is only good until January, 23, 2012, but if you were thinking of getting a friend doll for your My Twinn doll, a big sister for your American Girl dolls or just wanted your first My Twinn doll, now it the perfect time to do it!

My Twinn Adopt-a-Friend dolls are 50% off – which makes them $49 right now.

The other nice thing about the Adopt-a-Friend dolls is that they are already made – you get to pick one from existing stock that matches your general specifications – and it looks like they just added new stock.

If you are wondering how big My Twinn dolls are compared to American Girl dolls – check out this post.

UPDATED!! Scroll down to see who won!

The My Twinn doll company was one of the first (if not the first) company that let buyers truly customize the doll they purchase. You can still send in a photo of your child and have a custom doll made to order, or you can use the new My BFF interactive doll builder and create a doll that is all your own.

For the past two years, the My Twinn company has sponsored a giveaway for one of their dolls on DollDiaries.com and I am happy to announce they are giving one of our readers the chance to win again this year! Read on to find out how!

The new MyBFF virtual doll builder is a fun new addition to the My Twinn line. The dolls are still the same as the classic My Twinn dolls – meaning they are 23″ tall (here’s how big MyTwinn is compared to American Girl dolls) with soft bodies, vinyl faces and posable limbs. The dolls are $149 and are true heirloom quality.

I went to the MyBFF doll builder and had fun making a few prototype dolls. You can pick face molds, skin color, eye color, makeup, hair styles, hair colors, pick her outfit and even pick extras like glasses or pierced ears. The doll shown above is one of the girls I made – I think I may need another red haired doll because I just kept coming back to it over and over.

Cyber Week Special!! Spend $100 and get $100 in free goods!

And the winner is…. Jen! Thanks to all who entered. We have more giveaways on the way – check the sidebar for current giveaways.

What We Are Giving Away

• The prize is a gift certificate good for one (1) My Twinn doll (classic My Twinn or custom My BFF) made to the winner’s specifications valued at $149 (as available from the My Twinn website). Please note, My Twinn dolls take a few weeks to create so depending on when the winner orders the doll, it may not be ready by Christmas.

How To Enter

• Go to the My Twinn website (www.mytwinn.com) and click through to the My BFF creator . Have fun creating a virtual doll or two and then come back here to leave a comment. In your comment, let us know what your custom My BFF looks like.
• Get bonus entries by letting your friends know about our giveaway. Get one extra entry for each of the following:
  • Post about it on your own blog, in a forum or share it with your friends on Facebook
  • Give a shout out on Twitter (we are @DollDiaries)
  • Like DollDiaries on Facebook
  • Like My Twinn on Facebook
• Come back and leave a second comment telling us where you shared it.

Rules

• Leave your comment(s) no later than midnight December 4, 2011.
• Make sure your email address is right. We only use it to contact the winner and we will NEVER share it or publish it.
• You must be 18 or older to enter. If you are under 18, just ask your parent, grandparent, favorite aunt or uncle to enter for you!
• This giveaway is only open to US & Canadian addresses.
• We will be using the “And the winner is” plugin to select one (1) winner at random.

**Disclosure – we were not compensated for hosting the giveaway, however, some of the My Twinn links on this page are affiliate links and we were given a My Twinn doll in the past to review.

I’m so excited to see that our friends at My Twinn have given their website a brand new look making it a lot easier to create a custom doll, find vintage friend dolls, My Twinn clothes, accessories and furniture. And right now you can get everything on their site for 10% off using the NEWMT11 code.

If  you are considering getting someone special a custom 23″ MyTwinn doll for the holidays, this is the perfect time to do it. Not only will you have plenty of time to get the order in and the doll made – they take 4-6 weeks to produce – you can save 10% off the price, too.

What do you think of the new My Twinn website?

If you have been thinking about getting a My Twinn Adopt a Friend doll, now is the time to do it! Through March 28, 2011 you can get a My Twinn 23″ doll from the Adopt a Friend line for $59 – they are regularly $99 – which makes it a really nice price. And, even better – buy 2 of the Adopt a Friend dolls for $99 which makes it essentially a buy one get one free offer!

The Adopt-a-Friend dolls are not custom made for you, but rather dolls from My Twinn’s existing stock. You can search for dolls based on eye color, skin tone, hair color and other features so you can get the doll that fits your criteria.

UPDATED 11/27/11 – We have a new My Twinn Giveaway going on right now! Click here to enter to win your own My Twinn doll.

Congratulations to our winner – Lisa B.!

Last year we hosted a My Twinn custom doll giveaway right before Christmas and it was a huge hit. The  My Twinn company has chosen Doll Diaries to do another giveaway for one of their custom dolls again this year.

For years, My Twinn has been delivering the magic of dolls by giving you the ability to choose every detail of the doll’s face and hair resulting in a 23″ Twinn of your child. Each doll’s face is hand crafted and it takes 4 weeks to make these high-quality, keepsake dolls. The soft-bodied dolls have harder vinyl limbs and and come dressed ready to play. Read our full review of the My Twinn dolls for even more reasons why we think they are special!

In addition to the beautiful line of My Twinn custom dolls, they have one of a kind friend dolls (Adopt-a-Friend), baby dolls, a full line of outfits, furniture and accessories to really bring the dolls to life and increase the play value of them as well.

So, I bet you or a doll fan in your life would LOVE to have a My Twinn doll to call her own! Enter now to win!!

What We Are Giving Away

• The prize is one (1) custom My Twinn doll made to the winner’s specifications valued at $149 (as available from the My Twinn website).

How To Enter

• Go to the My Twinn The Just Like Me Doll: (www.mytwinn.com) web site and take a look around. Do some virtual shopping and come back here to leave a comment. In your comment, let us know what outfits, furniture or doll you like best or tell us why your special girl would love to have her own Twinn.
• Get bonus entries by letting your friends know about our giveaway. Get one extra entry for each of the following:
  • Post about it on your own blog, in a forum or share it with your friends on Facebook
  • Give a shout out on Twitter (we are @DollDiaries)
  • Like DollDiaries on Facebook
  • Like My Twinn on Facebook
• Come back and leave a second comment telling us where you shared it.

Rules

• Leave your comment(s) no later than midnight November 18, 2010.
• You must use your real name and email address in the comment form below – don’t put your email address in the comment itself. If you don’t we can’t contact in the event that you win.
• If you are under 14, you need to get a parent’s permission to enter.
• We will be using Random.org to select one (1) winner.

**Disclosure – we were not compensated for hosting the giveaway, however, some of the My Twinn links on this page are affiliate links and we were given a My Twinn doll to review in a separate article.

If you read my post a few days ago about the trend among doll manufacturers to make dolls taller to keep girls interested in playing with them longer, you will know that one of the reasons is to help girls relate to their dolls as equals or best friends. The My Twinn doll company has known that all along! Their line of custom, soft-bodied vinyl dolls stand 23″ tall and have the features and fashions of the girls who are playing with them – girls ages 6-12.

My  Twinn recently sent us one of their Adopt-a-Friend dolls to review. The My Twinn Adopt-a-Friend dolls are meant to be companion dolls or best friends to a My Twinn custom doll. When ordering from My Twinn you can choose to order a custom doll or you may pick from one of the hundreds of friend dolls that are already made. Not knowing which Adopt-a-Friend doll we were getting, I was absolutely thrilled when I opened the box and found this brown haired, brown eyed beauty dressed in a snowflake themed hoodie, jeans and tennis shoes. She is gorgeous!

My daughter immediately named her Rochelle and took her off to explore the house. Rochelle has soft, long, brown hair which is perfect for girls who like to spend their time practicing hair styles on their dolls.

The other thing I noticed immediately about the MyTwinn doll is their bodies are different from the jointed dolls I am used to. The MyTwinn doll bodies are soft and the hard vinyl does not start until just above their elbows and right above the knees. The dolls are very poseable, just in a different way from American Girl dolls (who are jointed at the shoulder and hip).

The My Twinn dolls have very realistic facial features and if you order one of their custom dolls, you can have the dolls match your daughter (or granddaughter, niece, best friend – you get the idea) all the way down to the freckle or birthmark. The dolls’ faces are created individually by artisans and there is an amazing level of detail all the way down to the twinkle in her eye.

My daughter LOVES dolls and usually forms some sort of connection with every doll she adds to her collection, however, I could tell immediately that she has put this doll, Rochelle into a different category. She is in Natalie’s “Best Friend Club” – meaning Rochelle will get to go places with her, watch TV with her and be treated more like a friend rather than just a doll.

My Twinn also has a large selection of matching outfits for dolls and girls – everything from fancy dresses to classic casual wear – making an outing for your daughter and her “best friend” doll even more fun! Right now they are running a promotion that if you buy the My Twinn bunkbed you can get the Adopt-a-Friend doll for $50 (regularly $99) or if you buy a custom doll and the bunkbed you get the Adopt-a-Friend doll for FREE ($99 savings) – which is a great deal, especially if you are buying for two girls this Christmas.

Another difference between the My Twinn Adopt-a-Friend and the My Twinn Just Like Me (also known as their custom doll) is the time it takes for your order to arrive. The custom dolls are made just for you so they need to be ordered 4 weeks in advance where as new Adopt-a-Friend dolls are being made every week and are available for immediate shipping.

And to answer a very common question – how big are My Twinn dolls compared to American Girl dolls or other 18″ doll lines?  My Twinn dolls are considerably taller than their American Girl “cousins” which means they really can’t share clothes! But, I hear they all get along just fine

So, if you have now fallen in love with the My Twinn dolls like we have, go check out their site and We have a new My Twinn Giveaway going on right now! Click here to enter to win your own My Twinn doll.

A custom My Twinn Doll is the Perfect Holiday Gift for the special girl in your life. The My Twinn doll is a true keepsake gift that will bring years of enjoyment to any doll fan. The My Twinn dolls are 23″ tall and are created after the purchaser goes through an 11 step process that will give the My Twinn artisans all the information they need to make your doll one of a kind. Due to the fact that the dolls are hand crafted, the My Twinn dolls take up to 4 weeks to be made. In other words, if you are ordering a custom My Twinn doll for someone special for the holidays or a birthday, you need to order well in advance.

When you design your own My Twinn doll you get to choose:

• An outfit
• Skin tone
• Eye color
• Add freckles, birthmarks and/or an other beauty marks
• Hair color
• Hair length
• Hair style
• Hair texture

And then you also submit a photo of the girl you want the doll to look like so the artists can really give the doll a personal touch.

Right now My Twinn has a special offer – Get $50 in Free Goods with purchase of $99! from My Twinn The Just Like Me Doll. If you are thinking of ordering a My Twinn doll for the holidays, be sure to get your order placed by November 1st or so to ensure you have the doll in time for the holidays.

The photo above is from Wombat Lullaby on Flickr. For more photos of My Twinn dolls, search for My Twinn on Flickr or check out some of our posts on My Twinn – especially how they measure in comparison to American Girl dolls.

I meant to post this earlier in the week, but My Twinn is having a sale on some of their doll furniture until July 16, 2010. Select doll furniture is 20% off - including the Doll’s Contemporary Chair and Ottoman (above), Contemporary Nightstand, Contemporary Table and Chairs, Classic Chair, Classic Table and Chairs, Classic Vanity, My Twinn Doll Rocking Chair, and the Butterfly Canopy set for Girls. No code necessary.

Quick! If you have a My Twinn doll, their outfits are on sale for 20% off for just a few more days. Use the coupon code MT122809 and receive 20% off My Twinn apparel.

The My Twinn site has some really great deals on doll outfits right now! There are nine outfits that were originally $20 that you can get for $10 with the following code: 92SS729. I think the Party Perfection dress is too cute!  And what about the Girl & Doll Holiday stocking for $2.00 – you can not beat that! The coupon is good through December 14, 2009 so you have to act pretty quickly.

They do have a value outfit section which has outfits that are 25% off the original price. These have already been marked down.