By now, most people have read how nesting dolls originated and how they are all hand painted by very particular artists using very small brushes to make an entire set come to life. All that is great but I wanted to explore some rather odd ideas for a nesting doll set that I am not sure have been created (this could be a great idea for someone with an artistic flare who can bring a couple of these sets to life for us). I have been studying this concept for quite some time and am now ready to announce these ideas to the world – here we go.

My original and perhaps best idea is to develop a set of dolls around great TV families. Families that we grew up with, that are a little bit nostalgic but who would also be very recognizable are the types I am speaking about. I would start with the Brady Bunch and include the Mom and Dad, Alice and the 6 kids in one set. I think that dolls nesting set could become a top selling line and would serve to honor what is probably the number one family of that generation. The next family to be enshrined in a set of nesting dolls would be the Partridge family. I would include the band manager, Rueben Kincaid, to be sure that there were enough dolls to make a complete set. The Clampett family of Beverly Hillbillies would be next and I would be sure to have a doll made out of the likenesses of Miss Hathaway and the banker to round out the set.

I would then progress to the greatest sports teams of all times. I would include a couple sets of Roger Maris and the Yankees, maybe another with the Los Angeles Lakers when they were winning all those championships, and maybe another of the best team to have played baseball in Cincinnati the Big Red Machine, since many people in the Midwest would probably love a set and they are my favorite team of all-time.

I would also include a hall-of-fame set where you might be able to take your favorite sport and have dolls that look like a set of a couple of years of hall-of-fame inductees. I think these would also sell well because a doll set could be made for every season and sport, so there are lots of great groups to select from to start sets.

My next group to do would be unique to corporate groups such as a team of corporate executives. This may sound a little corny but I think thatmost corporate leadership teams would buy a set made up of themselves, especially after they have had a good year. This one may be working from the fringe, but I think there are lots of items in popular culture that are not being done at the moment that could be good for tine nesting doll industry and be fun for the people who are in the sets.