The Toy Shoppe Congratulates The 2012 DOTY Award Winners The annual DOTY awards are a prestigious honor in the doll world. Each year a panel of highly respected judges select the finest dolls in several unique categories. The 2012 DOTY awards were presented at the IDEX Show held at Orlando, Florida from January 26-29, 2012. The Toy Shoppe offers dolls from many of these artists including their award-winning editions. Click on the winners below to see more about their dolls.

Collectible Ball-Jointed Doll Lydia Grimmsley - Kim Lasher Winona - Connie Lowe Eryka - Kim Lasher Collectible Miniature Doll, 8 Inches or Less Little Belle Flower - Heidi Plusczok Cosette - Kish & Company Collectible Baby Doll Marei - Hildegard Gunzel Nursery Time Babies - Adora Collectible Fashion Doll Princess Catherine Bride Doll - Ashton-Drake Galleries Collectible Vinyl/Plastic Doll, Less Than $150 Grace - Sonja Hartmann Oink! - Adora Collectible Vinyl/Plastic Doll, More than $150 Lilli Princess Frog - Heidi Plusczok

Collectible Manufacturer's Artist Doll Virginia - Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski Eden - Kim Lasher Fee - Hildegard Gunzel Princess Sarah - Heidi Plusczok Suchin - Kish & Company Artist Ball Jointed Doll Chloe in Whisperland - Joe MacPhale Eppie and Arnaud - Connie Lowe Artist Doll, Less Than $1,250 Liliana - Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski Artist Doll, More Than $1,250 Blue Funky Fairy - Susan Krey Kristina - Zofia & Henry Zawieruszynski Rapunzel - Hildegard Gunzel Children's Play Doll Playtime Baby Little Princess - Adora

Doll Reader magazine, sponsor of the DOTY® award, announces 2012 DOTY winners.

Doll Reader announced the winners of its 2012 Doll of the Year® (DOTY®) Industry's Choice® awards program, which honors dolls of exceptional design and manufacture at IDEX in Orlando, Fla. Selected by a panel of industry experts, winners were entered into 15 categories this year based on edition size, medium, and price.

Doll Artist Maggie Iacono Presented With 2012 LifeTime Achievement Award by DOLLS magazine.

Maggie Iacono has been named the recipient of the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award by DOLLS magazine. Iacono, with 31 years of dedication to the craft, raises the bar of excellence for the doll industry year after year, making her an ideal pick for this year's winner.

"I am both thrilled and honored to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award," Iacono said. "Many years ago I was told by a very wise person, my father, 'Do what you love, and success and contentment will find you.' That was good advice," she said.

Iacono was presented with the award at the IDEX Premiere 2012 Debut of Dolls and DOTY Awards Banquet held at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27, 2012, in Orlando, Florida.

click here to see our selection of Maggie Iacono's dolls