It is more common for parents in Europe to buy their children Waldorf dolls, which typically cost at least $150 online. Here, fewer people know of the dolls, but those who do go crazy for them.

Paradoxically, the article also pointed out, certain Waldorf doll producers like the B.C.-based Bamboletta are in such demand that their dolls spark buying frenzies and even a hot resale market.

2000-10-30 04:00:00 PDT STATE-- The dolls in this kindergarten classroom have no faces, and plastic toys, computers and television are discouraged here and at home. In a computer-obsessed world ...