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Шаблон:Infobox company Götz Puppenmanufaktur InternationalШаблон:Efn (often referred to as Götz Puppenfabrik or Goetz) is a German toy manufacturer, founded in Rödental, Germany, in 1950. This company was recognized internationally for their doll lines. Marianne and Franz Götz were the founders of Götz Puppenfabrik.[1] The company is known to have inspired the classic face mold of the American Girl doll line, back when the doll line was owned by Pleasant Rowland.[2]

History Timeline

1950: Götz Puppenfabrik was founded in 1950, by Marianne and Franz Götz. Franz Götz personally sold and delivered the dolls to their first customers. Götz built the dolls out of papier-mâché initially.[1]

1957: The doll parts were produced using the first model of the rotation-molding machine.[1]

1964: The first reproductions of Sasha Morgenthaler's original artist dolls were manufactured.[1]

1986: Pleasant Rowland, the creator of American Girl, used the model of a Götz branded doll when she presented her idea to create Pleasant Company.[2]

1987: An American secondary branch location of the company was created in Baldwinsville, New York.[1]

1989: Carin Lossnitzer's and Sylvia Natterer's artist dolls were reproduced, leading to an increased consumer base.[1]

1990: A Hungarian and Budapest production center and secondary location were built.[1]

1992: The doll company was given the "Spiel Gut" award.[1]

1994: A Hungarian retail franchise was founded.[1]

1997: Götz Puppenfabrik partnered with Pampolina, another doll company. A doll-and-child clothing line was released, in which children can wear the same outfits as their dolls.[1]

1999: The second generation, Götz Family Anke Götz-Beyer and Uwe Beyer, claimed the corporation management.[1] In Radisson, an American franchise and manufacturing plant of Goetz Dolls Inc. (another name for the company) was opened.[3]

2000: Götz Puppenfabrik received the licensing of "Unser Sandmännchen."[1]

2003: Due to the declining popularity, the final shipment of Götz Puppenfabrik dolls were ordered in Radisson.[4]

2005: A partnership was formed with the Margarethe Steiff GmbH company. The company was given the license, "Hase Felix," in conjunction with the release of a doll from the film, "Felix - Ein Hase auf Weltreise."[1]

2007: "Just Like Me" dolls were introduced as a concept.[1]

2011: "Haarwerk," a toy collection of cosmetics with styling heads, an enlarged version of the doll head that cuts off at the shoulders, was released.[1]

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  1. 1,00 1,01 1,02 1,03 1,04 1,05 1,06 1,07 1,08 1,09 1,10 1,11 1,12 1,13 1,14 History. (n.d.). Götz Puppenfabrik. Retrieved September 27, 2019, from https://www.goetz-puppen.de/en/home.html .
  2. 2,0 2,1 Balousek, M. (2003). Pleasant Rowland. In Famous Wisconsin Inventors & Entrepreneurs. Oregon, WI: Badger Books. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=6ath04bCE28C&pg=PA31&dq=Götz Puppenfabrik Doll Company Business Information
  3. Niedt, B. (1999, Aug 04). Goetz Dolls Up a Factory Store Maker of High-End Dolls Also Sells T.C. Timber Toys in Radisson: [FINAL EDITION]. The Post - Standard. Шаблон:ProQuest
  4. Niedt, B. (2003, Sep 25). On the Shelf; Maker of Gotz Dolls to End Manufacture; Analyst: Doll Collectors Are an Aging Market [FINAL EDITION]. The Post - Standard. Шаблон:ProQuest