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Fridge Pigs, Carpet Skates, Other New Toys

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7. DNA Dolls: One thing everyone remembers about Cabbage Patch Dolls — each one came with a birth certificate. That was a quaint time long ago. Now, in an age of fertility clinics, artificial insemination and cloning, we need equally sophisticated dollies that not only let children play mommy and daddy, but also genetic scientist.

As debates rage over manipulating human DNA, the Design-a-Doll Co. lets kids manipulate their dolly's "Doll-N-A" to determine the hair and eye color, physical characteristics and other traits of their plaything.

Design-a-Doll plans to open Doll Hospitals in toy stores across the country to address the growing needs of young clients, who, for whatever reason, up to now have been unable to play mommy or daddy through traditional methods.

Now, kids with dark hair don't have to answer embarrassing questions about why their Barbies are blond and they're not. With Doll-N-A, your doll resembles you — or what you'd like your toy child to look like.

Buck Wolf is entertainment producer at ABCNEWS.com. The Wolf Files is published Tuesdays. If you want to receive weekly notice when a new column is published, join the e-mail list.

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