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Hello web heads I’m back on the look out to try and get in contact with Mr Craig Richardson. I have two businesses he may have worked at to call and see if he works there/if anyone can get me in contact with him so let’s home because I really don’t want to keep basically cyber stalking when I just want to send an email 😭

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Hiiii handful of followers I’m back on the webheads grind and am going tooo try and contact the marketing director of the company/line! He now works for an NFL alumni thing but he’s one of the people mentioned on the archived website and First Ideas as well as the Video Vegetables companies are listed on his past experience!! I would love to try and email him to see if I can get any more info on the line or what happened to the dolls that never got good pictures (and goddd ultimately I would love to get my hands on some if they’re still around!)

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Auntie Virus has Auntie Arive(d)us!!!

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Haven’t been here in awhile sorry! Been busy. But will try and get that Webmistress doll review up soon! As an update, I have officially ordered all unique webheads listings off of eBay/that I’ve been able to find in general so. There will be reviews for Baby Boy.com, Hacker, Melissa LuvBug, Cookie, and Auntie Virus on the way at some point along with my weird headcanons, relationship charts, job ideas, and more!

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computers are gay because you're always downing loads

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WEBMISTRESS ACQUIREDDDD yahOo!!!

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Ok… Would you guys rather see the full relationship chart/web first or have me start posting the beginning of the fan bios?

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Webheads Press Release, 9/11/2001 (yeah…) from the archived iwebheads.com

HWH CHOSEN TO REPRESENT NEW LINE OF COMPUTER DOLLS

Inventor of the Popular Couch Potato Doll Creates a Presence "On" the Computer and the Net

September 11, 2001- HWH Public Relations/New Media is pleased to announce it has been chosen to represent New York-based First Ideas' latest creation, The WEBHEADS. These adorable, soft plush dolls have heads that are computer monitors with screens that double as picture frames. WEBHEADS, personalized with a favorite photo, are designed to sit atop computers and are sure to become collectables for your "A" list.

First Ideas, as its name implies, has always been in the forefront of market trends with creations such as the hugely successful Couch Potato dolls, which kept millions of television viewers company while engaged in their favorite activity. The premise for the WEBHEADS is similar: colorful, fun, soft-bodied dolls with photos in their computer screen picture-frame heads, that serve as companions through the long days and nights of computer isolation. They'll give you something to smile at when you come up for air.

The WEBHEADS dolls include personalities with computer and Internet double entendre names, such as Dot e.COM, The Luv Bug, Web Surfer, Auntie Virus (who better to protect your computer from nasty infections?) and the classic Web gossip Queen, Cookie. WEBHEADS can be customized by putting your daughter's picture into Baby G-URL, your pet Fido's pic into WEB Hound, and some of you gals might even know an E-Male who communicates effortlessly, whose picture you'd like on top of your computer.

First Ideas chose HWH because of HWH's experience with other clever and successful toy and doll phenomenons, including Cabbage Patch dolls and Cabbage Patch videos; 2XL, the first interactive robot learn and play toy, developed by the renowned toy inventor Michael Freeman; and the former Leisure Concepts, run by AL Kahn, the licensor of Pokeman.

Craig Richardson, creator and CIS (Chief Idea Surfer) of First Ideas has spent years creating and developing ideas for his and other companies. Richardson sees the nearly 100 million people using computers in the United States today (over 30 million new PC's will be shipped this year alone) as evidence of a niche to fill when it comes to personalizing and creating something fun while working or surfing. Since computers are used by every age and social/ economic demographic globally there's a WEBHEADS doll for everyone.

So come on, join the fun, which WEBHEAD doll fits your personality? Visit the WebHeads Web site, at www.iwebhead.com and find out.

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Wahoo! And that’s the last bio :-) With that I present to you, the webheads favorite songs on one playlist, all as listed except Auntie Virus’s as I could not find the specific Campbell theme song available. Enjoy!

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🔌 🏝️ Webheads bios: Web Surfer

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A screenshot of Websurfer’s bio from the webheads site. It says “Bio for Websurfer” at the top. There is a picture of him below it, showing a doll with a white, bulky computer for a head, and a face of a smiling white guy with pink-lens sunglasses inserted into the picture frame screen. He has a tied up tuft of blonde hair sticking out of his head, and is wearing a blue tank top, swim shorts, and flip flops. His shirt has a design of a computer smiling and surfing on a wave via a computer mouse, and his shorts are patterned with palm trees. His bio reads as follows:

Favorite Phrase: Surfs Up Dude!

Favorite Food: Rubio’s Fish Taco’s

Favorite Website: Likes to Surf between Yahoo.com and AOL.com

Favorite Clothing: Shorts, Hawaiian Shirts, T-shirts and flip-flops

Favorite Hobbies: Hangin’ Ten on his board, Jet Skiing and relaxing with a pair of shades and some sunscreen on the beach

Favorite Song: “Surfin Safari” by The Beach Boys

Perfect for photos of your Buddies, Boyfriend, co-workers, college students and husbands

This dude is always catchin a tasty piece of information on the World Wide Web by pointing and clicking and navigating in a random way, going anywhere he wants to go at anytime. Surf’s always up for this info-bud who cruises the endless summer of the Net with nothing but his Mouseboard under foot. Cowabunga, this is one gnarly Webster, whose laid back style is the envy coast to coast.

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🔌 🦸‍♂️ Webheads bios: Webmaster

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A screenshot of Webmaster’s bio from the webheads site. It says “Bio for Webmaster” at the top. There is a picture of him below it, showing a doll with a white, bulky computer for a head, and a face of a white man with a blue mask over his eyes inserted into the picture frame screen. He is wearing a red hero suit, with a red cape, blue gloves and blue boots, and a blue belt with a mouse as the belt buckle, the wire wrapping around the left side. His boots have orange wings on each side. He also has a large logo on his chest, showing a blue globe outline overlaid by two yellow lightning bolts forming the initials ‘W’ and ‘M,’ with the words ‘Web’ and ‘Master’ above and below the logo respectively. His bio reads as follows:

Favorite Phrase: “I’ve got the whole world in my hands”

Favorite Food: “The Whopper”

Favorite Website: Britannica.com

Favorite Clothing: anything in a spandex or tights motif

Favorite Hobbies: Saving the universe, flying through the information highway, and directing content globally

Favorite Song: “I am Super Man”—by REM (Poster’s note: this song is actually ‘Superman’ by REM and is mis-titled as one of its lyrics on the site.)

Perfect for photos of your Boss, co-workers, husband, buddies and kids!

Everyone knows someone who thinks they are or actually may be a Webmaster. He is “The web super hero.” Webmaster is the king of content, the all-knowing distributor of information. The king of knowledge. "The ambassador to the World Wide Web." The “Master of Information." Webmaster is the self-described person to which all feedback and correspondence must be sent. He has little fear and wishes to make the Web a better world for us all.

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The webheads are really interesting to me because of the niche they occupy as a product- in my opinion, their actual function and the way they're marketed (pun-heavy, quite old fashioned copy) would appeal more to older people, and yet their entire concept is based around something that would probably be patronized more by the young. Do you think the doll line might have been more sucesssful if they leant more into one of these markets? Obviously the former would be difficult considering the "web" aspect of the product, but it's interesting to think about. I can kinda see them as a novelty plush akin to neopets, you know?

No absolutely, and I think it’s really related to the time they came out and how the internet was viewed. There’s some press releases/interview type things I’ve found on the site I plan to post, but I think you’re right ab the market. They were meant for office workers and to jump on the rise in computers being owned by people, but came at a time when the usage of the internet n computers as a whole was not understood how it is now, it was only starting, and there was no way for them to fully expect what it would become. I think they definitely ended up in a limbo as you said, as adults usually aren’t as into cute plush gimmick products, but picture frames being a main piece of the webheads also wouldn’t really appeal to kids. I think maybe if they’d pitched them mainly as funny internet-themed dolls for kid play, like neo pets like you said, that could double as sitting frames, it maybe could’ve been more successful. A kind of “for the kids but can be for the parents too” type thing, maybe incorporating online games or activities.

It feels like a line of toys that came out in the perfectly liminal time to be forgotten. They were trying to capitalize on something they couldn’t conceptualize and as a result who it was pitched to was messy and unclear, and they came out when the internet was still getting its footing and as such documenting and history of a lot of stuff was lost.

It almost reminds me of how animation has developed in the western sphere, how people at the start of its rise didn’t see it becoming something seen as a “kid” thing, but that’s what it became, and in the process of that change a lot of movies ended up missing the sweet spot of where society was, and that seems like webheads to me. Close but no cigar, just off the mark enough to not fully appeal to people and not make a lasting impression.

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After the last two bios r posted today I’m gonna post the playlist of everyone’s favorite songs, and probably start digging into some of my own hcs… brain shall b wild

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🔌 🕸️ Webheads bios: Webmistress

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A screenshot of Web Mistress’s bio from the webheads site. It says “Bio for Web Mistress” at the top. There is a picture of her below it, showing a doll with a white, bulky computer for a head, and a face of a very pale woman with sharp features smirking inserted into the picture frame screen. She has a bun of brown hair sticking out of her head. She is wearing a long black dress with sheer sleeves and a large red collar patterned with black spiderwebs. The collar creates a V over her chest and goes up around her shoulders. She is also wearing grey tights and black shoes. Her bio reads as follows:

Favorite Phrase: “I Am the Master of My Domain”

Favorite Food: Whatever is caught in her Web

Favorite Website: OneWorld.com

Favorite Clothing: Mysterious Black Lace

Favorite Hobbies: Chatting on the Web during the late late witching hours

Favorite Song: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson

Perfect for photos of your Wife, girlfriend, sister and web girl friends!

She is all-knowing and in complete control of the information she directs. She brews a mysterious pot of Web content and distributes it to those she chooses to bring into her world. She lures those she desires into her “Web” and casts the captivating spell of her choice.

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🔌📈 Webheads bios: Wally Wallstreet

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A screenshot of Wally Wallstreet’s bio from the webheads site. It says “Bio for Wally Wallstreet” at the top. There is a picture of him below it, but it is somewhat blurry, showing a doll with a white, bulky computer for a head, and a face of a smirking white man inserted into the picture frame screen. He is wearing a suit that seems patterned, likely with money symbols, over a white undershirt, a red tie, and black shoes. His bio reads as follows:

Favorite Phrase: "Buy Buy, Sell Sell Sell!"

Favorite Food: Who has time to eat

Favorite Website: WallStreetJournal.com

Favorite Clothing: Suits, Suits and more Suits

Favorite Hobbies: What is a hobby, a stock market is open somewhere

Favorite Song: “Taking Care of Business” by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Perfect for photos of your Boss, Co-worker, Friends and Family!

The Dow Jones, The NASDAQ, and The American Stock Exchanges are all fields of dreams for these tireless traders, bankers and analysts. Its go go go for these folks who millions of people rely on every day. Buy Sell, Sell Buy, they hope for a positive swing in the market every day. Some days we love them, other days we don’t love them as much.

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They’re fucking taunting me…

NO clicking on the indevidual files listed there doesn’t work. Will b trying to see if that download link actually works so wish me luck o7

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🔌 🐍❤️ Webheads bios: Melissa LuvBug

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A screenshot of LuvBug’s bio from the webheads site. It says “Bio for Melissa LuvBug” at the top. There is a picture of her below it, showing a doll with a white, bulky computer for a head, and a face of a sly looking white woman with red lipstick and blonde bangs inserted into the picture frame screen. She has a small tuft of blonde hair coming out of the top of her head, and is wearing a sleeveless red dress with a low neckline, and a logo of a white heart on the chest being wrapped up by a green snake, with the text ‘I love you’ written in the middle. She is also wearing red and black bracelets, and red shoes, and has a visible tattoo on her right arm. Her bio reads as follows:

Favorite Phrase: "Love, Love me Do, You Know I Love You"

Favorite Food: Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses

Favorite Website: 1-800-Flowers.com

Favorite Clothing: Mini-Skirts

Favorite Hobbies: Dating

Favorite Song: "Love is a Battlefield" - Pat Benetar

Perfect for photos of your Girlfriend, Wife, or new romantic interest!

“I LOVE YOU.” She is sweet and very, very tempting. But she has an edge to her that can be dangerous at times if she is not taken care of. She has a long track record of causing MEN, we mean programs, to perform erratically, produce incorrect results, or crash. The term bug was coined when a real insect was discovered to have fouled up one of the circuits of the first electronic computer. The Luv Bug is alluring.