NAMING THE TOWN
January 2, 2010 at 5:05 AM Here's Mark's explanation of why his town is called Marwencol...
"Two of the first people I gave dolls to in my town were Colleen and Wendy. Colleen was a neighbor of mine when I first got out of the hospital after the attack. She was my first crush in my second life so I built a building for her doll figure which was called ‘Pocket Full of Posies’. And Wendy was a woman I used to work with at a bar. So I gave her a building in my town called Wendy Lee’s Kitchen which was where everybody could get something to eat."
"And of course my doll had ‘Hogancamp’s Bar and Catfight Club’ so I stood back and I said, wow, it’s a town. With my place, Colleen’s place, and Wendy’s place, but it doesn’t have a name, you know, and then I thought, there’s three of us that have buildings in the town, and we’re three co-owners of the town, so why not combine our names?"
"And I did. It took me a week and a half of switching Colleen, and Wendy and Mark all around - Wencolmar and everything - until I came up with Marwencol. Mark, Wendy, Colleen. And that’s the town’s name."
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Reader Comments (2)
I have been a dealer of dolls of this type and hundreds of others for the last 25 years. I always encouraged play for both children and adults as a way to defuse stress. This is a fabulous story with Mark being a creative genius. I also have hundreds of fine Barbie Collectibles( high end dolls) should Mark need more ladies for his town www.centuryofdolls.com. Blessings to you Mark and have fun playing. Your imagination is extraordinary. Best Regards Karen D'onofrio
I was curious about the name. Wow! That's clever. Also it's incredibly catchy, I had actually thought at first it was based on a real Belgium city since it had such a good ring to it. I like the story behind the name.