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Breaking News!

Donna Soldano, co-founder of Art Asylum, has left the company (now a part of Diamond Select Toys) to pursue other opportunities. Many long time fans have known Donna as the "Godmother" of Minimates for many years now.

Donna's care, attention to detail, and love of Minimates, will surely be missed.

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That explains why she's not going to be at the panel at the NY Con.

So both founders of AA have moved on Both Donna and Digger.

Sad news... Donna will be missed.

She's always been kind and friendly to us minifans and was as informative and honest as her position allowed her to be.

Let's hope "to pursue other opportunities." means positive things for her and I wish her all the best.

T.

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That is sad news. I've been a member of the Donna fan club for quite a while. With Digger off making movies in Hong Kong, I felt that Donna was the driving force at AA. The heart of the company, if you don't mind the sappiness. :) It's probably been hard since the DST merger. I just hope the parting was amicable on both sides. Not "press release" amicable, but "behind the scenes" amicable.

Donna, Digger, Manny, Adam... anyone left?

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WOW!! It's been a few months since I spoke with her to wish her a Happy Holiday :blush: I wish her well in her future endeavors, she was always full of energy when I saw her. Hopefully she finds a place that appreciates that energy and this won't be the last time we see her name in print Good luck Donna, we'll miss you in SDCC :wub:

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Will this hurt the DC line now that the godmother is gone?

AA had little to do with the DC line. The only thing that might affect the DC line (ie resurrect it) would be the departure of Georg Brewer...

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Will this hurt the DC line now that the godmother is gone?

AA had little to do with the DC line. The only thing that might affect the DC line (ie resurrect it) would be the departure of Georg Brewer...

Actually DST had little to do with the DCD line. It was a deal where they used AA artists and was in place before DST bought AA out.

T.

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Just wanted to chime in here and say that Donna was *amazing* to work with. Even though I worked with them from time to time, Donna was always a bright spot in the group. Well, actually, everyone at AA was great, but like Ivan said, she was the heart of the company.

Still, I have no doubt we'll see great things from her in the future. I'll miss emailing you the invoices, Donna! ;)

Matt

aka Iron-Cow

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