Garan works with Junko Wong to promote the dolls and her own photography in Japan.
"It's so important to us as a region, " said Scarlets team manager Garan Evans.
Some, sent to Garan as gifts by collectors from around the world, are customized.
"Kids thought they were creepy, " says Garan, 41, a producer of corporate videos and an amateur photographer.
"It was absolutely incredible to see this enormous space station, the most complex structure ever built, " Garan wrote.
Six months later Garan, at a party, showed her photos to Junko Wong, a Tokyo agent who represents illustrators.
It was Garan's own experiences on the STS-124 mission of the shuttle Discovery in 2008 that stirred the emotions in him.
Two years later, on a whim, Garan submitted a collection of her photos to Chronicle Books, which gave her a book deal.
When Garan first saw Blythe, she thought the doll looked like her.
Hundreds of people show up for Garan's public appearances in Japan and for other Blythe events, such as an annual charity fashion show.
From 220 miles above Earth on the International Space Station, American astronaut Ron Garan certainly has a unique perspective of our home planet.
To capitalize on the buzz, Garan developed a Web site, thisisblythe.com, and became Blythe's ad hoc spokesperson, moderating discussion groups for people interested in buying.
The blog posts and photos afford readers a glimpse of life on the massive orbiting outpost, and by shining a light on Earth from space, Garan and his colleagues hope to mobilize people to improve the conditions on our fragile planet.
Garan, a NASA spaceflyer on his second spaceflight, is the creator of the blog Fragile Oasis, which he launched before leaving Earth as a way to share his experiences (and the experiences of other astronauts) to inspire people to cherish the beauty and wonder of the Earth.
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