As the weather was sunny and warm all the time, some of the girls decided to go rollerskating.
Billy and Celine (called Crumbs) skated in the sun. Of course basecaps were very important.
Breaks were also important. Billy likes chocolate, but she shouldn’t eat too much – a slice of watermelon is much healthier. ( At least Crumbs thinks so)
Baby joined the Skatergang for the first time – she was a little afraid. But of course Cookie was a patient teacher.
Breaks for enjoying cool drinks were also important.
I find Moxie Teenz quite amazing dolls – they have very beautiful faces ( which is typical for MGA dolls) and are articulated, although not as poseable as I would like and quite delicate. They are taller than Barbies – 14″, which makes it difficult to find outfits and especially shoes for them.
They came in three series – one and two with wigs and three rooted. I don’t have any dolls from series two, because they were very hard to get and the differences to series one were not so big – only the outfits and maybe the make up a little bit.
Here are the characters:
Melrose
2. Tristen
3. Arizona
4. Bijou
5. Gavin and Leigh
6. Tanja
She is not a MT doll but a Tattoo Diva – her face remindend me of the Moxie Teenz though. I thought of rebodying her on a more poseable body , but decided against it because she is so unique.
I do not have many Simba dolls. Although I love the sweet Steffi love faces, there is not a great variety in them. So here is my Steffi love collection. The dark haired girl is a Mystic Girlz doll, also by Simba – a special line with a little Gothic touch. On the right is an older Steffi doll.
The older Steffi doll came with a horse – I bought her in a thrift store. The other Simba horse is from ebay. I love the fluffy horses that Simba made, they have more the feeling of a real animal than the shiny plastic Mattel horses. I think they look quite realistic although there is no articulation at all.
Other Mattel dolls were the Simba Supermodels – a few years ago you could still find them in stores. They also had a Twilight Teenz series( the two girls on the left ,with gray and white skin tones) – probably inspired my MH dolls. The bodies are not very high quality but still have good articulation.
For a long time ( until Barbie Made to Move came up) Liv Dolls were the most poseable dolls I owned. I still love them and find their faces with inset eyes very impressive.
I found Abbey Love in a thrift store. She has many similarities to Liv Dolls.
When the Snap Stars Dolls came up a few years ago I was very excited. Their faces look very similar to the Liv faces. The bodies are much tinier, but still poseable. I decided to keep them on their original bodies as Mini Mes for the Livs.
And this is where the Liv Dolls live. They have got their own room and clearly love watching TV.
Are they Barbies or not? Well in some ways the WWE Divas dolls are Barbies – they were produced by Mattel and can wear Barbie clothes. But they have more muscular bodies and bigger feet – which is a problem, as they cannot wear Barbie shoes and shoe options are limited.
When I was watching WWE regularly a few years ago, the dolls came out. I was very excited and bought quite a few, but not all of the collection. I like the girls most in summer when they can wear bikinies. Then their muscular bodies can be seen best and shoes are no problem on the beach.
So let’s have a bikini contest.
I found the girls to be great body donors – so here are my three custom dolls. Left and right – Billie Kay and Peyton Royce from the WWE duo the IIconics inspired me to these dolls. The girl in the middle is Erso Jyn from the Forces of Destiny series. She had a coloured plastic body ( again … I hate that! ) and I thought this body suited her greatly.
These girls are not WWE Divas. but Superhero dolls, also by Mattel. I found them to have a similar body shape to the other girls – except, they don’t have moveable wrists.
Have you ever looked carefully at the things in the forest or have you payed attention to the sounds, because if you have, you might have noticed that the forest is full of magical creatures.
A few days ago my husband and I went on a little trip to a nearby forest and we noticed that there were quite a few things going on there. We suddenly saw an Elf dressed in a grey outfit with a wizard hat on and a wandering stick with a gem on top. She looked like she was in a great hurry and didn’t notice us. Where was she going?
Before we could follow her she disappeared. Then we heard movements in different parts of the forest – so we looked more closely and there were other elves. They were hiding, but if you looked carefully you could make them out between the leaves and branches.
We saw a little shy elf – she had some sort of crown made of flowers and a big gemstone on her belt- a princess maybe?
One of the elves had a bow and arrow and another one a sword. They looked like guards. They were scanning the surroundings carefully to see if there was any danger. They didn’t take any notice of us – so we didn’t seem to be the danger.
Later we saw what they were guarding. It was a hollow tree trunk – it looked magical and mysterious.
It was the home of the High Priestess – the protector of the forest.
But the priestess seemed worried. Winter had been too warm with too little snow. Spring had been late to come. It had been cold and rainy for too long and that was not good for the life in the forest. What will summer be like? The seasons were all in confusion. So the priestess had sent out news to the Elf Queen and the Elf wizards. They should come to her home in the forest to talk about the weather and what had happened to it.
The Queen could not come, she was too busy, but she sent her daughter – the elf princess.
The Queen was also very worried about the things going on in the different parts of her kingdom.
The Elf wizards had also noticed the changes in the weather.
As the three elves had no solution how to make the weather better, they decided to walk about the country and find other elves, who could help them. Protected by the guards they went on a long and dangerous journey. Let’s hope they will find help and the weather will get better and the seasons will get back to the way they were in the past.
I already mentioned that my husband and I are huge superhero fans, mostly DC, but there are a few other superheroes we like. Disney gave us some great superhero dolls.
We enjoyed the Incredibles movies . I only bought the two female dolls – Elastigirl and her daughter Violet. I was not happy with the black hands and wanted to rebody them first, but then I decided to keep them the way they are only out of their superhero costumes. The inset eyeas are great.
I bought the Marinette doll in the USA before I even knew the Cartoon series. I still like her more than the new dolls. Although the newer dolls are more poseable, I don’t like the faces with molded on masks.
Ms Marvel and Captain Marvel are also part of my collection. Of course in their free time they also donÄt wear superhero outfits.
The Scarlet Witch is an action doll – which means she cannot take off some parts her outfit. My husband wanted her after seeing all the movies and the Wandavision series.
Here are two other Disney dolls I quite like – not princesses and not superheroes, but cute girls.
Athena from the movie Tomorrowland was hard to get I had to buy her on eBay. I didn’t like the movie, but wanted the doll because she has a very realistic face.
I bought Fei from The Coloured side of the Moon on sale. The movie was also not one of my favourites, but the dolls were beautiful. Fei is articulated and has a sweet face.
I thought I didn’t have many Disney dolls, but when I starting taking pictures of them I realized that there were quite a few. So here they are.
Merida is one of my favourite movies, so of course I had to buy the doll. She was one of my first Disney princess dolls.
Then more Disney Princesses entered my collection. I ordered them online from the Disney store because unfortunatelly there is no store in my area.
I am not a big fan of the Beauty and the Beast story, but I loved the doll, although the lack of articulation in the legs is sth. I don’t like very much. But the face is great.
I am a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland, although I prefer the book to any of the movies ever made. The doll from the Disney store is one of my favourites in the Disney collection.
I loved Ralph breaks the Internet – so I was very excited when the Comfy Squad dolls came out, but in the end I only bough one – again it’s the lack of articulation. But at least she can bend her arms and wrists.
I quite liked the Disney Descendants dolls – they have great articulation. So here they are. Lack of space made me stick only to three dolls.
And last but not least – the Disney fan dolls Ily 4ever. I only bought two of the series – it’s a question of space again. They have everything I like in a doll – articulation and inset eyes.
I love curvy dolls, so I was very excited when the first curvy Barbies were released and when they became articulated I was in heaven.
Over the years articulation became more and more important for me. I love the diversity and the beautiful faces of Fashionista Barbies, but if I buy one of them I always rebody her on a more articulated body. So I’m always looking for suitable bodies on eBay or at flea markets. Here are some examples of rebodied girls.
Barbie bodies are wonderful for other dolls, too. Here is my Sparkle Girl on a Barbie body.
… or my Mermaze Mermaid. I loved the faces in this doll line, but permanent fish tails are not something I like in a doll .
Here is another example of an experiment. A Barbie Stardoll (right)got a MTM body. Her totally stiff body got a DC Superhero Girls head and is used a s a mannequin in a shop window (middle). And the Barbie head was put on an Obitsu body (left).
I do not have many Barbie sisters, but sometimes you need smaller dollsfor stories or in dioramas. I love the Chelsea dolls dressed up for Halloween.
I enjoyed all the Toy Story movies – so here is Barbie and some Toy Story action figures.
And of course Bo Peep is also part of the collection.
Some of the newest additions to my Barbie collection are the two Cutie Reveal dolls. A very nice doll line – I chose the Panda and Polar Bear dolls – somehow I liked their faces most.
One of my favourite doll lines is the DC Super Hero Girls by Mattel. They are poseable and sturdy. I got all the dolls I could lie hands on – unfortunatelly Blackfire is missing. Some of the dolls I had to rebody because they had coloured body parts and I really do not like that. Here are the girls in my collection.
My favourite is Harley Quinn – she is one of the few dolls that really look good with a laughing face. Her best friends are Poison Ivy (Red) and Wonder Woman (Wondy). Because they often go with me on holiday I bought some back up dolls just in case… Of course I hope nothing bad happens to my girls and I can just keep the back up doll in their original outfits.
Harley and her friends live in Coney Island – like in the Harley Quinn comics I have read. Here are their rooms.
Mostly they spend time in the DC Superheroes Headquarters – but they like eating and drinking mor than saving the world.
Harley has got her own room with a little bathroom.
And Red has got a little patio for her plants.
Then there was a second cartoon series which I though quite funny and a second series of dolls – I was not sure about them, so I bought only Harley Quinn. They were not available in the stores so I had to order her online in the USA. I rebodied her on an Ever After High body because of coloured body parts and lack of poseability – she can still wear her original outfit but not her shoes.
