Saturday, January 30, 2016

Anlily vs. Barbie

I was browsing a blog on Tumblr when I saw an outfit that looks like Rapunzel might own it but in reality, a Barbie doll does. It's a Delany doll from the Barbie Princess Charm School line.


That's Delany on the left, but this blog post isn't really about her. It's the doll in the middle: Blair.

Blair: in box

Her outfit looks so familiar. Where have I seen that before?


Ah yes, these Anlily dolls, if you haven't guessed from the title of this entry. The photo is from an old bootleg compilation post I made.


Yikes.

/I came up with a few more comparisons with other Mattel and Anlily dolls:








Friday, January 29, 2016

Ramona Badwolf from Ever After High Dragon Games

I found these screen shots from this Tumblr post of Ramona Badwolf as she appears on the latest Ever After High special, Dragon Games. Ramona is the daughter of the Big Bad Wolf, and "secret" sister to Cerise Hood, daughter of Little Red Riding Hood.







I haven't seen the special yet, but she looks awesome. These sisters remind me now of Poppy and Holly O'hair though because of their hair length.


But that's the only similarity I see. I think Cerise and Ramona are physically strong given their wolf genes.

/I'll watch Dragon Games now on Netflix!

Princess Malucia, I now have you!

I caved in. Two days after posting this entry, I finally bought a Princess Malucia doll.




I can't bring myself to open her. I don't know why. Maybe because I want to open her when I finally moved? I don't know. I just know that when I bought her, I don't feel the need to buy more dolls at this time.

Her pigtails remind me of Kitty Cheshire. Perhaps when I finally remove her from the box, I can try her dress on Kitty.

She's so cute. I love her!

Barbie's New Body Sizes

Stumbled across this link via Tumblr:
It's about Mattel/Barbie's secret project called Project Dawn which is about reinventing Barbie's look. Now there are three upcoming body sizes for Barbie and it's awesome! That would be CURVY, PETITE, and TALL.

Original and Curvy Barbie

Petite and Tall Barbie

I found more photos:







Photos from http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/6893105/Barbie-goes-PC-Plus-size-curvy-dolls-among-the-new-range.html.

More photos here: http://time.com/4197499/barbies-new-body-photos-of-curvy-tall-and-petite/.
Video of the Barbie stylist holding the dolls: http://time.com/4196264/barbies-new-body-times-cover-shoot-behind-the-scenes/.

Things to expect:
  1. Less clothes sharing among all Barbie dolls, which is OK because this is how reality works. But think of the possibilities of sharing Barbie clothes to other types of dolls. 
  2. Less shoe sharing among all Barbie dolls, which is also OK. 
  3. They might recycle their existing face moulds, but hair styles and textures will be more varied.
Things to consider:
  1. Will Mattel also make articulated Barbies with these new body types?
  2. Will there be fashion packs?
  3. Will these new body types be used in movie tie-in products and other themed lines?
  4. Will tall Barbie be used now for high-fashion lines?
  5. How about the kid dolls, will they be reinvented as well? Will they also come in differing sizes?
Still too early to predict if this will be a success. I hope I see these new body types in-store.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

A Photo Dump! [Part 6]

*This should have been the seventh photo dump but for some reason, I went wrong with the numbering. I'm keeping the title as it is.

While I was out and about:


Look at these Barbie bootlegs! Don't their dresses look really nice?


I am really drawn to this purple and green dress. It has a nice silhouette and doesn't look cheap!


The dress even has a white netted fabric under the skirt! Doesn't really look cheap to me!


Or how about this one. So cute!! The colour combination is so lovely. 


Take a look at that!


This one is nice too, but I like the other one much better than this one. Still, the colour combination looks good! 


A vintage Crissy doll. Oh my goodness, it's huge. I didn't know it is going to be this big. I thought it's like a 12-inch doll, but no. Her hair really does grow because she has a gear at the back. And her belly button, which is literally a button here, can be pushed to either grow the hair or retract it, I'm not sure. 


For size comparison, I placed a Bratz Pez container beside Crissy.



These bootleg Winx Club dolls that have a Miao Miao face mould. There are actually more than 2 variants but these two are the only ones I managed to photograph at the store.



Comparisons I made with the real Winx Club dolls Bloom and Tecna.



Some small winter jacket bags that might be doll size, but the bottom doesn't have a hole in it so if you ever get one, you will have to cut the bottom open with scissors.

I couldn't take decent photos of the jackets because the saleslady was around, haha.


"Intelligent Princess". Great. This is supposed to be a musical toy that goes round and round.


It's the same Miao Miao mould again.


The Intelligent Princess in a blue dress.



So ~intelligent. Note that on the box, an articulated Miao Miao doll is photographed, but in reality, their arms are just straight.


The toy pet carrier bags I was talking about in this post.


Doll sized sofas that are actually jewellery holders once you flip up the whole top of the sofa.


Doll sized trash bins.





This kind has wheels at the back that do work. The prices of these trash bins ranges from P70 to P120, I think.


Grass growing kit that comes with a plastic bath tub.



I actually bought the pink tub (not in photo) for P39.


A top hat bottle topper and an umbrella tea infuser. Both are made with silicone. I guess the bottom of the bottle topper can be cut off if you just want the top hat.


I saw one umbrella out of its box so I photographed it.


Doll sized wooden chairs I found at the decor section of a department store.


It comes in black, and white.



They really seem sturdy and fit for the outdoors. I think they are priced at P70. I'm not sure.



The Yucky You book I was talking about in this post.


A pink Chanel bag cellphone charm that I thrifted but forgot to pay for when I thrifted these bears. Oops. The bag is pretty cute.