Doll Impulsions (Part 1)

I really haven't been a good blogger lately, lol, mainly because I'm having difficulty transferring photos from my phone to the computer. So in the mean time, I will do a lot of writing. I still look at dolls online, and sometimes I find things I want to buy but couldn't because I just can't afford to spend at the moment. So I'm starting a series of posts called Doll Impulsions, as a way to curb my spending, hahaha!

Aah! I'm looking at that Hasbro Pocahontas doll, and that tiny Novi Stars doll with multiple arms. I don't want to buy them even though I know that Pocahontas doll is already cheap, and that Novi Stars doll is hard to come by.

This MiWorld OPI set with the tiny nail polish and stuff!! These things would look cute in a diorama, but the rest of the accessories are too tiny for 1:6 scale.

Pinkie Cooper's pet, Li'l Pinkie!! I already have one but it's missing its ears and her scarf. 

I don't want to buy this doll, but oh my, look at how big Jessie's eyes are. They are looking into your soul! Haha.

This proud poodle! I like collecting pets, but she's too pricey for me.

This other dog is so cute. She even has a skirt!

This photo is from the seller I transacted with, and I purchased the tall doll from her. It's a Hi:Glamm doll and her name is Kit! I've always been curious with Hi:Glamm dolls and even Leggy dolls from the 70s, so I was glad I found one online for a cheap price.

My friend and I went to this place where there are lot of gardening stuff sold. She bought some tiny stones for her garden, and gave me a small bag of stones for free. It's gonna be perfect for my diorama making!

Novi Stars Una Verse

The other day I found a nude Novi Stars Una Verse, another alien doll. I didn't take a before photo because I was so concerned about her scraggly hair. I spent quite a while combing through the nasty knots of her hair. The frizz is just so bad that I had to trim an inch of it. She was also missing her left arm, but that's fine with me.

Una is supposed to look like this brand new:

She actually has water inside her and if you flip her upside down, the orange glitter that settles in her calves should flow to her thighs.

She's perpetually standing up because she doesn't have knee or hip joints. She's basically a mannequin Novi Stars doll. She does have shoulder joints though. And it's so odd because she doesn't have a thigh gap, so dressing her in shorts or pants is not possible.

This is how I salvaged her:

So yeah, I trimmed an inch of her hair, and I couldn't get to separate her blue streaks successfully, but that's OK because her blue streaks are not in good condition anyway. I just tied her hair into a ponytail while I figure out what else to do with it. I have never boil-washed a doll's hair, but I most likely will when I finally move all my things to my new place, and Una is a candidate for a boil wash.

I used Ari Roma's right arm as Una Verse's left arm so that I can complete Una. Then I dressed her up in a blue La Dee Da dress, and pink clone Barbie shoes because that's only one of the few pairs of doll shoes I have that fits her. Una can't fill in the top of her La Dee Da dress due to her chest being so small, but because the dress is designed with two long pieces that can be wrapped around the doll's body in many ways, I tied the pieces at the back of her neck to make a halter. Now the chest issue isn't noticeable anymore. Dressing Una was the only time I wished that I bought that Novi Stars outfit I found last month, but nah. 

Oh when I dressed her, I had to take off her head and slip the dress over her neck and stuff. The dress is too tight for it to be slipped over her legs, that's why. And I feel like this La Dee Da dress covers her up so much that it's swallowing her whole. I probably will make a smaller outfit for her in the future.

A Photo Dump! [Part 4]

This is my haul last Friday.

It's not much.

A Burger King Anastasia doll. She has painted underwear and shoes, and her hair grows like a Crissy Doll. There's a gear on her back that can be used to adjust her hair length.

She has a red stain on the back of her legs, and her price was written on the sole of her foot. When I cleaned her up using acetone (not pure), her white underwear paint came off, so I just decided to remove all the white paint. The price on her sole won't come off completely so it will stay there.

This doll cost me P60. In my previous post, you can see her wearing a Daiso uniform which she stole from Frankie, a red cap from a Goya Bits minis (yes, the chocolate!) container, and some doll shoes I bought from Vivo Citi.

A Gumby figure by Jesco Hong Kong! I have a very small Gumby too which I thrifted on a different occasion. Now they can enjoy each other's company!

By the way, what I noticed on this HK toy is that Gumby's head is much pointier compared to the American version. The thumbs are much thinner, too.

Gumby cost me P28.

This is the train case gashapon I couldn't stop looking at whenever I find it at the toy store. I got the Germany train case. Not my favourite out of the bunch, but it's still cute. There were even sticker flakes inside the capsule that are all about Germany. I've already put them all in my sticker flake book.

This one cost me P120, but I didn't pay for tokens out of my pocket but with my card points.

An Angry Birds kid's shoelace. I thought I could use it as a belt of some sort for my dolls. This costs P35.

The train cases from the machine. Aren't they cute??!

I was actually debating with myself if i should get the train case or this Hello Kitty ice cream set which costs the same, but I got turned off by those big ice cream scoopers, haha. They're really cute though and I think they cost much cheaper than Re-Ment stuff.

I didn't buy this at the thrift store, but I want to share this anyway. This is a McDonald's Shopkins toy from a Happy Meal, and my stepmom got this for me together with a Rabbids figure which is also a Happy Meal toy. She put both toys in a package sent from New York to Manila, woo! In my previous post, you can kind of see what I got, which is a green tote bag, and an orange Flippa Flops. I also got a pink Judy Jumper in the blind bag that came with it. 

I found this last Friday too but I didn't get it. It's a Novi Stars Space Dreamer fashion pack! I found it at Toytown in Glorietta 1, and it was on sale for P150.

I was thinking so hard and for a long time about getting it because I do have a Novi Stars doll, but this pack only comes with three items: the outfit, the shoes and a teddy bear. That's like P50 each if you think about it, and even if the bear is kinda cute, I would never pay P50 for something that tiny. For a little teddy bear? No. The shoes would fit Barbie, I think, but I don't want to keep buying Barbie-sized stuff anymore.. which leaves me with the outfit. So I thought so many times to myself, is it really worth it to pay this much for this outfit?

The back of the box. To be honest, I never thought I'd find anything Novi Stars-related in toy stores anymore. Then bam, a fashion pack!

Oh and I finally took a photo of the toys my cousin left behind. 

A Photo Dump!

Because I feel the need to post and post before the year ends. As if I can't post in the coming year, duh.

This is the shelf from a crepe store I go to at the mall. I like those tin cars and those figures sitting at the edge of the shelf.

A vintage Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz doll from the eighties. I didn't get it. It's missing a few items and it was barefoot. It was priced at P175.

Never forget.

A Pixels The Movie tumbler that was made to look like an old arcade machine. You will need a large straw to use it at the cinema, but you can still use it as a cup without the straw. I thought this is good for 1:12 dolls.

A Sila Clops Novi Stars doll I found a while back but didn't get because it was so expensive. Its box was still intact and its eye lights up.

City Ghouls from Boo York Boo York line of Monster High. Elle Eedee (right) is fantastic! Mouscedes King's (middle) hair is lovely. And I feel nothing for Luna Mothews, bye.

A Barbie I Can Be fashion pack that was on sale at P200. I am not as fond of Barbies as I am of Monster High or Ever After High dolls so I didn't get it.

A My Little Pony Equestria Girls Friendship Games doll. She's pretty cool, but I don't really like the MLP dolls that much. Something about their face and legs... I just can't figure it out.

The following are stuff that are part of the care package I sent to my niece:

A small Mattel doll I thrifted, and a troll doll I found in our garage. I can't identify the Mattel doll at all. :-/

A Frozen Elsa plush with sounds. I thrifted this too and got it really cheap! P35? P25? I don't remember.

A towel rack from this Barbie playset:

Photo from the internet

A pack of cheap doll shoes.

I used to store those plastic shoes in a pill container. On the right is a sample of how a doll shoe pack looks like. They normally cost P10 to P20 a pack.

A green doll bag I found at our garage, and a Barbie suitcase I thrifted. Wish I kept them for myself, haha.

A bath tub from the same play set where the towel rack came from. I thrifted this too.

A cheap doll bike I got for P20 or P25.

An old pic of the bike when it was still on my table.

A Barbie high chair with its table missing. I attached a plastic chain at the bottom because a piece is also missing there and its purpose was to stabilise the legs of the chair.

The chair came from this Kelly set.

Coin banks I saw at Landmark. These look a miniature 7-11 store.

More photo dumps to come, I believe.