Elfmates are back at DollarGeneral! I repeat; Elfmates are back at DollarGeneral!!
And it’s a new set! I did not get the full set (nor a picture whoops lol) but in addition to these there’s a Santa suit sleeping bag, and 2 ski vets with a snow shovel in Baker and Toymaker colors.
Fashion show time!!
The Polar Pullover is just a printed long sleeve; it has no closure in the back, just a V slit that you can close manually or leave open. All these dolls were dressed by pulling it on over the head. Left to right:
Curvy: fits great in the torso, sleeves a little short
Tall: good length in the torso, sleeves a little short, looks good as an off the shoulder wide neck
Standard: little large in the torso but not badly, sleeves a little short, also looks good as an off the shoulder
Petite: oversized sweatshirt, sleeves aren’t short though
Signature Ken: very tight fit to pull on (wide shoulders/biceps stretched the bottom hem to the max), but once on was okish, sleeves very short. I will not be using this on my Signature/MtM Kens
Superhero Ken: I didn’t even bother trying the pullover. That’s last year’s vest, but it’s probably similar to thus year’s, and it’s a very nice fit
I realized I didn’t try a Slim Ken/Hunter, but since it fits all the girls fine, and *technically* fits the Signature Ken, it probably works on them too.
These give very big sleep shirt vibes to me, so I’m thrilled. Looking forward to cutting up the sleeping bags for leggings, and I might pick up a vest since the Superhero Ken is the same size as the Fresh Boys. We’ll see.
Hope this helps you in your holiday doll hunting!
Movember Inspired Kens
Friends Evan, Ming, Ted, Lars, Arturo, and Henry attended a Movember event. Some had grown moustaches while some had improvised moustaches.
Suite du projet "house hedgedog" ^^... à suivre...
so recently i tried to modify/mildly customize my Veronica storm doll, bc unfortunately when she arrived in the mail, her bubblegum had broken off in transit and was rattling around the box lmao
the peg was still in her mouth tho, so i used a mini electric sander to carve it down to her lip shape and then painted over it with metallic acrylics and gloss sealer
the bottom lip is a Little rough, but i figure i can go back and smooth it later bc i think it looks fine now for the time being (and much better than it was, at least lol)
Barbie is not the only character in the Barbie line to have received collectors edition dolls themed after other media. (I mean, Ken too, but this post isn't about Ken.)
Kelly and Tommy (before Kelly became Chelsea) featured in a variety of tie-ins, including in collections that also featured Barbie and Ken such as the Grease line-up, as well as in collections of their own.
Storybook Favorites, for example, was a line-up featuring Kelly and Tommy as classic children's book and fairy tale characters. I never grew up on Raggedy Ann and Andy and always thought they were just names for a line of dolls themselves, so it was only upon looking it up that I discovered the books came first.
I find the Hansel & Gretel way cuter, personally, but that's just my bias showing.
But besides the four in the Storybook Favorites Collection, there have been others. Some of these actually turn up on the secondary market bundled with Storybook Favorites, and I can see why, because they do look broadly similar in style and theme. For example, Kelly and Tommy as Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
I don't know how I feel about this one, whether it's cute or creepy or somewhere in between.
Or as the cast of Wizard of Oz. This one i am completely unreserved about in my praise. I think these are adorable. 10/10 design aesthetic. I mean, just look at Tommy as the Scarecrow above compared to Ken as the Scarecrow in the Barbie and Ken Wizard of Oz lineups.
Tommy does it better!
Barbie Celebrating Women, Diversity and Disability Awareness
Mon diorama. N'ayez pas peur d'expérimenter et d'ajuster votre diorama selon vos préférences. L'objectif est de s'amuser et de laisser libre cours à votre créativité !
I made a tutorial! Hopefully this is useful to somebody out there. This method would also be useful for modding other “plug connector” heads onto much nicer bodies.
SHARING HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD OF TOYS, DOLLS, MINIATURES & HAPPY THINGS
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