I have a doll show post nearly ready for you. Until then, I thought I'd talk about some interesting dolls I have seen lately. The holidays are coming up, and the toys are screaming for attention in the stores. The toy catalogs from the stores arrived ages ago.
Of course, it's not so close to Christmas that Kroger should have been selling cut Christmas trees for WEEKS now, but they have been!
In any case, here are some dolls that have found my attention.
The My Life As line has Willy Wonka themed dolls, and they come with a tiny plush Oompa Loompa.
And there are the 18" Harry Potter themed toys from My Life As.
The success of "Wicked" has brought The Wizard of Oz to the forefront again. Walmart has these costumes, costume pieces, and these small dolls. The dolls are about the size of the Disney Store small versions of the Animator's dolls.
And then there are the Oz dolls from My Life As.
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| Wow. Toto looks more like a Chow than a terrier! |
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| Walmart. |
A couple of years ago I posted about the Best Friends Forever dolls sold at Dollar Tree. They're still being sold there, and now they have a couple of new characters. Our Dollar Tree also finally got the wig sets and clothing sets.
The Christmas dolls are coming out. I think this is the first time there has been a Holiday Ken. The Barbie movie has given Ken new life.
The Holiday Barbies are out. You have a choice of three this year. There's also an 80th anniversary Barbie. It's Mattel's 80th anniversary, not Barbie's.
And speaking of "Wicked", the new "Wicked" movie is out, or about to be, and the new dolls are out too. There are new versions of Elphaba and Glinda...
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| Meijer has small Wicked dolls in balloons, and a singing Glinda doll. |
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| Walmart. |
...as well as new characters like Dorothy. In spite of the fact that the blue and white gingham dress is MGM's version of Dorothy, and has nothing to do with the original book description or illustrations, and that "Wicked" is a Universal release,
and that Warner Brothers owns the rights to the MGM "Wizard of Oz", (I always have to think of the original studio rivalries and imagine how Louis B. Mayor must be absolutely turning, nay,
spinning, in his grave to think that Warner Brothers now owns the rights to all his movies now!), the "Wicked" Dorothy comes pretty close to the MGM version.
But my favourite new doll is the Wizard, played by Jeff Goldblum. The doll is a Walmart exclusive, and he is great. He really looks like Jeff Goldblum.
The Kawaii Hi line is newish.
They aren't new, but the line seems to be expanding, and I think they're cute, so I'm including the Hey Bestie dolls here.
They're about 6 inches tall, with cute, actually+
removeable cloth clothes and loads of accessory sets. They're cute, and have jointed knees and elbows.
They have a bunk bed set.
They have cars.
There's a cafe.
There's a hair salon.
So they only have a bedroom to live in, but they can get their hair done and eat out, and drive to the places to do it. Really, can a house be far behind?
And there are loads of characters.
My favourites are the red head...
...and the short haired girl on the right in this picture.
They all have the same face though.
Oh! I like the girl in orange too.
And of course, there's always Barbie.
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| This is Meijer. |
Wednesday and Monster High are still popular.
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| Meijer |
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| Walmart |
Meijer has an 18" doll line called Wonderfully You, which has the old Madame Alexander My Life As head sculpt.
So there you are. That's only a start on the dolls that are available. There will hopefully be a lot of fun stuff out there for the holidays. And even better, it might get clearanced afterward!
See you soon with the last doll show post of the year.
