Yard Sale Finds and Our Generation Life Science Set :A Mini Review

  You haven't heard from me for a while, but I have a couple of things I've been working on that you'll be seeing soon.
  I finally got around to going to a yard sale a coupe of weekends ago. I hadn't been to one yet this season. It was pretty tiny, but I got some stuff.

A vase,a tiny jug,a demitasse cup,a,table cloth,and a vintage scarf. I got all of it for $1!

The handle wasn't broken on the little jug until I got home. I forgot what I had wrapped in the table cloth and plopped it down on the cement!

  The other thing I have to show you is something I got on Mother's Day. I had seen it before,but didn't get it then. Then it sold out and the price went up on the secondary market. I gave up at that point. Well Target got it in again! I nabbed this one.

The set is sold for the 18" Our Generation dolls,but the scale is maybe 1/6,or even smaller.

The front of the box opens,but then I struggled for a bit to open the plastic,but then I'm kind of lame.

The contents include a biology book,a molecule model,an anatomy torso model,and a  poster.

The book is impressive looking until you open it and see that there's no print inside.

The molecule model is solid.

The poster is plastic.

It reminds me of an x-ray.

The torso has removable ribs so you can get to the removable organs: the lungs, and the liver.

The lungs pop out easily,but the liver wants to stay in there. I hadn't read the box,so I didn't even realize it came out at first.

The liver was easy to get back in,but the lungs required a bit of jiggling and rearranging.
  I really like this little set. It would be great in a 1/6 scale classroom  diorama.I suppose it works ok for the 18" dolls if you think of the body as being a hand held model. I have to say, The lungs don't want to go back and stay very well, and the ribs weren't that cooperative about snapping back in either. But still,it's a nice set. I like too, that Our Generation is selling something different from the same old ballet sets and food. I have to commend them for that. I think I would have loved this set when I was a kid.

Review: Club Chelsea Boy 2018

  I finally had a chance to visit the going out of business Toys R Us a week or so ago. I had hoped for a mark down on the Wellie Wishers,but there were NO American Girl items at all. I should have known that was too much to hope for. American Girl isn't the type to let their product be marked down in a going-out-of-business sale.
  There were mark downs, but most things weren't marked down very much. There was plenty of the usual  merchandise. It didn't look like much had sold.
  One thing I did find was this little guy.

He's the latest Club Chelsea boy.

The old Kelly Club boys had names.These current Club Chelsea boys are all anonymous. In the Kelly Club dolls there were only two boys, Tommy, and one Ryan,( in the Amusement Park series,before Ryan became part of Midge's Happy Family line.)  Tommy was available as a blonde, with a bowl cut, or an African American. In 2014 Mattel released a Chelsea friend who actually had a name,Darrin.
 

You can read Darrin's review HERE.

Darrin,the lucky kid, had a name and rooted hair. He seems to be the last of the rooted hair boys, however. Since then all the guys have had molded, painted hair.  There was a boy last year with molded, painted black hair.
 

You can read his review HERE.

He was followed by a blonde version of  the same head sculpt.

You can see my post on him HERE.

Late last year there was a set released that included 2 Chelsea friends, a boy and a girl,(and a purple piano.)

You can see my post on this set HERE.

The little guy had the same head sculpt as the previous 2, though.

Getting a bit tiresome,isn't it? There might not be enough difference in the past three guys to warrant buying all three for a lot of people. But wait. It gets better because now there''s this little fellow.



His package was already unsealed at the bottom. It was easy to tear the plastic bubble up and get to him.

The bottoms of his shoes say 'Chelsea'.

The bottom plastic ties were easy to break, but the one that connected his head to the packaging was more challenging. I was afraid I was going to rip his head off.

It was very tight. Here you can also see the huge mold lines under his chin and around his head. Not very attractive.

It left quite a hole in his head too. Here you can see that his hair has molded detail.

And here is his cute face with big brown eyes. There were three of this guy on the peg when I bought him,and all three had marks on their faces in different spots.

He's definitely cuter than the guys with the pompadours.

Here is the detail in his hair from the side.

There's that ugly mold line again.

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His outfit consists of a one piece shirt and shorts outift that looks like separate pieces, but isn't.

His shirt has a cactus design.

As you can see,his outfit is one piece,and closes in back with Velcro.

He has the same shoes as the camera shirt boy, only in silver. Silver?

I like him much better than the last two guys.

He has the usual articulation,at his neck,shoulders, and hips.

At least he can sit down.

 The outfits on these dolls are getting pretty frustrating. They aren't even two pieces any more. I remember when my kids were small,and Kelly and Tommy outfits were multipiece things with snaps. During their childhoods the snaps were exchanged for Velcro,but the outfits were still fairly detailed in most cases. Looking back no farther than 2014, Darrin came in a two piece outfit and shoes,as well as a hat and an accessory,(a soccer ball). It's even a bit unreasonable for this new guy to be priced the same as the Chelsea girls. They at least have rooted hair. This guy has to have been cheap to produce. I think somewhere around $8+ is a bit much to pay for a simple doll of this size, with limited articulation, molded hair, and simple one piece clothing. 

 
But as you know,I have a weakness for boy dolls, so I was helpless to resist him. See you soon for another review.

Perfect 1/6 Scale Find: Barbecue Grill

  I wanted to share this with everybody while you can still take advantage of the information. While we were at Target a couple of days ago,Ivy spotted this in the seasonal items up front.

I have no idea what it's meant to be used for. I suppose it's just for summer decorating. But it's the perfect size for 1/6 scale.

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It had a round piece of tape holding the lid shut.

It even opens. Unfortunately the wheels don't roll. The coloring isn't very realistic,but I repainted mine black.

I happened to have some black spray paint. If I had had red I would have painted the top red. I still might. Ken suggests that the legs need to be silver,but I wouldn't be satisfied unless they actually look like chrome,so I will probably stay with black. I also still need to paint the inside and make the grill part.

Mr. World is modelling the grill for size. Ivy says it's slightly too short.

Mr. World is anxious to use his new grill...for strictly vegetarian meals only of course.
  Tomorrow is Ivy's high school graduation. The years pass so quickly. A couple more months and she will be going off to college. I'm not looking forward to her leaving at all.
  In other news,I had my thyroid biopsy on Wednesday.

The two big red spots are from the band aid! That thing really hurt coming off!

For those who said needles in your throat are no big deal...yeah right. The doctor gave me a shot to numb my neck,and then poked me 5 times to draw samples from the largest nodule. I had to refrain from swallowing and not move for about 30 seconds when the needle was in. That doesn't sound like a long time until you think that you have a needle in your neck the whole time. It was pretty painful. My neck still hurts. In fact, it felt much better the next morning, but I mowed the yard that night, and after that it has been pretty sore again. I must have used my neck muscles too much. The good news is, the doctor's office called yesterday morning and said the results were in and it was benign. As for what is to be done now, I won't know until I see the doctor next month.