Doll-A-Day 2019 #19: Brave Triplets Hamish, Hubert, Harris

  Today's doll is  a couple of little guys.

They're two of Merida's triplet brothers from Brave. Sorry,but I only have the two.

They're all identical though, so if you've seen one...

The brothers were named Hamish,Hubert,and Harris.

These guys originally came,(along with the third brother),in a set called Brave Triplets,which also included plastic bear cubs that opened so the triplets could be hidden inside. (In the movie the boys were turned into bear cubs, and their mother was turned into a bear.)

These little guys stand 4 1/2" tall.

The only thing they can move is their heads,which can only turn,and not tilt.
They have rooted hair,semi soft vinyl heads, and hard, solid bodies with molded, painted clothes..

The poor guys can't even move their arms.

They're dressed in kilts,as the movie takes place in olden times Scotland.

   I thought the animation in "Brave" was beautiful. I love the Merida dolls,and I have quite a few different ones. I also collect red haired dolls anyway. (I have to support 'my people'.),so having these guys was bound to happen sooner or later.
   Those are today's dolls. Come back tomorrow and check out another doll

Doll-A-Day 2017 #162: Flea Market Buys: Ever After, Monster High, and a Disney Store Classic

  Yesterday my friend Lori and I went to a flea market. I found a few interesting things. Today's 'doll' is three dolls I found yesterday at the flea market.

The Ever After High doll is Briar Beauty from the Royal series.

 

In her box she would have looked like this.

She's the daughter of Sleeping Beauty.

She has her cool sunglasses on her head.

And she has some interesting shoes and vine covered tights.

The Monster High doll is Vandala Doubloons from the Haunted series.

She's supposed to be the daughter of  pirate ghost.

I haven't checked yet to see if she glows in the dark,but she kind of looks like she would. I hope so!

She's missing the plastic thingy that goes over the front of her dress...

This is how she would have looked in her box.

 ... but she has her hat,with it's ghostly ship

She's also missing the lower half of one arm, but I figured I can replace it. She was pretty enough and near enough complete to be worth the dollar I paid without the rest of her arm.
She seems to have a peg leg.

 There isn't a removable shoe on the peg leg, but the other foot has a nice shoe.

 The third doll is Merida from "Brave".

In looking her over to figure out which Merida she is, I discovered that she has those over rubbery legs that identified her as a Disney Store doll.She's a Classic Merida.

She has her original dress, but no shoes.

 I found a couple of other things and another interesting doll,which I will show you tomorrow.

Disney Store Animator's Collection Merida and a Quick Diet Update

   Just a quick update on the diet. After back sliding around Ken's birthday I am not just back to the 10 pounds I had lost, but slightly below it. (Being sick the last couple of days has made not wanting food easy.) Tomorrow is my birthday and we're eating out at an Indian restaurant Ken and I ate at for our 25th anniversary last year. They have an all vegetarian buffet. Yay! I hope I feel up to it. And I'll try not to be too bad...
  I made a great find at Goodwill a couple of weeks ago. I actually gasped when I saw this Disney Store Animator's Collection Merida on the top shelf.

Yes, she did look pretty lousy and was going to need some work. But I have been wanting one of these for ages. She's even the original version with the dark green dress.

 She had marker earrings...

...and toenail paint...

...and fingernail paint and a ring.

As well as, not one, but two ponytails and a braid in her ratty hair.

  Her hair looked so bad I wondered if I might have to just cut it and one-of-a-kind her into a boy. That would have been incredibly cute actually. I have seen lots of the Animator's Collection dolls redone, and some of them are amazing. I haven't seen a boy though, and Merida would make a wonderful little boy.

  She was also pretty dirty. So the first step was a good bath...

She was none too pleased about the bath.

 And then a soak in conditioner.

In fact, she looked pretty peeved about the whole thing.

Then came the hard part for me: dealing with that hair. If you read the blog you'll know I don't do hair. (Even my own!) I just never acquired the talent, much to my daughter's dismay! And I know you're supposed to use fabric softener for doll hair, but I don't even use it on my clothes, so I don't have any around. I could buy some just for the dolls, but I can't stand the smell of the stuff. Conditioner usually seems to work pretty well.
  So it took quite a while to get that hair detangled and the part rewoven. I don't know how many episodes of the Great British Baking Show Ken and I watched while I did it, but it did give us a chance to get caught up!
  And the bad news:

She lost a pretty good sized wad of hair. You can't tell from this, but it's huge. Luckily she had a lot of hair to begin with!
  And the good news:

Ta Da!!

 Most of her toe and finger nail 'polish' came off. The earrings look here to stay though. I just managed to pale them a little.

Fortunately, as bad as her hair was,the original ringlets were still fairly intact.

  The ringlets have started to fizzle a bit by now, so they could really use a set and spray. But as I said, I don't do hair. I'm not even up to ringlets!
  But I'm glad I have her. From other dolls I've managed to find at Goodwill in the last year I thought someone who donates shops at the Disney Store. I was hoping Merida would show up some day. Luckily I was there the day she did!