Ken, But Wait, There's More: Dolls

  Finally, a post that isn't  all about Ken, although my life is right now. He is home, and  keeping Fuzzy and me very busy. It's  been super hot, so he has been sapped by the heat, as have I. We were under a heat advisory all week, so we went to Emma's house to  hang out  in her air conditioning a couple of days. He has his first real outpatient therapy this week. Temperatures are supposed to drop a bit, so hopefully he will be feeling more up to it. We did some stuff at home, but generally it was just so hot that he was weak, and I didn't want to put a drain on him. Today we did a bit more, as it's a little cooler.

  But, what you're really here for is dolls. I was out shopping for a  blood pressure cuff, etc. this week, and walked through the clearance and toy aisles at Walmart. Normally I don't like to encourage Walmart shopping, but there were a few good clearance things, and some nice dolls.

  As for the dolls, I saw that Walmart now has Naturalistas dolls. I showed you some from Target in a post last year. 

They also had the fashion packs.

I love the nightie.

  They also had a line called Latinistas, which I assume are by the same company. 

They are also very pretty dolls, and worth checking out. Both series of dolls were priced at $12.97 each. They also had the Naturalistas clothing packs.

  I also saw a couple of very articulated Fresh dolls.

 Both were good looking dolls, one being male and the other female. The articulation looked good, and they had nice faces. 

  There was a line called Fresh. Not sure if they're related. The hair on the blonde one is great.

 

  There was also a line of dolls I've never seen called Luv, which stands for Limitless, Unique, Vibrant, and their accompanying fashion packs.. They were interesting looking dolls. I'm not sure if they have any extra some articulation. I liked them though. 

  

There is a Ron in the currant line of Harry Potter dolls! Yay! 

Ron was always my favoutire character, and he gets the short end of the stick. I'm glad to see him making an appearance.

The VIP dolls looked a little cheap and ugly.

But the current line of Disney Descendants are pretty cool

The selection of Mini Brands was great. They had the books, shoes, purses, make sets, and what seemed an endless selection of others. I think at least half of one side of the aisle was Mini Brands. There were so many I'd love to buy, but they are so expensive. And of course, we've had no income for 7 weeks now.

 

 

  

  There were some great Mini Verse sets. Have I mentioned that I love tiny stuff?

  The Harry Potter Mini Verse sets were great too. Some of the stuff was so detailed. I love this stuff!

In the clearance aisle they had Rainbow High shoes and purse singles for only $2.00, and Mini Bratz for only $4.00. I had to go back today. The Rainbow High stuff was all gone, but the Mini Bratz were only $1 each!

  Yeah. Okay. That one display doll fell off while I was looking at them. Honestly. It really fell off on it's own.

 Which is not to say I didn't take it home with me.

   That's it. Ken keeps Fuzz and I busy, so I don't have much time any more. This post took three writing sessions. Sorry there were no photos. If I have to go back, (which I do, to return the blood pressure cuff I got.), maybe I will get some pictures. 

Doll-A-Day 2023 #298: Fresh Dolls Ebony

   Recently we looked at a Fresh Doll named Lexi. Yesterday we looked at another Fresh Doll, Lynette. Today, we're looking at yet another Fresh Doll. This one, also found at Ollie's for $4, is Ebony.

  She's not pictured on the back of the box, at least not in this edition.

Remember when I said I didn't remember seeing the 'women owned' statement on the back of Lexi's box, like these girls have? That's because it was covered by a sticker! In looking at that post again, i can see that one the box!  I wonder what happened?

She has the same articulation as Lynette, with joints at the neck, shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees.

Her legs can go outwards as well as back and forth.

She can cross her feet and sit up straight, as long as she can hang her legs downward.

But like Lynette, she can't sit up straight with her knees  bent on a flat surface.

  And like Lynette, she has quite a head of hair. 

In fact, they both have so much hair that they had trouble posing back to back like this. Their huge hair kept pushing them apart!

Or causing Ebony's head, which was much looser on her neck than Lynette's, to turn away from the camera!

In the end they had to separate...but no hard feelings.

  Although, like Lynette's, I don't think I'd take Ebony's hair down wither, her hair is at east rooted much thicker than Lynette's.

 

It feels a lot more silky too.

I like Lynette, but I prefer the more natural lip and hair colour on Ebony. And she is so pretty.

  I kept thinking she reminded me of somebody. I think I figured it out. She sort of reminds me of actress Merle Oberon.

Lynette just has a harder look about her. I will say one thing in Lynette's favour though: she was much easier to photograph. Ebony's eyes were so shiny that I had trouble getting a picture of them!

 

 One thing I forgot to mention in Lynette's post, was how long and slender their hands are.

  One thing I didn't notice on Lynette, since she had a turtle neck on, was that they have pronounced clavicles.

  You may have noticed that Ebony came with a flaw in her eyebrow.

She also had several hairs caught in her neck joint.

  Ebony has on a nice pair of overalls, or, as Fuzz used to call them, 'hook up pants'. And a plain white shirt just asking to have the Planet of the Dolls logo stenciled on it. Yeah,. I'm stealing those. Dolly World has been wanting a pair of 'hook up pants' to do yard work in.

  

I don't care for Ebony's shoes though. They are very unrealistic looking. Maybe it they hadn't been Barbie pink! They have the Fresh logo on them.

  Remember I said these girls were going to be available for adoption? 

Remember that I stole Lynette's pants and Ebony's shirt and 'hook up pants'? Well how would you like these two bottomless girls for $5 and postage? They are boxless, so they can be mailed in sitting positions for a cheap price. Whatta ya say? I can't donate them because they've been deboxed, so they need to go elsewhere. If you're interested, leave a comment with your contact information.

  That's the doll for today. We'll see some doll tomorrow, although at this point I haven't decided which one. Next week is a busy one, with a trip to see Ivy in Indiana on the agenda. We'll see what I manage next week!