Be Kind Dolls at Ollie's

  Has anybody heard of the Be Kind dolls? They're from a few years ago, and I vaguely remember them. I saw them recently at Ollie's, in Ollie's big Christmas toy display. There were three different dolls.

They have an Ivy. I would have bought this one for Ivy when she was a kid.

   

They're 12 inch dolls, but they seem bigger.

  There are five dolls in the series, but our Ollie's at least didn't seem to have received the Koral or Nora.

   They are articulated at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, and knees. Unfortunately, there's no ankle joint. They each come with a DIY project. 

  Daisy is my favourite. 

                                 

  Daisy 'loves animals'.  

In spite of Daisy's theme being animals, her project is making a bean bag chair, (For her, not the child.), instead of something to do with animals, specifically, the horses she likes to ride. They didn't even give her animal print fabric to make her chair out of, although there are some paw prints involved, and she comes with a bunny. Her box also says something about decorating a purse. Apparently Daisy's purse can be covered with the fabrics too.

  The dolls try to promote reusing and recycling, and generally being eco-friendly.

When they say the 'dolls wear eco fashions', does that mean their clothes are made from recycled products, or natural sustainable fibers, or that they just have 'eco' themed graphics on them? They don't explain.

  

   

  The boxes have a ribbon handle on top, which you are encouraged to reuse as a hair tie or bracelet.

 

  Even the doll's box is supposed to be used to make a 'kindness board', where you can 'display your creations'.

The dolls were made by Jada Toys. I can't think of anything else they've made. Apparently they mainly make model cars and their products are 'predominantly aimed at the collectible market'.
 

  I just thought I'd show these dolls to you. They are cute, and fairly articulated. Ollie's is selling them for $14.99. If you don't live near an Ollie's, I'm sure you can find them online, or maybe at other stores that sell older, discontinued items.

Doll-A-Day 2023 #361: Boo Berry

  I'm not prejudiced. I feel the same about action figures as I do dolls. Let's face it, 'action figure' is a term that was only invented to sell GI Joes to boys. (Couldn't sell 'dolls' to boys, now could they?) So if you think this Boo Berry is an action figure, that's okay.

  He was only recently released, by Jada Toys.

  He comes in a little box that looks like a box of Boo berry cereal.

Okay, so the back of his box calls him an action figure. I don't mind.

  I had been wanting this guy, and Ken got him for me for Christmas. The name on his box feels sort of flocked. It's coated with glow in the dark stuff. I haven't gotten it to glow though.

The front of his box opens like a door. 

Boo Berry glows in the dark. At least, he's supposed to. I have had him under the light for ages, and he barely glows. He comes with a stand, and a little block of plastic that looks like a box of Boo Berry cereal. The box has glow stuff on it, like the front of the box. And the little box glows better than Boo Berry himself.

 

He's 3 1/2 inches tall.

  Here's a better look at his box background, with him out of the box.

  It's Franken Berry, Count Chocula, and Boo Berry. There also used to be a werewolf called Fruit Brute. Does anybody remember him? he must not be popular even with those nostalgic for the other three, because he never gets mentioned. There are figures of the other two from Jada Toys too though. But Boo Berry was always my favourite. I didn't eat the cereal very often, but I thought the character was cute, and he was fun to imitate, because he had that Peter Lorre voice.

  See how cute he is?

His arms and hands are posable. He's jointed at the shoulders and wrists.

  His mini cereal box is two sided.

  His stand is clear and when he's on it, it's supposed to look like he's floating.

  Boo Berry has a corresponding hole in the back to place him on the stand with.

In the dark, if he glowed properly, he'd look like he was floating in the air. I said if.

I mentioned how fun Boo Berry was to imitate, with his Peter Lorre voice. Everybody and his cousin does a Peter Lorre impression. (These days, maybe not so much. And if they do, they don't always know he was a real person.) Well, I did too when I was a kid. In fact, I got hit in the face with a dodge ball in elementary school because somebody asked me to do my Boo Berry impression for somebody else, and I did...paying no attention to the dodge ball heading for my face.

  Action figure or not, glow in the dark or not, he's a cute little guy and I'm glad to have him.

  Number 361! We're going to do it! Check out today's other posts, and stay with us for the end of the year and watch us hit 365!