Doll-A-Day 2023 #56: My Scene Barbie and Friends

 Today's doll is a group of dolls. They're My Scene dolls.

My Scene dolls were Mattel's attempt to compete with Bratz dolls. You can read my whole rehash of the Barbie/Bratz clash HERE. 

  My Scene had a version of Barbie. That Barbie was always blonde. There was a blonde My Scene doll that wasn't Barbie too. I can't tell the difference. My kids were never into the My Scene dolls, except Ivy, like me, loves the Fab Faces dolls. (You can see one of ours HERE.) I believe there are three Barbie's in this crowd. The second doll is Madison, I think, and the redhead is Chelsea? Anybody?

   

 

You'll notice that some of them have big feet and some don't. That's because the big feet were merely big shoes. The feet were the standard little Barbie feet. At least, unlike Bratz dolls, if you lost the shoes, the dolls still had feet.

The third and fourth dolls have rooted eyelashes. Some of the My Scene dolls were very pretty, and some weren't as appealing.

  Not all these clothes are My Scene clothes. At least they fit.

A pair and a half of shoes. Typical.

  These ladies came from my house. They were apparently on the attic stairs when the fire occurred. That means they were in the vicinity of the heat and smoke. They were undamaged, but smelled a little smokey when they were brought here. They were in a plastic bag, so that helped, I guess. They and their clothes have been washed, and they have been airing out for a few weeks. They actually aren't bad now. I think a little more airing out and they will be back to normal. They need to go away though, because I don't want them, and Emma doesn't need them in her house. They are in the way. If anybody wants them, you can have them and the clothes and shoes for $40 and shipping costs. Make them go away.

  Those are the dolls for today. I would have posted something else, but everything else needed some kind of prepping, and I'm trying to work on a million things at once. Forgive me.

Doll-A-Day 2018 #136: Fab Faces Kennedy

  Today's doll is,as I said,one you'll probably either love or hate. She's this interesting lady.

She's Fab Faces Kennedy,a My Scene Barbie friend.

She's from the Fab Faces series.

She looks a little unusual, but there's a reason. She has a great gimmick. She has these buttons in her back.

What are the buttons for? Why do they have faces? Each button has a different function, and they make her do this!

Eyebrows up and mouth agape.

Mouth and eyebrows a little calmer.

Eyebrows calm and mouth really open.

A fairly relaxed expression.

And, really peed off!

Each button controls a different part of her face.

You can see some bumps on her forehead.

There are shapes on her face, under a thin rubber skin. The buttons raise or extend the bumps to make her have expressions. Sometimes the bumps show through a bit too much.

The rubber skin is kind of delicate, and these dolls are sometimes found with 'skin' that has split or torn, or even been ripped off completely.

Well it's true.

I'm sure that originally the buttons could be used together to combine the movements. That doesn't seem to work any more.

These aren't her original clothes. I know I have her dress somewhere, but I don't think I got it when I got her, (second hand). This is what Ivy had on her when we came across her. 

It's a little hard to find clothes for her other than her own, because of all the buttons sticking out of her back.

 She has pretty much the same articulation as the other My Scene dolls. It's the standard Barbie body of the time,with jointing at the shoulders and hips, with click bend knees.

The only thing the Fab Faces dolls are missing that other My Scene and Barbie dolls have, is a jointed neck. Because of the face making feature, her head doesn't turn.

 She has great thick curls.

You can watch a commercial for Fab Faces Kennedy and friends HERE.

I have been looking for this doll for years. Guess where I found her. Ivy had her in her room all this time!
 

 
  You can see my posts on some other My Scene dolls HERE, HERE,HERE,and HERE.
 That's the doll for today. Come back tomorrow for another doll.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #99: Madison

  I'm still on the mend today,but much better. I should be up to (nearly) full strength tomorrow, so we'll check out an interesting doll. But today we're looking at a boxed doll because...ummm...I didn't feel like photographing anything! Sorry for the bad pictures!
  Today's doll is Madison.

 This Madison is from the very first wave of My Scene dolls from 2002.
 

My Scene was Mattel's attempt to compete with Bratz by making a series of Barbie and friends dolls with big heads and feet,and large eyes and mouths.

The Mattel dolls did have one up on the Bratz dolls, in my opinion. While the Bratz dolls had detachable shoes/feet,which left nothing but an empty peg when removed,(which also allowed the doll's feet to get lost,leaving them with peg legs),the My Scene dolls have regular Barbie sized feet,allowing them to not only wear regular Barbie shoes,but also maintain their feet when their giant shoes were removed. This allowed kids to have more shoe options for the dolls. There also aren't now a bunch of My Scene dolls with no feet! (Something that's a problem with Bratz dolls.) 

I also think the My Scene dolls were a lot prettier than the Bratz dolls, and not nearly as...how to say this and keep this post G Rated?

 I think you all know what I mean! (And I'm pretty sure Bratz dolls would, because they look like they know more about that kind of stuff than I do anyway!)

  In Europe Madison was called 'Westley', which I thought was a guy's name.
  Tomorrow we'll look fully at an interesting doll. I promise!

Doll-A-Day 2017 #148 My Scene Nolee?

    We're almost through all the dolls I got at one Goodwill in that one week. Today's doll from the hauls is this girl.

She's a My Scene doll. I think she's Nolee,but if anybody knows for sure, please let me know

My Scene dolls had big lips,but they didn't look as sleazy and over made up as the Bratz dolls.

This one has long straight black hair.There are little side bangs hiding in there too, but they are kind of blended in with the other hair.

My Scene dolls were a Barbie sideline, so they had the standard Barbie body of the day. They came with the usual tiny Barbie feet, but oversized shoes to make their feet look big. This was a good thing, because if you happened to not have My Scene shoes: A.Your doll still has feet,and B. She can wear regular Barbie shoes.

She was wearing the High School Musical Gabriella shirt and some Ken jeans when I got her. This shirt is kind of boring and,ironically, I think this is a Bratz skirt. The jacket is maybe Liv? All these clothes came in the bag of clothes I got in the haul. I will change her clothes at some point,but for now,at least she's not naked.

The jacket is cool, but needs one sleeve repaired.

There are those bangs.

She has a very pale complexion.

See? That skirt is way too short.

Tomorrow we'll see some of  the last dolls from the haul.