Doll-A-Day 2023 #227: Specs Reads-a-lot

   Today's doll is a Lalaloopsy. She's Specs Reads-a-lot.

  She's a Lalaloopsy Littles doll, from 2011. She originally came with her pet bookworm. He was a bilious shade of green and reminds me of the green tomato worms that my mom used to pick off her tomatoes in the garden when I was a kid. She used to put them on a rock and then throw a rock at it and run, because they sort of exploded messily when smushed.  

 Specs gets her name from the fact that she wears 'specs', or, glasses.

She has the typical nerd's tape on her glasses.

She has her full outfit, of one piece short and shorts with suspenders, (or, braces for our British readers), and both shoes with attached socks.

She's jointed at the neck, shoulders and hips. She can sit, but not sit up by herself. 

Her shoes have 'R' for right, and 'L' for left. on the bottoms.

Specs is the little sister of Bea Spells-a-lot. They must have different dads though, because they have different last names. As with all Lalaoopsys, her description tells us what she was 'sewn from'. In her case, it was 'pieces of a school uniform'.

 

  Specs was the first Lalaoopsy Littles with coloured eyes, and is one of only two with blue eyes. She's also the first Littles with a hair accessory, and one of only two with glasses. She's supposed to be a toddler, but a genius and a devoted student. Huh?

  That's it for today. See you again tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day 2023 #27: Mirabel

   Today's doll is courtesy of Emma again. She's Mirabel. Mirabel is the star of the Disney movie "Encanto". 

   "Encanto" is a movie Emma loves, and we watched it today. That made her think of pulling out her "Encanto" dolls so I could post them on the blog.  "Encanto" was released in 2021. This doll is from a Walmart exclusive set, released the same year. 

I love dolls with glasses. Mirabel has great green glasses, just like in the movie.

Unfortunately she has minimal articulation. She's only jointed at the  neck, shoulders, and hips.

She can move her arms and legs out to the sides though, and not just back and forth.

She's a shorter doll, at about 10 inches. But that's fitting, because she is the right height with her sister dolls, which are more close to regular fashion doll size.

  In the movie Mirabel has beautiful embroidery on her blouse and skirt. That embroidery is recreated in print on the doll's clothes. 

The little tassels are printed too.

 

  I said to Emma,how awesome would it be to see these clothes recreated on one of those expensive Disney Store dolls? 

 I loved the shoes in the movie. They were all so cute. They weren't recreated exactly for the dolls, but they're still cute.

   The shoes are open in the back for easy on and off. In the olden days, like when I was a kid, there would have been a hook in the back to close them.

  That's the doll for today. Tomorrow we'll see another doll from the set this doll came from.

Doll-A-Day 276: Meygana Broomstix

  Here it is nearly Halloween, and I haven't done anything even remotely spooky or creepy. Today's doll isn't exactly either of those, but she is a witch, so she fits the Halloween mood. She's Meygana Broomstix.

Meygana Broomstix is part of the Bratzillaz line, an offshoot of Bratz, which, I think, was meant to compete with Monster High.

This is her box...

...and the back of her box, showing the whole line.

I have to say, I never liked Bratz dolls, and my kids were never allowed to have any because I think they look too sleazy.I like the Bratzillaz Meygana though. Since she's not quite as realistic looking she doesn't come off quite as sleazy as a regular Bratz.

Her skirt is still a bit short though!

She comes with a furry purse, hat,dress, capelet,footless thigh high stockings, a brush that looks like a broom,glasses, and high heeled witchy shoes.

Very Hogwarts inspired.

She has some of the traits that I've mentioned before that I like in a doll,like teeth...

...glasses...

...and red hair.

There's a black streak in her left braid...

and down the back of her head.

Plus she's articulated, which means she can be posed in lots of cool ways, so that's fun.

She has joints at the neck,waist, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips,and knees.

Her hat has some mud and water droplets because she fell in the rain.

She holds a pose pretty well.

Amazingly enough, it was possible to get her balanced well enough on those huge heels to stand on her own.

She did fall in the wind though, so in some of these pictures she has wet spots on her hat and hair.

The Bratzillaz line mostly have inset eyes, which are beautiful.

Her glasses are a little cloudy because they are made of one solid piece of hard plastic with painted frames. The plastic is a bit thick, so her glasses come off like she's just come in from the cold.

Which is really a shame since she has such amazing eyes.

They're sparkly.

This one has painted eyes...

 ...as does the only one neither Ivy nor I have, and that's the Basic Meygana doll.
I think I have all of the Meygana's except for two, and Ivy has one of those.

It's the only Bratz type doll she has except for a red haired Genie. She's the Midnight Beach Meygana, and she glows in the dark! I want one too. Of course Ivy can't find her right now. Figures.

See you tomorrow for another doll.