Sunday, July 31, 2011

Fashionistas In the Spotlight Artsy

Fashionistas In The Spotlight 
Swappin' Styles
Artsy 
 Mattel 
2010
Made in China 
There are 6 dolls in this series 
From left to right 
Sassy, Sweetie, Sporty 
Glam, Cutie, and Artsy 
I love Artsy's outfit. The only other doll
I might buy is Sassy for her outfit. 
Toy's R Us purchase.

Princess Pea

Princess Pea 
Character from the PBS Children's Show 
"Super Why"
In the show she changes into Princess Presto. 
Approximately 7 inches tall 
Missing her crown
LCB
2009 
Made in China 
Thrift Store find.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Target 35th Anniversary Barbie

Target 35th  Anniversary Barbie 
Special Edition 
Mattel 
1997
Made in China 
Garage Sale find.

Ugly Betty

Madame Alexander 
Ugly Betty 
Alexander Doll Co.
2006
Hollywood Collection 
Toy's R Us Exclusive
Made in China 
Garage Sale find.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Charice 2

Charice 
Integrity 
Mikelman 
Marked on head Integrity 1996
On body - Integrity 1995
Raincoat is not original. Label is marked Hong Kong
Made in China 
From a group of dolls on E-Bay

Disney Darlings


Disney Darlings 
Disney 
Ariel and Cinderella
4 inches high 
Made in China 
Thrift Store find.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

More New Monster High

I rarely go to K-Mart/Sears for a variety of reasons. 
It's not on the way to the Thrift Store
.  They never had anything new when
I went there. 
Usually, I stay home on Thursdays. But I needed to go get gas, and 
thought I hadn't been to K-Mart in a few months, so why not take 
a ride to see what might be in the Clearance aisle. Still had some
money stashed away in my new doll budget.
I was pleasantly surprised to find out they had
Monster High 
Locker Series 
Ghoulia Yelps
Physical Deaducation
Mattel 
2011 
Made in Indonesia 
Comes with her locker
and another outfit with an extra pair of glasses. 

Monster High 
Dawn of the Dance 
Deuce Gorgon 
Mattel 
2011
Made in Indonesia 
Comes with a DVD 
"New Ghoul at School" 
Revisiting 
"Frankie's First Day at School"
Monster High 
Dawn of the Dance 
Ghoulia Yelps 
Mattel 
2011 
Made in Indonesia 
Same DVD as in Deuce's box. 
 K-Mart\Sears find. 
They also had the other two dolls in the Locker Series 
and I can't remember the others they had from the 
Dawn of the Dance Series. 
Out of the 4 Stores that I can go to in my area, I find that the Wal-Mart 
is the worst for finding any new dolls.  They still haven't gotten the
Barbie Basics Jean Series, even though the sign has been up for months.

Glam

Barbie Glam 
Summer 
Mattel 
2007 
Made in China 
Thrift Store find

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Spritz - Singing Palm Tree

Stopped at Target today to see if I could find 
any of the new Monster High Dolls. 
They didn't have any so I walked around and 
found the Clearance Aisle. 
There were no dolls, but there was this lonely  Palm Tree.
I picked it up. It was adorned with Christmas Lights
and when you pressed the button, it played music with the lights 
flashing to the beat. 
Thought it might be good to use in a display. 
Looked at the price. It was originally selling for $14.99
and was marked down to 10.48. Still a little high, but I
took it over to the scanner and to my surprise it rang up 
for $3.74 + tax.   Total $4.00 

Spritz 
Singing Palm Tree 
Target Brands 
2011 
12 inches tall to top of trunk. 
Takes 4 AA Batteries which were included.
Motion activated, synchronized 
light and music show. 
Plays two different songs 
"Wipe Out"
and 
"Jump in the Line" 
Sung by Harry Belefonte 
(Probably known better as 
"Shake, Shake, Shake, Senora"
in the movie "Beetle Juice") 

Christie and Teresa relaxing at the beach. 
Target find.

Spooky Sooki

This is a doll that I have had on my want list 
for a long time. She reminded me of
Wednesday, from the Addams Family. 
I knew I probably wouldn't 
be able to find her at the Thrift Store or at a 
Garage Sale.  So every so often I would go 
on E-Bay to see if she was listed. 
There was a seller who had it as a buy it now, but it was
more than I really wanted to pay. 
Then the seller put another one up for auction. 
I won the auction, and
got  her for less than the Buy It Now. 
Not too much less, but this only happens once and awhile.
Dynamite Girls 
Spooky Sooki 
Integrity Toys 
Doll design and styling by 
Jason Wu and his design team. 
2008 
Made in China 
E-Bay purchase.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Shopping Time

Shopping Time Barbie 
Wal-Mart Special Edition 
Mattel 
1997 
Made in China 
Thrift Store find.

Belle

Belle 
Beauty and the Beast 
Classic Doll Collection 
Disney 
(Sold at the Theme Parks) 
2000(?) 
Made in China 
Missing shoes and arm sleeves 
Gave her some white heels. 
Good Disney reference site 
Just a note that some pictures do not work. 
Thrift Store find.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Disney Fun

Disney Fun 
Disney Exclusive 
Fourth Edition 
Mattel 
1996
Made in Malaysia 
Garage sale find.

Birthday Barbie

Birthday Barbie 
(Teresa) 
Mattel 
1996
Made in Malaysia 
Garage sale find.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

It's Raining Men - Part 2

This post is a reply to questions Vanessa from
Van's Doll Treasures posed in my previous post
Vanessa asked
"Are they short men?"
"How do they measure up to the women?" 
Well Vanessa, 
What do you think?
Couple No. 1 


Couple No. 2 

 Couple No. 3 


Couple No. 4 

All the men are from ES Toys.
From my research ES stands for Ever Sparkle.
These men are most likely from 2002-2003
Thanks Vanessa for the idea!  Had fun trying to 
put the couples together.  The only problem I had was 
getting their boots off.

Jukebox

Jukebox 
from 
Hannah Montana  Malibu Bedroom 
Disney 
2007 
China 
Thought this might look good in a diorama. 
Thrift Store find.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Spectra Vondergeist and Clawdeen Wolf

I wasn't going to go to Target this morning, but the Flea Market was dead. 
It's been so hot here in the Northeast that most of the vendors stayed home. 
So instead of going straight to the Thrift Store, I relented and stopped at 
Target.  In the past few times I have been at Target, there has been nothing 
new.   Except today, I found two new Monster High Dolls, one that I really wanted. 
That is:
Spectra Vondergeist
Daughter of a Ghost 
Mattel 
2010 
She has a pet ferret named Rhuen.
Made in China.
She was the only one there.
The other one that I purchased was:
Clawdeen Wolf 
Daughter of the Werewolf 
Mattel 
2010
Made in China. 
The only one now that I am looking for is
Abbey Bominable.
Target find.

Great Date

Barbie 
Great Date 
Mattel 
2002
Made in China 
Thrift Store find.

Friday, July 22, 2011

New Monster High

New Monster High Items are appearing. 
Went to Toy's R Us and found 
Monster High 
Frankie Stein 
School's Out Series (?) 
Mattel 
2010 
Made in China 
Lagoona Blue 
Mad Scientist 
Locker Series 
Mattel 
2011
Made in China 
Comes with red coffin locker and extra outfit 
From the back panel looks like there are
2 other dolls in this series. 
Hydration Station 
Dead Tired Series 
Lagoona Blue 
Mattel 
2010 
China 
Comes with Lagoona Blue 
Just realized she has freckles. 
I can't keep up with the Monster High Dolls. 


It's Raining Men

Today's find are a group of male action figures.
The first four are marked ES Toys 
Made in China 
Close-ups
The next male action figure is 
Hasbro 
GI Joe 
Made in China 
close-up
Thrift Store find.