Playing With Yourself

 

I've seen this meme, and others like it, and they always make me giggle.

We can always use a little giggle.

So I decided to see who could come to my house and do this.

Sadly, Sir Ian did not make the cut. 

We'll start outside the dollhouse.  (I did limit this to live-action characters.  Mainly because I haven't got the slightest idea which doll lines have animated versions, or how to qualify it.  Would my 1990s Midge count as Life In The Dreamhouse Midge?)

Here we have a couple of Robert Englund, Litefoot, Andre The Giant, and Kevin Peter Hall.

Steven Yeun, Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln and Jeffery Dean Morgan.

Two versions of Danai Gurira transitions us to the dolls.

Seated: Susan B. Anthony, Jimin, Jung Kook

Standing: Sir Christopher Lee, Theo James, Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Gal Gadot, Eva Marie, Becky Lynch, Samuel L. Jackson

Standing: Robbie Coltrane, Gary Oldman, Sir Richard Harris, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Dame Maggie Smith

Seated: Robert Pattinson, Katie Leung, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch 

3 of Emma Watson, 3 of Daniel Radcliffe, 2 of Rupert Grint 

**And thanks to my friend Leigh, Michelle Yeoh is on the way!**

 

Big Official Disclaimer

My dolls often keep their original names.  As a result, the people in my Barbieville stories will be toting around the same names and faces as copyrighted characters.  Lest I get sued for copyright infringement (because some of these companies are crazier than I am), I officially proclaim that they are NOT the same characters.  I don't make any money off this blog or the stories in it.  It's just for silliness.

My Christopher Pike, for example, has never served in Starfleet.  He manages a grocery store.  He just looks like Bruce Greenwood, I swear!  My Finnick's last name is Pike and he's never participated in a Hunger Game unless you count Thanksgiving.  My Pocahontas and Nakoma are sisters, not besties.  You get the idea.

Naming the Nameless

Many of my dolls come with names, but sometimes they don't or there's already someone with that name in Barbieville.  None of them are named "Barbie". 

Samantha was Barbie and she came with two nameless puppies.  She was a gift, so I let the giver name her.  But not the pups - she was suggesting things like "poophead"!  One is light gray (almost white) and the other is darker gray.  Based on that, I call them Ash and Soot.

Kevin, Nikki, and Courtney were given the names of previous friends of Skipper with which they share traits.  I didn't have a "previous" name for Claudia so I named her after my favorite character from The Babysitter's Club books.  (You know, because the Skipper friends are Babysitters Inc)

Tanner was a duplicate Hunger Games Finnick.  He's named after the main character of Damnation Alley, keeping with that whole dystopian theme.   When I brought Dean home and asked my handy minion for a suggestion, the minion said he looked like a "Dingus".  I decided it was kinda mean to call the poor guy Dingus and shortened it to Dean.

Some of them just get their names altered just slightly.  High School Musical's Sharpay became Charmaine.  Because... Sharpay?!  Kyra was originally Secret Spells Kayla.  Zenobia was Zia. Rose-Grace was simply Grace, but she was wearing roses and I couldn't decide which name I liked more.  Candy was Candy Glam Theresa.

Sometimes it's about their physical features.  I mentioned in a previous post that my Flavas Tre ended up being Frodo because he was short and had big Elijah Wood eyes. Violet has a purple streak in her hair.  Midna (who was originally Fairytopia Sunburst) has red/orange hair like the character from Twilight Princess.  Rachel - one of my sisters suggested that name and it suited her face.

One of the horses is a thrift store find.  Soft gray, almost silver, with a lighter mane and tail.  I was pondering color-based names and that handy minion suggested Silver Stream.  If you read Warrior Cats, you might recognize the name!

Due to circumstances beyond my control, there are no photos this time. 

The Men

I don't have a lot of men in my collection, because I can be picky about my dolls.  I avoid dolls with Vapid Face, a syndrome that seems epidemic in the already limited male doll market.  As I mentioned before, I prefer the jointed bodies, but a good face mold can always get rebodied.

First, my Hunger Games and Divergent men.  They all have the Barbie Collection body.  The Finnick twins (the topless one is named Tanner), Peeta, and Four.  You can see personality in those faces!  Four has a full-back tattoo, just like in the movie.  They like to lounge instead of sitting up straight, but who doesn't?

Ken has been rebodied - I think his body is My Scene.  Pike and Sulu are Playmates Star Trek.  Ken looks smitten (fitting since he's originally Sweet Talking Ken.) Pike and Sulu have a determined look to them.

The shorties.  Dean is a MG Toys action figure.  The guy in the middle is Tre from Mattel's Flavas line but I call him Frodo because he's short and got those big Elijah Wood eyes.  He's almost as short as the adolescents, but he's got facial hair and is kinda buff, so I've decided he's at least driving age.  Joe is a Navajo Code Talker GI Joe.  Dean looks worried, Frodo's daydreaming, and Joe is stern.

 WARNING NAKED DOLLS 

One of each body mold is doing the full monty so you can see the articulation.  Ignore the holes in Joe... he used to talk.  Almost everyone has the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, and ankles. (I'm not a fan of the ankles.  Who wants backwards feet?)  Pike, Dean, and Frodo have torso articulation.  Pike's boxers and boots are molded on, and he is standing on his own. Ken and Frodo, like Pike, don't have articulated ankles.  The only issues I have with these guys is that Frodo has click knees instead of the hinge and Ken's elbows are stiff.

These are the adult* male citizens of Barbieville who are driving age or older.  Pike is the official dad of the dollhouse family and the Finnick twins are the eldest brats.  The Family will get its own post, eventually.  Next time we'll meet The Women. 

*For purposes of this blog, adult is defined as 16 and up.