Madame Morrible

 

WARNING! NEKKID DOLL BOOBIES!

I've been trying to get my mitts on Morrible since before Christmas.  I don't care much about the other Wicked dolls, or about Wicked.  But the folks politely referred to as "older" are rare in doll form.  When I saw Morrible reviewed on YouTube, I instantly added her to my wish list!

A friend in Pennsylvania took pity upon my quest and mailed her to me.  She was supposed to be here on the 15th but got here on the 20th, after a bizarre side trip right through Ohio and back.  Dumb post office.

Side Note: I had two empty roles for an Asian grandma when my Barbieville soap opera was a thing.

  Discounting characters like Severus Snape, who were much younger than the actor who played him, I had five "older" folks.  Now I have six and the boys are outnumbered!

Here she is!  Her hair comb jumped right back off her head and vanished, but otherwise she's intact.  Her clothes will be put up with Albus and McG's robes.  She gonna get some civvies.

Closeup of that lovely face.  It's a good likeness of the actress, Michelle Yeoh.  

I managed to get her out of the packaging without ruining the backdrop.

These boots are made for walkin'.  So are the knees.  Dolls in Jeanie Land must have working elbows and knees, with few exceptions. (Looking at you, Tris.) I keep a bin of donor bodies, usually from thrift stores and yard sales

I've been putting off McGee's boil wash (to straighten the updo) for almost as long as I've had her.  She joined Morrible.  I'm not very good at these - I'm always afraid of melting heads. 

Susan B volunteered to do the same.  The historical Susan B. Anthony was in her fifties during the Suffragette Movement, but this doll looks way younger.  Maybe the Inspiring Women dolls are Barbie cosplaying?  

Morrible is happy with her new friends.  Boiling water poured over the head is a great bonding experience, I guess.  I'll take their word for it.

Sunflower and Iris like their updos up.  I agree.  That hair was a big selling point for me on both of them.  And Sunflower had to raid the donor bin because she was a Fashionista! 

I and Morrible both thank my friend for her generosity.

 

  

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!**

 

Kitchen Remodel

 

The dolls live in a house intended for 18 inch dolls.  (Made by Wicked Cool Toys.)  While this gives them larger rooms, there are a few logistical issues.  Windowsills and doorknobs are somewhere between shoulder and eye level on the Barbies, depending on body mold.  I guess that's one way to keep the kids from running in and out!

This is what the kitchen looked like at the beginning of my project.  A too-big shelving unit for groceries, the really big door, and a dining table that nobody's legs fit under (because the chairs that came with the table were fragile).

Christmas brought me a bunch of Make It Mini Home items.  The scale varies by item, but that's nothing a little imagination can't fix.  The pink chairs work for my tots and babies, the smaller barstools and blue table works for their toys.  My favorite bits, though, are for the kitchen.

First order of business in my kitchen remodel, cover that door and install the pizza oven.  Poor thing's been languishing on the miscellaneous shelf, waiting for me to get materials to make the door into a covered fireplace or simply an accent wall.

This is 1:12 scale "gray brick wall sheet".  It fit almost perfectly, directly from the package.

Since the groceries would be moving back into the "store", I decided to thin out the dishes and food items.  A lot of the food items are Mini Brands Foodies.  Again, scale can be off, but most of the Foodies are pretty close.  This was a digression from the kitchen project since the bin lives outside the dollhouse, but I got 'er done.

Finished kitchen, after.  Switched out the table and put in a smaller shelving unit.  Many of the appliances were rescued from the food bin - I didn't even remember owning some of them!  The Make It Mini ones I got for Christmas are incredibly detailed.  I glued some of the tiny parts together, even, so they can't be lost.  

My dolls have an air fryer that can fit in their crock pot!  The tiny jigsaw went into the tool bin and so isn't pictured here.

More appliances.  The nightstand is very not-to-scale, so it's a spice rack now.  

The shelf that was too big for the kitchen corner got moved into the living room.  Some decor items appear to have escaped their dots of glue.  Candlesticks, mostly.  Gonna have to go lay on the floor again...