Zoe, Chelsea, and Kelly Wardrobe

 WARNING!  NUDE AND CROSSDRESSING PLASTIC CHILDREN AHEAD! 

These are my Kelly/Zoe hybrids.  Wilma, Jenny, Tommy, and Fred.  They are still wearing the Zoe outfit their body donors wore.  (Please see previous blog post for a review of Zoe.)  I finally got around to going through the wardrobe for my brats.

The babies are hoping for hand-me-downs, as their wardrobe is very limited.  (They do get to wear the smaller shirts in the brat wardrobe.)

Mattel outfits.  Made for Chelsea or Kelly.

From various sources, thrift stores and yard sales.

Monster High shirts make dresses for the brats.  Strawberry Shortcake and Lil Bratz are roughly the same size and some clothes can be shared.  I did take in the plunging neckline on one of the dresses.

These were on knock-off princess dolls.  

Some of the clothing in previous pictures will vanish at this point.  Anything in need of serious repair or flat-out hideous.  I didn't even try those on the dolls.

Body mold comparison.  Most of the height difference in in the legs, but there is a bit in the torso.  My Chelsea dolls are awaiting body donors.  My Chelsea dolls have more variety of skin tones and a more natural pose, so I gave the Kelly dolls dibs.

Halloween Costumes!  Fred and Wilma are wearing their original outfits, but he needed britches for modesty.  Wilma looks more like the character she was based on with that shorter skirt.  Jenny's full-length wizard robe now only reaches the knee.  The babies inherit pumpkin, but gingerbread is too big. 

The original group trying on the costumes.  Slight alterations to gingerbread are needed (feet holes). Look for it come Halloween!  Pumpkin can be worn with britches, but loses cuteness, so it goes to the babies, where it is appropriately cute.

As I expected, all the Kelly/Chelsea brand things fit.  Skirts and pants are just shorter.

I only kept three of the princess gowns.  Fred and all the girls had a draft in the back.

You might notice repeat uses of britches.  They were outnumbered by shirts.  Those pink shorts on Jenny might end up in the baby wardrobe - they fit, barely.  Jenny and Fred are wearing open shirts.  The white shirt on Tommy feels sticky/tacky, so it went in the reject pile.  Wilma's holding down the bib on her overall skirt to show the shirt beneath.  Make sure you look at it! Don't make Wilma cry!

Wow, that patchwork dress is short!  Good thing it and Wilma's skirt have a modesty panel! Kept everything here except the white thing on Malachi.  Somebody's drunk grandma made it.

Monster High dresses.

All done modeling and ready to play!  C'mon over!

Skipper Babysitter Nursery

 Don't worry, I haven't forgotten y'all!  Just, as Big Sister says, life get in the way!  But I've not deserted Barbieville - been thinking about the next adventure even while juggling all the other stuff life's thrown at me.  To that end, I decided Orlando and Samara Pike needed a second crib.  I saw My Froggy Stuff review this set and just had to have it.

I tried to just get the crib on eBay, but those people were asking as much as for the whole set, so I just got the whole thing.  I figure the little Pike twins can use the stuff and new friends are welcome.

I usually keep things like this for fragile Christmas gifts, but The Boy (who is now a man) will be here soon and he deserves some officially sanctioned destruction.  Worse he can do with these is make me jump out of my skin!  Thank all the gods ever it ain't styrofoam.

I have a use for that backing, so carefully removed everything.  Here we have the bouncy seat, the babies, rocking horse, and Skipper.  Skipper will, of course, get rebodied.  The babies are clearly meant to be a boy and a girl (blue and pink diapers).

The bouncy seat even says Fisher Price on it.  Nice tie-in.  

The babies are both green eyed and blonde, but one has freckles and the hairstyle is different.  Blue Diaper looks a lot like Samara Pike, but Samara's hair is darker and her eyes are blue. I just love these newer Barbie babies - previous ones were either not articulated at all or almost too small to dress.

Rocking horse doesn't say Fisher Price, but is cute nonetheless. 

Skipper comes with a nice outfit, which will go into the wardrobe bin before she gets rebodied.

Wipes and bottle warmer have little pegs that lock into the under-crib shelf.  Both bottles will fit, but I found the limited space hard to work in.  The little hands this toy is meant for, though, should be fine.  This way I can show y'all one of the bottles - the only difference is color.

Solid plastic toy bear and solid plastic stack of diapers.  Nice detail on both.

Blanket in the crib.  It's a good size, which kind of surprised me.  Mattel's not known for supplying to-scale blankets with their beds.

You can take the mobile off the crib and play on the floor with it.  

I found this thing and was confused.

Then I realized it goes on the bouncy seat. 

Everything is in place.  Orlando checks out the bouncy seat and Samara rides off into the sunset while big brother Fred "cleans his side of the room".  Grandpa Mace sacrificed his night stand, but he's okay with that.  He likes his grandbabies more than the night stand.

The pediatric clinic gets a new look. 

Skipper and the babies join my Fresh doll Lexi (who is definitely getting a name change) in waiting for the move to Barbieville.  Maybe I'll make them all one big happy family, who knows?  Gotta get into the body donor bin before that happens. 

Let The Carnage Begin

WARNING: DOLL CARNAGE AND NUDITY AHEAD

TURN BACK NOW OR SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE

I've had my eye on these gals for a while.  For the articulation, frankly, but more on that in a bit.  This is my COVID-19 splurge.  The rest is going to bills, I swear!  Okay, most of the rest...

The single pack Comfy Princesses do not have knees.  Not even click knees.  So I had to buy the double packs, which gave me a couple of extra gals.  

Most Disney Princess dolls suffer from a severe case of Vapid Face, so my intent from the start was to do some head-swapping.  I bought three princesses of color for the best match to Nikki, Courtney, and Gabriella.  I hoped the extras would match Wendy and Alex.  

Skin tone match isn't perfect, since the noggins are Mattel and the bodies are Hasbro, but I can work with it.

Here Nikki and her body donor compare how well they can hold a phone.  Neither can put it to her face, but at least Tiana can FaceTime.  Whoever Nikki is talking to is looking over there!

Nikki only has click knees, which is an improvement over no knees at all.  But only a slight one.

No, this isn't cannibalism.  

Boiling water softens the heads so they can be easily removed and minimizes the chances of neck pegs breakage.  We don't want the pegs stuck in there because then the new peg might be too big.  Wendy and Alex were already off their bodies.

I'm not so nice to the noggins I don't plan to keep.  This way the neck pegs are intact and not even bent.  You'll notice only four heads when I said I was rebodying five gals.  The Alex head didn't match any of the skin tones at all.

So I'm just going to recast her with one of these two.  Comparing them to Alex's father and sister, Aurora seems to fit in best.  (I guess my dark-haired Alex is gonna get a makeover.)  Not sure yet who Rapunzel will end up being.    

UPDATE: Alex will be the fashionista with the green mohawk on whichever body matches best.  There was an issue with my delivery and Amazon gave me a credit on my account, as an apology.  I chose to get a different noggin for Alex!  Neither of these big-eyed blondes were Alex for me. 

And here they are!  

Wendy Darling, Courtney Montez, Gabriella Montez, and Nikki Pike 

Debuting working elbows and improved knees!

They do have a slight case of bobble-head but that's all right.  

Jeremiah, the younger Eaton boys, and most of the children are jealous.  

They don't even have click knees.

That will be my next project.

I've Been Shopping

NAKED DOLLS AHEAD

GO AWAY NOW 

Trader's World is one of those huge flea markets a person could spend an entire day in.  We went there before Christmas but, since I was shopping for Santa, I couldn't take advantage of the excellent deals I saw on dolls.  I've wanted to go back since, but it's nearly a two hour drive and I'm possibly the most nervous driver in Ohio.  Maybe even in America. 

I got my chance today!  The bargains weren't as plentiful this time of year, but I think I did all right. 

Becky Lynch.  She was new in box, so she's ready to play right now!  

I have a Becky, so she's going to go by Lynch. Pike does it, so can she!  I already did a review of these WWE Superstars (aka Wrestler Ladies) so y'all know I love the body mold.  Her hair's more orange than Morgan's (formerly Eva Marie) and I really like those steampunk britches.

Special Air Service GI Joe.  He's got a Union Jack on one sleeve and #13 on his back. The shirt is molded on, but at least it's a black T and not something hard to work with.  He was in a bin and badly needs a bath.  His noggin's skin doesn't quite match the rest of him, but I'm not sure if that's the plastic aging or if he's had a head transplant at some point.   

Topless Moana.  She was also in a bin and her hair is a mess.  Bath time for her.

This dude is wearing in this picture exactly what he had on in the box. I've been reading The Drawing of The Three and the scene where Eddie goes into battle stark naked was fresh in my mind.  Care to guess what I've decided his name is?

Since he's obviously not new in box, he'll be getting a bath before play.

When I took him out of the box, I found his uniform inside the bottom flap.  BONUS!  

Soapy bubbles and a scrub later, the men are ready for the dish doll washer.  Moana's hair rescued her from that little adventure.  It was here that I realized Lynch and both these guys are redheads.

Hand-washed and ready for the laundry basket.  Well... not the boots, gun, necklace and helmet.

Before making a decision on Moana, I compared her skin tone to Courtney Montez.  Not close enough for my comfort.  Courtney will get a new friend instead of working elbows and knees.  Moana's shorter than Skipper size dolls, but taller than Stacie size.  But she has breasts, so she'll be one of my middle school students.  She'll just be short, like Frodo. 

Moana, after a bath and hair styling, joins Lynch in waiting for the guys.  They're both glad they couldn't join the guys in that noisy machine.

All clean and ready for play.  Now to figure out what roles they will be playing in Barbieville.  Oh, yeah, and a name for #13.

Doll Envy

One of the bloggers I follow shared a picture of the dolls she'd bought in 2018 - it was more than Barbieville's entire population!   I can't do that.  I'm on a very limited income, and so have to be very choosy.  That said, I do have some plans for Barbieville.    

Lots of my fellow Internet Doll People are reviewing the Team Stacie dolls right now.  I've even posted about the boy in the line, mistakenly thinking he had the exact same head as the Babysitter Inc boy.  Of this line, I'm eyeballing the scientist, the gamer, and the artist.  I plan to call them Janet, Layla, and Todd - after past friends of Stacie.  But they aren't a priority because they aren't very well articulated.  Just the standard five points.

The ones I'm prioritizing are the new Harry Potter line.  Articulation, check.  Kids, check.  Elderly folks, check.  Well, one elderly folk - I'm not charmed by Dumbledore's beard.  It's hard plastic.  If you look up under it, it's not touching the chin at all.  It's like they molded it separately and glued it to his top lip.  I'll only get him if he's ridiculously marked down and then likely use him as a donor body.  I planned to start slowly buying this set in January.  But then I saw...

  

...these two on eBay.  The seven inch, fully articulated Harry Potter dolls from the 1990s.  Got them both for less than one of the new dolls is priced at and both are in excellent shape!  I'm saving the names Hermione and Harry for the new line, though, so these two are Emma and Dan after the actors who played the roles in the movies.  There is a Ron, also, but he seems to be rare and therefore expensive.  I doubt Rupert will ever live in Barbieville.  

Since the Grangers in the books were dentists, I've decided PJ is Dr Granger, mother of Hermione and Emma.  Dan and Harry will be siblings. Ron and Ginny will remain the siblings they already are.  The family make-up of the Potters and Weasleys in Barbieville is undetermined at this point.

Another one I want is Fashionista 110.  I just love her face and that green and black hair!  She isn't a priority because of articulation.  I do have donor bodies, though, so she's ahead of Team Stacie.  

Of course, there's always room for a bargain, but as it stands right now, these are my only planned purchases.  If Publisher's Clearing House shows up at my door, though, I'm gonna be the one giving Doll Envy! 

PS: None of these photos are mine.  They're mostly from Amazon.  Emma and Dan are the pictures from the actual eBay listings where I bought them.