Lady' Mission Slim Body B aka Kelly Jackson Pics

DirtyDawg from Men With Dolls asked about photos of my new Lady's Mission Slim Body figure from Aoshima/Skynet. Here are a few that Kelly graciously allowed.

Intoducing Lady's Mission Slim Body B aka No. 4 aka Kelly Jackson!




Getting Kelly's "good side."




Kelly prepares to unleash a front thrust kick.




Hair woes ... cut it?

Unexpected Toy Run or What's New at Walmart?

Usually, after Christmas, there is a doll and action figure slump. No new dolls. No new action figures in stores. Collectors wait until February for Toy Fair previews. So when I went to the Wyncote Walmart, I was surprised to find these dolls OUT on the shelves. Dolls in Philly in January? Wow!

I saw these dolls:

Barbie Sea World Trainer
Think Pink Barbie with Bunny
Think Pink Barbie with Dress Form
Think Pink Barbie with Mirror
Dolls of the World: France
Dolls of the World: Scotland
Totally Stylin' Tatoos Barbie

I want the Bunny. It's smooth white plastic and elongated. Odd looking bunny. Sigh.

From those dolls, the Dolls of the World: Scotland -- aside from the Barbie with Bunny -- would be the only one I would buy. She's got a fierce expression and an interesting wine-red hair color. Only problem with the Dolls of the World is that it looks like Scotland might have straight legs. Hmmm ...

For High School Musical 3 Fans, there was a new set with Sharpay Evans and Tiara Wilmont dolls.

The new Think Pink dining room looks better than I would have expected. Might get that piece when/if I can find it on sale.

Oh, I succumbed and bought an ethnic Ballerina Barbie and a Beach Party Nikki. Why? Because I liked their facial screening. And I found dolls that had straight, not wonky eyes. The ethnic Barbie has sky blue legs (shudder ... WHY Mattel?) and part of her torso is molded blue plastic. Clearly a kitbashing candidate, once I find a matching complexion. Beach Party Nikki has one of the stunted Barbie bodies - she's NOT a full 11.5 inches, but I like her face soooo ....

Esther, Lindsay, and Noah in Photographs

Here are photos of the first January 2009 dolls, Esther, Lindsay, and Noah:









The Biblical figures have inset eyes. Their heads are larger and their bodies are broader than most of my figures. When/if I debox them, I will be able to see if they fit in with the others.

First Dolls of the Year -- California Products

The first new dolls of 2009 arrived Friday, January 2, 2009. Esther and Noah from the Tales of Glory Messengers series by One2Believe and Lindsay Lohan from the My Scene Goes Hollywood series by Mattel rode in a box from K B Toys. They were on sale for $9.99 each.

I wanted the accessories included with Ms. Lohan. I'm not a fan, but I don't hate the actress. Some of the reviews on the K B website left me shaking my head. They seemed pretty harsh. But that's not a reason to take against the doll. Shrug.

Esther and Noah are novel to me. I had never seen or known of any Biblical characters that were Barbie scale. Another collector mentioned having a 12" Jesus. Other dolls in this series were Mary, Samson, and David. Those were dolls that K B Toys had for sale. (I missed out on Mary -- I didn't put my order through soon enough to get her.) I'm not sure how they will fit in -- partly because they are slightly larger scaled than Barbie and my usual 1:6 figures -- but they are now East Philadelphians.

Guess with a donkey and a goat in my collection, Biblical figures were bound to follow. I don't know why I made that connection ....

For those interested in the Biblical dolls, there is a website for the company that produced them:

http://www.one2believe.com/

And both Mattel and One2Believe are California companies.

Photos to be posted later today or tomorrow.

January 1, 2009 -- Blog Resolutions

It's the time for New Year's resolutions. Here are mine for this blog:

1. Schedule blog updates for Saturday or Sunday morning.

2. Re-define the blog's scope and topic.

3. Improve my photography.

4. Add links to sites of interest to other 1:6 scale collectors.

5. Consider adding an income generating link.

Signing Off 2008 -- Happy New Year, 2009

It's nearly 11AM, and I am signing off.

Happy New Year all. Happy Collecting and more fun activities in 2009.

Sincerely,
D7ana

Native American DAFs -- Hey Toby!

I received Kocoum from Disney's Pocahontas from the Jim Faraone Special Auction -- thanks Toby! Toby and I were talking about Native American dolls and action figures. I've only got FOUR Native American figures. Wow. Talk about under-representation. I am not doing a count to see that I have an equal amount of every race or ethnicity, but I am surprised that the number of Native Americans is so small.

Here the East Philadelphians (my crew) meet Kocoum:



Here's a full front view of Dragon Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach), YNU Group Mixis Emerald, Mattel Eskimo Barbie, and Mattel Disney Kocoum.



I am submitting larger files here at a medium setting to see if my photos will look better. Hope it won't take too long to upload.

Kocoum is now officially an East Philadelphian!