A Philly Collector of Playscale Dolls and Action Figures

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Discarding Boxes or the Unromantic Side of Collecting NRFB

Most of today, I spent discarding boxes after cutting away doll photos on some or removing accessories to be kept or to be donated/sold. Man somebody will end up with a heap of plastic doll brushes. LOL. Whew. I rather regret NOT deboxing the figures sooner. But it is good to be doing this now and separating the things I will not keep into donate or sell piles. If I can increase DAF buying funds, that would be great.

It's also been fun to see what I have. I find nice surprises, Oh, I did get that one? That sort of thing. Also experiencing a lot of, Oh, no this one looks like that one except the outfit differs. (You guess correctly if you think Fashion Fever Barbie ;-P)

Finally, this deboxing exercise is good because it allows me more room. More room to show the DAFs I have and more room for new ones to come in.

Heh heh ... the ulterior motive.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

New Integrity Dynamite Girls for 2009!

Mid-to-late February is an exciting time to be a collector. I received a message and a photograph of the new Integrity Dynamite Girls for 2009 from Maddie's Dolls.

Dynamite Girls' Electropop Collection!
See Aria, new character Dayle, Rufus Blue, Sooki and second new character Jasper with their funky and hip Electropop style!

Click Here to see the New Dolls

I WANT THEM ALL!!!

YNU Mixis Dolls' Close Up Photos

Limited Edition Emerald

Limited Edition Emerald right

Limited Edition Emerald left

Sunset Edition Houda

Sunset Edition Houda right

Sunset Edition Houda left

Limited Edition Opal

Limited Edition Opal right

Limited Edition Opal left

Sunset Edition Opal

Sunset Edition Opal right

Sunset Edition Opal left

Limited Edition Rosa

Limited Edition Rosa right

Limited Edition Rosa left

Sunset Edition Rosa

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Get Set Club and JEM Doll Bodies

I owe this post idea to ModernWizard who asked if the Get Set dolls had the Jem body. I didn't think that the bodies were the same because the Jem body would have existed when the Get Set dolls appeared. Jennifer Baker, the creator of the Get Set dolls, described in the City Paper article - City Paper article
- that she had to have the dolls sent back to the factory to have the nipples reduced and other details for a new doll body she wanted for the Get Set dolls.

However, various molds for Kenner Darci dolls were later used for Hasbro Jem dolls. (See the Aunt Darcie link under Aunt Darcie tab
) So doll molds HAVE crossed companies before. Here's my chance for an investigation. Conclusion? Drum roll ....

The Get Set Club dolls do not have the same body as Jem dolls.

Fiona of the Get Set Club and Aja from the Holograms volunteered to illustrate.

Aja has a taller body and a slightly larger head.

Aja torso close up.

Fiona torso close up.

Aja's and Fiona's upper half. Aja has smaller breasts and a more narrow torso than Fiona. Fiona has nipples. Both dolls have defined belly buttons (innies).

Aja has a more narrow crotch, and her legs are closer together. Aja's legs are slightly longer than Fiona's.

Fiona has a larger derrierre.

The feet are roughly the same size, but Aja has a higher instep. Fiona's feet are more detailed; they have painted toenails.

Fiona's inner and outer ankles are both defined. Aja's outer ankles only protrude.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Get Set Club and Mixis Body Comparison

I have three photos showing Get Set Club Isabella and Sunset Edition Houda of the Mixis for body comparison.

Houda and Isabella face up (left to right)

Houda and Isabella face down (left to right)

Houda and Isabella side view (left to right)

Get Set Club Dolls

The Get Set Club dolls are an exciting series of dolls from around 1999-2000 that were created by Jenny Baker. The dolls were geared to be an alternate choice to Barbie and the Cult of Pretty and Delicate. The Get Set Club dolls or G-Five as they were also called -- G-Five because there are five of them and their names are Gia, Fiona, Isabella, Vanessa, and Eva -- were based on a more "natural" or "average" proportioned woman. Translation: they had smaller breasts and fuller hips and butts as well as heavier legs and bigger feet than Barbie and the Barbie clones out. And most exciting to me, each doll had her own face sculpt. Yippee!

Unfortunately, the Get Set Club dolls did NOT succeed as hoped. The set of guy dolls that were to follow and the playsets and the outfits were never put on the market -- to my knowledge.

I'm adding photos of the Get Set Club dolls here: