Modern 12" Joe Online Reference - Yo Joe!

Have a newer G.I. Joe from 1991-2005 whom you'd like to identify? Go to Yo Joe! for photos and accessory descriptions.

For more information about Hasbro's G.I. Joe line see Big Red Toybox, eBay Joe Guide, or YoJoe FAQs.

Aside: while we collectors usually borrow Kenwear for our Joes to give Joes civilian looks, Kens do not fit Joewear as well. I refer, of course, to the recent 12" Joes, NOT the earlier barrel-chested Joes from the 1970s. Joe pants can be difficult to put on the Husky Ken figures or too short, above the ankles ("high waters", we called such fit in my youth) for the leaner, longer legged Poser Kens.

Kens can look dapper in My Scene guy clothes, Flavas guy clothes, or action figure clothes. But that's for another post ;-D

Wikipedia and Mixis Article

Fools dive in where angels fear to tread.

I've heard something like that, but being a fan, I tend to look for a likely soft landing spot and dive. So after editing one Wikipedia article, "Fashion doll" to add the Mixis dolls to that list, I placed an entry of my own on the Mixis dolls. There were no other Wikipedia entries for them. I mean, yes, there are photos of the Mixis and a few articles about them online, but I felt they needed some extra ... presence? referencing? online. How else will those other Mixis dolls be produced?

First step then was to create a Wikipedia user name. Then I should have edited a few articles BEFORE creating one. So I edited the entry on Fashion Dolls first. Easy to copy the formatting and paste the repeated text in the list and then to adjust the text to read "Mixis, etc."

My next step was to review the article copy I created to make it as neutral yet informative as I could. Think I succeeded there. Also, I had to make sure that I did not plagiarize text from the website. I think I did well there ... someone will let me know, if I didn't.

I need to fix the reference tags; I'll check on that tomorrow. Or maybe some kind, generous Wikipedia expert will correct the error. (Yeah right ... there are scads of playscale collectors just waiting for the opportunity to fix incorrect entries on Wikipedia. Sigh.)

Here's the link to the

Mixis article

Thanks for any advice, suggestions, etc.

Teen Dora Playsets at Target - Barbie-Joe Compatible?

The Roxborough City Avenue Target had these Teen Dora playsets available. At a cursory glance, they seemed almost compatible with Barbie-Joe-Mixis dolls. I couldn't do my usual scale check - holding a boxed Barbie in front of the box - because I was in a hurry. Has anyone seen these playsets out of the box and can you tell if these playsets are Barbie scale or off? I'd give the realism quality four plus stars - based on my brief sighting.






Thanks in advance for any answers provided.

New Artsy (Adria) Head Mold Playline Dolls at Target

I found these two new Mattel playline dolls at Roxborough Target. I photographed them there. Sorry I cut off the names of the two. I think that they are part of the "I Can" Barbie series.

Body Comparison of "Larger" Playscale Dolls and Figures

A picture is worth a thousand words.

These photos will clarify some of my comments regarding clothes exchanges between the Mixis dolls and other playscale dolls and action figures. Why I recommend NOT lending Mixis tanks to Ladies Mission figures and Perfect Body female figures and why the Get Set Club dolls cannot wear the Mixis cloth pants. These photos show from left to right:

Aoshima/Skynet Ladies' Mission action figure, BBi Perfect Body action figure, YNU Group Mixis fashion doll, Get Real Girl action doll, Get Set Club fashion doll, and Jakks Pacific G.I.R.L. Force fashion doll*.












*Note: to date I have only found one Jakks Pacific G.I.R.L. Force doll [Kulture Shock Jaz] with this body that allows the doll to sit albeit with her legs spread wide. All of my other Jakks Pacific G.I.R.L. Force doll have the legs and hips as one piece that does NOT allow these dolls to sit. That's probably why you will find online scads of photos of re-bodied Jakks Pacific G.I.R.L. Force dolls.

If anyone has found another doll with this body, please let me know. Curiosity ;-D.

GirlPower Flashback: The Spice Girls Dolls

Well ... two of the Galoob Spice Girls fashion dolls, Mel B and Mel C.

What I know (guess?) about the Spice Girls rock group could be written on the palm of my hand. With space left over. I can't say that I disliked them ... more that they became prominent after I stopped keeping up with singers and musicians and related groups. My post high school years.

Okay, the Spice Girls were British. There were five of them originally. Then the red-haired one left. The black singer was called "Scary Spice" and the blonde singer was "Baby Spice." Scary? Huh? I thought that British Black people were not subject to the same stereotypes as American Black people. Then again, "spook" might not have the same connotation in Britain. Shrug. And Baby? Surely she's close to legal age ... ? And no, I don't recall any of their songs - that I recognize as their songs. "Maniac Monday" was by the Bangles, right?

So why do I have any Spice Girls in my collection? La difference! Well, Scary aka Mel B, has a neat profile and corkscrew curly hair. Sporty aka Mel C, has a left nose stud and a gold tooth. How many young female dolls have a visible gold tooth? Rest my case there. Plus both dolls were on sale when I bought them.

Since I am short on Spice Girls and Spice Girls doll information, I am including two links on the group and the dolls:

Spice Girls 4 Life website by doll collector Riot4Jem.

and

Spice Girls Megastore website store and fan page by Lenin Imports

Additional photos of my Spice Girls dolls are available here,

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/574915050NODKfr

Generation Girl Nikki and Generation Guy Blaine

Generation Girl Nikki and Generation Guy Blaine in the hall of International High School setting from 2000.