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Monday, July 8, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
46 Manufacturers Who Produce(d) Asian Fashion Dolls or Action Figures
These manufacturers have produced Asian
playscale fashion dolls or action figures. Some of the manufacturers are no longer in
business, but armed with the names, you can find your Asian figures
online.
If anyone knows of
additional manufacturers of Asian playscale fashion dolls or action figures – not seeking other scales or statues – please submit those names. I’ll add them to this list.
Aoshima/Skynet
Azone Incorporated
Blue Box International Ltd.
aka "BBi"
ChinaSprout
Dragon
Edation
Elite Brigade
Get Real Girl
Get Set Club
Hasbro
Headplay
Helene Hamilton
Hot Toys Limited
Integrity Toys
Jakks Pacific
Kumik
Kurhn
Lanard
Loading Toys
M and C Toys
Mattel
Medicom
MiKelman
MGA Entertainment
Obitsu
Petworks
Phicen
Playmates Toys Inc.
Pullip
R&D Dolls
Sears Holding Corporation
Sekiguchi
Sideshow Collectibles
Simplz Toys
Smartees
Soldier Story
Soldiers of the World
Sonokong
Spinmaster
Takara
Triad Toys
Ultimate Soldier (21st
Century)
Varner Concepts
Volks
YNU Group Inc.
Yue-Sai Kan Holdings, Ltd.
Disclaimer/confession: I am
not Asian American or Pacific American. To my knowledge, I have no Asian or
Pacific American ancestors. However, I do appreciate racial variety in my collection. And I
love a challenge. No Asian figures? Ha.
D7ana
Friday, July 5, 2013
More Photos of Asian Diaspora Dolls and Action Figures
Back row, standing: Hasbro JEM Starlight Girl Banee, Asian everGirl, Mattel 1 Modern Circle Ken – Daytime, Get Real Girl Skylar Ron, Lanard I-Girl Asia, MGA Entertainment America's Next Top Model Sidney, and Hasbro Foreign Soldiers Collection Japanese Air Force Officer.
Front row, seated or kneeling: Playmates Toys Inc. Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, Azone Incorporated Original Doll Loco Island Minako, BBi Asian Body Builder, Bbi JASDF Ueda, and Azone Incorporated Original Doll Jelly Beans Generation Reimy.
Hasbro JEM Starlight Girl Banee, Playmates Toys Inc. Asian everGirl, Mattel 1 Modern Circle Ken – Daytime, Get Real Girl Skylar Ron, and Lanard I-Girl Asia.
Playmates Toys Inc. Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu and Mattel 1 Modern Circle Ken – Daytime.
Azone Incorporated Original Doll Loco Island Minako, BBi Asian Body Builder, and Bbi JASDF Ueda.
Whoa - did I get two of the same Bbi guys? No. Blue Box International made two similar figures: JASDF Ueda who came boxed with loads of accessories or "nude" and Body Builder Elite Force, Asian.
Query: how can you distinguish between BBi’s Asian Body Builder and BBi’s Ueda action figures?
Answer: the Body Builder figures have nude hands; Ueda has gloved hands.
Get Real Girl Skylar Ron and Lanard I-Girl Asia. Fun, poser bodies. Alas for the big heads and more cartoony look.
Lanard I-Girl Asia, MGA Entertainment America's Next Top Model Sidney, Hasbro Foreign Soldiers Collection Japanese Air Force Officer, and Azone Incorporated Original Doll Jelly Beans Generation Reimy.
And yes, I have more.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Happy Independence Day!
For those celebrating this July 4th and the extended long weekend, Happy Independence Day!
Alas, no photos today but ... I will have some up tomorrow and over the weekend.
I will have more Asian fashion dolls and action figures, a follow-up to an older post about Ryan Whitaker, choosing which Jamal-faced male dolls to keep and more.
Alas, no photos today but ... I will have some up tomorrow and over the weekend.
I will have more Asian fashion dolls and action figures, a follow-up to an older post about Ryan Whitaker, choosing which Jamal-faced male dolls to keep and more.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Photos of Some Asian and Asian-American Dolls and Action Figures
Perhaps it's an East Coast thing, but Vanessa of Fashion Dolls at Van's Doll Treasures and I are both submitting posts about our Asian/Asian American dolls and action figures today. I was taking photos of my figures earlier - photos that should have been taken and been uploaded last month, but here they are now. More photos will follow.
From left to right: Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Woman's doctor Tanaka Miina seated; Dragon Detective Chow, Mattel DotW Princess of Japan Barbie, and Mattel DotW Japan Ken standing.
From left to right: Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Basic Infantry Kelly Jackson, Mattel StarDoll Fallen Angel 1, and Mattel Rio de Janeiro Lea standing; Sideshow Michelle Yeo as Wai Lin from James Bond and Mattel Kelly Picnic Friend seated.
From left to right: Mattel Rio de Janeiro Lea, Sears Holding Corporation Just Girlz Jade Princess, RnD L.A. Luxe Susie, and Hot Toys True Type 38 Asian standing; Sideshow Michelle Yeo as Wai Lin from James Bond and Aoshima/Skynet Girl's Mission Mai seated.
From left to right: M and C Toy Centre Power Team Elite Exploration Unit Skier, Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Basic Infantry Kelly Jackson, Mattel StarDoll Fallen Angel 1, Mattel Rio de Janeiro Lea, Sears Holding Corporation Just Girlz Jade Princess, and RnD L.A. Luxe Susie standing; Sideshow Michelle Yeo as Wai Lin from James Bond seated.
So that's the identification of the pictured dolls and action figures.
Toshiko had her head down at first - sulking anyone? - because I had left her name off my list last month. (Also, we were having some trouble getting her adjusted to her new body - the Sinatra Barbie body. Alas, poor Jo is temporarily body-free now.)
From left to right and standing: Dragon Detective Chow,
Mattel DotW Princess of Japan Barbie, Mattel DotW Japan Ken, M and C Toy
Centre Power Team Elite Exploration Unit Skier, Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission
Basic Infantry Kelly Jackson, Mattel StarDoll Fallen Angel 1, Mattel Rio de Janeiro
Lea, Sears Holding Corporation Just Girlz Jade Princess, RnD L.A. Luxe Susie,
and Hot Toys True Type 38 Asian.
From left to right:
Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Woman's doctor Tanaka Miina seated; Mattel DotW Princess of Japan Barbie, Mattel DotW Japan Ken, and M and C Toy Centre Power Team Elite Exploration Unit Skier standing; Dragon "Linh" Vietcong Scout seated; Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Basic Infantry Kelly Jackson and Mattel StarDoll Fallen Angel 1 standing; Sideshow Michelle Yeo as Wai Lin from James Bond, Mattel Kelly Picnic Friend, and Aoshima/Skynet Girl's Mission Mai seated.
Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Woman's doctor Tanaka Miina seated; Mattel DotW Princess of Japan Barbie, Mattel DotW Japan Ken, and M and C Toy Centre Power Team Elite Exploration Unit Skier standing; Dragon "Linh" Vietcong Scout seated; Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Basic Infantry Kelly Jackson and Mattel StarDoll Fallen Angel 1 standing; Sideshow Michelle Yeo as Wai Lin from James Bond, Mattel Kelly Picnic Friend, and Aoshima/Skynet Girl's Mission Mai seated.
From left to right: Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Woman's doctor Tanaka Miina seated; Dragon Detective Chow, Mattel DotW Princess of Japan Barbie, and Mattel DotW Japan Ken standing.
From left to right: Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Basic Infantry Kelly Jackson, Mattel StarDoll Fallen Angel 1, and Mattel Rio de Janeiro Lea standing; Sideshow Michelle Yeo as Wai Lin from James Bond and Mattel Kelly Picnic Friend seated.
From left to right: Aoshima/Skynet Girl's Mission Mai seated; Mattel Hawaiian Jenny and Mattel Renee standing.
From left to right: Mattel Rio de Janeiro Lea, Sears Holding Corporation Just Girlz Jade Princess, RnD L.A. Luxe Susie, and Hot Toys True Type 38 Asian standing; Sideshow Michelle Yeo as Wai Lin from James Bond and Aoshima/Skynet Girl's Mission Mai seated.
From left to right: M and C Toy Centre Power Team Elite Exploration Unit Skier, Aoshima/Skynet Ladies Mission Basic Infantry Kelly Jackson, Mattel StarDoll Fallen Angel 1, Mattel Rio de Janeiro Lea, Sears Holding Corporation Just Girlz Jade Princess, and RnD L.A. Luxe Susie standing; Sideshow Michelle Yeo as Wai Lin from James Bond seated.
So that's the identification of the pictured dolls and action figures.
Toshiko had her head down at first - sulking anyone? - because I had left her name off my list last month. (Also, we were having some trouble getting her adjusted to her new body - the Sinatra Barbie body. Alas, poor Jo is temporarily body-free now.)
Monday, July 1, 2013
Alert for Doctor Who Fans!
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Undressing Harry: A 1 Direction Review
A local Walmart has several of the first issue 1 Direction Harry Styles dolls at the clearance cost of $10.00. Lucky me got him as an early birthday present. So I had to debox him and present him here as he is. No poser body, just the original no bend arms, no twist waist, and click - ha ha - bend knees.
First, I am glad that I have this version of Harry. The subsequent versions are made from that horrible waxy-looking plastic that reminds me of the Gangers on a bad day. Hideous faces, all of that lot have. Shudder. Though the clothes might be nice ... sigh. But this is the Harry issue I wanted and for sale, too. Cool.
For those interested, Harry stands about 11" tall. Yes, not 12". Not 11 1/2". Eleven inches. Which makes him fit in with my High School Musical teens. And his clothes fit them although his pants are a little longer. But given that his pants' fabric is thinner than most Mattel pants, that is not a problem.
Here I have Harry standing next to another Hasbro male teenager - Paul from the S Club 7. Paul stands around 11 3/4" tall. Yes, still not 12". He and Harry both have these click bend knees that do not bend much. Straight arms on both. Wide stances. Harry stands a little wider than Paul - and Harry can keep his standing balance a little better than Paul.
Ta da. Close up of Harry's face. I love his molded locks. Pity that his hair wasn't rooted, but there you have. Or don't have [rooted hair]. He's got the tiny, gimlet eyes that many action figures and/or personalized dolls have. Nice white teeth individually molded. And a nice big ear on the left side.
The shoes are my favorite accessory from this doll. They are molded plastic, but very life-like and detailed. Love the brown neutral color and the black heel and black bottom and black laces. I would have thought that brown oxfords were an older man's shoe choice, but I am glad to have them. I will check to see which other guys can wear these.
I hope to find the first version of Zayn next.
Curious about this doll? Muff has some posts about Justin Bieber who seems to be around Harry's size. Ms. Leo has a post that shows a rebodied Zayn. And Limbe Dolls shows the One Direction outfits worn by other dolls.
First, I am glad that I have this version of Harry. The subsequent versions are made from that horrible waxy-looking plastic that reminds me of the Gangers on a bad day. Hideous faces, all of that lot have. Shudder. Though the clothes might be nice ... sigh. But this is the Harry issue I wanted and for sale, too. Cool.
For those interested, Harry stands about 11" tall. Yes, not 12". Not 11 1/2". Eleven inches. Which makes him fit in with my High School Musical teens. And his clothes fit them although his pants are a little longer. But given that his pants' fabric is thinner than most Mattel pants, that is not a problem.
Here I have Harry standing next to another Hasbro male teenager - Paul from the S Club 7. Paul stands around 11 3/4" tall. Yes, still not 12". He and Harry both have these click bend knees that do not bend much. Straight arms on both. Wide stances. Harry stands a little wider than Paul - and Harry can keep his standing balance a little better than Paul.
Ta da. Close up of Harry's face. I love his molded locks. Pity that his hair wasn't rooted, but there you have. Or don't have [rooted hair]. He's got the tiny, gimlet eyes that many action figures and/or personalized dolls have. Nice white teeth individually molded. And a nice big ear on the left side.
The shoes are my favorite accessory from this doll. They are molded plastic, but very life-like and detailed. Love the brown neutral color and the black heel and black bottom and black laces. I would have thought that brown oxfords were an older man's shoe choice, but I am glad to have them. I will check to see which other guys can wear these.
I hope to find the first version of Zayn next.
Curious about this doll? Muff has some posts about Justin Bieber who seems to be around Harry's size. Ms. Leo has a post that shows a rebodied Zayn. And Limbe Dolls shows the One Direction outfits worn by other dolls.
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