A Few More New Dolls

Yeah, I know I said I was gonna have to curtail my doll buying. But, I got a gift card from Amazon from my daughter and I had some Discovercard credits that I just had to use up on Amazon! So, of course, I spent them on some new dolls. Here is what I got:

The 3 Resort Style dolls - Summer, Grace and Barbie

These dolls all come in bathing suits with coverups and sandals. Barbie has a big hat. they all have articulated arms, but they have stiff legs with flat feet. 

Here they all are out of the box and dressed

Don't they look cute? I think I like Grace's outfit the best, but I also really like Summer's pants.

Here are their sandals

Sorry this picture is a bit blurry, but the sandals are all really cute too. Again, I like Grace's the best. I also think the little black ones that Barbie is wearing are really cute too.

Close up of Barbie

Closeup of Summer

Closeup of Grace

Check out the Blond in the back of Grace's hair

Next I got Princess Power Ken and Barbie Style Nikki

I was disappointed to see that Ken's outfit was all one piece. I like for him to have separates as it gives you more options. I do like his glasses, but they stick in the side of his head. I cut off the little barbs that held them in place. Since he has a completely stiff body, I don't plan to keep him, just his clothes and glasses.

And now, out of their boxes!

I like Nikki's outfit, but her hair is not the best. It is uneven and kind of snarled. I will probably give her a shampoo or maybe a boil perm and try to restyle it. Oh, she also came with a pair of little black boots.

Closeup of Nikki

Closeup of Ken -- His clothes are not very high quality.

I also got a Barbie Style Grace!

Close up of Grace. I think she has a very pretty face

Barbie Style Grace has the full articulation including the jointed ankles. Since I wanted Resort Style Grace to be able to wear her sandals and have full articulation, I gave her this Grace's body. I had a Baby Phat Grace available as a donor, so Barbie Style Grace got that body. Here she is!

Barbie Style Grace with Baby Phat Grace Body

Here is Resort Style Grace with Barbie Style Grace's body

I really like Resort Style Grace with this body. I also love her hair. She may be my favorite Grace now!

I do have a few of the new Fashionistas on backorder from Barbiecollector.com. Starting last year, I stocked up on articulated bodies, so I will be able to give the new Fashionistas articulated bodies when they arrive.

Well, that is it for now! 

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Dolls, Dolls and More Dolls! (Part 1)

I was so excited to see some new faces on the dolly market, that I went on sort of a buying frenzy (Amazon and eBay!) Since my back has been pretty bad lately, I haven't been able to venture up and down the stairs much, so I haven't done much working on my dolls habitats. But that did not keep me from sitting in front of the computer and looking at dolls. It will probably take me a couple of posts to show off everything, so here goes.

Even though I introduced these two before, I did not show them off as a couple. The chemistry between Ayumi and Tenzin was just so obvious, that I think they are currently my favorite couple to photograph. 

Tenzin has been in America for awhile. His girlfriend Ayumi, an International model, is coming and he has been very excited awaiting her arrival. Here they are together again after being separated by such a long distance!

Next up, I have been seeing so many photos of the new Barbie and friends dolls. I love the new face mold they have given to Barbie. It is a much softer, younger look for her. I also really like the changes they gave to Summer. Although I haven't renamed them yet, I did purchase the new Summer doll and the Barbie Director doll. Summer did not come with any articulation, so I immediately put her on a Summer Life in the Dreamhouse body. Director Barbie has ankle and knee articulation, but no elbow or wrist articulation. For now, however, I really like the knee and ankle articulation, so will live with that for a while.

Summer needs a little support to stand, but Director Barbie was able to stand on her own in her flats!

The girls chat away at the new table and chairs. 

Here they sit on the new daybed. I see the beginning of a cute little studio apartment for one of the girls.

The girls are happy to be getting settled in Hanaly Corners.

When I saw the new 5th Harmony dolls, I just couldn't resist getting all 5 of them. Good thing I had stocked up on articulated bodies when they were on sale!

Here are Lauren, Camila and Dinah. I rebodied Lauren on a Frank Sinatra Barbie Body (Pivitol). I think she has the old Theresa facemold with a very nice faceup -- isn't she lovely? Camila was rebodied on a Life in the Dreamhouse Raquel. She looks to me like the FAO Swartz Barbie facemold. Dinah was rebodied on a Dynamite Girls replacement body. Is that the Shani facemold?

Finally, here are Ally and Normani. Ally is rebodied on a Life in the Dreamhouse Barbie body. Her facemold looks new to me. I thing she is very pretty. Normani is rebodied on a Nikki Life in the Dreamhouse body. Her face up is very much like Nikki's, however, she has a slightly darker skin tone. I hope to find a better match later, but for now, this will have to do.

Here are some closer views of their beautiful faces:

Ally

Camila

Dinah

Lauren

Normani

When I saw a rebodied Flava Happy D on Flickr, I decided to also rebody my Flava girl dolls.

Here are my 2 Happy D dolls. They have joined the residents of Hanaly Corners as twins Dina and Desiree. Dina is on a Life in the Dreamhouse Barbie body and Desiree is on the Skier Barbie body.

And my final group for today is P Bo, Kiyoni Brown and Tika. P Bo renamed Pilar is on a 2013 Barbie Glam Luxe Style Barbie body. Kiyoni is keeping her name for now. She is on the dark skin toned Kenya body. Tika, who is now Tamara, is on a Nikki Fashionista body. 

I think the Flavas girls have really been transformed with their new bodies. What do you think?

That is it for this installment. See you all later and thanks for visiting!