I’m trying to see what’s going on with my vintage (Malibu probably?) Christie. She doesn’t seem to quite match everything else I’m finding. She doesn’t have the side burns or a made in Korea and her hands seem kind of rough. Her legs bend like proper vintage, and her head is rock hard. Maybe she’s been switched or she was like a cheap baggie one or something?

#vintagebarbie #vintagechristie #christiedoll #dollstagram

Here’s Baby Starbow all cleaned up!

When I was a kid I was briefly friends with this girl whose name I don’t remember, but who I think about every time I drive past what was her home at the time. We were playing in her house and she had this My Little Pony. Even though I was probably eight or nine at the time I still considered myself something of a collector more than a child playing with toys and I had never seen this Pony and I wanted this Pony.

The girl did not care about the pony and offered to give it to me. I was absolutely psyched about this and I carried it around the entire time we played together that afternoon. Then, when it came time for me to go home, she told me that she had to ask her dad if it was okay for her to give me the pony. I thought this sounded kind of sketchy, but I was not going to question it.

She asked, and he said NO and I was heartbroken that this thing I had walked around with all day and had a decidedly bonded with would have to stay with this girl who didn’t give a damn about it at all. I don’t even know if I ever hung out with her again. I think she may have later accused me of trying to steal that pony.

Anyway, this is the pony. Or at least it’s another of the same kind of pony that I saved from eBay it isn’t the exact one. But I had to get one after my weird childhood bonding experience with a toy I couldn’t I have for reasons I didn’t quite trust, haha.

Wanted to try out the textured curls from The Doll Planet after a friend heard me saying I really wanted to see a fantasy color other than purple on a black doll that was also in a natural texture.

This 90s Christie was the winner selected for a test run because she already had the minty color in her eyes. Most of the repaint is in fact just overpaint, obviously, but I had a good time with sparkle.

She has an unintended Styla Blue of Spectra and the Shimmerons vibe, but even Styla has straight hair, so.

Really enjoyed doing this. I have several proper full paint jobs coming my way soon, so look forward to those, perhaps.

☆Glitter Girls shoes for two of my Uneeda Jennifers!☆

Did paint work on the Disney Store Sisu too!

These were fun~

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Did some overpainting on Hasbro Sisu. One of the things I like about her human design is her big mouth with her uneven teeth! Both versions of the doll have them molded, but not painted to be emphasized or anything.

Disney Store Sisu is up next I think. She looks extra weird next to the Hasbro one now, haha

Did my pick up order at target and bought the Hasbro version of Sisu along with my groceries For Science. The hair had me So curious.

It’s long fuzzy fun fur, as it looks, but it’s pulled off with a sewn together kind of tube of the base fabric that tapers down from the back of her skull so it feels like she has this one large mat back there.

I like that she can stand on her own and I really like the shape of her hands. I wish either of the costumes had given her the extra long sleeves. Disney Store’s shoes are far better, along with most of their outfit. (And of course the articulation is better.)

Hasbro belt is plastic but it’s such a soft bendable plastic that I thought it was like a backpack strap or something at first. I don’t love plastic accessories but I think it lays better than the Disney Store version.

I’m kind of contemplating a repaint and head swap situation somewhere. Even with the sewn mat in the back, the fur’s colors and texture give me more of the vibe or something? I don’t normally do this as I don’t really like having more than one doll of a single character just for purposes of keeping the collection from evicting me from my own apartment, but something about Sisu compelled me.

#rayaandthelastdragon

#disneydoll

#dolls #dollcollector #sisu

Was nice to repaint this Robotech Minmei doll. I don’t have any of the clothes that came with these dolls, so she’s sporting a superstar Barbie thing that felt on theme at least.

Had some fun with this Fashionista’s face this evening. I bought her on an impulse when she came out because I was excited about her skintone and hair color. Tonight when I wanted a face to paint, she was a prime candidate. Decided to go hard on the purple for her new colors. There are other colors in her eyes but they don’t want to pop out much it seems.

Did some overpainting on this BMR1959 doll whose face has been bothering me since I got her. Her lips looked like her tongue was escaping between them because of the color and texture and I found it hard to look at her eyes because of the way that light caught said texture. I feel like I enjoy her look a lot more now that I can focus on her eyes.

That UV printing garbage at Mattel has got to go, holy shit.