The Toy Box Philosopher

Spring has definitely sprung here in New Jersey, with temperatures creeping into the 80s and lots of flowers everywhere.  The beautiful weather makes me eager to get back outside with my dol...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2024/04/lulupop-dolls-by-samg-entertainment.html

I'm excited to be sitting down to write this review for the second time!  As you might remember, last time around I realized I'd forgotten some important versions of the doll, and felt like ...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2024/03/diva-starz-by-mattel.html

Well.  These past two weeks haven't gone quite how I'd planned.  I've been working on a vintage fashion doll review, which is one of my favorite things to do, so that's been fun.  ...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2024/03/sunday-surprise-horse-foal-surprise-by.html

I was happy to read in the comments of the World Peacekeepers review that some of you are as excited about Lena and Ian's relationship as I am.  Lena doesn't really want me to talk too much ...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2024/03/blind-box-mermaids-by-pennys-box-and.html

My husband and I had a huge amount of fun on our trip to St. John last February.  You might remember Lena's Spring Break posts from that trip, or the underwater photos of some Mattel me...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2024/02/world-peacekeepers-sport-adventure.html

It's been a few weeks since I've posted anything, mostly because my job uses up a lot of energy, but also because I've been taking some actual time off to relax and do silly things like hang with...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2024/02/keeping-up-with-kurhn.html

Happy New Year!  2024 is off to a good start around here.  At work, my heart is constantly warmed by the number of wonderful people who come in looking to adopt an adult cat.  I th...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2024/01/kitchen-littles-by-tyco.html

Happy New Year's Eve eve!  The December Virtual Garage Sale event was a great success, so thank you to everyone who made a purchase and helped support the blog.  Now I feel ready for 20...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/12/style-bae-by-just-play.html

My Priority Mail boxes finally arrived (both sets!) and I found a few more dolls to add to the sale.  However, I realized that I have to be careful: if I create a huge inventory, I'll never ...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/12/more-sale-dolls.html

Things are going slowly but surely with my November sales event...which will probably occur in December at this point.  The biggest problem is that I ordered tons of Priority Mail boxes on t...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/11/november-sale-dolls.html

I'm back, as promised, with the second Day of the Dead doll, but first I want to outline my plans for the first Virtual Garage Sale event.  At this point, nothing will happen until after Tha...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/11/monster-highs-day-of-dead-doll-howliday.html

I can't believe that a big chunk of November is already gone!  Ack!  For anyone who noticed the announcement on my Virtual Garage Sale page, my plan has been to hold two big sales event...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/11/rainbow-highs-day-of-dead-maria-garcia.html

Oh, boy.  Do I have a treat for you today!  I was actually planning to do a two-part Day of the Dead review at around this time, but then a highly-anticipated doll showed up on my doors...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/11/larvie-teen-age-fashion-maggot.html

First of all, I want to thank Hannah for stepping in and reviewing the 18-inch ily 4EVER dolls last week! I've been learning the ropes at my new job (and bringing home rag-tag foster animals in t...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/10/ily-4ever-fashion-dolls-by-jakks-pacific.html

Dear Toy Box Philosopher blog readers, I’m Hannah, an adult doll collector from London, United Kingdom, and the author of The Toy Gems blog site. I have been collecting dolls since I can rememb...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/10/disneys-ily-4ever-18-inch-dolls-guest.html

I've always loved miniature food, and have gotten even more interested in this type of thing since Lena moved into the Rainbow High House and started her own series of reviews: Tea With Lena. &nb...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/10/the-miniverse-make-it-mini-kitchen-by.html

There has been a lot going on in my life recently!  A few weeks ago, in a very spontaneous decision that I might live to regret, I got a job.  I didn't really set out to get a job, I ac...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/10/mali-and-lillis-boston-adventure.html

One of the interesting things about blogging for a decade is monitoring which dolls have endured that expanse of time and which have been discontinued.  For example, it doesn't surprise me t...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/09/patron-post-kidz-n-cats-jennet-by-sonja.html

I was touched by all of the kind comments in the last review!  Kit is doing great and life has calmed down.  I also really enjoyed hearing about your school mascots.  There's such ...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/09/na-na-na-surprise-mini-dolls-by-mga.html

September has not gotten off to a great start for me.  First of all, my newest rescue dog, Kit, was recently diagnosed with heart disease and bladder stones.  This involved spending a w...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/09/disneys-zombies-2-movie-dolls-by-mattel.html

As a habit, I try not to disrupt my review queue for a brand-new doll line.  That's mostly because the frequency (and length!) of my reviews is not compatible with keeping up-to-speed with t...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/08/magic-mixies-pixlings-by-moose-toys.html

I spend a fair amount of time every week browsing on Etsy.  There are so many talented artists displaying their work on that site, and I love getting lost in the dizzying diversity and creat...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/08/snow-crow-studio-dolls.html

In an attempt to balance out the novella-like Enchantimals post from last week, this week I'm going to feature two short and sweet posts, one of which is a guest review!  I've been getting a...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/08/monster-highs-g3-abbey-bominable-guest.html

You might be surprised to see an Enchantimal review here today, since I reviewed the line when they first came out in 2017.  But I have a few reasons for revisiting this brand.  First o...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/08/revisiting-mattels-enchantimals.html

Here we are at the end of Barbie Month.  The time flew by for me!  But this has been one of the most fun months of blogging that I've ever had.  Not only was there a ton for me to ...

https://www.toyboxphilosopher.com/2023/07/more-barbie-movie-dolls.html