DeeDee Wright-Ward, Founder/CEO of Purpose Toys, is expanding the Naturalistas line to add male dolls to the series. The male dolls will be in the Fade Collection . Greg is the first in this s...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2023/09/naturalistas-fade-collection-by-purpose.html
Walmart has sweetheart doll and toy sales this February. YouTuber Erica of OCC Gang shows finds like recent Barbie Fashionistas as well as other fashion dolls on sale from $1.00 up. Could this s...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2023/02/walmart-toy-blowout-clearance-barbie.html
First blog post of the year is a YouTube doll review by doll enthusiast, Dollicious Life . Why? 1. She's an original, new face mold. 2. She's modelled after an Asian-American icon. 3. She's ...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2022/05/unboxing-vera-wang-barbie-doll.html
I received a request for how to make/find greenery for doll scenes. Here's the second of two YouTube videos showing how.
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/12/how-to-make-moss-two-ways-of-making.html
I received a request for how to make/find greenery for doll scenes. Here's the first of two YouTube videos showing how.
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/12/how-to-make-artificial-grass-for-models.html
Our doll buddy, Rosi, shares that Aldi supermarket will have Barbie Fashionistas on sale for $7.99 from December 2, 2020 to December 8, 2020. Thanks, Rosi!
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/11/barbie-fashionistas-sale-coming-to-aldi.html
Brotherly love in playscale: finding diversity in fashion dolls and action figures from the 1960s to now: Barbie, Fashion Royalty, Momoko, Susie, GI Joe, Power Team, Mixis.
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/11/visiting-1st-new-toysrus-in-usa-in-2020.html
Here is a 2003 KB Toys advertisement for one of the first waves of Mattel's Flavas dolls, "Street." (The other wave was called "Sport.") The ad also shows a purple Flavas van, one of the two Date...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/10/flavas-advertisement-at-kb-toys-2003.html
Mattel Petite Fashionistas 97 deboxed Let's say hello to Mattel Fashionistas #97 "Meow Mix" from 2018. Her East Philly name is Katherine Par. (No, she has no known connection to the hist...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/06/redressed-mattel-petite-fashionistas.html
Millie (BMR1959 GHT92) wants to introduce her new friend, Max. Max is a German Shepherd. "Isn't he beautiful?" "I think he's a superior dog." "So good-natured ...." ...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/08/millies-new-friend-and-more-shasarignis.html
Mattel Shero Alex Morgan doll and some 2020 Fashionista dolls I do apologize for this fuzzy photo*. I'm leaving it to show the doll's appearance in a local Target store (for locals, this was...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/08/mattel-alex-morgan-shero-doll-philly.html
Yippee! Short post here, but I HAD to share that I've finally seen some of the new 2020 Barbie Fashionistas here in Philadelphia, PA. Which ones? 1. the tall brunette wearing the mouse-prin...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/08/found-three-2020-fashionistas-in-philly.html
Third doll on my Liberation List is Mattel Fashion Fever Shannen from Wave N, 2005. Why Shannen? Actually, I like her fashion - I didn't initially because I did not like the bright blue-silver co...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/07/liberating-2005-mattel-fashion-fever.html
Mattel BMR1959 Barbie wears an original Shasarignis tank top. Shasarignis generously sent me some of her lovely doll fashions. Newcomer BMR1959 Barbie wears a cool tank top from that doll fas...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/07/fashions-by-shasarignis-are-here.html
Alert: Mattel BTS J-Hope doll appearing to be "nude" is NOT nude. He has flesh-colored underpants molded on. My regular readers won't be triggered by "doll nudity," but for any new visitors offen...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/07/discovering-bts-via-mattels-bts-idol.html
Mattel BTS Jin in Idol fashion The other day, I called and found a Five Below store that had BTS Jin in stock for $5.00. They also had a few V dolls on hand. Columbus Commons 2250 S Col...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/07/mattel-bts-worldwide-handsome-in-house.html
Mattel BTS Suga, RM, and J-Hope from left to right Mattel BTS Jimin, Jung Kook, and V from left to right Since this post is only a doll locator one, I'm entering it separately from my mi...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/06/finding-six-of-seven-mattel-bts-idol.html
Mattel BTS dolls greeted by some East Philly A.R.M.Y. When I first saw the BTS dolls, I thought, "Not for me." I'm on the shady side of fifty. I don't know much about rap or hip hop except t...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/06/discovering-bts-via-mattels-bts-idol.html
Hello 2020. I am continuing the doll liberation project initiated last October. The next doll to be freed from her box is Fashion Fever Christie from Wave U. Her outfit - at least the top - I do...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/06/liberating-2005-barbie-fashion-fever.html
June 13, 2020 as the second Saturday in June is World Doll Day. To celebrate this day, I thought I'd share photos of the newest dolls I've purchased and/or brought out to de-box. Additional p...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2020/06/world-doll-day-2020.html
A doll blogger known as "Lady Bast " produced a series of doll posts she called "Doll Liberations ." In these doll posts, she opens up NRFB dolls, displays the dolls and the doll accessories, and...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2019/10/liberating-2005-barbie-fashion-fever.html
I'm sharing three photos of my favorite Mattel Barbie Fashion Fever dolls that I still have. (Alas, I lost some of the others that I loved, but these are still with me.) I will be deboxing these ...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2019/10/some-of-my-fashion-fever-barbie.html
This World Doll Day post was inspired by a blog post written by doll enthusiast Taswegian1957 World Doll Day 2019 found me sorting through my dolls and accessories. You may remember that...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2019/06/world-doll-day-saturday-june-8-2019.html
I have a source for the elusive Mattel Black Camping Fun Hiker Barbie . This is the dark-skinned Made to Move doll. Well, for those enthusiasts capable of getting to a Pennsylvania suburb, I foun...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2018/09/gotcha-found-elusive-mattel-black-mtm.html
Someone asked if I still had Fashion Fever Barbies for sale. Yes, I do. These four are ones I'm selling mint and complete. I don't have prices for them yet because I might have to sell them throu...
http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/2018/08/yes-i-have-fashion-fever-barbies-and.html