Now Playing: waiting for local radio to play *that song* tonight...
Current Mood : Happy Exhaustion !
Really busy day - although I was all over the place today, I really didn't find much. The ‘big huge' sale turned out to be fairly small, but I got a few things - shirts for Dearest Son, a few small toys, including a 5-inch Baby Sleeping Beauty. Those things are still on Mal-Wart shelves, but I got this one for a dime. That's also what I paid for an Ariel children's wig. Depending on how bad the tangles are, I may use it to reroot my LDP Ariel.
From there, I hit Target. They also have not only the new Tinkerbell LDP, but also the Snow White one. Yikes. No accessories, no jointed wrists, and rubbery clog shoes. You know, I thought their simple same-satin slippers were cheap until I saw their new shoes. Yikes. Snow's outfit had been stripped down to the bare essentials, too. Thinking back now, I can't remember if she had tights or not. No. No, she didn't. Well, with all the strippedness, she was only $14., but I think I'm seeing the end of the LDP line, and I'm glad I bought the girls I bought when I bought them !
Since she's now starting to make an appearance on eBay - well, you can hardly blame speculators, this under $20. doll out four years ago routinely fetches $40. and up still-in-box now ! - I stole some images for today's side-by-side comparison. Far as I can tell, the costumes are identical on both Tinks, right down to the shoes and undies. It's mostly the facial paint and wrists that are different. Evidently, Playmates has gotten rid of the poseable wrists on all of their LDP dolls. And while the deep, almost hypnotic eyes on the new Tink are lovely, she'd kind of look out of place with the rest of my other LDPs. And her bright lip color make her look more sophisticated and older. Well. Kinda annoying when you're glad you're not mad at yourself ! So, unless you're completing a set, you Tink fans may wanna check her out. Price is certainly right !
Oh, and the ‘fluttering wings' feature on the original Tink ? There's a sort of pinch-spring in the back of her dress that makes the wings flap. But only while you're pinching it open and closed. Hmpft. Not impressive. I notice that the box on the new one doesn't mention anything fluttering...
Snagged Dearest Son's Prang watercolor set from Hobby Lobby. I still don't get why area teachers insist on Prang by name in the supply lists every year. They're $5., only one place around here carries ‘em, and I honestly wonder what the big difference is to yer average pre-K, K, First and Second grader. No kidding, I've had to buy this set every year, and looking down the rest of the list, seems like I've got two more years with them. Told Beloved Hubby that I think it's some sort of odd test. When most kids show up with the Crayola and Rose Art watercolor sets that Mal-Wart and Target have, and this kid has the Prang, they kinda know who's willing to make the effort, ya know ?
I also bought another cardboard triptych, while they were on half-price. I had many high plans for the one I bought last year, but the kittens more or less wrecked it. Ironically, I later had to move it out of the way to recycle all the cardboard boxes from the groceries that had built up in Molly-car's backseat.
A few minutes later, I was walking out of Community Thrift, empty-handed. Yes, they still had the American Girl bathtub and doll set, but the tub was narrower than I remembered, so it was too small for the LDPs, but too out of scale big for Elphie. Looking at the doll a bit closer revealed that she wasn't an AG, and was damaged on both hands. I'm sure she'll be gone next time I visit.
Then it was off to the flea market. Buying the triptych eliminated the need for the Happy Family ‘Grandma's Kitchen' set I was thinking of buying from that one seller, and she otherwise didn't have anything I wanted. Saw one of those really long-legged "Hi Glam" dolls, just a buck, but she was just too freaky for me. Her face was pretty, and she was very delicate-looking...but her legs were longer than a Barbie leg stacked on top of a Skipper leg. I wonder if the ‘Leggy' doll made back in my childhood days had the same long gams. It hardly seems possible ! I let someone else find her, but I propped her up to make it easier. She was in company with several Barbie princesses, which made her clothes look funkier, but her legs look weirder.
Found a new dealer with boxes of old Happy Meal toys - they gave me a Mal-Wart sack and said I could stuff it full for a buck. I claimed a Razor-type scooter from Mattel/Tyco's "Super Scooter Shannen", a remote controlled doll set from 2001 or so. The Mattel/Tyco name is confusing. I've seen some in a box labeled Tyco, others listing Shannen from Mattel press releases. Mattel bought Tyco in 1997, but continued to use Tyco RC as a separate brand name. Kind of like how most folks think Fisher-Price is independent. Nope, Mattel owns them, too. I guess if it got out how much of the toy market they own, it'd stir up anti-Mattel sentiment. So they don't make a huge fuss about it, even though the information is easy to find.
The rest of the bag was all silly, small Happy Meal toys. I kinda like it when my dolls have dolls, so I've been on the lookout for toys for LDP Mulan, Alice, Jasmine, and Pocahontas. Figured I'd find some in those dusty boxes ! Scored a Robin Hood figure for Dearest, a blue-dress Sleeping Beauty, two Janes and a Tarzan, two Esmereldas, two Mulans, a Flit, a John Smith, and a Powhatan (no Pocahontas, though !), two different Anastasias and her dog, a Hercules, a Chel (Road to El Dorado), an Abu (no Jasmine, though), a Madame Alexander ‘Sailor Girl', and three HM Snow Whites, two all-plastic, one with crappy hair.
It seems greedy to buy multiples, but most were dirty, and it was rather hot in the barnlike building that usually hosts the Flea. I figured that having a few to choose from, if removing dirt took off paint, or Snow #1 was damaged, would be OK. Could always donate any spares, too. PDorrie has already claimed Sailor Girl...
Found a couple cheap CDs, and another set of Elphie sized miniatures - a set of soda cups, a hamburger, and useless fries. The soda cups have been in several of Elphie's photos, and I wanted a few more, but Hobby Lobby quit carrying ‘em. So I was happy to find this set, and for just 25c !
After all that, I was tired and hungry, so I headed for home. And basically sat around until Beloved came home. We hit a bookstore for a volume he wanted, and got the whole series of Spaced, a favorite BBC show we caught on YouTube. A stop and Subway, and our evening was set !
But it's nearly bedtime for me. Busy day after all ! Tomorrow's gonna be much lazier...which is good, I still have cleaning to finish !
