Current Mood : Yaay, new dolls !
Today, I wrecked the Lab (again) and opened the box of a dozen dolls I won on eBay last week. Hmft. While it was a mixed bag - and I got more than I'd anticipated, so I'm not unhappy - I'm kind of wondering what makes up ‘in good condition' in some folks' minds.
First off, Melody is indeed the rare Little Mermaid 2 doll, and she is in fantastic shape. About all I needed to do was push the ribbon from her bloomers back into a bow. So I found a big-eye needle, threaded it with the ribbon, and that was done. Her hair brushed well, and she has amazing bangs... but really, she's not a gorgeous doll. Her face is too narrow for her huge eyes, and her hair is great, but is really dark black for such a fair-toned doll. I can't quite get it to ‘shelf' they way it did in the box, so I'll probably make Melody's hair curl a bit more under. It already wants to.
One of the two Kelly clones is from Dollar Tree - I know, I bought ‘em for clothes and props years and years ago. The other is a Kelsey sister, Jodi, this one wearing a sort of western outfit. Stole the purple sneakers off the DT girl and put both dolls into Donations - after a quick hair-brushing.
Surprisingly, I also found myself the new owner of a Slumber Party Midge - a Midge I didn't already have. I'm not much on the soft-body dolls, but this Midge is a cutie. She was in an ugly, torn dress, but it'll be simple enough to find new clothes for her. Shoes are gonna be a challenge... but her eyes have that heat-close/cold-open feature, and her hair is just lovely. So I'm gonna keep her.
Also in the ‘keep' division is a lovely Surf City Kira, her hair still in the green elastic ponytail holders. Both hers and Midge's were rotting, so they were removed, and both got a good brush-out. She had on a pretty multicolored dot blouse and skirt combo, which she's still wearing.
A ‘temp keep' is the Butterfly Art Barbie, still in her...um, well...(sigh) string bikini. I really hate that thing. It just looks cheap, and no matter how you tie that top on her, her bust is always popping out of it. Amazingly, it makes her chest appear bigger than it really is, just because the top slides all over the place. She's staying until I can get her photographed for an upcoming ‘Barbie Bizarre' page, then she gets donated. I don't have a problem with the tattoos - heck, Beloved Hubby's got lots more than she does ! - but I can't imagine anyone who gets that big a design on that sensitive a space is gonna be happy here for very long !
The rest are generic blondes that are also getting donated. Most are in decent shape, but one needs a new body for her pretty face - half her hands are gone ! Another can use a rebody if I have a match, leg chews. So much for ‘they're all in pretty good shape' ! Still, I did quite well with this lot, with the four I'm keeping and several nice blouses and three good outfits, which is nice. Since I won't be buying more for quite some time !
Tonight, I image-grabbed a bunch more paper dolls from that photo site. Beloved Hubby showed me how to use ‘paste as transparent selection' to paste the clothes on the dolls ! That's fun ! Almost like having computer paper dolls.
