What I've Been Up To-- Part Three! Progress On Re-boding!!!

Hey Gang,

It’s been a long time since I posted!  I’m glad to share with you more of my doll finds and projects!  I had a big thrift store shopping spree a while back.  I won’t say how much I spent but it was a good bit.  I am still working my way through the bag!

As you know I have found articulated bodies at the thrift store.  I have been reboding dolls in my collection and new dolls that I added to my collection.  One dolls that I added to my collection was Fairytopia Dandelion doll.  I was surprised when I saw her in a post on Manhamana’s Department of Dolls because I just got my doll!  Thanks Manhamana for your post!  I have rebodied mine on the extra Fashionista Summer body I told you about in my last post.

Here she is on her new body!

 The dress she is in is the one I use before a figure out the character of the doll and what that character would wear.  I do thing she will like jewelry and shoes.  She looks the type.

I just love her hair color.  I washed it and combed it out.  It was I believe the technical term for it is “a hot mess”! It was knotted and matted but with a good wash and condition, she looks much better now.  I am not finished styling her hair but this will do for now!

I like this doll when the fairytopias  first came out but I don’t remember why I never purchased her.  Maybe it was the balloon head.  She has the face sculpt of one of my favorite dolls.  Yes, She looks like KiKi!

I think that they used the same face but changed the complexion.  Since she has the “Balloon” head, the model number and year are different.   I really love her on the new body too.  She is ready to play! 

On the same rack of the store was this doll too.  It was a day for red-haired dolls.  I rebodied her before I thought about taking pictures first also. She is a Hannah Montana Lola doll.  Here is a picture of the original doll.

 I wish my doll came with those clothes becaue I like that outfit!   She came nude.  I put her on a Liv doll body. The Hannah doll don't have the articulation I like.

Here she is.

 She has got a cute face but her hair will need just a little help.  She will be a student working her way through college.  I think I will keep the name Lola.  She does look like a Lola

There were three little one in my bag of purchases.

 Stacie and Sharpay

I searched the web to find out who she was.  She is the version of the doll that Disney did.  The front of the top on mine is a beige color.  I think something faded with it. She looks older than the version that Mattel did.  I think she will be rebodied onto a larger body .  Maybe one of the Rapunzel dolls I showed you in the last post. and become an adult.

 I have two Stacie's but I remember a post that Vanessa did on turning girl dolls  into boy boy dolls.  I think she may get that treatment.

 She was in the bag with the other three.  It was 1.90 for the bag so why not get it and keep her too!  She got a cute little dress and shoes.  I think she is a Dollar Store doll.

I also found one of the first HSM dolls done by Mattel.  She is the larger 111/2 inch Barbie sized doll like the one pictured below.

Here is the one I found.

 I think I am going to rebody her and I am calling her Consuela!  I'll have to find the right body.

OK, This is not a thrift store find.  I got this idea from limbe dolls Beach Bummin' post!  Thanks for that post!  It really came in handy!  Please check out her blog and the fantastic items she has for sale!  I just love the wig and sandals I purchased.

I found the Cody Simpson doll on sale for 6.99.  So One Direction Zayn got a new body.  I might even purchase a few more Cody dolls to have as stock!

 He can really move around now.  His neck is a little longer but it makes him taller.  Zayn: I don't mind a bit!

I will be borrowing a few other ideas I have seen on some posts lately.  So consider it the highest form of flattery and thanks for the idea! 

OK, Thanks for looking!

What I've Been Up To-- Part Two! Progress On Re-boding!!!

So, since Christmas I have found several articulated bodies for my dolls. Not many African American bodies but articulated bodies that I can use for my non African American dolls. Just after Christmas, my local Supermarkets had many Barbie items for sale. I found two Hunger Game dolls for sale for 7.50 at a local supermarket. That is around the price a want to spend on a articulated donor body.  Less if I can.

I purchase both of them and re-body two of my dolls. I re-bodied my Dr. Yue Sai Wa Wa

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my Ing with these donor bodies. I kept one of the doll’s outfit and put the rest of the doll’s items and heads up for sale on the Dollpage.

During the Flower Show, the center City K-Mark marked down it‘s Fashionista Summer dolls to 8.00.

 I purchased three of them also. I need to add Summer to my collection. She was the only Fashionista with a new head sculpt that I didn't have. I kept the other bodies as a donor.

You might remember from previous posts that I purchased several SIS dolls too!

 

The Roller Skating and Tennis dolls. I have also purchased and extra Baby Phat Kara and

 a Grace as a body donors.

Warning Nude Dolls Ahead!

At my new favorite thrift store I found six articulated bodies and a Power Team guy for fewer than 7.00! That was a real score! First, I found two Disney dolls as I got to the toy section.  I then began to carefully comb the aisle.   I be heading back my next day off!

They were both they newer Rapunzel dolls with the articulated arms.  I got excited.

I am not a big fan of the face but I can always use the body.  I think I like the Mattel face better.

I found these two dolls with the same outfit on.

I don’t know who they are but because both of them have on the same outfit. I am thinking that the outfit is original.

And pretty cute too!

If you know who they are please let me know.

I also found two Fashionista Swapping head dolls too.  I not a fan of the swapping head dolls but at that price I figure that my second string dolls will get a articulated body.  These head will be up for sale too!

I think the first doll is the old Summer. Very few of the dolls that I have purchased form thrift store didn't need hair help.  It is something I accept.

This girl has a heart on her cheek!

One of the great things about thrift store is that you will never know what you might find!  I didn't expect to find a Power Team guy there but there he was!  You know I couldn't leave him there.  I think he is an older model.  His gloves are a different color than of my other PT guys.

He does have a great look in his eyes too!

I haven’t re-bodied any of these dolls. So I told myself that each week I would figure out a doll to get one of the six donor bodies. I will put their heads up for sale on the Dollpage. I sure out that the Dollpage stays up!

I purchased a few other things I will show you later when I have time to take pictures! Never enough time!

OK, Thanks For Looking!!!

Some Of My New purchases!

Hey Gang!

I wanted to show you some of my new doll purchases.  I haven’t purchased anything too expensive. I just picked up a few things that showed up in stores locally.

First are the Baby Phat Girls!

I picked up Chandra, Grace and Kara.  I didn't pick them up in the same store so I don’t have pictures of all of them together.

Chandra! 

I just Love, Love ,Love her!!! I don’t normally like the light makeup on dark dolls but seems to work for her.  I love the fact that she isn't looking to the side too! 

 

Her hair is really nice too! It has a really nice shine that make her look polished!

I didn't think she looked like the other dolls I have with the same head sculpt.  She looks different to me.  Now that might be because the headband squeezed her face or that the face paint made her look that way.  

She looks for more like McKenzie to me.

Grace and Kara!

I saw Grace and Kara on the shelf at another store.  I purchased them for their bodies and clothing.  I was use to paying 15-20 dollars for the darker AA bodies.  At 13 dollars for SIS dolls it was worth it.  When I got them out of the box, I thought Grace’s hair was interesting...

 but Kara had one of the best face paints that I had seen on her!  And I have purchased a lot of Kara’s.

Her out fit was cute even without the sweater!

I saw Marisa there too but I passed on her

Yeah, It was the eyes!  This is her giving me the "Ms. Leo you need to stop that" look!

I then purchased a few outfits for my fella's!  The fella's need some love when I'm shopping too!  This outfit is one of the better things that Mattel did for Ken.  No Pink!  The shoes look like JB style shoes.

 OK! Together this don't look so good but I'm hope they can work well apart!

 I really love the shoes!  My guys are shoe fans and love great shoes!

 I saw someone on flicker put the jack of the pink plaid tux (I think it came out last year) with this shirt and the white shirt form the plaid tux with this dotted jacket.  It worked well!  So you know what I'm doing.

  

I got a few off brand dolls.  This one I got because they never did Teresa in this complexion.  

The body is have some problems.  It will get trashed.She was only $3 and her dress isn't bad so I don't feel I have lost if I trash it..

This little cutie for $1.

Finally my curiosity got the best of me.  I had seen these dolls for a while and wondered if the body and the clothing could work for any of my dolls.   Soo...doll one or doll two?

So I purchased the doll above!  I like her outfit so that made the choice of which one easy. The clothing is good quality.  Some of the clothing before was unfinished at the hem but not these.

 The top is loose enough to fit other dolls! Yeah!  Bratz aren't known for pink, so I was surprised by the pants color choice for this doll.  The pink color isn't even in the shirt.

 Yup! she has the Bratz face!

 The top of her body is large than the normal Bratz doll.

 The shoes look like My Scene to me but I guess that is right.

 Out of the clothes, she looks short waisted and bowlegged.

 Her hands are nice!

 Bratz and fashionista style hands

 Bratz, Fashionista, Liv hands

 Bratz body and Belly button body

 Her head is the same size as it was before.

 Her body is taller and bigger.

They were smart enough to make her able to wear the older doll shoes.  That is something that Mattel won't have done!  I bet Muff will do something interesting with this doll's body!

OK!  Thanks For Looking!