Lando Calrissian

General Lando Calrissian action figure from the Star Wars was a
must for me. Not onlywas he an action figure of an ethnic male and
a celebrity...it was Billy Dee Williams! Billy Dee was one of the
hottest African American actors for a long time. One of the
first African American lead actors in a futuristic movies. For a long time African
Americans weren't portrayed in the futuristic movies.  It might lead you to believe we
weren't going to be there.  Now Billy Dee was older than I am but he was
an Icon in the black community.  I was sad when I saw him do liquor ads on TV.
I hope he come to TV soon.  So many great actors and actresses are coming to
 TV now.

There are several different Lando Calrissian action figures on the market. but this is
the one that I purchased.  I not going to tell you it is the best likeness.  Since this is
the only one I own and I have  never seen the rest in person, I can say.  I just
know that I like him and it was about time I posted him.

He is made my Hasbro. He is on the GI Joe body.  His costume is well made and
his boots come off which is not always the case with many of the Star Wars action
.figures.

So here he is in Johnston!  He manages the local bank.  He and his family will be moving here.

 Lando:  I have kept my first name.  My last name is Martin.

 Lando:  I want you to meet my family!  First my beautiful wife Melanie! 

Melanie:   Hi everyone!
She is a Target 2011 Barbie Basics #002 AA that has been head swapped on to an Artsy body.  She is wearing a Star Doll dress.

 Melanie:  These are our daughters Bethany and Brittany. 

The girls: Hi! We are twins!
They are the dancing Princesses  Hadley and Isla who have been head
swapped on to the darker version of the the HSM Gabriella doll body. Yes,
there were two different color bodies. One was creamy colored and one was
more caramel colored.

So this is one of our new families.  I had to show Lando because I am still waiting for
Texas A&M AA Cheerleader Ken.

Thanks For Looking!

Fully Articulated Skipper!

Hi Gang!

I just wanted to show you my fully articulated Skipper doll.  She is a leg swap doll.  I will have to create a new label for leg swaps because she is my second.  I guess I will call it leg transplant for now.  I do a lot of head swaps.  Look for them under the label HSD. 

If you remember a while back I posted about the Barbie Sisters 2Paks when they came out. That is my most viewed post!  In that post I showed you my Barbie 2 Pak Sisters Skateboard with Skipper and Chelsea. 

When Mattel did this new version of Skipper, they gave her only articulated knees.  What a bummer!  She was a new head sculpt, so I had to have her. But wit he fashionista dolls out I longed for a skipper with more articulation!

Recently Mattel has released a new Skippers with articulated arms one of which is Hula Dance Set. This only made me want a fully articulated Skipper more.  I had seem some pictures on flickr about it remove the legs of the older doll and putting them on the body of the newer doll. Thanks Alrunia! I purchase that set in hopes of one day doing it. When  I met up with Cyano we talked about it too and I was told that it was pretty easy!  So with my new found courage, I tried it!  Here she is!

I put the other legs on the older doll.  She is a complete doll now and will go on my dollpage for sale.

I am inspired by all you other bloggers out there!  You may think that no one care about what you do but we all do!! You send good vibrations into the universe!  And whenever you post we are the happy recipients of your love of dolls!

Thanks For Looking!

Ms. Leo

A Moring of Mixing and Matching!

This morning I spent de-boxing and mixing and matching.
so let me show you a little of what I did. You remember
this guy. Well I found him some hands.


They are not the best match but they are much better than
the black gloves. I'm calling him Victor. I haven't got a bio
or story for him so he won't be in characters yet.

He says hi!

Next is Trichelle! You remember her too don't you?

Well parts went everywhere! Her body went to AA Diva
Barbie. I love her face and want to add her as a character.



Her name is Sierra. I will be posting her bio this week
so stay tuned!



Sierra has a younger sister and her name is Sienna.


Francie has Trichelle's jacket! It looks so cute on her. She will
be receiving her story and her family too very soon.


I found this doll in a thrift store.She is by
Kodansha (the writing on the back of dolls is getting smaller
and smaller :)) and I have seen her sold in Kmart. I didn't
like her body and she is now on a HSM body. Can you
guess which one?


She is Aya's tutor student Chanel!


I tried Trichelles head on the same HSM doll. This one
has a slightly darker skin tone. The head works but the
makeup is a little to extreme for a teen. Should she stay
with a makeup change? Should she be left the way she is
with a story explaining the makeup? I take votes on
that too!

Finally, you remember Brenda as a child. Well it took some
head swapping to get her. Remember in the picture she was
bigger than Steven but smaller than Maya.


Here is the final swap! I had a mermaid Kelly who's hair turns
pink in hot water. You know I didn't need that but I liked and
need the body. I also received a AA Ballerina Barbie and Kelly
from Dollz4Moi. Thanks!!!


I like the head of the Kelly but not the feet.
So the Mermaid Kelly head is now of the ballerina body.
I purchase a SIS Kianna. Her head is on the mermaid Kelly's
body. The AA smug face Kelly body and the ballerina head
are together as young Brenda! Wow! you can't tell
the players without a score card or should I say picture. BTW
Grown up Brenda has the AA ballerina body. I just love her
hands and arms. I am planning a leg transplant on her. Stay
tuned for that too!

The New Barbie Sister!

Sisters Skate and

Sisters Skateboard!

I found these dolls while hunting for 002 #17 Ken doll. 

I've had yet to success with #17. So... there are new Barbie sisters.

Here we have Barbie and Stacie.

Sisters Skate
The Barbie is not what I would call anything exciting.

No new face and the head seems large.

She has bendable knees but she has one bent arm. To me,

two bent arms are not OK either. Just one bent arm is not a good 

thing either. It limits play with the doll. The Barbie will go into 

the body box.

This is a new Stacie face!

She has a cute smile and a pretty face.

Note that Stacie is now a redhead (strawberry Blonde) and not 

a blond. Stacie's friend Whitney was always the redhead. So I 

guess we won't be seeing Whitney any time soon. She has a 

different body too. She has articulation legs.

The skate part comes off and shoes can be worn by itself.

Sisters Skateboard

I also have Skipper and Chelsea. Previously, Barbie's baby

sister was Kelly and I believe that there was a

Chelsea was one of Kelly's friends.


This is a new Skipper and a new Chelsea.

Skipper

Full body shot.

Skipper is now a brunette! In the Skipper line, Courtney

was the brunette and Skipper was a blond too!
Chelsea

New packaging too!

One of the big advantages of cost-cutting at Mattel is that

the packaging is no longer like Fort Knox's. Mostly tape

plastic and thread.

The comparisons!

Chelsea

Chelsea is the same size as the SIS little sister dolls.

There is also a Chelsea sold by herself but she is not

smiling. Surprisingly she is three dollars less than the

SIS little sisters set. Is it because her arm can only go up and

down and not sideways too? Is that worth three extra dollars?

Her hands are different too.

Stacie

Stacie is taller than the old (1992) Stacie and she

has articulating knees. Since this is a new body, clothing

may be an issue for this doll. Also, the addition of

articulation gives both Stacie and Skipper the 

cutest little bowlegs.

2010 Stacie is taller than the old (1992) Stacie but 

smaller than the (1972) Skipper. She is also smalle 

than the 1987 Skipper.

From left to right: 1992 Stacie, new 2010 Stacie, 1972 Skipper,

1987 Skipper.

Stacie's foot barefooted and 2010 Skipper's foot in sneakers

and 1992 Stacie shoe. Plenty of room in the shoe!

2010 Stacie's feet are smaller than 2010 Skipper's feet.

2010 Skipper's feet are narrower than 1992 Stacie shoes.

1992 Stacie had some of the

biggest feet for a small doll. 2010 Skipper's feet same size

as High School Musical dolls andMary Kate and Ashley. Teen

Skipper's feet are a little larger.

OK! I spent way to much time on feet!

Skipper!

From left to right: 2010 Skipper, 1987 Skipper,

Teen Skipper1996. 2010 Skipper is about the body size of High
School Musical doll. I don't own the 1964 skipper so I can't 

compare.

Warning nude dolls!

Nude Skippers! Less breast.

Nude Stacies

The 2010 doll has a longer torso!

Three Sisters Together!

I made a good purchase!