Disney's Kayla

Popping Up For Some Rays
and A Rare Snack!

Tropical Splash Kayla from Little Mermaid!

She loves the ocean but there are somethings you can only

get on land...like pizza!

It is never hot once you take it to the bottom of the sea

and it doesn't taste the same either! No one wants to

deliver.

For a long time Kayla didn't want to come up

from the ocean. She liked her home.



Also the whole tale thing made it kinda hard too.

It is not easy to stand on.

Info on Kayla
Mattel and Disney did three Tropical Splash girl dolls

other than Ariel and one boy doll, Eric, in the

Little Mermaid line in 1998.

The web says that this is one(Kayla) of the

rarest Disney dolls out

there!

Arista (Ariel's sister), Attina, Kayla

Now that she is on a Teen Skipper Body, Kayla plans

to enjoy more pizza, other on land snacks and do some

shopping! She has alot of clams to spend and know where

to find more.

I have a Kayla head to sell or swap, if anyone is interested!

Finally!!! Barbie Basics #17!

Barbie Basics the AA male!


I had to order him because he was not showing up at any of
my local stores! I'm feeling some kinda way about that!!

So I order him and pay shipping (bummer!) and he arrives!

He is gorgeous! The hair... the eyes...and oh, I already knew

about the body. Yeah, we all wanted articulation and are

disappointed that is doll was not a Fashionista because the

AA Fashionista never showed up (oh, am I wining?) OK,

but...

his shirt what a disappointment! It has a malfunction

in the collar! It is a second! This type of thing you would

never have seen 10 or 20 years ago!

It doesn't even close properly in the back. Tsk, tsk, tsk!

I gotten a better shirt on a $6.00 doll. Is it me or is the

company wobbling? Great head, poor body, great body,

poor quality fashion, great idea for a doll but not enough

diversity.

So now he has to go shirtless. Good thing he is a hunk!

with a cute butt!

great abs!

I think it is a "Situation"!


Great eyes too!

Rare Mod Era Doll--Live Action Christie

Live Action Christie!

One of the rarest of the mod era dolls is Live Action

Christie. She and Live Action Barbie and PJ were released

in 1970/71. I bought her nude on EBay and was lucky to

win her. This is not her original outfit but something

that I like on her. As you might have guessed,

her original outfit was more "groovy".

She is one of the few other dolls to use the Midge

head mold besides P.J. and the only AA doll. She has very dark

skin(the darkest at that time) with terracotta lips stick. I

t gives her an interesting look. She has shoulder length

black hair that is parted down the center.

Her eyelashes are rooted and her

eyes are kind of orange/brown with black pupils.

I remember may black dolls having similar eye

coloring as a child.

Chandra for complexion scale.

She is called live action because of her jointed

hands and swivel waist. She has the feet of a

Francie doll.

Francie size feet.

My New Doll!

My New Doll!!

I really do like most of the mod era dolls. I have a few of the AA dolls: Francie, Julia, Live action Christie, and Brad. Now I am adding what I guess you would call a repro to the list. Pop Life Christie.

So, can you call it a repro if they never did this face mold in an AA doll before? I don't know. I saw this doll in the catalog when she was first released. I knew I didn't have this face but I was not sure that I was going to by her. Sometime it is hard to get a really good look at the face from a book or the web. I have not seen her in any store. I saw a layout done in Haute Doll of her. Wow! I knew I had to have her. Luckily a doll became available on eBay. I bought her nude. I didn't need the outfit and just one chair, so nude was good for me.

Her lips are that neutral pink color of many of the AA dolls of that era. They didn't do many red lips on black dolls then. Her eye shadow is pink to but not as neutral as the dolls of the era. It is more dramatic and she has long eyelashes that are curled closer to the lid that dolls of the era. She has separated out stretched fingers a nice manicure. She has articulated wrists. Her body is taller and slim like Model Muse with pivotal body segments like Fashionista or like an Alvin Ailey Barbie without the extremely arched feet. What does this mean clothing wise.... many possibilities but I think, no gloves!


Here she is!



Deena as a new model signed to the Devereux agency, will need a portfolio Dominique (Julia), Francie (Francie) and Christie have pulled some clothes for her photo shoot.

See the shoot!

Green Spot On Brown Dolls

Green Spot On Brown/Black Barbie Dolls




















I have had a few AA doll get green spot on them. The first time it happen it was my fault. I put medal earrings on my vintage Julia. Vintage dolls, to me, seem especially vulnerable to green spot, green ear problems. I don't know if it happens to other AA dolls other than Mattel.

I went to the web for answers. The biggest suggestion was acne cream products that contain benzoyl peroxide 10%. It bleaches the green out. This works well on Caucasian dolls. The green comes out totally or almost totally. On AA/Black dolls it bleaches out the green some what but it bleaches out the complexion out too. You are left with a faded brown area with a green tinge to it.




















The green spot on the ear of my Vintage Julia was unacceptable to me so I purchased another one. I also purchased a Repo Julia. I am hoping I won't have this problem with the Repo because I do like having jewelry on her. I will not leave them in any length of time. I don't want to tempt fate. I have taken the advice of Niels Dolls Room and will store my dolls nude.

My Home Coming AA Skipper got green spot on her legs. I tried the cream to see if it would work better on the body than the face but the results were the same. I recently purchased an new skipper. I don't know what caused the green spot on the Skippers legs. I don't know if it was something I did, or how I stored here, so I will keep a good eye on her.


If any one else has had this problem and can give me some good suggestions, I would love to hear it!