Cheerleader Ken Doll For Re-boding and The Guys Get Articulation Love!

Hey Gang!

A lot of us purchased the Barbie Basic Guys (15, 16, 17)  when they came out.
I will admit to purchasing 17 at full price plus shipping from Barbie
Collectors. com.  The others I got on sale at Big Lots.  And I can say
I think we all wished they had the articulated bodies of say...the
blonde Harley Davidson Ken or Pirates of the Caribbean Jack Sparrow.
I was hoping for one of those type bodies too. Many of us had re-bodied
them after purchase. I had seen re-bodied versions on Fashionista Ken
on flickr. They look only OK.  I thought for the price point, we would get
Harley Davidson body articulated body with the Asian Ken too
but nooooooooo!  We got the model muse male body! @#$%%%!

So after I got my AA Cheerleader Ken for 24.99 and rebodied him,
I wondered if Mattel could do that body for that price point on
the Cheerleader male then why didn't they do it on 15, 16, 16 and Asian
Ken.  Would we have paid 24.99 for those dolls on an articulated body.
Yes, we would and not have thought twice about it! Well... many of us
would not but everyone.  You know who you are. ;)

So, anyway I purchased three of the blonde Cheerleader Ken dolls for
re-boding  I had my #15 and #16 on Fashionista Ryan bodies and my Asian
Ken was on a Liam Fava body .  Neither of them were exactly what I wanted.
Those doll heads needed the longer necks of the cheerleader body.  Number
15,16, and Asian Ken got the new bodies with my purchase of the three
Cheerleader Ken dolls .

So as you know for my previous post I rebodied my 

#17 onto a AA Cheerleader Ken.

Before 

 After! Brandon bidding is old body a due! 

The blonde before

 After with a # 16 head.

 I just love all the poses I can do now!

He is now Issac.

Here they are together.  New head on a Fashionista ken body will be on
the dollpage for sale!

 BB #15. was  re-bodied onto a fashionista Ken 

body but the neck was too short!

On his new body!  

Please pardon his pants.  

I didn't feel like looking for others.

 This is the body I was meant for.  This is now Paul!

 There is a difference in complexion between these two dolls but not 

enough to need a different body.

 # 16's body went up for sale months ago.His head was just hanging around waiting.
This guy received the old fashionista body and was glad for it!
He is now Marshall.

 Marshall:  I need to find some longer pants!

Marshall:  Hey want to trade pants? 

Paul: No way!

Asian Ken was on a Flava body after purchase but it didn't work for him either

Now on his new body!

 I think this worked out well!  He is now Blaine!

 Blaine: I'm an artist and I needed to have better articulation!

His old body went to this guy, Crosby Andersen.  

Crosby: This body works well for me. I didn't need a long neck but the height
is nice.

Crosby: Thanks man!

Blaine: No problem!

OK! Thanks For Looking!

When The Music Stopped ,This Is What I Had!-Update!

OK, you know they say everything you needed to know
you learned in kindergarten. Well I think that is true!
When I was a child, there were three popular games.
One, two, three red light, hide and go seek and musical
chairs! These games really got everyone going!
So I play some musical chairs today... or should I say musical bodies!
Here are our candidates

Barbie Basics #15

And of course we add....
Fashionista Ken brunette. You guessed that.

What you didn't expect is....Finally we add Liv Jake

And we start the music. Insert your favorite song
here.
What we end up with is


Jake's head on Barbie Basic #15, #15 head
on Fashionista Ken and Fashionista's head on Jake!



What do you think?

Update!--As requested.


I hope this pictures gives you a better look!


I asked KiKi to step in for scale! She wanted to
show off her new dress!


KiKi: Honey your head is soo big it's gotta hurt!


You head even blocks out the light. See
how dark these photos are.


Fashionista Ken and re-bodied Barbie Basic#15.
The little bit of neck on the fashionista's head
make him taller.

Fashionistas!
Original Fashionista and rebodied and re-styled
Fashionista. There is about an inch difference.
So he will be the little brother.

Barbie Basic #15 Swapped With Fashionista Ken!

OK! So I tried it. Not too bad. If the fashionista neck
was a little longer, it would have been perfect.
But hey, it will do!

Bowling anyone?

Now he need a story!

Purchase Barbie Basic # 15!

#15 Barbie Basics!
I purchased Barbie Basics #15 with hopes of redoing
him soon. He is a very cute guy but first thing I’ll have
to do is find him a new body! I can’t stand those poser
MM bodies of the Barbie Basics dolls! Come on Mattel,
get it together! Make the Basics with articulation will ya!

I am thinking about make him Asian. I already have this
face as a blond. I saw him as an OOAK Asian doll on the
doll page. I also so him redone as a Johnny Depp lookalike
too! I really liked them both. I will be looking for the right
outfits too. When he is done I will post him. Here
are a few pictures for now!





close-up

I may purchase #16 too but I’m not sure yet.