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!

Fun Date Ken!

So gang, Mattel has come out with Fun Date Ken! As I said, when I first saw him I said to myself …WTF! Mattel has lost its’ mind! The women at the check asked me if Ken had come out of the closet. As I looked at him I saw possibilities and I purchased him. So here are some photos for you.

Mattel Promo Photo

At the store

He comes dressed in a blue shirt and black pants plus a plaid shirt and a white graphic tee along with the three wigs. No articulation. Sigh! And Mattel used to give you three outfits.  Now they give you 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 outfits in the space for 3 outfits pack. Bad Mattel!  I posted some photos of KiKi in the  /Fun date Ken’s wig. If you missed it check it out here!

When I thought about what Ken has gone over the last few years to get back with Barbie, it seems kinda sad! He has resorted to wigs to make himself interesting for Barbie! How bad is the relationship when as a man, you have to breakout the wigs! Mmmm, Mmmm! Ken it is time to move on to some other plastic woman who can appreciate a sensitive man like you! LOL! It might be time to date one of her friends.

Anyway, here is what he looks like without any of the wigs! A lot more masculine!

He kind of looks like Brad Pitt from the Oceans films.  Not a bad face!  But I have way too many Blondes around here!  But there is one thing I am short on.

A little paint and now he is gray!

I don’t have many men with gray hair here so I was happy that I tried it.

I haven’t sealed it yet.  I wanted to give it a few days so that I could live with it and see what I thought.

What do you think!  I’m calling him Crosby Anderson.

Hello!

Thanks For Looking!