Thrift Store Purchases From September!

Hey Gang,

I am a little reluctant to post now.  It seems that blogger took down a few of the

posts of mine that were cloned but the majority of them are still up on the clone 

blog! The clone blog has about 2-3 years of my post up on their blog.  The only 

way that they take them down if for me to list every URL they listed along with 

every URL of mine for comparison!  You can't just list the whole blog as a 

copied.Since a pops up add appears every time  you click on one of their clone 

links taking you to who knows where and with the possibility of infecting my 

computer, I not sure what I can do.

I can't tell you how upset I got when I noticed post after post was copied.  They 

don't even list their posts.  So I'm not sure how far back it goes.  I had notice 

usually high spikes in the amount of viewers I had from time to time.  I am 

wondering if that was them.  One year a did about 100 posts, one every 

three days, as a challenge for myself.  Let me tell you, that was a lot for me!  

It seem to me that blogger doesn't  make posting all that incredibly easy to 

do, so it  must be a computer doing it. If you read this post on any other 

blog than I-Luv-Dolls@blogspot.com...

IT IS A FAKE!!! Run!!

I think I will add that from here on out!

OK, Here WE Go!

I did some real damage at the thrift store lately.  I will have to take October
off...maybe! In one of my last posts I told you I have been re-boding the guys
around her too.  I found some thrift store doll on articulated bodies and I got
some extra bodies for re-boding!

First up is Happy Family Dad-Alan!
I already have the AA Happy Family Dad so it was good to add him to
my collection.

 His face seems a little lighter than the body.  I wasn't sure at first that it was his
original body...

 but he is wearing the painted on ring.

Next I found HSM Troy!
This is the first (2007?) doll, the 12" doll, not the 10 inch one that they did later. I will
need to take out the battery on the doll because the singing annoys me! Have
you ever had one of those doll go off unexpectedly?

I like his hair much better than the other version of the doll.  The blonde is kinda
chunky! He also has a better face paint than the smaller dolls. I had started to
purchase the last one at the now closed Toys R US near me but someone
beat me to it!

Next is Phoebus from the Hunchback of Notre Dame.  I found three of these
at one time! Yes, I could have left the other two for someone else but I 
am someone else! So I took all three!

Phoebus: I don't think I want to be a blonde!

Ms. Leo:  You don't look like a Phoebus either!

 This guy got one of the other bodies. He is a
Hawaiian Ken.

 Ken: Thanks man!  Phoebus: No problem!

 The other went to this guy! He is a Pocahontas Kocoum 

He is now called Bison

Bison: I want to thank him too!  I was feeling as stiffer than Johnny Depp in 

the Lone Ranger!

Speaking of Native American dolls, I found these two also!  I dressed them in
swimsuits for the post.  I believe they are the 1995 Barbie American Indian 
American Stories and 1993 Native American Barbie 2nd edition!

 Native American Barbie 2nd edition.

I am seeing more of this one up for sale and I already have 
several of the  Teresa head sculpts.  So she will be up for sale
alone with re-bodied Phoebus!

 Barbie American Indian American Stories.

This one I am keeping and have re-bodied onto an Esmeralda articulated body. She
is now Daisy! She is wearing a Pocahontas dress.  She will need some shoes!

 Daisy: Hi! Lovely to meet you!

I was going to put flowers in her hair but that would be overkill!

 Finally we have
Jesse "The Body"Ventura 
This is the 1999 JESSE VENTURA Man of Action-Governor of Minnesota Doll
He was $5.00 and worth it if just for the clothing! Yeah, you remember him for
Wrestling and the Predator movie!

The box

 Now it is my picture taking and not that his eyes are quite that strange.

 He is kinda handsome in a rugged kinda way!

 Nice shirt and tie!

 Clothing

 Jessie: I can still wrestle with the best of them!

 A new baldy. 

 Wrestling a bear pose!

 Shoes and socks!

 Bare wrestling a bear!

 Markings!

 I also got this one...

 (This one be a good body donor for him too!)

 and this one!

 This will be a hard neck to find a body for!

 Lastly is her!

 She may go on the tree this year!

So this is just a small part of what I got! I was dolly high for a few weeks!

OK! Thanks For Looking!

Ghanian Barbie

DOTW Ghanian Barbie

This is the Ghanian Barbie. She is part of a series of dolls done

by Mattel called Dolls of the World (DOTW). She was

produced in 1996 and was preceded by Nigerian – 1990,

Jamaican--1991/1992 and Kenyan – 1994

(previously posted).

She wears a Kente over dress and and a

matching headdress.

She has gold earrings and a lovely gold pendant.

Under the Kente, she wears a simple yellow shift dress.
Sorry, I don't have the box but...
The back of the box says:
Hello, I'm a Ghanaian Barbie. I'd like to tell you all about

my wonderful homeland, Ghana! Situated on the coast in

Western Africa, Ghana was once called the Gold Coast, but

at our independence in 1957, it was renamed Ghana, after an
ancient empire. Hand-woven cloth, called Kente cloth, is

Ghana's most famous craft product. Its bright colors and
patterns are woven by Ashanti tribe men and are worn

for special ceremonial occasions. We are also proud of our

wood carving skills and we make many interesting masks

for religious and native ceremonies. Ghana is a wonderful

country to include in your travels. Our country is lovely

and filled with many things to see and do. I hope to see you

soon! Goodbye!

She uses one of the 1990 (released in 1991) Shani doll head

mold.  Of the three head molds of the Shani line, Asha, Shani

and Nichelle, Asha is used the most. Nichelle

is a little less used but surprisingly Shani, the doll the line

is named for, is very rarely used.

I have her paired here with Menelik for

African American History Month. They are on display

at a local library. We Must Share Our Joy With Others!

Close-up of them together.

I don't have her original shoes so she has borrowed some

gold sandal from MOTM Nikki.

Here they are instructing the children.