Teaching Mahjong and Dragon Dance!

Hey Gang!

A lot is going on in preparing for the Chinese New Year.

Miyo is teaching a few people to play Mahjong.

Miyo: This game is mostly played with three or four players. First, you mix the tiles face down, sort of like shuffling the deck.

Then you will draw thirteen tiles. 

Li Li: This seems complicated! 

Jimin: I don't think it is once you learn the rules.

Geremy: I should have brought a pen!

Miyu: This game is a lot of fun! I taught my son, Chet, to play when he was little. 

Chet: We just taught my young daughter!

Mahjong game set!

I found this Mahjong set for my dolls. It is 1/12 scale. 

Table

You will need to separate the tiles. It will take a little work, and they don't all fit on the table at once.

Here you can see I popped out about one and a half sections and the table appears full.

I hope to make a bigger table and a case for this set.

Sunny: Hey, I heard the dragon costume has arrived! They are doing a dress practice!

Everyone leave to see the practice!

Chang'e: WOW! They look pretty good!

Connie: Yeah, I had my doubts but yes! They look pretty good!

 purchase this dragon puppet because I want to have a couple of dolls to the Dragon Dance! I have a post of them trying to practice. 

I cut off the strings and put pants on the guys I wanted doing the dance.

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Rehearsal! Chinese New Year-Part two!

 Hey Gang!

Simon and Lewis are out on patrol in Chinatown today.  

Lewis: Great there is the ATM!  

Lewis: I need to get some cash for my date wit Xia.

Simon:How much are you getting?  Where are you going?

Lewis: Dinner and maybe a movie.

Simon: Hey, it looks like they are preparing to the Dragon Dance over there.

WOW! They are bad!  

You might have to radio for help!

OK fellows! Let's try it again!

Hoa: One,two, three, four,one, two, three, four! And....

Blaine: Move right and move left!

Blaine: You are starting on the wrong foot Mark!

Mark: Oh!

Mark: The ground seems slippery!

Blaine: Maybe you need to try this in shoes or sneaker!  Sandals aren't working for you!

I am hope to feature as many of my Asian dolls during the Chinese New Year as possible.

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Mattel BMR Dolls

Hey Gang!

I added the Mattel BMR 1959 dolls to my collection finally! I thought I would purchase them because I need body donors but one guys and the girl did catch my eye! 

First up...let's call him green hair! There doesn't appear to be a name for the individual dolls, so I giving them my own names. I got two of this guy as body donors. 

I have seen him styled  on FB and IG and people seem to love his face and fashions but not me!

Fashionista Ken #114 and #10 Classic Cool received the bodies

Mattel Promo Photo!

The outfit from the front!

From the back!

He has the Blaine headsculpt which I love but his face paint is a little to feminine for me.

I am not a fan of the white necklace either but I might work with a paint job!

I like the jacket! It is a keeper! The other items maybe can be combined with other doll 

clothes for an OK outfit!

I am not sure how I feel about the shoes!  I have seen them painted and they do look 

nice but am still not sure about them.

Next up is the real hair man bun"! I got three of these!  I was only planning on two 

but when he got here, he changed my mind. I liked his face. The body works well for the 

pale Ken doll that  don't -have articulation. 

Twilight Jasper and Hoa-- Asian Ken with the purple hair received the bodies.

The outfit on this guy is pretty nice. I would not put a heavy sweat-hoodie with shorts 

and sandals but hey, that is just me!

I am a fan of the crossbody bag and I do like the sandal! This guy is Mark.

Next up is the  AA Curvy girl! Now whoever styled this girl should have gotten a "F" in 

fashion school! The flowered hoodie dress with the ruffle is just NO! No,no,no,no ,no!  

It wouldn't even work for grandma!

The glasses are a Why??? Thank goodness she has a great face!

The plastic raincoat didn't work for Francie and it still doesn't work here!

I am liking the high ponytail! Besides her face and body, the pony is the only other high point!

I just had to sigh when I saw the shoes.  Were there a ton of gold boot left over from 

something else?

So here she is redressed in what I think is a more fun ourfit!

Hi, I'm Rajiyah but my friends call me Raggie!

Not sure if this guy will be a DIY or a manikin. 

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Two New Fashionista Males!

 Hey Gang!

I added two new fashionista guys to my collection! 

First is #153 

He is described as "Sculpted Dreadlocks & Animal Print Sweatshirt!

Yup! Mattel calls them Dreadlocks and that what I call them too! It appears that the

cute names (ie Proud in Print) are gone!

Mattel Promo Photos!

When I first saw the promo pictures of this guy on line, I didn't care for him.

I definitely didn't think I would want him!

One look at his face in the store and I knew he need to come home with me.

It might be my imagination but there seemed to be sun rays around his face!

I can work with his clothes but maybe not the way the put him together! I didn't think 

the print top worked with these shorts! I have seem the separate pieces restyle and they looked good.

I liked the boot though! Also not with the shorts.

The majority of the Broad Ken dolls come in shorts. I think only two have had long pants.

so if you want long pants, try some of the 80's fashions to find things that might fit. Other than

that, you will have to sew.

He is the third Broad AA doll that Mattel has done!

The other two were

#114 Which is a SIS Grace Complexion.

#18 which is more of a SIS Kara complexion.

#153 is closer to a Chandra complexion! #18 compared to  #153!

I love the sun bleached dreads look! It looks more like what well worn dreads would look like!

There is the normal imperfection on the body that I have had to accept in Mattel's playline.

I have decided to call him Ahmir, the older brother of Kamua.

Ahmir and Kamau!

Next up is Fashionista Ken # 154 

He is described as Sculpted Purple Hair & Plaid Shirt!

Mattel promo photos

When I saw this guy, I know I wanted him!

I didn't care for the purple hair in the promo photos but I new I could paint him.

I have done a lot of sculpted hair painting in the last two years.

I thought the shirt was interesting. It reminds me of something you would see in Old Navy.

I can always use more black sneakers!

You couldn't tell from the promo be unless you look closely, but he is a Slim Ken 

like Cactus Cooler!

He ins't in any of my local store and I purchased him on Amazon as part of their promotional

sale days!

The first thing I did was to check the face screening as that has been an issue lately.

Out of the box, I liked him! I have a light complexion articulated body coming but I don't think

I will use it on him! He will be a teen here. Hey Mattel, we need broad and slim articulated bodies!

I also check out the shirt when I got him.  I find that with more detail, the more opportunity for something to go wrong! The show was good...

I might do a little trim on the back of the collar.

I don't know if you have noticed but most of the slim Ken have had jean pant or black pants. 

Not as many shorts as the broad Ken dolls. The slim Ken dolls can wear Descendant doll male pants, some Mattel Ken pants, Some Monster High male pants, some High School Musical and some

Bratz shorts.

My repaint! 

So here he is as my repaint!

Brown hair with black streaks! His name is Hoa!

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