May is Disney Month! Can You Have to Many Adams!

Hey Gang!

It wasn't until I started writing this post that I realized how many Adam dolls I have and how many there?

Adam form Beauty and the Beast!

My first Adam that I owned I got from a thrift store.  He was like the one below and had most of his accessories.  He is by Mattel. His hair wasn't the best but not as bad as many!

The bangs on my guy aren't as nice as the one in of the doll in this picture. What was nice about him was his out and the beast costume. I really need to use it for a Halloween post.

The "X" or twinkle and the eye color are different. Not seen on other princes.

 To use him as one of my guys around here, I first gave him a new body Many of the older Ken/Prince dolls are a bit pinky- orange.  The best bodies for them our the older articulated elbow and knees Hot Skatin' Ken bodies give him good enough movement.

This is a closeup of my Adam! Note that his hair isn't as nice as the one above. It lacks                        the shine.  I still might give his hair a deep condition.

Next up is this version! Purchase my first one at Toys R Us on sale!

I got him because his face was different...a bit aristocratic! Unlike the earlier issue. The 

beast costume's head and jack are different and he doesn't come with beast pants/feet either.

I got him because his face was different...a bit sad and aristocratic! Unlike the earlier issue, he didn't have a ponytail. The good thing about him was his body.  It  has articulated elbows but not knees. (Similar to Mattel Flynn Rider but without the knees) He was popular enough to find him often in thrift stores too!

 

 I was able to use his body for a few dolls! Joseph from Home Depot and Prince Philip. They are  some of  the men that I have used his body for.

Next up is The first Disney Store Adam.

There probably were some others but this is the first one I saw.

He is more of a strawberry blonde that some of the other Adam dolls and his complexion is lighter.

That made finding an articulated body for him hard.

Oddly enough, his face looks closer to the Mattel first issue doll without the stars in his eyes.

Being this pale, he is hard to find a body for him.  I use an Dumbledore body for him

and he is not Reliegh!

Mattel stop producing dolls for Disney about 2012 and the Disney princess, princes and other dolls  by Disney are now  being produced by other companies.  

This one of the Adam dolls that I don't own. He is a Disney store male and has the classic Disney Store body of bend and click knee and articulated elbow that the Disney store male have.  

I didn't like the face on this one. If he is on sale at a thrift store... maybe but for now 

I am OK without him.

Finally, I don't own the Live Action Adam.  I did see him in the stores but he looked short than Ken. 

His legs are painted white to imitate hose for his outfit which seem detailed. So I am surprised that 

they painted the legs instead of just giving him hose. The painted legs makes putting him in a 

swimsuit funny! Without his clothes, you can see he has the same body as Chief Benja and Jafar. I am guessing this might be the new Disney playline/big box store male body.

If you want to know how Hasbro got the contract to produce Disney dolls,

  I shared a cute video that explains how it happened!

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Back to Home Depot!

Hey Gang!

While waiting for the lab to be finished, Hikaru had to do something.  He is
working at the local home depot.  This allows him to purchase the supplies
needed for his own home at a discount, to see and get updates from Harold
when he comes in for supplies, to meet the community and make money
while waiting.  He is learning about tools and home repair too. 

Joseph, the manager is great to work for.

Joseph takes time daily to greet costumers and see how things are going.

Staying in the office never gives you the full picture of how a business is doing.

Joseph: Hello and welcome to Home Depot!

Stringer: Hello! I came here because I new you had a large selection of gift cards!

Joseph: Yes we do! It is one of the things we pride our self on.

Joseph thinks to himself the store is busy! Good!

Thad: I was looking for trash cans for the yard.  

Joseph: We have a large selection right over here.

Joseph: It is a deep can. It is 70 gallons! We have a lot of color too!

Thad: Well...I was looking for a lighter blue than that. Lighter than the blue of my shirt.

Joseph: I have some in the back. I will bring it up for you!

Joseph: OK, I am going over to have some keys made!

Joseph: Key making is on aisle 6!

Joseph thinks to himself...OK, where did he go?

Joseph: Here he comes! Did you get your keys made?

Joseph: Oh, yes!  I looked in the garden section too!  I want to add some trees.

Joey: Dad, there you are! I went to your office!

Joseph: I am out here greeting customers and see how things are going.

Joey: I  should work here! I could work for you! It would be more fun than the Museum.

Joey: You have to deal with customers there! They are a pain.

Joseph: I have to deal with customers here too and so would you!

Joey: But I am the bosses son here! I can do what I want right!

Joseph: No Joey, that isn't what working is about. A job is about your customers! No

matter what your job is. Your mom's customers are call patients. It is all about

the customers.

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Featuring Some Couples for Valentine's Day!

Hey Gang!

I reviewing a few couples for Valentine's Day!

One of my older couples!

 Camille and Stephan

 Terrence and KiKi

 Thomas and Luci

Joseph and Angelina

 Matt and Tia

 Lars and Lynette

 Blaine and Hae!

Elan and Naira!

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The Rizzo's

Meet the Rizzo's

They met in grad school and have been together
ever since.

Joseph
Has move here to open his own Home Depot Franchise.
In a town with this much building going on, he is
doing well!

Angelina
Dr. Angelina Rizzo has move here to head the Women's
department at Johnsonton hospital. Her husband
decided to open the franchise when she got the job offer.


They have a son, Joseph Jr., known as Joey.

How did I get here? They are both over achievers and I'm
...just Joey!

Angelina: Stand up straight during your soliloquy son.
Joey: Oh, no!

The Heart Family Grandpa!

Hey Gang!

Before there was Happy Family Grandpa in 2003, before
there was the Mad Men Rodger Sterling doll, there was
Heart Family Grandpa.

He was the first 12" male doll in the
Barbie/Mattel line with gray hair. He was not the first doll
with gray hair. The first Happy Family Grandparents(1976)
had a gray haired but they were 9 1/2 " African American
dolls. Strangely enough when Mattel did a new line of
family dolls, they reused the name Happy Family for this
new 12 " dolls. I use the phrase Barbie/Mattel
because the Heart Family was not said to be Barbies but
"friends" of Barbie. These dolls did use the Barbie bodies,
some of the accessories, and clothes.

The Heart Family dolls were produced from 1985 till 1990.
They featured a father, mother and two children. The
parents and children were produced in both Caucasian and
African American dolls. There was a full line of items
produced for these doll including many kinds
of fashions, a house, car, playground, bike,school and they
even went to Disneyland! It was an extensive line.

In 1987 the Heart Family Grandparents were added.
These doll are the predecessors to the Happy Family dolls
of 2003. A grandpa face mold was produced for this dolls
with wrinkles molded in , not painted in. The head mold of
the grandfather was later used for Davy Crockett doll with
the hair changed to brown. Above he is in his original outfit
of purple and white shirt with a purple tie, gray pants. He
also has a white sweater. (I can't find it.) FYI out of all of
the heart family dolls the grandmother is the hardest to find.

Unlike the Happy family dolls of 2003, the Heart Family
grandparent dolls were only produced in Caucasian dolls.
I have redress my doll and his is nowliving in dolly world as
Joseph Russo manager/owner of the local Home Depot.

His is married and has a son....


and a daughter who is in college.

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