What Is Your Favorite Non-Articulated Body? Up-Date

Updated Post!

Hey Gang!
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I was going through my box of doll bodies and note all different types
of Barbie bodies and note what clothing works good on which body.
As I seen to move my collection more toward articulated bodies,
there were other body types that were my favorite.

Here is a Silkstone body.

Renee has her head now. I never like this body! Too heavy!
I was glad to know that I could put the head on another body.

These are the 1991, Belly button and the 1966 bodies.

The 1966 has the biggest chest (ribcage).

I'm torn between the 1991 body with the narrow hips and smaller

hips and the belly button body.  More clothing fits the 1991 but

the belly button seems sexier!  That sexy quality is why I like the

Fashionista.

Here are four types of what I think of as 

exaggerated  bodies.

From left to right.

Model Muse, second wave Fashion Fever, Star and Flava bodies.

I also found this site compaing bodies if you would like to
take a look.

Here are two repo bodies.
The one on the right is the 1966 repo body.
The one on the left is the 1993 repo body.

Here is the Jazzie and Fashionista body comparison from a previous post!



These are repo Francie body.


Do you have a favorite body that is not Fashionista or Pivotal or articulated body?

Please take my pole.
P.S. I'm posting with the new blogger layout.  It feels slow and
I can't find the spell check! Help!

Star Body vs. Model Muse Body

The Star body (SB) has the same small frame with long legs
as the Model Muse body (MMB). Neither dolls’ legs bend!
The Star body comes with painted on underwear. I find this
not unusual for a playline doll but for a fashion doll made
for collectors, I think that his is unusual.


The Star Body

Star has smaller neck knob that most Barbies!


Side by side

long legs



The Model Muse body can sit. The Star body can not. Star
doll legs fit into the torso and not along side it. A
reconstruction of the body would have to be done it
the future for these dolls to sit.

The arms of the Star doll about the same length.


The hands on the star seem a little more graceful.



Bootee'
The Star doll has more junk in the trunk than the model muse.




This may mean that the pants for this doll may fit the
Belly button bodies… I don’t know this for sure yet.



Finally the Star doll has larger feet (similar to the old Jakks feet) that most of the Mattel fashion dolls I have seen. So what does this mean for the Star shoes? I don’t know yet but I’ll keep you informed!


Thanks for looking! :)

October In Paris- Ascension

October In Paris- Ascension

Face of an angel!

Head Swap of the Week!

Here is my Head Swap dolls of the week!

Barbie Basics #10 body and Asha head. I was

inspired by Niel's Doll Room. He suggested

putting the Shani Asha and Nichelle's head

on a Model Muse body. Sadly, there are more

Asha heads out there than there are Shani.

Asha on MM body

I will play with #10 face more on this body.

Cheeta Girl outfit just for now.

I borrowed the pose!

Better Late Than Never!

With the launch of Mattel's Barbie Basics in 2010, Mattel has realized what doll collectors knew. There is a desire for our best loved head molds to be a Model Muse doll. After the release of Nichelle Urban Hipster (2004) , I noticed dolls on the net that had the Princess of South Africa (PSA 2003) head on a model muse Nichelle body. I didn't know where they got that doll from but I wanted one. Only after reading a few site did I realize that they had made a head swap! I went looking for a PSA and a Nichelle doll to do a swap! The Barbie Basics line features a variety of our favorite head molds on a model muse body but if you are like me, you have already made your own.

I re-dressed my doll in a black and gold dress (this face looks best with golds, Nichelle looks best in silver).

She normally wears her gold couture runway piece.

I have her here for comparison to the Barbie Basics doll( not the same head mold). Tell me what you think! If you have made your own, let me know! It you have a link to your picture, even better!