Rafeal DeSante'

Hey Gang!

One of my favorite males in dollyland is this Captain Benjamin Sisko from
Star Trek Deep Space Nine by Playmate. I was a fan of Avery Brooks from
his days of playing the Hawk on Spencer for Hire. He stole the scenes in
that role and was given his own show but it didn’t work out well.  Bad writing
I think. Any way here he is as Benjamin Sisko!

He is a classically trained actor of theatre along with being a jazz musician, opera
singer and college professor. I was so happy to see him in the role of Sisko in
the series. You don't see many African Americans in futuristic shows/movies.
That sends the wrong message.  As with many of the playmate action figures,
he has painted on boots( Boo-boo-boo!). One of the first things I did upon
purchasing him was to find him a new body that would better suit the roles I
had in mind for him. His head has been swapped onto a S Club Chad Hasbro body.

He can't move his arms or legs as well but this really gives me
the versatility to put him in many of male clothing lines.  In dolly world
he is Rafael DeSante’.

In the motion picture business, he is a triple threat. He is a movie writer,
producer, director. He will be taking his talent to the small screen and theatre.

In his personal life he is a widowed father of three. All of the children have 

inherited their father’s artistic talents.

His oldest son is Kemit (Moses-Prince of Egypt)

He was born while his father and mother were living in Egypt making a movie.
His daughter Francie/Francesca(Barbie’s cousin Francie she is on a Tiana body)

was born in France where they lived for many
years making many documentaries and historical movies

His youngest child Khaleel (Takara Tom)

was born the Sudan and named after a friend with whom the family lived
while in the Sudan. Sadly it was also where Mrs. DeSante' died in the birth of him.
Currently home base for the DeSante’s is in the US in NY but that is about to change!

OK, Thanks For Looking!

Old Photos- My Photo Archives From Before My Blog!

Today I looked at some old disc of photos I have taking over
the years. Most of them fall in the three categories.
Plants/gardening (there are more of them than anything
else.) Family and dolls.

I thought I would show you where I began. Not that I
have come such a long way but I lot of times you don't get to
see the beginning of things. When I started purchasing dolls,
I had doll couples but not families. I purchased guys to go
with girls or visa versa. The Laurents were my first family in
dolly land. (Although it was a while before they got their last
name. )

Here is a picture of KiKi with the first Terrence. I always
saw KiKi's husband having a beard.

He is now Terrence's best friend Menelik, the father of Malik.
I wasn't taking photos with much background back then.

Here is one of the first shots I took of the new Terrence and
KiKi as a couple. I have to give this new Steven doll a beard and
some gray hair.


I really like what I did with him and he inspired a family
and my blog.

As you can see, I even restyled them and took more pictures.
To me, they looked soo cute together. I could see the chemistry
in the photos even with the very poor camera back then!

I knew I wanted the Happy Family Grandparents as his family.
I thought he looked like a combination of their looks.

Did you know that grandpa had dimples? He is the cutest
thing! I knew he would be a pilot and I purchased this uniform
for him.


I did remove some of Grandma's wrinkles. I thought they
went a bit overboard with them.

Here is a shot of the Laurent men! Two are missing. LL and Termaine
are missing.


Above: Terrence, Toure' Steven, Tre' Grandpa Stephan and Terrell.
this is the first group photo I did. It was before I learned to change
the lighting! LOL!

This is I character haven't introduced really yet. I guest It is a preview.


Rafael DeSante'