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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

A Little Scoop on Justin Bieber!

Hey Gang!

As I was “Comparin’ Aaron”, I thought I should show you my Biebers too! I saw one comparison on Flickr. It was not complete, but I think it is worth looking at. I only have two Biebers. There are about 6 (maybe more) head sculpts out there. Three have molded hair/no smile; two with molded hair (regular and short cut) have an open-mouth smile; two with “real hair”; and one of them has an open-mouth smile. The real hair doll is a better reflection of the short haircut Bieber got. BTW, that cut cost the toy company about 100,000.00! So the toy manufacturer isn’t smiling, even though the doll is now! Anyway, none of mine has the smile! I have #2 and #3.

I was told by Muff (Hey, it is Muff) that there are different bodies, too. Right now, I have two of the bodies. One(#2) I purchase from Muff

and one (#3) with real hair, Leo-Sydney's brother, I purchased from TRU.

The headsculpt has changed a great deal! I'm calling the old headsculpt Hunter. He looks like a Hunter to me!

So here is what their torso looks like out of the shirts! The one with the hair is the newer body, and it is a little more streamlined at the waist.

Here is a shot of the different necks on the dolls.

The one with the hair has a pivotal neck. The other has a side-to-side turntable head. Unfortunately, the one with the pivotal neck can only look down a little bit, but not up really at all. So to me, that is not a change for the better!

Ryan from my Sydney Tryout post is also on this same older Bieber body.

He is a Hannah Montana Travis doll from the Hannah and Travis gift set.

Here he is with the Biebers.

Here are Aaron and Warren.

Here they all are together.

As I said in the Aaron post, Bieber items are selling well. Some of it is Justin's popularity as a person, and the other is the entire doll world fed up with Mattel's fashions! Muff posted back in 2011 about Justin Bieber’s Carnage. Boxes and bodies tossed for clothing! The Bieber’s fashions are more real! I hope to scoop up some of his outfits for the males around here. Only TRU in my area seems to have the outfit sets! They are the cheapest for the dolls, too!

His new outfits for next year are said to be great too, if the 2012 Toy Show is any gauge! I guess I’ll try to have some money ready for them! I think I'll just have to sew something for now.

OK, Thanks For Looking!

Monday, June 25, 2012

Comparin’ Aaron!

I wanted to show you my Aaron Cater dolls. Aaron Cater was a teen star and his popularity earned him a doll. I have two of them. One I purchase years ago and one I just repurchased at a thrift store. I had the thrift store one before but I sold him. I’m not sure they are on their original bodies. I might have switched my first one but here they are.

Both Aaron Cater dolls were produce by Play Along Toys which is a division of Jakks Toy company. Play Along has produce several 1/6 scale teen and young adult celebrity dolls like Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, Sisqo, Cheetah Girls, Hannah Montana, Rock Camp and the Hair Spray dolls. If you would like to read more about the company, click Play Along Toys for the link. The founder of Play Along, Jay Forman, sold his company to Jakks and then started a new company called The Bridge Direct Inc. One of his first dolls is the Justin Bieber doll. Jusin Bieber has made them a good bit of money. You may note the similarities in the body. Side note both Aaron and Justin dolls get hair changes…hmm.

The doll first is 2001 Aaron Carter Doll and the second is from the Oh Aaron Tour—the Flag Outfit. Keeping Ken does a excellent post on him. I’m not sure of the year on the tour doll; it may have come out in late 2001 or 2002. I have notice that other companies don’t mark changes in head molds and body types like Mattel. So it is a little harder to determine the year.

This is the one I got from the thrift store for 3.00! I think the pants and shoes are original but I am not sure on the top.

The top has seen better days and will now see the trash can!

Pants and shoes are in good shape!

They have more than different hair styles, they have different eyes and different bodies too. Check out the flickr post on bodies.

Warning nude dolls

Pivotals and non-pivotal chests!

Arms are the same.

Pivotal body

Leg is the same!

So as you can see, one is a more articulated body. His upper chest pivots and his muscle are more defined. The second appears broader in the chest than the first with no upper body pivot. They both have poseable hands, arm and leg joints. They seem to be built more like an action figure that a doll. Unlike many dolls, he can stand.

The red white and blue Flag outfit is an original outfit.

The clothing made for this doll is pretty good quality and if you find other fashions for these dolls you will find that they hold up style wise well. There were about 4 or 5 doll/outfit combinations. Three outfits for the 2001 hair style ( check the Keeping Ken link) and two for the second hairstyle ( bowl cut). Flag and