Hey Gang!
This year is the Year Of The Clones! Oh, and Off Brand dolls
Insert the Empire theme music here!
Over the years, I have purchased many clone and off-brand dolls, which will be featured this year!
My clone dolls will get storylines and personalities this year, and they will get more blog time! I also hope to get a few more clone dolls this year.
One key way I feature my clone dolls is on the FB page Cone Fashion Doll Collectors! This page is for collectors of clones/copycats of Barbies and off-brand dolls from 5&10 to dollar stores. It lets you share your dolls and information on these dolls. I suggest you make your way over and enjoy it.
As I readied for this year, I started by ordering clone Fashionista articulated bodies from AliExpress in dark brown, medium brown, and light brown.
This will allow me to articulate my clones/off-brand dolls and make them more fun to Play with! These bodies have similar articulation to the old Fashionista Barbie doll but don't have the up and down neck articulation. They aren't as well made as the original Fashionista doll bodies but they will work for me now. The numbers are darkest to the lightest body #1 is close to SIS Chandra,#2 is more like Kara,#3 is more like Grace,#4 is like Trichelle or Atsry Fashionista, and #5 I can't figure out what head would match.
My first doll to get a new body was Britta, which I purchased from a local 5&10 store in 2012.
Close-up of her face. I don't know who she is by. If you do, please let me know!
Next up
Next up is Lovely Patsy My Chic Collection
which also was purchased in 2012. I got these dolls from Family Dollar or
Family General. I got them after Christmas and she was half-price. I purchased the dolls for the outfits. One complete doll was donated and I keep the heads
from the other two. I have been playing around with them for years with no firm
decision. These dolls and the doll above are both clones of CEO/My Generation Barbie. The doll above is the better version.
I got this Vicky by Excite doll at the Family Dollar store in 2003. She comes in a
Caucasian and an AA version, and I have purchased both.
Warning Nude dolls!
The first doll I call Britta and the Patsy. Here they are on the #2 body.
Vicki is a now Veronica. She is what Debbie of Black Dolls Enthusiast would call a competitor.
Also, if you can find this body tone on the net, you can purchase the Glam Squad AA doll from Five and Below. She has about the same skin tone.
And here is Olmec Naomi on the body
