One Of My Last Purchases for 2014!

Hey Gang!

I purchase about 5 things before the end of 2014!  This is one!

He is JLS Alston. He is the highest selling doll of the group. Since I not really
familiar with the group, I don't know why that is.  I always need more ethinic men
so I purchased him.  I got him at a good price because I purchased him during the
holidays.  I learned from doll club meetings that many dolls get overlooked at those
time.

I have Marvin and was glad to add another member of the group.  The JLS dolls were
hard to find in the U.S.  I got Marvin from Sears new. What a surprise! I saw the info
on a blog...I can't remember who but thanks for the info!  They didn't have the rest
of the group. I purchased Alston used.

He has a rub on his head which is minor.

Front of the outfit

 Back of the outfit.

For a European male I didn't think the fashions on these dolls were very
good. Maybe it is just my American viewpoint.

I would have liked more high fashion or Hip Hop fashions.  Like this...

or this!

Oh well,  I have to redress him and maybe I'll show you a fashion show.
Here are my 3 dolls together.

Marvin, Alston  and Max George from the wanted!

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Truetype Figure action figure

I finally got a Truetype Figure Action figure! I have wanted this one for a long time. He is the TTM10 African American Slim Version. It will probably be my last purchase for 2009. Like a lot of other collectors, I will scale down in 2010. Here he is dressed in one of my favorite male fashions! He is adjusting the sleeves for fit! You may notice that his facial hair is different than that the first issue on Roville site figure.

The New Face of Heavy Duty GI Joe

Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is the new face of GI Joe Heavy Duty action figure from the move G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. There were previous Heavy Duty figures. I also have Wallace “Ripcord” Weems. I will feature him in another post. I am going to Ripcord's head on a new body for more playtime fun. I am not sure if I will be able to find a new body for Heavy Duty. His vest, pants and shoe can be removed but the green tee is a part of his body. I don't know if I can live with that or not.

I would describe the likeness as just OK. I don't believe he had a beard in the move but this figure has a beard. The eyes can use some work too. The paint job is a little shotty and the eyes seem a little crossed (I might have to fix that). On some action figures and dolls they really do an excellent job. I really think they did a good job on Colin Powell, Rosie O'Donnell, Cher, MC Hammer, Ripcord, and Brandy. They did an OK job on this Heavy Duty, The Rock and Micheal Jackson. They did a poor job on Beyonce by both manufactorers. That was very disapointing! It does, from the pictures I've seen, look like they did a good job on Halle Berry As Jinx and Barbara Streisand! I must say I love and WANT the Terrence Howard doll! That is one hot doll!!

OK, where was I....

Heavy Duty's complexion is darkertthan most GI Joe's and will be harder to find a body to match. Now... to de-box or not to de-box. How do you decide?

Prince Naveen

Hey Gang!

OK! So I’m flicking through the internet and I happen to see someone has a picture
of the Prince Naveen doll from the Princess and the Frog movie. It isn’t a close up
picture so I trying going to a few other sites to see if I can get a close-up on the Prince.

Now I’ve heard the talk about it’s going to be the first interracial couple for
Disney and all but he didn’t look like his race was all that different from the shot
I saw. Finally, I find a good picture. One of those pictures where I can get a close-up
on the prince’s face. Hey…he is cute! Well I can always use another ethnic male in
dolly land. So I set out to get him.

In my area, Target always seems to have the new dolls first. The only doll they
missed out on was the repo Julia. (more on her another time). So I go to Target
(Cheltenham) and look around. I don’t see him with the individual Disney dolls
but Princess Tiana isn’t there either. I head around the corner and there she is.
After look around a little more, I spy the couple Tiana and Naveen together
(at the bottom of the shelf in the back). There aren’t any single Naveen just the
couple. Her head is way too big for my liking. It is probably the biggest head
on a fashion doll that Mattel had ever done!

Mattel, I don’t need the head to be that big to see it and I think most children
have better eyesight than I do. So can you let go of the big heads on the dolls!

Anyway, he is pretty cute! I buy them. I’m sure I find a doll head more worthy
of the body from my collection. I get them home and un-box him. I am not a fan
of the prince outfits. They go up on ebay!

Sigh! Another male doll that has legs that don’t bend! Mattel, we know times
are tight but not again. Double Sigh! Princess Tiana’s legs don’t bend either!
Mattel—we are going to have to have a little talk in the corner!!

He is still pretty cute so he will be added to dolly land while I scout for a different
body. Here are the pictures!

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