#like when they come with the dolls? A+

[capsensislagamoprh]

AIIGHT! Here we go again! Look, I still don’t photo well. That’s... That’s just a thing. I spent this week with a migraine - as you do - so could not have bright lights, sound, and was half out my mind with meds. The amount of times I found myself with a cuppa half-way to my mouth wondering when that happened and wasn’t this just warm? Thank goodness I have no aversion to cold drinks. And so, CRAFTING! Look, me bored is me causing destruction and chaos like a cat annoyed you got the wrong treats, how dare you, you will regret this when you put on your shoes! Anyway... Lillianna went to see Aari. Aaralyn Chloè is studying to be a Theater props master. It’s basically a thankless job that turns dull productions into extraordinary events. Like lighting and sound, it too is under-ratted and yelled about a lot. But a pooka has to do what a pooka has to do in order to get magic into the world. Lillianna is trying on her flower fairy shoes. (She can totally stand up in them on her own!) As usual, they are excellent. And, as usual, there is always a catch. Every time Aari makes something they turn out very well... until they sit overnight. Then somehow, some way, the gnomes come and mess them up somehow. Appeasement dosen’t work. The Arcane Academy sent over the Creatures Teacher, the Magical Mayhem Master, and the Professor of Charms and Wards. None of them could get the gnomes to stop. Are... are they really that mad Aari has stopped making cookies every night? It just takes so much time!

Speaking of shoes, Aarri! Your’s are killer! (Which can also be stood up in without a stand!)

“Why thank you,” she smiled, giving me a better shot. I’ll need to sneak one of the backs when she’s not so busy. She moves so fast, close-ups are... well, near improbable. At least while she’s still wearing them, anyway.

Aari drew Lillianna’s eye toward the bag at her feet. It’s the flower fairy bag for the play.

They discussed if it would have an acorn on it or not. I think so, but Lillianna worries that it will be more difficult to open during the play. Aari thinks it will be less difficult than a tie strap. Consider the flow of movement! Such difficult decisions. Lillianna says she will try it out as is, and if it is difficult, she’ll bring it back, so they can change it to an acorn.

“This butterfly bag looks lovely! And it matches your hair so well,” Lillianna told her friend. But I think - now hear me out - that little print bag behind Lillianna? The one that was near the flower fairy bag? I think that fits better.

What do you think? Butterfly bag, or -

Printed bag?

Well, they had to go discus tights and light up wings. I’ll show you some closes up on the bags, shall I? These are the butterfly bags. Each is different, lined, gold accented.

I rather like the rhinestone stone buckles, and if you look careful -

You can see a simple, subtle shimmer overlaid on the black. I tell you, Aari is all about those details!

Here’s another set.  The blue is ‘arsenic blue’ which seems rather scary to me. Aari says it’s non-toxic, but as pretty as it is, even with metallic studding... *shiver*. A pooka lives dangerously, I guess?

Now, the shimmer on that black one is iridescent, and I like the moon accent. I also kinda like the simplicity of the cork one. The purple one is gold threaded. Something I think would be fun for a long awaited shopping trip. You know, the kind you dress fancy and pretend to be in a movie? That type.

Now these are duel sided bags! Look at this! The pattern changes, the colors, the accents!

The sides have simple accent shimmers on a few, and frankly this is the kind of quality I expect from a theatrical prop master.

Until next time!

#rainbow high #RH #dolls #play scale #1:6 scale #toys #crafts #orginak work #shoesshop #doll shoes #accesories #doll accessories #doll purse #hand made #made by me #i wanted the shoes and bags from RH #but they are 10 monies each #and some details are... #lesser #like when they come with the dolls? A+ #but on their own there is a hit or miss going on that makes me a little iffy #probally gonna get a few anyway #just to see #I got my 'wants' from those. #now if we could only get RH furnature and such

[tblsomedoodles]

I can explain.

So, i've been thinking...i've never done anything with the non-apocalypse futures past a few months.

I'd also been thinking, that out of all the fan kids i've seen around, there wasn't a lot (if any) for Raph.

I ALSO thought, Family Web would be an absolutely horrible au to have Bishop be involved in (mostly b/c Leo would NOT be good with an evil government scientist. at all.)

anyways, here's an in-story explanation for what i got so far

When Raph's 25, he gets word that there's some government program doing some shady things. Now that wouldn't really be his concern, but they're rumored to be using mutagen so they feel obligated to check it out.

SO the three of them check it out (Not leo. He tried but the medical equipment got to him. He portaled to the roof to wait on standby.) They find a lot of failed experiments and the like, most being with at least some turtle dna for some reason.

They also find two very young, very alive baby turtle mutants.

So, of course, they take them home. (after completely destroying the lab, information and all.)

They find out a few days later (b/c of course Donnie copied the info and he and Jenny have been going through it for anything good) that ever since the failed invasion, Bishop's group had been taking their DNA samples left over from various fight locations, (and probably paying a few people to get blood samples too) and using it it to do genetic experiments. B/c the four have such a hodge-podge of dna to start with, the experiments were never stable. The two they stole being the best they've accomplished over the years. The two that just happen to have used Raph's dna.

I'm going to have to do more with this. Like give the boys adult looks and the like. but these two were being rotated in my brain on high for list the last 9 hours now and if i didn't share them tonight i was going to go insane. (i couldn't even focus at work i was so fixated on these two bitties.)

#tmnt #rottmnt #family web au #my doodles #good future stuff #this might be my friday update #we will see how much i draw of this later #THey aren't as small as Clara was when she was newly hatched #they're probably twice as big at least #they just look small b/c Raph's holding them lol #I think Raph usually defaults to his human form when he's handling them at that age #b/c he feels like he's going to break them if he's his big turtle self #Clara's 4 at that point btw #and she doesn't get that cousins come that tiny #she keeps trying to play with them in her dollhouse as the dolls #and Raph keeps having to rescue them lol

[frodolives]

I think spreading historical misinformation is intolerable EXCEPT when it's about the Beatles. I actually think we should be making an active effort to spread more misinformation about the Beatles

#i'm usually really picky when it comes to historical accuracy like it's my job but #anybody can say anything about the beatles and i'll just take it at face value i don't care anymore i don't respect them #theyre nothing but dolls to be played with for my amusement #the beatles

[spittyfishy]

Marisol Coxi was one of those Monster High dolls I really wanted when I was little but never ended up getting, so I think it would be awesome if she got brought back for G3! Going off that I thought I’d try designing her a G3 look! I actually love how it turned out, I wanted to keep her colour scheme and aspects of her original design (like the hair and the shoes) but also looked up some Peruvian clothes for her since she’s from Monster Pichu!

#I really really like it lol #I had Abbey growing up and once it was revealed Marisol was her cousin I thought it would be great to have them both #but I was a kid so my sisters and I really only ever got MH dolls as Christmas or birthday gifts if we were lucky so we couldn’t really pick #who we’d get #but now I’m an adult with adult money #and I can get dolls when they come out! #manifesting G3 abbey #I know she’s out in some stores so I really want to find her in my town #monster high #monster high reboot #monster high g3 #monster high gen 1 #mh g3 #mh g1 #marisol coxi #monster exchange

[gaybuckybarnesss]

DEREK LUH Photographed by Emilynn Rose for American Studies

#derek luh #why are all these photoshoots coming out i'm trying to sleep #he looks like a doll when they put too much makeup on him #derekluhedit #dluhedit #userconstance #pits out for the boys

[thelettergii]

One of the fashion collections I drew during my Tumblr hiatus! "Drag Names" was a series inspired by drag queens and their stage names.

#rupaul's drag race #drag race #rpdr #aquaria #bob the drag queen #kim chi #monique heart #mo heart #bendelacreme #plastique tiara #raven petruschin #nicky doll #i also drew a valentina one but the face is kinda ehhhhh #i'll come back to this series when i like drag race again #artings

[bennettandyank]

I need to spend these few days off work drawing dolls as much as possible

#american girl dolls #american girl #ag dolls #josefina montoya #my art #I feel like this is the closest I’ve come to doing her any justice in my drawings #also I did forget the lace at the bottom of this skirt but when I went back and added it I decided it looked nicer without

[puppetmaster13u]

so tempted to do a thing for @phoenixcatch7's possessed doll au Because I am just stuck with this image of B's puppet body being damaged, his gas mask off, and him going straight up Feral. Am I saying I want to draw him mauling the joker? Maybe. Maybe I do. He'd deserve it.

#batman au #dc #dcu #batman #possessed doll au #cryptid batman #Like he'd have to be very pissed so its probably around when Barbara & Jason were injured or whatever happened in thi au #Like I want to say someone straight up tried to blow him up but he's just Not Stopping #I want people to realize he's not stopping and just going to keep coming #I want for like #like they all know the bats aren't human #but I want for it to *really* suddenly sink in #I want the joker to realize he Fucked Up #which i mean in the original comics he knew he fucked up & the next day or two he got diplomatic immunity #because he killed jason as a spur of the moment sort of thing- and afterwards had an Oh Shit moment #Because he just beat Robin and the bat is going to come after him #he canonically blew up the warehouse so the bat wouldn't know it was Him #Bruce Didn't know it was the joker at first #remind me to ramble about this because I want to like #write or draw a scene based off of it

[stevieharringtonwifeguy]

supernatural fruity four au where whenever they have occasion to tell people they're supernatural they go like 'okay one of us is a vampire, one's a fairy, one's a witch, and one's a werewolf. guess which is which' because everyone literally always guesses that eddie's the vampire, nancys the fairy, robins the witch, and steve's the werewolf, and they think it's fucking hilarious how literally no one ever clocks a single one of them correctly

in actuality, nancys the vampire, steve's the fairy, eddie's the witch, and robins the werewolf

#nancys the vampire bc she looks like a haunted victorian doll just think about it #stranger things #steve harrington #eddie munson #robin buckley #nancy wheeler #also u get classic werewolf/vampire and fairy/witch pairings #steddie #ronance #actually saying that i don't think fairy/witch is considered a classic pairing but it SHOULD BE #the witch out in the forest collecting ingredients and finding an Enchanting Creature bathing in the creek #Do You See The Vision #except when it's steddie it's eddie going for his secret weed crop in the woods #and coming across steve washing his laundry in the creek bc his washing machine broke and the laundromat scares him

[heckyeahponyscans]

I think the reason people have so much nostalgia for 80s and 90s Barbie--even collectors who were too young to have actually had them--is the material and tailoring of her clothing was better than on modern Barbie.

If there was a giant tub of 80s Barbies and a giant tub of modern Barbies and I randomly grabbed one doll for each then, yeah, I think the odds are that I would find the 80s Barbie more technically impressive.

But looking at Barbie as an entire line, something about her 80s toys feels so . . . elderly. Like an old person's conception of female beauty and fashion, as informed by southern beauty pageants.

It is completely unsurprising to me that Bratz ground Barbie's face into the dirt with their oversize feet when they debuted.

#Barbie #Bratz #Mattel #if you look at the Barbies of the 60s and 70s they are much more fashion conscious #like the 70s Barbies have a lot of earthtones b/c that's what Actual People were wearing #whereas the 80s and 90s had so many dolls that were just like 'little girls like pink and big dresses . . . whatever . . .' #the 80s and 90s did have a lot of bright colors and outrageous fashions so that strategy worked for a while #but then Mattel just kept doing more of the same in the 2000s #when earthtones were coming back in style #big mistake #I saw a clip on Youtube #from a Bratz animated special or something #where the Bratz run over a lady who is clearly meant to be Barbie and then exclaim in dismay 'oh no we ran over someone's grandma!!' #it's so shady but so funny

[jfkisonthemoon]

they honestly couldve done so much with junpei beheaded/dismembered and im disappointed that it ended up just being mira. so much of his character and his relationship with akane is characterized by his lack of bodily autonomy, and him being openly beheaded during the nonary games would be the ultimate example of this. its perhaps the most brutal death in the game, and it never really gets explained or developed beyond the one puzzle that we get with it. junpei has been shown repeatedly to be subject to akane's plans or follow her blindly and i just think that would have been a really interesting angle to approach his beheading from. junpei has willingly signed up for nonary games in two different timelines just because he knew he would see her. he was infected with a deadly virus trying to find her. he grew desensitized to death as he took underground jobs to try and find her. his safety always comes second when shes in the picture, and his beheading wouldve been a prime opportunity to 1. exploit his willingness to let himself die/be injured for her and 2. make akane confront the fact that her confidence that junpei will always follow after her is not necessarily a positive thing.

#zero escape #additionally wasnt mira supposed to be asleep?? like i know she didnt get the forget juice but didnt she still get knocked out? #but also!! none of her other kills were like that! none of them were dismembered and she didnt touch junpeis chest #so even that reasoning doesnt make sense #kinda feels like a copout to keep the shock of junpei being disrespected in such a way - to have his very body turned into a puzzle #a puzzle that akane is forced to solve!!! without knowing that what shes looking for is his head - him! #theres so much potential there and they just didnt do anything #im not even saying that akane should have somehow been responsible for that death - only that not having her really grapple with it is such #a missed opportunity #i still fucking LOVE the imagery of it though. i really think its the epitome of the representations of his lack of autonomy #he loses all of vlr. quark. 45 years of his life. because akane decides this is best for him. he dies repeatedly trying to find her. #because she believes that she knows what will keep him safe #and turning junpeis body into a puzzle posthumously is a fantastic example of his lack of control over his body #its like hes literally become a doll. hes jumpydoll - not junpei. hes subject to these games even after he has died. #he gets no peace. no respect in his death. not when hes in these games. not when hes in the shadow of akanes whims and games. #i still love the imagery. i think it was one of my favorite parts of ztd and is honestly now a core tenet of my Junpei Understanding #but i was disappointed in the lack of narrative weight that specific death had. for him to be one of the first dead? for it to be in such a #brutal manner? like come ON. the character analysis for junpei and akane and their relationship is RIGHT THERE. all you had to do was put i #in the game #but nope. #they just handwave it as something mira did. #and dont bring up the details ever again because. plot point solved? #anyway. ive been thinking about junpei imagery and bodily autonomy a lot. obviously. #zero escape spoilers #mak no peeking #marydontlookatthis

[desertdollranch]

Earlier this month, American Girl re-released a whole lot of long-retired stuff from Kit Kittredge’s collection. 

Kit herself never actually went anywhere. There was just nothing to buy for her. Doll, book, and that was it. But it’s the 20′s now, and AG is slowly turning the focus back to the historical characters. They’ve finally acknowledged that Kit is an icon and deserves to have the nice things that we all so desperately want to give her.

I was looking at the new stuff on the Wiki because I was curious to see if there were any changes made to anything. It’s part of the “homework” I do for the purposes of doll blogging. While doing that, I noticed that the page for each product mentions how much each item originally cost, alongside what it costs now. 

For example: Kit’s school outfit.

This was first sold for $22 when it was released in 2000, along with the first half of Kit’s debut collection. Now they’re charging $38 for it, an increase of $16 or 72%. I thought that sounded a little excessive, even if 2000 really and truly was more than twenty years ago and inflation has gone wild since the pandemic began three years ago.

So I ran the numbers through the inflation calculator operated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Look at that. It’s basically spot on. $22 in 2000, adjusted for inflation, is equivalent to $38.23 in 2023. I’ve been proven wrong.

I did the same calculation for her birthday dress and her pajamas, and those were both pretty much the same, since they were and still are similar in cost to the school outfit. 

Now for her cute little scooter, made from a box of California oranges.

This was a later addition to her collection, coming along in 2006 for the price of $24. In 2023 it is now being sold for $50, a $26 or 108% increase. Let’s see how that tracks when adjusted for inflation. 

Ooof. $24 in 2006 should only be $35.70 in today’s money, or $14.30 less than what it’s actually being sold for. So if this one feels a little overpriced, then it probably is, assuming that the materials and quality are the same. Both versions are made of faux wood, which means that the recently skyrocketing price of wood won’t affect this. Maybe there’s another increased cost somewhere that I’m not aware of. Or maybe AG has added a small nostalgia tax, a sort of “buy it from us or pay big bucks to someone selling it secondhand” reminder.

Another accessory that was brought back was Kit’s school lunch.

This set includes her metal lunchbox, an embroidered napkin, a cheese sandwich, an oatmeal raisin cookie, apple slices, and for some reason.... three whole entire raw carrots. (There’s nothing wrong with carrots, but like. When’s the last time you’ve even seen an adult eat three whole carrots for lunch. Carrots are huge.)

Anyway. It was sold for $16 when it was released in 2000, and now they’re selling it for $36, a $20 or 125% increase.

$16 in 2000 would be equivalent to $27.80, so her lunch set is overpriced by $8.20, assuming the cost of materials/labor have risen proportionally. 

And finally, Grace the dog. Named for her distinct lack of grace and adorable clumsiness. Sold for $16 when she was released with the second half of Kit’s debut collection. Now selling for $28 which is an increase of $12 or 75%.

A 75% increase is very similar to Kit’s school outfit selling at a $72% increase, so my guess was that this is going to be a more reasonable price hike.

Adjusted for inflation, $16 in 2001 is now equivalent to $27.30, so Grace is in fact underpriced by 70 cents! Personally I think AG charges a bit too much for all of their doll pets, but that’s just me.

All of this was really surprising to me. Inflation happens so quietly in everyday life. It’s only been really noticeable in the last three years, when it seems like everything has shot up in price. 

The inflation calculator goes all the way back to 1913. Now if you really want to see what those small changes look like after 90 years, check out how much a $150 doll like Kit herself would have cost in 1932, when her stories began: 

You’d only need $6.71 in your pocket to bring Kit home. Imagine that. 

#kit kittredge #numbers #data #<---see these tags for more posts like this #I love running the numbers when it comes to doll stuff

[lulughoul]

The Barbie movie is amazing but the ignorance of certain people who just wanna hop on the trend and don't care about learning/researching the doll's history it brought all over the internet really shows (long unasked for rant in the tags/rb)

#Dollbr #Barbie #I know a lot of people just want to have fun but especially on youtube there's a lot of them who just buy dolls to get attention #Since now Barbie is a trend #And they don't even bother to get certain information right- #Like for example A LOT of people mistake reproductions for legit vintage dolls (don't get me started on that damn 1994 number 1 repro) #And it's sad because they also get scammed and tricked easily when buying them because scalpers take advantage of their ignorance #But it would be really easy to just search up the signs to recognize a genuine number 1 Barbie (which is REALLY hard to come by anyway) #(You WON'T find a legit number 1 on ebay or mercari. It's easier to come across her in irl auctions or by contacting collectors) #As someone who's been super invested in Barbie's lore and history since childhood it hurts me to see so much misinformation

[dolly-birdi]

Any doll brand that tries to appeal to the christian soccer moms that call their dolls "demonic sluts" or "child hookers" are missing the point so badly. Changing the dolls faces, clothes, or bodies won't improve their opinion on these dolls, because those were never the issues to begin with. These are just the kind of people that take issue with virtually any depiction of the female form because it makes them uncomfortable. Even the amount of skin showing isn't the problem. (I've seen westerners call licca-chan "pedo bait" before. No dolls are safe lmao)

If it was about modesty, realistic body image, positive role models, etc then they would also take issue with male action figures that are marketed to boys as well (they're built like fridges, wear skintight bodysuits, and are made to play in fight scenes). But they don't. I've never seen anyone call action figures "roided up gigolos" or "slutty barbarians." Only the toys designed to look like girls/women are called sexually derogatory names and slurs. How curious.

There IS an important conversation to be had about over sexualization of toys aimed at little girls, but this is not what this is about. These people pearl-clutching over dolls in strapless dresses, skirts, or crop tops aren't doing it because they are concerned about the mental health or innocence of young girls. Tbh I think it's more of a projection of internalized misogyny from these women, and just plain old misogyny from men.

#I don't like when ppl dunk on suburban moms for everything bc it's usually just an excuse to be sexist af #but in this case most of these critiques do seem to be coming from moms and middle aged women #I still hate when people will call them 'karens' though #dolls #fashion dolls #monster high #barbie #bratz #lol surprise #lol omg #dollblr

[ohitslen]

As I finally got around watching Across The Spiderverse today, I realized that y’all really pulled spiderdads out of fucking nowhere I’m so proud of you guys, have a little happy face sticker and a cookie as a reward for your delusions you did awesome :) ⭐️ 🍪

#it’d be bold of me to say nowhere when Miguel was so clearly very fed up with Peter #so maybe you guys did take it from somewhere. #it’s like.peak fandom in a way yk. where did that come from? the fans thats were #Miguel was like on the edge of a breakdown and being haunted by existential dread the whole entire time #Peter b was doing his best as a dad he really is a girl’s dad #and then it’s like. when you grab two dolls and make them kiss like… 👍 ⭐️ #across the spiderverse #spider man across the spider verse #miguel o'hara #peter b parker #spiderdads

[keyofjetwolf]

So far 2024 has seen me knocked flat by a cold, but hey, enabled my first book of the year to start and finish!

#another ticky in the new year box #gotten nowhere with the exercise part #but also doing cracker on the watching what I eat #thanks cold! #jet wolf sometimes reads too #in case anyone was wondering: #i enjoyed it #REALLY HIT SOME OF MY PERSONAL HORROR BUTTONS LOOKING AT YOU DOLLS #it felt in parts a little like a one or two step up christopher Pike #which I mean complimentary #in that it was very easy to read and I had a good time doing it #it was a little hand-holdy in places which grated on me a little #(yes I get what this is really all about I get it I promise) #and I think suffered in part from me having just come off of The Witch Elm #but it's absolutely competent and held my interest from start to finish #even legit creeped me out in places #and laughing to hacking in others #a good pulpy horror read #and I'll check out the author's other books when that's exactly what I'm in the mood for