#playline doll

[box-full-of-dolls]

Barbie Birthday Wishes (1999)

#barbie doll barbie #1999 #1990s #mattel #playline doll #dollblr #doll community #fashion doll #dollblogging #barbie dolls

[mothysmenagerie]

A few weeks ago I made the trek to visit one of my dear friends Kate's house so we could crawl up in her attic and see what kind of shit was up there. She believed a Kenner Blythe may be amongst the treasure, which prompted her to invite me. Sadly, no Kenner but we didn't leave empty handed.

And one of the treasures was a Penny Playpal Doll.

I didn't even know these dolls existed until Kate pulled her from one of the piles in the attic. Despite that, as soon as she dragged her huge body out for me to see and asked "do you want her?" How could I say no? She is so charming and reminds me so much of the my size barbie I loved in my own youth, I def wanted to take her home.

But she was SO GROSS. Nearly everything in the attic was covered in a layer of dirt, cob webs, dust, mouse poop, bug corpses, you name it. She was so grimy I had to throw her in the trunk to take her home. This was the first picture I took of her, which is kind of hilarious because it looks like something from a straight up horror movie.

She was so gross that I even had to make a special trip to target to buy her a special containment case to house her until I was ready to clean her lul

Here she is.... Bidding her time...

And the containment breach. >:3

Washing her was an experience. It truly did feel like I was cleaning a small child. 🙃 I filled the plastic tub full of water and dish soap and got to work.

Once I had given her body the first scrub I took her to the kitchen to wash her hair. Her hair is pretty gross, very brittle and balding in spots, but it's not horrible. Kate told me when she was little she messed with her hair a few times so I'm not sure if it was ever cut. If it was, baby Kate did a great job keeping it even loooool.

I used baby shampoo for her head. He hair is still pretty stiff, but there are no more bug carcasses so I'm counting it as a win. 😇

She was already looking much better at this point, but this is also where I messed up. 😞 I had been avoiding submerging her because I knew she was hollow and didn't want to fill her water. However her legs were still pretty dirty and I wanted to soak them and her grimy hands a bit longer to help get some of the more stubborn dirt off. In doing so I left her to soak, thinking dipping just her bottom half would not cause a problem. Boy was I wrong!

She was decidedly heavier when I picked her up from her soak, her whole bottom half full of water. I've drained most of it at this point (thank you mommy blogs for giving tips on getting water out of toys) and I think she will be ok. I hope so at least because I would be heart broken if she got moldy. 😭

She did sure look cute sitting in the tub though looooool.

Anyway, I still have some work to do on her. I'm working now on removing the staining on her face and will continue trying to dry her out. All in all, errors and all, I am having a lot of fun cleaning her up. I love you miss Penelope, and I'm glad you are home with me! 💖😘😻

I also did some work on a Barbie and Midge doll Kate asked me to clean up, more on them in the future. ✨

Until then, I leave you with the adorable commercial for Patti and her buddy Penny. 👯

#patti playpal #doll #doll collection #doll restoration #doll collector #doll community #old dolls #penelope #doll cleaning #i love her so much #my beautiful daughter #my girl 💖 #vinyl doll #plastic doll #playline doll #Youtube

[prettyheartentangle]

#Tea Tea Cherry #TeaTeaCherry #magical girl dolls #Korean magical girls #my uploads #Cherry #Berry #Lemon #dolls #Korean dolls #magical girls #magical girl toys #mahoucore #Korean toys #playline doll

[worm-in-a-trenchcoat]

Saw someone on Facebook say the Creature Skullector doll looks playline. Um hello??

Older collectors irritate me bro. Like how is a custom face sculpt and new stand design specifically for this doll, playline??

I get not liking her, but saying she looks like a playline doll is crazy

#someone compared her to the create a monster dolls #like come on #what else do you want?? it’s a DOLL #like she’s not gonna be ultra spectacular #there’s only so much they can do with a doll based on this character #like he’s literally a green fish man #what more do you want 😭 #if anything Operetta looked like a playline doll

[buttbiscuit]

THE GANGS ALL HERE AAAAAAAA

#just waiting on the twyla creepover party reveal!!!!!! #monster high #idc ur thoughts if ur here to fight i just need u to know i love them and i would do anything for this reboot #the rep theyre including and the message theyre sending is so important to me and is gonna change the doll landscape #no more queerbaiting theyre straight up making dolls queer now AND IN PLAYLINE TOOOOO #mh #monster high generation 3 #mh g3

[dollelujah]

so mattel is selling 30 dollar dolls with TWO pairs of painted shoes but can't put paint on the ONE pair of shoes that comes with their $75 dollar doll

Innnteresting

#I just opened my first Skullimate Secrets (that I admittedly got on clearance #And the amount of stuff in there is outrageous #I'd love it if it was just a doll that came with extra outfits instead of the lockers but eh #The quality is amazing for playline

[unsertraumschiff]

When I’m in a defending poorly-designed dolls being sold for way too much money competition and my opponent is a monster high fan

#I am also a mh fan for the record. but omg y’all #I wouldn’t be mad if this new doll wasn’t being sold for 50 bucks plus the price of fang club #she looks playline she should be playline price #spring her voice she spoke

[t4tails]

this is what its like shopping for delilah fields. she was released in 2022. her og price was $30. why is her market like this

#og post #$100 for collectors editions or 10+ year old dolls i can understand #i dont like it. but i can understand #but she was playline! she came out TWO YEARS AGO!

[maleficentmrsofallevil]

But I wanted her (knockoff playline dolls)

I don't use Temu! Temu bad! Temu steals your info! Temu -

Ooh. She's pretty. Yeah. I caved.

So technically, Defa Lucy is a Mexican Walmart knockoff of Barbie, but plastic playline knockoffs aren't viewed generally with the same level of distaste as recast BJDs. Others have their reasons, but mine goes a little something like this:

These toys are made with plastic injection molding machines. Here's a sales pitch video by Fit Precision Molding, a company that makes and sells these machines:

These machines are NOT cheap. This is the CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine of toys. $20K (USD) for ONE machine is a starter price - and that's if you can get it cheap from China. So a company that has decided to create their own knockoff line also tends to have the funds to pick a legal fight with, say, Mattel (MGAE and Bratz). This is not a backyard art theft sort of operation. This is easily a $200K operation just for the machines.

Granted, YMY still got smacked good and hard by the company that makes Nendoroids, and they deserved to get smacked, cuz stealing is bad.

HOWEVER...

Playline companies steal from each other all the time (cough cough Barbie Extra trying to lift the LOL OMG line like that hot mess of clashing color outfits and ridiculous plastic jewelry can compare to the cohesiveness of MGAE looks cough). Generally, if one company is mad enough, they'll sue the "stealing" company pretty quickly, and the marketplace will figure it out.

The other reason it doesn't bother me is cuz I figure these companies kinda have it coming.

So when China opened up for business, companies all over the world ran there like their houses were on fire, cuz China so cheap! Such affordable labor force. Much lack of regulation - environmental or occupational safety. Companies initially balked at employees being required to join a union, but they were immediately comforted by the fact that Chinese labor unions do exactly squat for people. The unions exist solely to steal from the employees and transfer that money to members of government.

When you open a business in China, you're required to bring on a local company as a joint venture (same in Saudi Arabia, by the way), and the Chinese company will steal with delight and abandon - as actively encouraged by the Chinese government and CCP. Companies have whined extensively about this to their respective governments. "I want cheap labor force! I want to destroy water supply! I want to pollute their air! But they're stealing from me! Waaaaah!"

Well - you get what you pay for, now don't you. You want access to exploited labor forces (forced labor for Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province, imported North Korean slaves). You want rights to dump your toxic crap into the Chinese water supply and the Chinese air without repercussions - which travels over to California and gets trapped in LA, by the way (air moves, idiots).

You'll have to forgive me if my sympathies are not particularly high for you.

This sucks for anyone trying to be an ethical consumer. Walk into your local store and flip over any box. They all say "Made in China." All of them.

This is why even though dolls like Momoko and Obitsu are more expensive, I am willing to pay to import them. Japanese wages suck, but at least they're making some money. The dolls are made in Japan. That's why they cost as much as they do. If you want to be an ethical doll collector, your options are basically BJDs and Japanese dolls (maybe Korean). Anything on US shelves is made in China and therefore unethical AF.

#defa lucy #temu #playline doll companies #yeah I'm banned from visiting China #probably why I can't sign up for Taobao lol #Youtube

[annette29aag]

Check out my doll photos on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/84655546@N06/

#doll #doll photography #Fashion #Fashion Royalty #redress #redressed #Rainbow High #playline #ayumi #nadja #Rayna #NuFace #flickr

[box-full-of-dolls]

Bratz Wintertime Wonderland Jade (2003)

#bratz #bratz jade #2003 #2000s #mga #playline doll #dollblr #doll community #fashion doll #dollblogging

[creepy-dolls]

I forgot to share this lil one here 🥺 more people need to know about these dolls, they’re super affordable and great quality

This is the imomodoll 1/6 vinyl doll, and it was only about $16! (before shipping) they’re squishy vinyl with a plastic skeleton like an MDD.

#my dolls #bjd #vinyl doll #dolls #imomodoll #anime doll #I can’t believe this doll is even affordable by playline standards 😂 witchcraft #they also are releasing it in tan soon soooo #reference

[prettyheartentangle]

#Tea Tea Cherry #TeaTeaCherry #Korean magical girls #magical girl dolls #my uploads #dolls #Korean dolls #magical girl toys #mahoucore #playline doll #Korean toys #Cherry #Berry #Lemon #Narchon #magical girls

[worm-in-a-trenchcoat]

I’ve seen people say that the Ghoulia doll is playline quality?? And I just??? What??

Is it the most gorgeous MH collector doll of them all?? Maybe not. But it’s definitely not playline quality.

At least not imo anyway.

#monster high #do any of y’all think it’s playline quality?? #I’ve also seen someone say the playline rainbow high dolls are better quality than her #which I also don’t agree with #rainbow high is alright but all of their face sculpts are the same 💀 #and their outfits are cool but they aren’t THAT cool #ghoulia has a skeleton corset #and worm earrings #I mean come on you can’t beat worm earrings/j

[enbycupcake]

they are looking me in the face mocking me for saying this paycheck i wasnt gonna buy dolls bc i bought dolls last paycheck

#i worked extra hours this week so i COULD buy them but 😭😭😭 #i spent [redacted] last paycheck on dolls too like— #im having fomo i wasnt about to get ANY barbie the movie dolls not even the playline ones #but i want ken SO BADLY even if he's doomed for no barbie #prince adam is ugly cute and i want to possess him to eventually make him over #and next paycheck is when i think i need to buy drac and frankie before the core dolls are wiped UGH #zack.txt #long tags for ts

[heysawbones]

Doll Shit™: gen1 2016 Frankie Stein vs. gen3. I don’t feel especially compelled by the gen3s, but I do prefer the proportions (greater height, bigger hands) on the new Frankie. The finish is a lot better than the budget dolls, but not quite as good as early and mid gen1. Note gen1 Frankie’s “chromed” accessories. Also, it’s weird that gen3 Frankie doesn’t come with a stand. As of writing this sentence, they have thunked loudly onto the surface of the desk.

Some of my friends are pretty into the gen3s. If you’re thinking about it, they seem solid? Draculaura in particular looks good, but I’ve never particularly liked her so she wasn’t going on the shelf. I’m unlikely to pick up any more gen3s unless they release a good Spectra Vondergeist or a Wydowna.

#monster high #dolls #playline