Fall 2011 doll news

[magkelly]

The FF Rocker Raquel they did with the normal legs and the bending wrists is definitely a bit whiter and that's the last articulated body I recall seeing in that line that color. This Raquel is much l lighter than the regular Fashionista ones, but she's definitely got a sort of very light beige cast to her skin. After that you're talking expensive bodies like the pivotals. Hayden from Liv seems to work really well for the Princesses though if you need an alternative. My Disney girls are a little smaller than Barbie so the Liv body is a pretty good match in size, seems right. They're not quite as busty but for Disney Princesses that not such a big thing. That's what I've got my Belles and my Ariel on, Liv bodies. You might want to try that. They look really good I think.

Also, I am not exactly sure which line it was originally because I came by my articulated princess bodies second hand but I do have 3 or 4 DP bodies and a DP body that are actually articulated in terms of the arms having bending wrists so they are out there. They are an exact skin match from what I can tell to the regular bodies, at least the 3 of them I have are. The legs are the regular click legs, but the hands look a lot like Fashionista hands.

[DollyKim]

I have the elbow, wrist, click knee "Classic Princesses" they only sell in the Disney Store. I want lighter bodies for some Barbie heads from the 90s and they're lighter than the usual Fashionistas.

[Linsilee]

I have Ariel, Belle and Rapunzel. Can you tell me if their clothes fix okay on the Liv Bodies?

[DollyKim]

The new Stardoll from Mattel, pretty face do nothing body. Comes in four skin tones I have the lightest and don't plan on getting more unless they're on sale. http://dolfielittles.typepad.com/blog/2 ... -look.html


She's on the list for a new body, maybe a Pivitol because it would work with who I want her to be.

[magkelly]

I have Ariel, Belle and Rapunzel. Can you tell me if their clothes fix okay on the Liv Bodies?

I only have Ariel and Belle so far on them, but I think so, yes. The Disney girls are a bit more petite than most of my Barbies in body, rather like the Liv dolls, so they're very similar actually. I haven't had too many problems with swapping Belle's or Ariel's dresses anyhow. Liv dolls can't wear Barbie shoes though. They've got different feet.

[magkelly]

RE: Fashionista Raquelle, I just now got her so I can compare her side by side to my old Raquelle's body if you want me to? I went back to Target this afternoon and they'd marked the Fashionistas down from $14.99 to a more reasonable $10.49. I had a $5 gift card besides so I splurged. They only had one. I liked her and though I didn't like her clothes much I figured it was worth it just for the shoes.

The FF Rocker Raquel body currently has another FF head on it, but I can find her and plop them next to each other and take a pic if you want me to. It's the only really light body exactly like that that I have so there's no mistaking her body for someone that of some other doll. I don't mind this Fashionista but she's not just Raquelle to me. I like that sculpt, but it's just like the Kayla mold. People keep saying it's new, but she looks very similar to me if that's so. She looks like every other Kayla Barbie faced doll I have. I have several variations on it including Secret Spells Kayla, a mermaid, and the cute tanned redhead they just did for the Barbie Basics collection...