At last! A doll related post! :woot:
I promised to show what I picked up while I was home re: 1:6/doll hobby. Obviously it wasn’t much (or else I’d have been raving about it from the get go). What I did find keys in nicely with my desire to have a more diverse population being represented by my collection.
Things I was on the look out for: the Fashionistas barbies (supposedly more articulated than usual and possibly fodder for Frankenstein-ing some body variations)
I did find them but wasn’t overwhelmed by them. However I did want to pick up their “aa” version since I was hopeful that the body would be a good match for a couple of heads I have.
In my search for them in the capital district (I was riding all around) I stumbled across the (Barbie) So in Style dolls. They were pricey, and came with mostly junk that I’d never use.
BUT…I have to admit that I did like the face-molds quite a bit. However–although I was pleased to see that they had the jointed arms & wrists–i was really disappointed to see that they had the bend-and-click legs. Bleh! I thought. xD
So I went back to my plan on buying a couple of Fashionista Barbies. I wasn’t thrilled with their oversize heads (not quite as huge as the old my scene heads but a damned sight bigger than regular ‘old school’ FF barbies). Of course, it occurred to me that one of the SIS heads might be a decent match for the “aa” Fashionista body.
Which of course led to me fence-sitting about whether or not it was worth the money to get 1 workable doll by buying two, one of which I only wanted the head of?! I actually spent the entire time I was there having an internal argument with myself about this (I’m very frugal y’know?) I eventually caved, and bought the so in style Kara, figuring her to be the closest match skin-tone wise for the AA body. However, when I got her (and the fashionistas in the rental car and was maniacally ripping them out of boxes –I earned quite a few looks from the suburban moms in the cars around me) 
Can you say surprised? The SIS Kara was a better match for the Fashionista Sassy rather than the AA! Heh.(it’s not the best pic, I know) I’m overall pleased (plus I’d found the SIS on sale at target for a few bucks less than it was at TRU)
Ok, that’s about it on the doll front for now!
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Looks like Trichelle is the So in Style doll head you replaced for the AA Fashionista (Artsy — um, yeah, that’s her “name” LOL – Mattel-given). Thanks for letting me know this. I want that Trichelle – there’s another Trichelle doll with red streaked black hair and a little sister who is a little cheaper than the doll with the hair chair and related junk … um stuff you won’t likely use.
OMG – she has doll-sized brownies! Forget about the lovely green drapes. I sees the brownies and my mouth waters. Brownies … ooey, gooey brownies and chocolate crumbs galore. Hobbit Barbie bodies with click knees for some brownies!