Random Doll Wednesday - Monster High Operetta

A few head-shots of my Monster High Operetta dolls today. I absolutely love the design of this doll (dare I say she might be my joint favourite with Ghoulia). However - her hair scares the hell of uf me. It's a mess but I'm so afraid that I'll never be able to style it again that I'm leaving it well alone.

I find her make-up and the marking on her face to be so beautiful. Add that to her rockabilly style and music theme and she's just about perfect.

Oh...and she totally rocks the glasses.

xx

Random Toy Tuesday - Wonder Woman

A little bit of a super-powered toy for you today. I love Wonder Woman - I have ever since I was tiny and saw here spinning around on my TV screen. Ever since then she has held a special place in my heart as my favourite female of the comic universe. 

The paint work on this figure isn't perfect - hence the lack of a close-up shot. When I'm feeling brave I may try to do a re-paint. I also kind of wish her lasso of truth was removable and she could be posed with it - how much fun would that be? Still, the new costume is kind of awesome and she's totally working it so I can forgive a few niggles. Oh - and she's wearing dark red nail varnish. A superhero who still makes time to paint her nails? 

Amazing.

xx

Toy Review - Lunanne the Zelf

So as I posted yesterday, my current most loved new toy are Zelfs. The latest edition to my collection is Lunanne, so I thought I'd make her my review of this week (although be prepared for more Zelf reviews as I work through my collection!).

Lunanne is a Moon Fairy Zelf. Each Zelf comes with a little plastic charm and Lunanne's is a moon (naturally)...

She's the more gorgeous blue with a hint of purple - perfect for the night sky, but with bright yellow hair.

I love the graduation of her colour down to her pale toes as well, very pretty. Being a fairy she has some sparkly wings...

...and a cute little star beauty mark...

These toys are surprisingly fun to play with, despite only having 5 points of articulation. There is a lot of expression going on in those little faces, and their hair presents endless hours of styling entertainment

As well as the charm each figure comes with a checklist (oh how I love checklists), a comb and some little elastic bands for further hair styling fun.

I'm completely smitten, I can't deny it so my review is biased - I love little Lunanne and think that for the price (£5.99) she's an excellent addition to toy stashes belonging to people of any age.

A new addiction is born....Zelfs!

I may have a problem...it's a small plastic problem with lots of hair and goes by the name of 'Zelf'. They come in three sizes - with the smallest being blind packaged, and have the tag-line 'love your Zelf'. Cute, right?

My collection started, as all my collections do, with a statement that went something along the lines of 'oh, they're cute, I'll just buy one'. My collection currently stands at 5 and looks like it could keep growing.

Here are my Zelfs so far:

From top to bottom: Elfa, Flamy, Mermalade, Angelala and Lunanne. These are all medium sized dolls, and so far I think this size is my favourite (although fully expect to end up succumbing to the larger size Zelfs soon!).

I find these little guys to be incredibly photogenic and love taking pics of them. Something about them reminds me of the miniature sized BJDs (maybe their eyes?). More of my photos of them can be found on my Flickr Zelfs set here: My Zelfs. I've also set up a group on there which currently has a grand total of one member - so if you're a fan please join up and share the love! The Zelfs Zone.

The official Zelf website is here: http://thezelfs.com/, although there isn't much there yet.

Stay tuned for more Zelf news as and when it breaks!

And remember to love your Zelf (couldn't resist). xx

Random Toy Tuesday

A short but very sweet post this week...look at the cuteness of these Littlest Pet Shop Deer

I couldn't resist the tiny ness of the baby deer in this set... So cute it hurts! 

Happy Tuesday lovely readers! Xx
 

Vintage Love

It's time for another injection of vintage happiness. This time it's one of my oldest and most treasured toys...a little grey Sylvanian Families rabbit - my first ever Sylvanian and I ended up with quite the collection, which is significantly smaller now. I'm so happy I still have this little guy though...

He's starting to look a little bit threadbare now but still wears the little bracelet I clearly decided suited him many years ago!

xx

Random Doll Wednesday - Coraline

My random doll for today is my Coraline. She was a gift from my lovely man, and was a huge surprise because I never expected he'd be able to find one in a shop (for a whole they were only available for crazy prices on eBay).

Here she is, with a canvas print I own as a backdrop. I'm a huge fan of the film (and as I write this post realise I need to watch it again soon) so owning my own little Coraline is amazing. I'd love to get my hands on the other dolls in the series, but for now my raincoat Coraline will do just fine. 

 Kitty xx
 

Random Toy Tuesday - Lalaloopsy love

The big question of the day is do the small plastic Lalaloopsy count as dolls or toys when it comes to my random posts? For the purposes of today's post they count as toys ;)

So far Scarlet Riding Hood is my only Lalaloopsy but I have to say that I'm kind of smitten and can see her being joined by some friends very soon.

Who could be afraid of that cute little wolf?

The next question is - can I resist buying her much larger counter-part? Sadly for my purse the answer may be no.

xx

Doll News - SDCC Pullip Supergirl

I'm a little bit late in the game here (new blog and all that) but I'm so excited about the 2013 San Diego Comic Con exclusive Pullip. Continuing the DC Comics theme...it's Supergirl!

I'm a big fan of the comic world...maybe almost as much as I am of dolls (what!?), which means that these collaborations are very exciting. I love this Pullip...she absolutely captures the spirit of Supergirl and I love her blonde hair...beautiful! 

Her face-up and eyes are really quite striking too...

The only thing I'm struggling with ever so slightly is that in the close-up I can't help but see the whiteness in her mouth as goofy teeth- like they're somehow sticking out onto her lip. I think that's just me though! 

This exclusive can be pre-ordered here on the Groove shop: http://www.jpgroove.com/shop/index.php/comic-con/p099pullipsupergirl.html

Anyway going to SDCC 2013? I'm not at all jealous if you are... ;)