Black Doll Collecting

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Aaliyah Barbie

The Aaliyah Barbie is sold out at Mattel Creations the time of this post. It is available to preorder at Target online at this time.

8:04 a.m. update: pre-orders have sold out at Target. A message at the Target site says to check back on the release date 1/26/2025.

In the meantime, search Amazon, Walmart, and other sites that might have preorder quantities using HRM80 (the Mattel product number) or 89979799 (Target's product number) in the search field. I had to use the first number to find the buy page on Target.

Also, ordering opens up to the public at the Mattel Creations site on 1/16/2025 at 8:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

Good luck!

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Angela Davis Doll T-Shirt

18-inch Madame Alexander dolls

The doll on the far left on the back row from the Alexander Girlz line was sold through Costco over a decade ago. She is redressed in this photo and was redressed again for the second time for Christmas 2024. I named her Gabbi.

Gabbi is seen in her original clothes here. For Christmas 2024, She enjoyed a brief second redressing in the fashion shown below.

A Christmas redress

Gabbi looked so cute in this dress and jacket that I almost did not redress her after the holidays.

18-inch doll T-shirt, sneakers, and socks

Close-up of Angela Davis (inspired) T-shirt

After Christmas, I dressed Gabbi in the Angela Davis doll T-shirt I received for Christmas. (The T-shirt image does not look like Davis.)

Hair clips added

I added a black and a red hair clip to her naturally curly hair. The red hair clip adds a pop of color to the otherwise black, white, and gray ensemble.

Gabbi wears the T-shirt with pre-torn gray leggings and black and white low-top Converse-style sneakers.

The final look.

The red sneakers below are an option for Gabbi to wear with the T-shirt and leggings.

Low-top red Chucks

These red low-top Converse-style sneakers made for 18-inch dolls were included with my 2024 Christmas presents.

Angela Davis is seen in 1974 and in a more recent picture, both captured from the Internet.

Who is Angela Davis? She is a philosopher, activist, former political prisoner, author, professor emeritus... Read more about her here.

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There are countless items to collect and write about. Black dolls chose me.

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Shadow High Rexx McQueen

Shadow High Rexx McQueen remained in my Walmart cart for several days until I finally added something else to bring the total to $35 for free shipping on 12/31/24. Released in 2023, Walmart reduced Rexx from $24.99 to $16.99. He is the last doll purchased in 2024 and the second one to arrive in 2025.

Rexx McQueen is part of MGA Entertainment's approximately 11-1/2-inch fully-articulated Shadow High Series 2 dolls (rivals of their Rainbow High dolls).

The back of the box features Rexx and Reina "Glitch" Crowne, whose pale grayish-purple skin tone is the opposite of Rexx's ebony complexion.

Rexx was removed from the box but remained attached to the box liner in this picture.

Close-ups here and below illustrate his face and some of his accessories better.

He is gorgeous!

I love his ebony complexion, his flocked black hair with shaved designs on both sides of his head that extend to the back, and his entire fashion that includes a black puffer jacket and a black hoodie with a statement in white letters that read: "I don't Sparkle. I Just Have Shade." He also wears a pearl (or white bead) necklace, black denim pants, and black boots.

Rexx's hoodie statement is visible in this picture.

Rexx and his accessories were shot from an angled view.

Rexx's accessories are attached to the left and right sides of the box liner and include a laptop, air pods, his favorite soda bottle, a doll stand, a comb, and hangers.

Rexx's focus is fashion design. Read more about him at the Shadow High Wiki link below.

I purchased Rexx to pair him with Shanelle Onxy who entered the collection in 2022. She and Rexx were photographed together as seen in the last picture.