Mother's Day Doll

One of my Mother's Day gifts arrived in a reusable cotton backpack.

I asked for and received Nines d'Onil's Pippa for Mother's Day from my daughter. Pippa arrived in a cotton backpack. Nines d'Onil's beautiful logo is on the front of the backpack. 

Pippa has green inset eyes.

She is an adorable 12-inch all-vinyl vanilla-scented doll with rooted brown curly-textured hair and green inset eyes. 

Pippa is a cutie patootie!

Her adorable Nines d'Onil original tagged dress features my favorite color (peach), and her lace-up light green shoes are real leather! 

Pippa has the usual 5 points of articulation. A version with articulated elbows and knees is available. 

No attention to detail was missed in Pippa's creation, but quality is a trademark for most dolls made in Spain. I love her so much that I purchased her brother, Pippo. 

Pippa's brother, Pippo, was shipped in a plastic bag (no box). My daughter said Pippa arrived this way, too. Thank goodness the mail handlers did not damage them.

Pippo was inside a bubble-wrapped clear plastic bag inside the blue plastic mailer.

He arrived less than a week after Mother's Day and is just as adorable as his sister. 

Pippo and his dog

Just look at that adorable face. Yes, I had to have him, too.

Pippo, also 12 inches tall, has twisted strands of reddish-brown yarn hair, brown inset eyes, a pug nose like his sister's, and an adorable smile. 

Pippo wears a tan and white striped knit shirt underneath a peach, white, and tan checkered shirt; blue jeans, and green leather lace-up shoes like his sister's.

He and his sister display well together, as illustrated next. 

Pippo, his dog, and his sister

Here is a close-up of the too-cute fraternal twins.

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12-inch and 9-inch Mia arrived in December 2024 and in February 2025.

Nine d'Onil's Mia, in two sizes, preceded Pippa and Pippo's arrival. Between the two sculpts, Pippa and Pippo are my favorite.

Mia, Mia, Pippo, Pippo's Dog, and Pippa are seen in a group photo.

In a Muñecas, Poupees, and Dolls unboxing video, Allison Hernandez used the Spanish pronunciation, "nee-nez" for Nines and said her Spanish-speaking husband translates Nines d'Onil to Children of Onil.  Pippa and Pippo are not included in Allison's video, which might have been recorded before they were released. 

 

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Buyer Beware of LeBron James Ken Doll Scams

I am sharing (with the buyer's permission) photos of a so-called LeBron James Ken sold by a third-party seller on Walmart's website. The price was less than retail, but this is not an authentic Mattel product, and the body is spray-painted! 

This fake LeBron James Ken was passed off as a Mattel product by a Walmart.com independent seller.

Look at the misspelling of Barbie on the box and the uneven font.

And to add insult to injury, the body is spray-painted!!!!

Good grief! 

Buyers, please beware. Various websites are saturated with LeBron James Ken listings, and prices will vary. If the price is lower than retail, it is probably not authentic, but also know that dolls priced higher than retail could also be fakes. (The third-party Walmart seller of this fake had it listed for $60-something and later doubled the price.) Let's stay safe out here. Ask questions. Shy away from deals that appear too good to be true. There are plenty of crooks out there.  

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Kelly and Kelly-type Dolls, Clothes, and Shoes

Sold without clothes, two Kelly-type dolls arrived recently as illustrated with their heads off.

My most recent order for fashions for the Xian Xian Supermodel dolls included two undressed Kelly-type dolls, clothes, and shoes. The seller included a pair of shoes with the dolls as a free gift. 

Separately sold clothes and shoes were included in the order.

A pack of 10 fashions was sold separately, and five pairs of shoes were sold separately. 

The quality of the clothes is decent, but one dress had missed stitching at the waist. It only took a few stitches of white thread to repair. 

The dolls modeled the clothes:

They look cute in polka dots and flowers. 

The girls wear rainbow-themed dresses.

The blue and white shorts set was the only shorts in the pack of 10 fashions.

The ribbon neckline of the dress on the right required popping the doll's head off, which is easy to do.

The dress on the left is the one that required restitching at the waist.

These Kelly-type dolls can wear Doll Tree's Friends Forever clothes and shoes, and the Dollar Tree dolls can wear the Kelly fashions. 

Friends and Forever Clothes:

The girls model Friends Forever fashions in this photo and in the next.

They wear their own shoes with these Friends Forever fashions.

The "AE" China website indicated the shoes I ordered fit Kelly; however, they are too small for these Kelly types and do not fit my vintage or modern Kelly dolls.

The Kelly-type dolls' whole foot cannot be fully inserted into these shoes.

I could not find another doll with feet small enough to fit the shoes.

To stretch the vinyl, I soaked the shoes in a cup of boiled water. Even with that, none of my dolls' feet fit flat in these too-short shoes.

After soaking the shoes in boiled water, I cut a slit in the back of the white shoes, but the fit is still improper.

The slit in the back is shown from the back.

This is as far as the doll's feet fit into the slit shoes.

She has to stand on the back of the shoes. I can hear my mother now telling me as a child, "Quit walking on the back of your shoes!" (Even though my shoes fit, I would sometimes do this for some odd reason).

The "types" posed with two Kelly dolls.

The overall quality of the dolls is good, but the two I ordered that wear high ponytails do not have a full head of rooted hair. The hair is only rooted around the sides, so changing their hairstyle is not an option, but don't they look cute displayed with two authentic Kelly dolls? 

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