Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Barbie Kit Dolls Redressed and New Supermodel Dolls

White dresses for 12.6-inch dolls


A few months ago, I ordered white dresses with a plan to redress my Barbie You Create Kit #3 Dolls or my Xian Xian dolls. I finally redressed the Barbie kit dolls a couple of weeks ago.

Barbie You Create Kit #3 Dolls redressed


The Barbie divas are seen in a full-length photo.

Note that the full-length dresses cover the dolls' feet. This is because the dresses are designed to fit taller dolls that are even taller than the "Tall" Barbie in the middle.

The Barbie kit dolls were redressed before I became aware of and ordered a trio of new  2025 12.6-inch European (Supermodel) dolls from China.

This is how the China dolls were shipped.

The China fashion dolls arrived wrapped in bubble wrap inside a thin plastic mailer. (Their method of shipping the dolls always horrifies me, but I take a chance because of the price. At the time I ordered these, they were $6.32 each. Their method of shipping is the reason I never mention the site's name on my blog.) 

I took additional full-length and close-up photos after each layer of plastic was removed from the dolls.

Underneath the bubble wrap, each doll was inside a thin plastic bag.

The heads and hair were protected with another thin piece of plastic as illustrated here and in the next close-up photo.

Close-up of the head/hair plastic protection; the plastic covered their faces and the full length of their hair.

All of the plastic is removed in this photo and in the next close-up photo.

These articulated dolls are prettier in person than their online photos illustrate.

Their faces are quite pretty. I'm not enthused over the coral lip color, but it's better than pink. Other collectors have compared these dolls to Poppy Parker by Integrity Toys. There were six brown-skinned dolls available with a choice of light or dark brown, or blonde hair in slightly wavy and straight styles. I chose two with slightly wavy hair (light brown and dark brown) and one with straight blonde hair. 

The extra articulation extends to the elbows, underneath the breasts (which provides only slight movement), the wrists, and the knees. The ankles are not jointed. 

After their July 4th arrival, I redressed the new girls in the white dresses the Barbie kit dolls had worn. 

Supermodels in white dresses

Supermodels in white dresses striking poses

A final close-up together

The dolls were photographed with the Barbie You Create Kit dolls to illustrate the height differences.

The curvy-bodied Barbie and the tall-bodied Barbie are much shorter than the supermodel.

These two supermodels tower over the petite-bodied Barbie kit doll.

Because of their 12.6-inch height, the full-length dresses do not cover the supermodels' feet, which gives a better overall appearance. I have since ordered more fashions to mix and match between these dolls and other fashion dolls. Why? Because a woman/doll can never have enough clothing (or shoe) options. 

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Thursday, July 3, 2025

American Horror Story

Image generated by ChatGPT using DALL·E, an AI model by OpenAI, using the prompt, "create a simple doll image of Frederick Douglass."

I contemplated writing a "Happy 4th of July" post, the holiday that celebrates the day in 1776 when the Thirteen Colonies declared independence from British rule. However, not all American people could celebrate their independence in 1776, and life, as a whole, was not happy for them. Enslaved Americans were used for free labor, sold back and forth between plantations, separated from family, fed scraps, bred, denied education, brutalized, and, if they survived, endured other unimaginable situations daily. 

Things eventually changed in America, and chattel slavery was outlawed, only to be replaced by other legal methods to keep Black people in check, never being allowed the full freedoms and privileges of mainstream society. Yet, survival and achievements by African Americans occurred despite insurmountable obstacles.

Here we are, 249 years later, with an unchecked government chipping democracy away, stripping citizens of human and civil rights, and any past gains to further enrich the wealthy, all under the guise of making America great again. When has this country ever been truly great? 
 
Since January 20, 2025, life in America for most citizens who desire a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has been nightmarish. It is as though we are in the midst of a never-ending horror story that becomes more frightening each day with calamity after calamity, corruption after corruption, deflection after deflection, rooted in the head of government's constant grifting and unquenched thirst for authoritarian power.

Frederick Douglass, circa 1850s in a Creative Commons image

There's no time for celebration. “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine, You may rejoice, I must mourn.”—Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852

Read Douglass' speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" and ask yourself, have we all become enslaved by the current authoritarian-like, horrific regime with spineless politicians and the stacked Supreme Court allowing such lawlessness? What can we do to right the overwhelming corruption when the cards are stacked against us? Will there be an uprising between the people and the government? What is the answer? It is not as simple as voting them out when the voting system is rigged by and in favor of corrupt politicians. I wonder what Frederick Douglass would ask now.

An upside-down American flag is a distress signal.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The Virtual Black Doll Museum on Pinterest

DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum on Pinterest


DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum is on Pinterest with nine sections. Each section allows viewers to see categorized installation groups of individual pins that link to each installation. 

The Doll Videos/Commercials board links viewers to the weekly YouTube video recaps of installations that are published each week. Other doll-related videos, such as vintage doll commercials, are also pinned to this board.

 Access the main board here

 Access the categorized boards at the links below.










After each installation is published on the museum website, a pin is added to the associated Pinterest category. Because the boards are not stagnant and change frequently, follow DeeBeeBee's Virtual Black Doll Museum on Pinterest to receive notifications when new pins are added, and feel free to share and re-pin. 

DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum is the first and only virtual Black doll museum where culturally, historically, and/or aesthetically significant, antique, vintage, modern, and OOAK Black dolls are celebrated 24/7 with detailed installations for each doll (photos, full descriptions, references, and available provenance). 

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