Two new Poppy Parker clones wearing only black high-heeled shoes arrived in late June. They use the same head sculpt as the doll I named Piper Parker, but because of their different hair colors, I've given them a new name: Connie Carter, inspired by the name another collector gave his dolls.
I dressed them as shown above, swapping out the black shoes the doll on the left arrived wearing with a pair of black slingbacks that came with the fashion she now wears. She holds a shoulder bag from my Mini Brands fashion birthday gift case.
They posed for a close-up photo that highlights their arched eyebrows and dark lip color, which I like better than the original doll's lip color.
This side-by-side photo confirms that they use the same head sculpt as Piper.
Initially, I thought their head sculpts differed from Piper Parker's, but after placing them side by side, I see they are the same. The arched eyebrows of the new girls give them a different look. Piper's bangs hide her curved eyebrows. The Connies' darker lip color enhances their appearance, as well.
These bang-less dolls (that arrived before Piper) use the same head sculpt as the others. Without bangs, their curved eyebrows are better visible.
The newest dolls (Connie Carter) were sold with a vast choice of hair colors and skin tones. I ordered from this link, which might not work after the dolls are sold out or by the time this post is published.
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Studio XOXO! Basix Midnight Fire Fanah and Jacques
In May, I ordered my first two Studio XOXO! Basix dolls, Midnight Fire Fanah and Jacques. Designed by CJ Starz, the dolls were sold nude. I dressed them as shown next.
Fanah wears a "wet look" orange dress and a pair of silver Mini Brands Fashion boots. Jaques, who has a broader body than most male fashion dolls, wears an ensemble designed to fit his body type.
The lovely Fanah is shown in a close-up.
Fanah is a 12-inch slim-bodied fashion doll with multiple points of articulation. She has fiery red straight-rooted hair that extends to her upper thighs. Her painted eyes are hazel. She arrived with slightly parted lips and painted teeth. I painted over the teeth to give a closed-mouth appearance. Two extra pairs of hands and extra feet were included.
The oh-so handsome Jacques poses for a close-up.
Jacques is a very handsome 13-1/2-inch-tall articulated male with a muscular build, brown-painted hair, painted-hazel eyes, a closed mouth, full lips, and pale lip color.
Midnight Araxá (Raven)
In June, Araxá arrived. Also sold nude, like Fanah, she is multiarticulated and has two extra sets of hands and extra feet.
Araxá and Fanah have the same body type.
Midnight Araxá with raven hair is a 12-inch multiarticulated fashion doll. Her long, straight, rooted hair extends to her thighs. She has painted blue eyes with painted upper and lower eyelashes and silver eyeshadow. She has slightly parted lips with red lip color.
The lovely Araxá is seen in a close-up
Araxá was initially dressed in a black "wet look" dress with black knee-high boots.
Shortly after dressing Araxá in a black dress, she and bestie Fanah decided to swap clothes, as illustrated next.
The ladies swapped clothes and took the following "selfie".
After the lovely ladies took this selfie, they posed with Jaques.
Studio XOXO! Midnight Fire Fanah, Jacques, and Midnight Araxá (Raven) in a close-up
A full-length view illustrates how well they display together.
Fanah, Jacques, and Araxá visited Paris, France, and took this human-led AI photo.
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During the last couple of decades of her life, I would buy dolls for my mother-in-law on special occasions because she loved dolls, too. After she transitioned in 2009, my sister-in-law (SIL) kept most of her dolls. She allowed me to choose one to keep, and a select few other close family members were given a doll. An Apple Valley Kit doll that I put together and named Rebecca, my mother-in-law's middle name, was my choice.
Rebecca's sculpt is called "Raspberry," because she's blowing one.
Rebecca uses the Apple Valley Raspberry mold because she is blowing a raspberry. She is a very happy baby.
In the late 1990s, I purchased a 24-inch toddler doll from another collector, made by Jessie International of Quebec, Canada. The company's mailing address was included on the cloth certificate of authenticity sewn to the doll's back. I contacted them by mail to inquire how to purchase additional dolls. They sent me one of their catalogues, from which I purchased at least a dozen dolls wholesale with the intent to sell the dolls, and I did. I gave one to my mother-in-law (MIL). She fell in love with it, and so did her neighbors and other associates. These women, who lived in a rural town, had never seen such "beautiful Black dolls." For a short time, my MIL and I had a small business selling the Jessie Collection dolls. I kept one for myself, and she kept the one I had given her. The others were sold.
The Jessie Collection dolls are indicated by a yellow star.
Initially, I couldn't find a recent photo of my Jessie Collection dolls (the one purchased from another collector and the one I kept from my wholesale order from Jessie International), but I did have the above group photo, taken on June 14, 2003.
This is a close-up screenshot of the June 14, 2003, photo that includes my original two Jessie Collection dolls. The one on the right is the one I purchased from another collector.
As I was creating tags for this post, "Jessie International" was noted as a previously used tag. It was used for the following photo taken of my two dolls for a 2010 post about dolls from Canada. Find the link to that post at the end of this post.
This is a better photo of my original two Jessie Collection Dolls. They are from 1990 and 1995, respectively.
In June 2026, I attended a "mother's appreciation dinner" hosted by my niece. Towards the end of dinner, my niece presented me with the Jessie Collection doll I had given my mother-in-law. Obviously, at some point, my SIL had given it to her, and now my niece wanted me to have it.
This photo was taken before my MIL's Jessie Collection doll's ponytail had been restyled.
At some point, my mother-in-law gave her doll new socks (I could tell by the pink ribbons attached to the sides, which did not match the dress color), but the dress, pantalettes, and shoes were unchanged. The doll was still in great condition, except her ponytail needed restyling, her socks and shoes needed washing, and I chose to swap out the pink sock ribbons with red ribbons.
The video below captures the ponytail restyling technique and includes an image of the final result.
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