Additional Heads are Sold Separately

Thanksgiving Eve at Target, while browsing the toy aisle, I found and purchased this additional head for Barbie Fashionistas Swappin' Styles Artsy.  Regularly priced $4.99, it rang up a dollar less with their in-store discount.  I have not deboxed it or tried it out, but thought I'd give a quick share that an additional head for Artsy does exist.

dbg

Please adhere to copyright notice.

One More World Peacekeepers Added to the Mix

I visited Big Lots on Saturday and browsed the remaining World Peacekeepers action figures.  I purchased one final figure that I had declined purchasing at the time of my other WPK purchases.  This one has the same face mold as  World Peacekeepers Green Beret action figure, but his outfit differs to reflect his CIA SOG (Special Operation Group) status.  It consists of a black T-shirt, khaki fatigues, black flak vest, camouflage cap, sunglasses, wrist watch, and much to my surprise when I opened the box this morning, tan low-top boots/sneakers (as opposed to military boots or other military foot gear).  Like the others, his weapons will be removed and stored. 

SOG doesn't need weapons when he has his pick of 11-1/2 inchers to accompany him on display:  Desiree-Adria (my Barbie Fashionista), Boogie Beach Reese (after the replacement arrives, which is on the way from the merchant), or Electro-Pop Dayle, who was recently released from her box.

Electro-Pop Dayle

dbg

Talking About Bad and Good Hair

In an attempt to eliminate the frizz from the ends of Artsy's hair, I heavily moussed it, rolled the ends using rod rollers, and allowed it to dry before removing the rollers and gingerly finger combing it.  Finally, I used 24-hour hold hairspray to maintain the set.

(The first image, above, is my grandson's unbraided, washed hair*. The second image, above, is Artsy's hair before resetting.)

Several images of the doll's hair after setting follow:

What a difference a combination of mousse, rod rollers, hairspray, caring hands, and patience make!  Artsy's hair looks very good now!

*At his request, after growing his hair for multiple years, my now 8-year-old grandson's beautiful braids have been cut.

dbg

I Finally Found Artsy!

Over the past few weeks, I periodically visited the physical Toys R Us store (before discovering their online price discrepancy on another doll line*) in an attempt to locate Barbie Fashionistas Artsy doll (the featured doll).  Later, multiple visits to Wal-Mart and a visit earlier this week to Target to catch their $9.99 sale were unfruitful. 

Yesterday, I reluctantly visited TRU where I finally found "Artsy."  I had to pay more for the doll at TRU ($11.99) compared  to this week's Target sale price and Wal-Mart's regular price of  $10 and change, but at least the hunt is over! 

Pros: 

• Love her ability to pose, although I haven't tried posing her in 100 positions just yet.
• The doll is very photogenic (as illustrated at this link... I had big fun).
• Her bohemian-style outfit is nice; I love the brown and pink color combinations (but I've already redressed her!).
• Her boots have a back slit for ease of doffing and donning.
• I like her facial sculpt.
• I also like her skin tone and hair color combinations.

Cons:

• The dress is way too short... don't bend over, Artsy!
• The molded-on flesh-tone undies give a pantiless appearance... again, don't bend over Artsy.
• The foot size is too small for her body.  Mattel... can you please give Barbie and Friends feet that are proportionate to their bodies?  
• I dislike the poor quality hair.  The ends are frizzy and very unruly.  This is my biggest problem with the doll... I hate the hair.

Since the pros outweigh the cons, I do like the doll. I'd like her more with better quality hair and the addition of undies.  I can overlook the "baby" feet.

dbg

*TRU Online Price Discrepancy and TRU Online Price Discrepancy Followup (The physical store's price for all dolls was the same, however.)