The Dolls Janet Purchased

Travel Doll Janet, center, finds Curvy Barbie #32 and Petite Barbie #25 on Target's shelves.

My travel doll, Janet, accompanied me and my husband to Target to return an item he had purchased for one of our grandsons that Grandson didn't need.

While there, I scoped out the Bratz clothing section (having remembered Vanessa's post from January 5, 2016) to see if there was an outfit interesting enough to purchase for Janet.

 As part of the travel doll event that I coordinated for my doll group, we can buy clothing and other items for Janet.  It is required, however, that we purchase at least one souvenir item that represents the host's city or state. I had already done the latter at the time of the Target visit.  I didn't see any Bratz fashions that interested me (those huge Bratz shoes were a big turnoff .  What would I do with those? Janet certainly can't wear them, I thought.).  Before leaving that section, I noticed Target had some of the curvy Barbies in stock on the opposite aisle.  One of the three African American ones that I placed on my wish list back in January was available.

My husband tried to convince me to buy one of the petite ones (doll 25, Blue Brocade), that Janet is shown with in the first photograph and a different curvy one, a blonde or brunette, but I decided against.  Janet, however, insisted that I buy the wish-listed doll.  It didn't take much for her to convince me to do this, so in the cart curvy girl #32, Dolled Up Denim, went.


   

At home, Janet was eager for curvy Barbie to be released.  After removing the plastic, the two formed an instant bond.  Unfortunately, their bond must remain temporary because Janet will be leaving at the end of this week to travel to her next destination.

Dolled up Denim and Janet do display well together and could easily pass for mother and daughter.  The curvy dolls' fashion looks better on her, in my opinion, without the mesh top.

As an aside, recently someone asked if Big Beautiful Doll Dasia can wear Curvy Barbie's clothing. The answer is no.  Dasia's figure is fuller as confirmed by the measurements I took of both dolls:

Curvy Barbie (breasts, waist, hips):  5-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches
Dasia (breasts, waist, hips):  7-1/2 x 7 x 8 inches.

This photo, courtesy of Onlyalisa, illustrates Dolled up Denim's voluptuous curves, but she is not as curvy as Dasia as shown next.

This nude photo of Dasia shows her more-curvaceous-than-Curvy Barbie's body.

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Gifts for Janet

On a different day, while shopping for household cleaning items without the company of Janet or my husband, I browsed Family Dollar's toy aisle looking for things for Janet... seriously, that is what I was doing.  I found these cute ice cream treat-shaped erasers and a mini Barbie doll that will go into Janet's goodie bag.  Their costs were $1 and $3.35, respectively.

  

The erasers and mini Barbie were part of Janet's Easter basket goodies and will go with the other things I purchased for her to her final destination after her traveling concludes in September and she is sent to a forever home.  The mini Barbie Janet holds in the second photo is mine (yes, I purchased two that day and opened mine to see the exact scale when it is held by Janet.  (Had it not been for Janet, though.) 

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Earlier this month (can't blame Janet for this one), I was so enthused by CJ Starz Forever's restyling of DC Super Hero Girls Bumblebee that I scooted out to Target and found one in stock.  She came home with me too.  I'll provide a detailed post about my Bumblebee separately since this post is developing a lengthy life of its own.

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It's All About "Bee"

In this photo and in the next, Bumblebee "Bee" wears Monster High shoes.

This is a follow-up to Wednesday's post, which featured DC Super Hero Girls Bumblebee.

CJStarzForever was able to reshape Monster High shoes onto "Bee's" feet by using a blow dryer and cold water. About this he says, "This is gonna create lots of options for shoes now!"

Bee has done some additional mixing and matching to create the above "urbanista" look.

Below are two height comparison photos of Bee with other playscale dolls.

Mc2 Project McKeyla, Bee, and Nikki.  Bee is 12 inches tall, but her heels give her extra height.

She's on her doll stand, but at 12-1/2 inches, Tilda towers over Bee, who is a half inch shorter.

Bee appears to be a fun doll to dress and redress continuously.  Through the redressing photos CJStarsForever has shared, I feel like I own her.

Every time I dress her and walk away I get another idea and go digging through pieces in my doll room to put together a new look.  CJStarzForever

If I really owned her, I'd probably be doing the same thing, redressing and having fun!  On my next trip to Target, she might just jump into the shopping cart if she's there.


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DC Super Hero Girls Action Dolls by Mattel

12-inch DC Super Hero Girls action dolls by Mattel from L-R:  Batgirl, Poison Ivy, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, and Bumblebee

Product Description: "Inspired by the powerful students of DC Super Hero High, the 12-inch DC Super Hero Girls action dolls come with accessories that showcase each character's unique abilities. From a routine school day to a Super Hero adventure, the galaxy is the limit!"

Bumblebee is a "buzz-worthy scientist."

L-R:  Batgirl (tech genius), Bumble Bee (in action) and Harley Quinn (class clown)

Descriptions of the Other Three:
Poison Ivy is a plant whisperer.
Supergirl is sweet, but a strong super hero.
Wonder Woman is a leader.

Bumblebee is described by one owner (CJStarzForever on Instagram) who purchased from Target for $19.99 as:  really cute and I love the body.  It's like a bigger, thicker muscle toned Ever After High Body.  

Below are photos of Bumblebee, courtesy of CJStarzForever on Instagram.

Comparison photo of Bumblee with Bryden (Project Mc2) and Desiree/Nikki (Mattel)

CJStarzForever wrote:  This girl is so dope once she's out of the Super Hero get-up! 
And I say, Look at those shapely, well-toned legs!  I need a pair for myself. :-) 

Finding other shoes for Bumblebee (Bee) and the others might pose a problem because their feet are too large to fit Monster High shoes.  Locating a complete "off-the-rack" ensemble, particularly one that includes pants, might be problematic due to Bee's muscular calves.   But we can always create cut-off shorts. (In the above photo, CJStarzForever cut-off a pair of Moxie Girlz jeans.)

In this photo, Bumblebee wears a pair of My Scene shorts.

A little mixing and matching to perfection is going on here.

In the above photo, Bee mixes and matches a variety of pieces for a well-put-together look:
Top: My Scene
Shorts: Integrity Janay
Shoes: Project MC2
Chain: CJStarzForever

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At the time this post was published, buy pages at Target.com had been created for some of the 12-inch and smaller, 6-inch DC Super Hero Girls.  Online ordering, however, was not yet available.

See more animated images and additional doll images in a photo gallery here.

Thank you CJStarzForever for sharing photos of Bumblebee!  She is dope!


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