On-Hand Items Chyna Can Wear

I tried the Bratz school girl fashion on V.I.P. Chyna after reading Hey, It's Muff's post about discounted Bratz fashions at Target.  The school girl fashion fits Chyna's body but the skirt is extremely short... too short for me to even consider allowing her to wear it (so I didn't bother to photograph her).


Before she was back in her original clothes, I decided to see which on-hand fashions I have that fit Chyna.  She models these below:

Chyna in BFC Ink fashion

Chyna looks cute in 9-1/2-inch BFC Ink Calista's Soft 'N' Sweet fashion.  I had to struggle to get the sleeves over Chyna's outstretched fingers. 

Chyna in Only Hearts Club fashion

Only Hearts Club (OHC) Briana's fashion does not have such a flattering fit because the top is a little large on Chyna and the pants are too short.  The shoes do fit and it was not difficult to get the sleeves over Chyna's hands.

Chyna in another OHC fashion

 The Only Hearts Club striped poncho, cargo skirt, shoes, and purse fashion fits better, but the skirt is a little short on Chyna.  The fashion also includes white ankle socks, but with socks, the shoes will not fit Chyna.

OHC poncho fashion without the poncho and purse

Chyna and I like this fashion better on her without the poncho and without the purse. By the way, this fashion also came with a pair of white panties.  OHC didn't overlook any details in their well-made fashions. 

BFC Ink Calista's original fashion

Calista's original fashion fits Chyna but she looks as though she was poured into the leggings.  The waistband hits her at bikini level.  The white top and gray sweater both fit well as do Calista's purple slip-on sneakers.

I have several other boxed BFC Ink and OHC fashions on hand.  It's good to know and was fun to share that Chyna can alternate wearing her original fashion with these.   By the way, OHC dolls can wear 9-1/2-inch BFC Ink fashions, but the shoes are a little big.  I usually just stuff a little tissue paper in the shoes to prevent them from falling off Briana.


While viewing and cropping the redressed images of Chyna, I realized I like this doll so much because her big brown bright eyes, heavy eyelashes, and constant smile remind me of my sister as a young girl.   She's been smiling almost constantly since she was a baby.  

Sister as a baby with our neighbor's daughter, 1961

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Broken President

Because he is did not mind sharing, my TrueType (President Obama) figure shared his suit jacket this past February with So In Style Darren, who can be seen here wearing it in place of the pink jacket that came with the "suit" Darren wore to celebrate Valentine's Day with Trichelle.

SIS Darren redressed in Ken's 1970s Playing it Cool fashion

Darren has since undergone another redress as part of a September SIS Group redressing event that I participated in.  In this event, Darren (as shown above) goes retro in Ken's 1970 Play It Cool fashion #1433. He holds the September 1970 copy of Ebony magazine featuring the Jackson 5 on the cover.  His hair is a removable Afro wig courtesy of Limbe Dolls.

In the meantime (since February), the jacket Darren borrowed from my TrueType figure was left lying on top of a box in the doll room.   Yesterday, I decided to place it back on the President.  In doing so, I twisted one of his arms causing it to break at the joint!  [Insert expletive of your choice here].

TrueType (Obama) with broken arm -- hand was intentionally removed in order to remove this shirt sleeve for the attempted repair.

I tried to re-glue the arm with Super Glue.  It was held together with packaging tape overnight after the glue was applied.  This morning I removed the tape. Unfortunately, the glue did not hold.  I may have to turn this repair over to my husband or just reattach the upper and lower arm pieces with tape (or a Band-Aid) and allow his long-sleeved shirt and jacket to cover it.

Don't you just hate it when stuff like this happens?

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V.I.P. Chyna Is Cute!

This was supposed to be a quick post to share my opinion of China Anne McClain's portrait doll by Mattel:  V.I.P. Chyna Ann Parks, which is based on the character from the Disney show A.N.T. Farm.

I took more pictures than I planned and did a mini comparison which lengthened this post.

Initial photos, in and out of the box (click to enlarge):

V.I.P. Chyna is 10-1/2-inches tall, shorter than Barbie but with larger, high-heel feet.

Height comparison:  Calista 9-1/2 inches; Chyna 10-1/2 inches; Barbie 12 inches with shoes

Barbie's foot is on the left; Chyna's foot is on the right.

I am happy that Chyna's big brown eyes are perfectly painted and shaped. (The rooted eyelashes are a little heavy, but this was probably intentional.)  She has a toothy, wide grin (similar to the real China's, which is part of China's appeal.)

Chyna, nude, with the exception of her necklace; is this a Monster High body?

She has a petite body as shown in the nude image above, which is similar in appearance to nude doll images of Monster High girls I have seen.  I don't own any MH dolls so I cannot confirm that their proportions are the same or similar.  I do wonder if she can wear MH fashions. 

I appreciate the articulation, which is the in the usual head-to-neck, upper arm-to-body, and upper-leg-to-body locations.  In addition, she is articulated underneath her breast area, at the elbows, and knees.  Her wrists are not articulated as I originally thought, but according to the box, she has 40+ poses. 

Jacket has attached "dickey"; leggings are attached to skirt.

The fashionable, trendy, outfit is cute but not as versatile as I thought.  I incorrectly assumed the jacket had a tank or separate top underneath and that the skirt and leggings were two pieces.  The yellow material is attached to the purple jacket and the leggings are sewn to the skirt.

Are these Monster High Hands?

Her hand sculpt is interesting and, like her body, also appears to be the Monster High hands.

Box removal was a snap.  She was connected with elastic bands with the exception of two plastic attachments from her head to the box.  

Overall Assessment:  I-love-her!

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