davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2021

pretty!

TrueFan wrote:pretty!

My dad brought the Japanese doll back from Japan in 1964.

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24 April - A Doll A Day 2021:


My enthusiasm for photo-stories and for A Doll A Day is currently at a low ebb.

Oh, how cool, the Japanese girl is a real family treasure and not a modern knick-knack!
(I had to look up how to spell that)
Is she a figurine or articulated?

Maybe we need a photostory contest, somewhere.
(Auwe; says the person who's eating supper at 10 pm cos she finally tried to do a photoshoot and has spent 2 hours on the one shot so far..... )

25 April - A Doll A Day 2021:


Participation prize (thank you, TrueFan) from an October 2020 Dal House Forum contest.

28 April - A Doll A Day 2021:


Part of a photo-story on another forum.

29 April - A Doll A Day 2021:


If I ever get around to opening the recently arrived parcels, it's going to feel like Christmas... or Boxing Day... or Unboxing Day.

At this point, I may as well wait for a couple more that are still in transit.

29 April - A Doll A Day 2021

30 April – A Doll A Day 2021:




I sold the last of my "Emily Army," which at one point numbered four Ashton-Drake Emily the Strange dolls, on eBay tonight.

Well.. I think I sold her. The buyer hasn't paid yet. It's eBay, so ya know how that goes.

This was my first and favorite Emily. She was slightly different than the others; cuter, actually.

But the secondary market retail has appreciated to a point where it was worthwhile to let the Emilys go.

A contributing factor; or, actually, the primary motivating factor: during the last election cycle and throughout the COVID cycle, the official Emily the Strange Instagram account and the personal Instagram account of the Emily creators became quite political. And, I felt, they were using their character... which is their right, because it is their character... to espouse beliefs and positions that I thought were out of context for the way the character has been portrayed since her inception; which were often out of alignment with my personal ideas; which were often coercive and oppressive; and which were divisive, discriminatory, and alienating.

It made me sad to see one of my favorite characters being used in this way. I tolerated the trend for a while, but as it became more pronounced, I decided it was time for Emily and I to go our separate ways. I do not wish to support the views and opinions now being expressed through the character, and I am saddened to see this formerly rebellious and apolitical character being used as a political tool to blatantly push an agenda.

Fortunately, I was able to turn a few bucks profit in the process.

Good-bye, Emily! I will miss you!

Or, the TL;DNR version: DON'T POLITICIZE MY #$%^ DOLL HOBBY!

30 April - A Doll A Day 2021

Glad you were able to make a few bucks in the process! I admit I don't know anything about Emily the Strange.

That's too bad that it ruined your interest in the doll. I'm not familiar with the character, other than seeing her in your posts.

Love the magazine/comic book cover!

TrueFan wrote:Glad you were able to make a few bucks in the process! I admit I don't know anything about Emily the Strange.

Emily the Strange was created decades ago as a logo character for a company that made skateboard stickers. The character caught on, and for a number of years Emily merchandise was a staple at teen-oriented mall stores like Hot Topic.

There have been Emily the Strange comic books and novels. In fact, the Emily the Strange novels are some of the funniest things I have ever read.

CornflowerBlue wrote:That's too bad that it ruined your interest in the doll.  I'm not familiar with the character, other than seeing her in your posts.

The Ashton-Drake Emily doll is cute, but not very well made. She is technically a BJD, I suppose, held together with elastic strings, and her ability to pose is somewhat limited.

I'm probably going to miss her. Selling her was likely a rash decision. The dolls came out a decade or more ago, long before the creators began to use the character to promote their social agenda.

Ah well... new stuff on the way! That will be fun, too!

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"New Sindy" doll, Weekender version, by Kid Kreations, and, apparently, a new friend, whose name is Ball.

Ball was probably attracted by the "interesting" odor emanating from the vintage Palitoy Action Man wool coat.

Every photo is made better with the addition of a cat
(EVERYTHING is made better with the addition of cats.)

Alliecat wrote:Every photo is made better with the addition of a cat
(EVERYTHING is made better with the addition of cats.)

Even catsup? Definitely tennis rackets.

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2 May - A Doll A Day 2021:


I finally found Rochelle's original skirt. It's been missing since... this is embarrassing... September 2016.

For a couple of years Rochelle was wearing hiking shorts, so she did not need her skirt. Then, sometime in 2018, somebody borrowed the hiking shorts, leaving Rochelle somewhat under-dressed.

I've run across the skirt several times over the months... and years, so I knew I had it, somewhere. Then I would run across semi-clad Rochelle, but have no idea where the skirt had disappeared to. Finally, today, skirt and gar-girl are reunited!

Rochelle's handbag and I think her pet gargoyle are still around here somewhere. Maybe sometime in the next half-decade I'll run across them.

2 May - A Doll A Day 2021

3 May - A Doll A Day 2021:


Momoko Quietude Dedication - yeah, so much for that "quietude" part!

4 May - A Doll A Day 2021:


I know, I know, I was s'posed to do a Star Wars themed pic today. May the Fourth be with you!

I'm trying to largely avoid "toy aisle snapshots" this season on A Doll A Day, but these odd Hawaiian-ish "Fashion Styling Heads" were too out-of-place here in rural Utah to pass by without a photo. No purchase, however; just a photo.

There used to be a significant Samoan population in Utah, as the LDS church is popular in American Samoa and among Hawaiian-Samoans, but that was largely further north in the state. In fact, there is an abandoned Hawaiian-Samoan ghost town in north-central Utah called Iosepa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosepa,_Utah

I certainly did not know about the Samoan LDS community! And those heads are a little disturbing.

5 May – A Doll A Day 2021:

How's about a photo-story? Probably won't make much sense. It's a photo-story response to a story posted on another forum.

You can see the post to which this story is responding on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2kWc8UW

8 May - A Doll A Day 2021:


After a decade, I continue to learn new things about the Monster High line; like, for instance, Dead Tired Clawdeen Wolf and Room to Howl Claween Wolf are not the same figure!

Even more amazing - until a few days ago, I did not realize I had both versions in my hoarded horde of Monster High creatures!

9 May - A Doll A Day 2021:


Hasbro Maxie reclaims her Maxie Day Bed from the Monster High Dead Tired ghouls.

9 May - A Doll A Day 2021

10 May - A Doll A Day 2021:


Sindy reclaims what she believes is her rightful place... on the sofa!