MayDay 2019

Dear roroDoll blog readers.
I am happy to announce that after missing whole last Summer and  being metaphorically and literally rather lost in my new London neighborhood thanks to my son's young eyes I am back on track (well that's questionable;-) with my carboot mini extravaganzas...

We started slow on one May Saturday...

just one overgrown pony, planes instead of toy cars and this classic platinum beauty...

I only bought her for pure pleasure of owning her for a lttle while - golden start-shaped earrings, red lips, shimmering dress and perfect platinum blonde hair...

 she had unusually shaped hands but it still took me a while to identify her...she looked most like Union Jack to me and I was right trying out patriotic keywords

She turned out to be a collectible Statue of Liberty doll

in process i discovered amazing line of Landmark Collection dolls

consisting of Sydney Opera, Big Ben, Eiffel Tower and improved version of Statue of Liberty

you must admit that 'my' London Mackie is rather amazing!

On a huge tsunami wave of adrenaline I soon managed to locate most wonderful and definitely similar in scale to my gone but not forgotten Norfolk grassy field one....a bit tricky to find inbetween forests and gold courses but reachable by bus and manageable on bike (with some practice).

Next Sunday was rather fruitful!

dreams coming true - my daughters own Disney Store Frozen gown, Monster High bag, ice-skating pony and 50p set of eye shadows, beloved mr Monkey and Minecraft and quality watercolour paper for my boy, nice lego bits, straws we got for free, funny silk scarf, amazing blonde wig with roots showing and three dolls to share...

we had little dress-up afternoon...

wig is amazing on both of us LOL

last but not least...Dolls wise I got this pink and gold alladin-transksuit thing...could be Sindy, i don't know... We couldn't find any dolls so at first i grabbed this stiff generic blonde with dislocated hip - sad sad greasy hair fashionista but dress was definitely worth more that 50p:-)

then, at the very end, we spotted a handsome pile of dolls....
i grabbed Grandma (skipped Grandpa for reason I cannot explain....) and Teresa to snatch her articulated body which my daughter doesn't like and give her this head on bellybutton one. :-)

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so much more to come soon!

Bootsale 28.08.

Just for a record.
On 28th of August 2017, while alone, with kids at grandparent I had a chance to attend my fave bootsale. It has been unbpredictale just as usual...

I have got several items but mainly for resale - except the iconic and ost favourite up to this day frilly shirt:-)

I got Disney store Elsa stil wearing her shoes and nearly complete first wave fashionista Barbie...

 

They both have found new, loving homes rather soon.

The odd porcelain/mid century doll took longer but it was fub to have her for a while.

Thought I can borrow her clothes or metam paoited glasses but with a closer look it all turned out to be rather poorly made and for display not play.

Alythough basing on traditional porcelain doll mode and structure she has been styled abd some nod /60s character i psychodelic canary yellow throusers and what not...

Cute face... but hair rather random...

and poor boob job...

oh well, all in all a bit funny-sad... 

 

Next I accidettaly entered the world of Strawberry Shortcake chick an 

d her friends.... so many editions sooo confusing...

 These are some cutiepies... and i ove their's little gardener casual clothes....

and I definitely have a thing for non-caucasian dols, ah!

 a very interesting and cute phenomenon but luckly not y scale and I have ni memories whatsoever!

mine are made by Bendai in 2002

last but not least I got therse fancy two sided storage boxes 1£ each for my suddeny growung cllection of accessories and diorama miniatures full of pre-made paper flower preps....

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Adventures in rebodying 3 & 4

oh, I think I have cought that bug now...
Thought that it would be good to use fashionista's body which i got from Sweden for my Hairtastic Barbie which is hollow-legs stiff and its a pity. I made it super economic and used that body to bring back to life one of pleasant Macie face, ash-blonde heads I got...

it goes something like this:

 soon, so soon my dear. be patient, its just a bit of mattel's glue/goo

both still still on painkillers

Hairtastic Barbie awake and enjoying her new self

uh oh, stiff but alive!

p.s. she is Fashionista Barbie - originally wearing rather painful hot pink and black set... i would/ should let her go but now she is mine with this body, oh dear...

such a minimal make-up and great hair color but..

which is super annoying as I own /at this point/ both far left Lea / Kayla dolls and not so secretly desire 2 middle Teresas, hmmmm

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