Since the Barbie movie for the most part ignored the 1997-2009 era, which arguably is Barbie's best era, I want to do a thread with all of her most iconic dolls over the years that I'd love to own at some point. Starting with the first dolls to start the era: Cool Blue Barbie '97
Silent hour for the canceled Lady Gaga MGA dolls! I'm honestly still so sad about these. All down the trash because of Gagas terrible manager at the time. There were supposed to be singing dolls, fashion packs, head games dolls + separately sold heads. See thread for more
This was the ACTUAL My Scene gag... not whatever Fashion Nova sponsor outfits people are sharing lately. Capturing the essence of each character without giving overdone dolltwt restyles aesthetic is the way to go. Still obsessed with them. ❤️ @/thevinylscene
Ok so here it is... I've realized a while ago that all of La Rose's images clearly have been edited because the white skintone looked fake af. Now I stumbled upon her OG Proto image when she was originally black. This was due to retailer reactions of wanting less POC dolls....
Not me finding official evidence for one of MGAs messiest changes in the past years KDHDJDKDU Like I didn't think this was ever gonne see the light of day. Retailers are 100% at fault but I know people will blame MGA anyways 😮💨 IDK if I wanna post it....
This is how Tampo face printing works on dolls... This is what MGA does ever since they barely spray paint their dolls faces anymore and what Mattel does for their non-pixilated faces. The inaccuracy, despite everything being in place, is kind of insane and explains a lot lmao
Yassss their final faces still look great! They look different to their handpainted stock photos tho. Still gorgeous. Can't wait to buy 12340 of them. I do wish they just gave all 4 mermaids these sculpts tbh xx
This is what Monster High will never be I'm so sorry. Like not even in a hateful way y'all can enjoy MH as is but the fact that they always felt like weird party city costume dolls, while their "copycats" were giving Mugler, Clueless, Prada, etc. 💀
Why do yt ppl pretend that even if they casted a white ginger woman, that Disney would have given her that cartoon ass red hair 😭 lmao love Halle in the orangy ginger
I truly believe this canceled Bratz collector body is truly the most perfectly sculpted Bratz body ever. I'm in the minority here but I honestly wouldn't mind if the next Bratz reboot had real feet
I just saw this... just to clarify my statement. Yes SH isn't doing the numbers MGA expected. Yes S2 was postponed due to lacking sales. But SH isn't officially canceled (yet). There's a bunch of canceled RH & OMG stuff too like Big Bella, Custom dolls, etc
2003 Barbie Fairytopia Sparkle Fairies dolls. I swear every girl in my kindergarten had one of these. Still sad they scrapped the Christie and Kayla/Lea molds. Included a Prototype image from my 2003 Mattel catalog in case you guys haven't seen their Prototypes before.
The rest of the Generation Girl 1999 Dance Party dolls. Mari remainds to be a fan favorite!! Also included a picture of the canceled Ana doll that for some reason wasn't released. Her outfit ended up being a fashion pack though. (2/2)
Ok so here's the G3 leak! Here's a test video by someone from the commercial team suggesting a cut for the Monster High Monster Ball TV commercial. Enjoy lmao
The quality difference in these is literally so insane to me. Like the new ones are 25 USD. I didn't expect real denim tbh but the quality of the jacket and shirt are groundbreakingly horrible even for Mattel.
Ooop not the Disney Descendants dikk Prototypes.... certain changes in their faces and choice of fabrics and designs really can make huge differences. Also nasty of them for changing that one girls skintone....
2000 marks the introduction of the ever iconic Belly Button body with Jewel Girl Barbie and friends. I guess initially they wanted the ever-flex waist to be a thing for certain deluxe dolls but it didn't last long unfortunately.
If this happens again with that Frankie I'll riot!!! Final Clawdeen is so ugly like why did they change her entire screening? You can tell by the shape, lashes amd brows that they used a completely different one. So sad....
These looks do make me wonder if these were part of a canceled deluxe SH line for Fall 23... especially keeping in mind SH S3 was originally gonna be a Spring release. Maybe they wanted to do Fantastic Fashion Runway SH dolls or some canceled Walmart exclusive
2000 Palm Beach Barbie and friends are probably the only dolls to ever exist where people didn't mind the painted on bathsuits. They were giving gorgeousness on a low budget. (1/2)
2003 introduced the 1 Modern Circle Barbie and friends dolls! They were based of characters off a book with the same name. What was so interesting about this collection was that they used Mod-era Barbie headsculpts on modern bodies with modern fashion.
New Violent Willow with updated New Face Mold. She’s heavenly. Why couldn’t she be released with this face from the beginning 😭😮💨
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This is giving me flashbacks to the guy back in the Flickr days who's whole Bratz collection was 40 Sweet Heart Lilees in different outfits sksksksksk icon
The way I singlehandely leaked/revealed Bratzillaz, EAH, Mattel Disney Signature Collection, Equestria Girls and Barbie Style back in the day?! My power?????? The way my old blog website literally CRASHED from all the views from bronies when I leaked Equestria Girls?!? Iconic era
Ok now after all these leaks I finally can reveal the Fall 2022 Monster High Gore-Geous Collector Special Edition Catty Noir who will be part of a 3 doll collection. Operetta and Honey will follow in 2023. 54.99$ retail.
2000 Jam N' Glam Barbie and friends with the twist hair feature. Probably one of the very few times in Barbie history where Barbie wasn't the one in pink.