davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2023

[davidd]

22 October - A Doll A Day 2023:


Lagoona Blue ain't blue no more! She's PINK!

I have yet to be tempted to pick up any of the new, redesigned Monster High releases.

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CATCHIN' UP TIME – A DOLL A DAY 2023:


27 September - Janie and Trivia embark on a
quixotic folly: attempting to clean out, or
at least clean up, the storage shed.

"What was the plan again?"

"To clean out the storage shed."

"Clean it out? We can't even see around all this stuff enough to see what all this stuff is!"

"If we find Nellz, (g)Nat, and Addie, we'll have more help."

"That's a mighty big 'if.' We don't even know 'if' they are in here!"

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28 September - During their search for the other girls, Triv and Janie finally find (g)Natalie in the back of the storage shed.

"What's with the hat, (g)Nat?"

"I dunno; just something I found."

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29 September - As Janie and Triv continue to investigate the storage shed, (g)Natalie offers a tip as to where they might find Addie.

"I think I heard some bawdy sea shanties coming from over in that direction!"

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30 September - Triv and Janie continue their eloration of the Storage Shed of Doom.

"And we're supposed to clean this all out somehow?"

"That's the plan! But first we need to find Addie and Nelly!"

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01 October - "Avast, me hearties!"

Triv and Janie find Addie the Pirate carousing in the dreary depths of the storage shed.

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02 October - "Arrrr...ight, I'll go change in to my work clothes so's I can help you lubbers!" sez Addie the Pirate, leaving Triv and Janie to continue their storage shed reconnaissance mission.

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03 October - "Jinkies, Janie! Th'...th'... this place gives me the creeps!"

Janie and Triv get Scooby-Doo vibes during their storage shed eloration.

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04 October - Meanwhile, in another part of my dolly universe, the GI Joe Adventure Team de-label their Tonka Hummer rig. I guess they think that de-badging will make it more cool. Next thing ya know they'll be blacking out the windows and adding LED lights to the sill plates.

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05 October - These knock-off Barbie-esque camper-vans were clearance priced at only fifteen bucks! On a nearby display, Mattel Barbie brand camper-vans were priced at ninety bucks. I was really tempted to get one of these, but they take up a lot of space and I'm trying to clean stuff out. They were pretty cool, though, especially for only fifteen dollars!

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06 October - Woo hoo! An entire endcap display of Bratz Dollz in a Walmart store! I haven't seen a full-on Bratz retail display in years!

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07 October - 'Kay, this retro-kitsch swing chair is cool! I kinda want one! But I don't wanna pay a quarter of a hunnert bucks for it... unless I know it will fit 1/6-scale action figures, which it might not because Bratz are kind of runty, except the new ones look like they might be bigger. Anywayz, I didn't buy it... yet.

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08 October - Kylie? Kylie who? Minogue? Jenner? McEnany? Wait... that last one, she's a Kayleigh, not a Kylie. I think. Whateverz... the Bratz appear to be back, and just as uptown trampy as ever!

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09 October - "I think it looks even worse with a light!"

Triv and Janie scope out the scope of the storage shed reclamation project.

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10 October - "Mwah hah hah hah haaaahhhh!"

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11 October - Triv and Janie find Nelly in the storage shed.

"Jeepers, Nelly! Stop acting like such a freakazoid!"

"Ermm... is the cop light really necessary?"

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12 October - "Yes, I can assist you," Nelly offers, "if you'll agree to start on that section over there!"

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13 October - "I wonder why Nellz wants us to start on this pile?"

"If it's something Nelly wants, it can't possibly be good."

"This entire project is starting to look kinda hopeless."

"Yeah, maybe we should take a break and work on some outside stuff for a while."

"Why is it that your interpretation of 'take a break' still involves some kind of 'work?'"

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14 October - A Quiet Moment with Frank

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15 October - Professor Victor Champion finds a poster that eresses his general philosophy regarding the supernatural, the occult, and the uncanny.

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16 October - Denizens of Toyville reunited: Professor Champion and Louis Marques greet Baghead.

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17 October - Denizens of Toyville reunited: Baghead greets Ellie Fields as she emerges from the transdimensional portal.

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18 October - The Big Lift


"Seriously, Janie?"
"Nothin' to it! Lift with your legs, not your back! Ready? On three...."


"Don't let it fall!"
"How much does this thing weigh?"
"Enough that you don't wanna let it fall!"


"This... ill-advised... scheme... seems... destined... to fail... catastrophically!"


"Y'see? I told'ja it'd be a cinch!"



"Hey, guys! Ya need any help up there?"

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19 October - Addie

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20 October - OMG IS RIGHT!

And... OMG! We're back on track!