davidd's A Doll A Day 2019

[davidd]

Kenna looks very much the part of the every day meddling teen / photographer for local newspaper who just had to get the scoop on what's happening

She is hoping that by cultivating an "edgier" look with the leather jacket and boots, people will take her more seriously and stop referring to her as "that meddling kid."
Not much luck so far, though.

She looks much more ready for action with her upgrades.

It's the utility belt. Gives her a "Batman" sort of ready-for-any-contingency look.

Ah, so she didn't get eaten! She looks rad in her new(ish) gear!

"New(ish)" gear is the key; "thrifting" is a rad trend!

And cheers for the nod to *FILM* ...

Electromagnetic anomalies generated by Unidentified Flying Objects are much less likely to affect film than they are digital media.
Except for X-rays. Gotta watch out for those X-rays.

I can Kenna preparing for a new adventure since she managed to survive the great Jeep steal caper with Yasmin.

Not only did she survive, she managed to avoid jail time. (The reasons for that may ultimately be revealed, if a long-delayed photo-story ever gets back on track.)

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24 August – Hasbro "Elvis 1968" Collector Figure – 1993 release

The King of Rock and Roll, seen here, was an unplanned purchase. I was perusing eBay a couple of weeks ago, and noticed this Hasbro 1993 "Elvis 1968 Concert" figure, still in the original box, at a starting bid of $1.99. At first glance I thought it was one of the Mattel releases, and even though I read the description, and it clearly stated that it was a Hasbro figure, well, it was late at night and I wasn't thinking clearly and I placed the bid. I wasn't too worried, as I ex-pected to be outbid.

But I wasn't. I won the auction for this Elvis Presley figure for less than two dollars. Plus ten dollars shipping, so it ended up costing me $12.00 (or, specifically, 11.98).

I was kind of annoyed with myself for placing the frivolous bid, but now that the figure has arrived, I'm okay with it. The microphone stand is pretty cool and almost worth the purchase price. If I decide to, I may be able to repurpose the "leather" jacket into a "steampunk" costume.

The figure itself is not as nice as the Mattel versions. The arms are only articulated at the shoulders. The legs have limited click-joint type movement at the knees. The likeness is not all that great. In fact, the figure almost looks like the vampire Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows. I am considering trying to add fangs and finding a cape and trying to convert E into Barnabas.

This figure is an excellent example of a point I attempted to make in werepuppy's topic about Sindy dolls earlier today: the market for "nostalgic" toys of the 1960s and 1970s appears to be disappearing. When this figure was released in 1993 it was a "special numbered edition" complete with a "certificate of authenticity" bearing the (printed) signatures of the head of the Elvis Presley Estate and the president of Hasbro Industries. Today, after more than twenty-five years, this unopened figure sold for... two bucks.

There was a second-hand store price tag on the box: $15.00. The box and the price tag were dusty, suggesting that the item had been sitting on the shelf in a second-hand or collectibles store for a long time.

There are sellers offering this item on eBay for up to $100. But there are tons of them available, as the Elvis generation fades away and their treasured memorabilia hits the second-hand market.

While some original toy items from the1960s and 1970s continue to bring good prices if they are in exemplary condition, most "nostalgic" re-issue, special edition, and memorabilia-type items have become virtually worthless, even when they have never been removed from the original box, and are literally worth less than it costs to mail them.

After a quarter century, Elvis escaped from his box today.