davidd's A Doll A Day 2018

[davidd]

Are they arguing about who didn't bring a spare battery?

Or snarking about how the other three aren't nearly as photogenic as they are!

I see Action Heroez are using the new camera.

Well... not exactly. This is a FujiFilm FinePix S1 camera that I thought would be an adequate substitute for a DSLR camera. It is not. Plus, it is starting to have some annoying issues with sticking buttons.
The new camera is still in its shipping box because I haven't had time to properly open it yet.

These are cute figures. I don't think I've seen them before.

The Bratz Action Heroez vinyl minifigs were included with the Bratz Action Heroez dolls. There were five figures in the line, introduced in the Fall of 2013. They weren't around for very long.

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24 August – Monster High "New Scaremester" Jinafire Long

Was Jinafire's surname, "Long," ever elained? I mean, c'mon, she's a Chinese dragon! Shouldn't her last name have been "Leong" or "Leung" or "Liang"? Did Mattel change the name to avoid sounding too "ethnic"?

According to the Monster High wiki:

""Long" is based on "lóng" is the Chinese word for "dragon", while the Vietnamese word is something similar which is "rồng" or "con rồng".
Jinafire's name is not a traditional Chinese name, as the family name goes last unlike most East Asian names, and "Jinafire" is not a real Chinese name; since it is based on the name "Jennifer" and "jin", the Chinese word for gold or money, while her name "Long" only means "dragon" in Chinese."

I guess that makes sense.

I guess.