davidd’s A DOLL A DAY 2022

[davidd]

Well, seeing as how there are like three of us here, and one of us hasn't been here for a couple days cos they had a crappy couple of days and no sleep...

I'm looking forward to seeing some pix of these gigantic crabs on your NICE WARM BEACH.

At least one of us here rarely seems to get any sleep anymore and nearly always seems to have a crappy day. Perhaps one of us here needs to seriously consider a lifestyle change. Maybe get a high-paying job on a lobster boat or something.

The "nice warm beach" has not been particularly nice nor warm since those first two or three days after I arrived. The weather has been on the cool side (by southern US standards, anyway), rainy, damp, overcast, and windy.

Plus, there are the giant crabs to deal with. Probably has something to do with the occasional errant rocket carrying Top Secret Ex˚periments plunging in to the sea just offshore.

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25 November - A Doll A Day 2022:

Antoinette "Toni" Carter begins assembling a few holiday decorations in an attempt
to bring a festive seasonal spirit to the Banana River Surf & Dive Shop.

Toni was originally intended to become a regularly recurring photo-story cast member, but she has not seen the light of day since October 2020, over two years ago. Perhaps assigning her to the staff of the Surf & Dive shop will allow her the opportunity for a bit more screen time.

Some of you may be thinking, "Huh? Toni Carter? You mean this is a different one than the other ones? How can you tell?"

How can one tell, indeed! After all, don't all of these TBLeague (formerly Phicen) "seamless" action figures look almost identical, with blonde hair and big boobs an unrealistically curvaceous upper torso?

The answer to that would be: pretty much, yeah.

However, the general rule applies to nearly all doll collecting specialties. Pullip dolls all look alike: ginormous heads on skinny little hard plastic bodies, with slight variations in hair color. Dal dolls look even more alike: pouty faced big-head dolls on runty little hard plastic bodies. The eensive Integrity Toys Poppy Parker and Fashion Royalty dolls look still more alike: pinched snooty faces on cheap plastic bodies, with only their costumes and a slight variation in lip gloss colour to differentiate among them. And then there's Barbie, offering possibly the ultimate comingling of infinite diversity and identical sameness.

I swear, Sindy dolls all look alike! Or they did until Hasbro took over and turned Sindy in to Barbie.

Yet fans of each type can differentiate among individual dolls, often able to identify specific releases down to model and year.

I will admit, however, that keeping this particular doll in a plastic bag clearly labeled "TBLeague S26 body / TBLeague S34 head / Toni Carter" is helpful.


Body: TBLeague S26A
Head: from TBLeague S34
Clothing: assorted Barbie, Bratz, and miscellaneous