davidd’s A DOLL A DAY 2022

[davidd]

Happy belated birthday!! Hope you got to do something fun. Bummer that your arriving packages so often fail to generate enthusiasm. Curious to see what it is though.

Thanx.

I actually opened the package. The figure is slightly underwhelming, but not entirely disappointing. I'd give it an enthusiasic meh.

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13 December - A Doll A Day 2022:

13 December - What Was In That Parcel Yesterday

[davidd]

14 December – A Doll A Day 2022:

14 December - Photo-Story Time!

I have completed another installment for the group photo story project on the action figure forums. This chapter is too lengthy to post in its entirety on the Dolly Market Forum, so here's a link for those who might want to see more:

HIDDEN in the SHADOWS: EPISODE 58

[davidd]

15 December - A Doll A Day 2022:

YMToys YMT027B & TBLeague S35A

[dargosmydaddy]

That last picture looks like it has a hundred stories in it. Very evocative.

[Alliecat]

Well that's a super-practical outfit....
I agree with Dargos about the last one. Really nice!
How long does it take you to add the dialogue etc. for each picture? It looks like a ton of work.

[davidd]

Well that's a super-practical outfit....  

How long does it take you to add the dialogue etc. for each picture?  It looks like a ton of work.

Considering that stormtroopers "die" every time they are hit by a laser, even with all the armor, there's really no need for full body coverage, I guess.

This story was a ton of work, mostly because it is too long, and also because it is too verbose, so it took some dialog cutting (although you wouldn't know it) and considerable finessing to keep the text at a readable size while fitting the word balloons in the panels.

The Plasq Comic Life software app (cheap, only thirty bucks, with a free 30 day trial) makes assembling the pages and word bubbles waaaaay easier than it is in Photoshop or other non-dedicated graphics programs.

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16 December - A Doll A Day 2022:

16 December - "Oooh! What is it?"

[Alliecat]

Is it a vehicle?

[fishy]

14 December – A Doll A Day 2022:

14 December - Photo-Story Time!

I have completed another installment for the group photo story project on the action figure forums. This chapter is too lengthy to post in its entirety on the Dolly Market Forum, so here's a link for those who might want to see more:

HIDDEN in the SHADOWS: EPISODE 58

Love how retro that cover is!

[davidd]

Is it a vehicle?

Let's find out!

Love how retro that cover is!

Tryin' to keep it old school cool!

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17 December - A Doll A Day 2022:

Today's pix inspired by Alliecat's question from yesterday:
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[Alliecat]

Aw, that made me laugh! They look like a couple of twentysomethings playing with the kids' toys.
(And I feel like a "funniest home videos" segment might be next )
You must have quite a fleet of vehicles by now.

[davidd]

You must have quite a fleet of vehicles by now.

Yes, too many, but this was too good a deal to pass up, and it will be useful for my photo-story projects.

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18 December - A Doll A Day 2022:
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18 December - Blind Box Bratz Mini Fig: Flaunt It Yasmin

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I finally opened one of the Bratz Blind Box mini figs. To my surprise, I found that each box contains two figures! The financial impact of the purchase seems somehow less significant now!

[Alliecat]

That's a nice surprise. Where's the other one; on the back?

[davidd]

19 December - A Doll A Day 2022:
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19 December - Blind Box Bratz Mini Fig: Tokyo-a-Go-Go Cloe

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This is the second of two mini figs, which include miniature reproductions of the original Bratz packaging, that was included in the purple plastic blind box container. The mini figs are wedged back-to-back in the plastic cube.

[Alliecat]

Cute. Are they Pinky-sized and will they be joining the Pinkys at the beach?

[davidd]

Cute.  Are they Pinky-sized and will they be joining the Pinkys at the beach?

The Bratz Flashback Mini Figs are tiny -- they're like Bratz scale dolls for Bratz dolls. I shall try to get a picture with something to indicate scale.

The miniature packaging is so detailed that I'm not sure I want to open them any further.

Then again... considering that I have duplicates....

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20 December - A Doll A Day 2022:

20 December - Bratz 'Flashback' Mini Figures

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Doesn't it just figure: I purchased two "blind box" sets, and of course the second one is a duplicate of the first.

There are TWENTY-FOUR different figures! And I got duplicates!

That's why I dislike "blind box" products.

I was briefly excited when I opened the first box and saw how cool the little figures are, complete with miniature replicas of the original Bratz packaging. Upon opening the second container and finding exactly the same figures, my enthusiasm quickly ebbed.

I saw the Bratz Minis at Walmart yesterday, marked down from $9.99 to $7.00, and I was briefly, but only briefly, tempted. I don't really need another duplicate set of the ones I already have, which is almost certainly what I would end up with.