Fashionistas on sale at Target!

On my errands yesterday, I found the Fashionistas on sale at Target for $3.68!

Target also had the Our Generation items on sale, and many of their little playsets for the 18 inch dolls work well for Barbie and Fashion Royalty as props. Their Lori dolls also had clothing and the miniature playset food items on sale. It was a buffet sale on the toy aisle and my budget couldn't allow for the spending spree I wanted to perform! So here is the Fashionista (Pinky) that I purchased the biology Our Generation set for $5.99  I picked up. I want to do a Mad Scientist scene and this will look great. 

Isn't this set cool? It even has a board showing all the parts. And an atom part. I love the torso with the parts. 

Pinky I had almost purchased one time when she was $5 a few months ago but decided against it for some crazy reason and then I couldn't find her again at Walmart because she quickly sold out at that insane price since she's a favorite curvy girl. $3.68 is an INSANE low price for these dolls and I might go to a couple of other Targets today to rack up. 

Out of curiousity for dioramas, I compared her with Swinging London Poppy Parker. She is chunky to say the least. 

One great thing- the lime in their cute dresses match! Pinky's head is way bigger than Poppy's head so she looks out of scale. In this picture it doesn't show up so badly as it does in person. In the photo she just looks, well, curvy if you want to be 'nice' or politically correct or she just looks fat if you want to be blunt if you're comparing her to skinny Poppy, LOL. But that is the beauty of these little ladies, they give variety in a scene. Not everyone is model ready and it makes the dioramas look more realistic. 

So glad I was able to add this lovely to my curvy girls collective. 

Barbie Fashionistas ....

So while waiting for my W Club registrations dolls to arrive, I have found the Barbie Fashionistas on sale for $5 at the local Walmarts. Some are on sale, some are not. I have to admit it has been fun being on the prowl for the hard to find curvy girls for my bargain price. I got these recent ladies....

These three I was able to snag at my local Walmart nearby for $5 each. I have to admit I love the tall 'Chandra' AA Barbie with red hair, she might get a made to move body if I can find one. And the two curvy ladies I think are really pretty, especially the one in the flowered dress. I have been wanting these two for while now. 

I had some fun posing them in my bakery this morning. The one I call Chandra with the red hair (she looks like the previous Target Barbie Basics with blonde hair in years past ) has met up with her new boyfriend Darrell. My favorite curvy girl in the flowered dress is going to be named Emily and is talking to Barbie who has breezed in with Poppy Parker. Tamara, the other curvy AA, is standing in the back patiently waiting to be served with her basket. She has to pick up pastries for the break room at the office. 

Today I picked up three more, only I stopped at my Walmart again. I picked up this tall girl for $5. 

I was hoping to pick up this other AA Curvy girl, but at my Walmart she wasn't on sale. :(. I still had to go run errands, so I stopped at another Walmart and found her and this hard to find Ken. ALL of their Fashionistas were $6.36.  

So, I picked up all three of these today...

And did this little photo shoot today with them.....

I have to admit, I wasn't really a fan of the new sculpts and body types at first. But when I put them into the dioramas, they add alot of realism to the population. My only problem with these dolls is some articulation would help them immensely. Standing there with their arms sticking out awkwardly by their sides doesn't help much if they can't bend their arms or position their legs, or sit. So they are useful for populating a diorama, but other dolls will have to work for sitting, etc. 

Mattel is listening, just not very well. 

Happy Mother's Day...

                   Happy Mother's Day!

Not much to post today...but I wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day!

*I am also having a 10% off all fixed price listings in my Ebay store Pumpkin Hill Studios

As well as over 40+ auctions in our Ebay auctions of damaged, or flawed Bespaq large scale furniture.

20% off Hurricane/Halloween sale in our Ebay store

Just a quick note for everyone out there we are having a 20% off SALE in honor of Halloween until November 1st in our Ebay store Pumpkin Hill Studios - some items even have FREE SHIPPING!

I also have 1:4 scale and 1:3 scale items on this sale, as well as miniature carpets like the one pictured above, with free shipping! So shop now as the Countdown to Christmas has begun!