Hello, anyone who checks out this place. I feel pretty badly that I haven't been updating this blog, but I really didn't think anybody even liked it or anything. I had no idea, even if I've only gotten a couple of comments, it's enough for me to want to continue with this place x3
SO... my future plans involve doing a review on the Mini Kawaii Crush dolls, which I had gotten as presents for Christmas. Until then, I didn't realize how much I would love them :3
In that entry I shall also be bringing up the new Kawaii Crush dolls coming out! So stay tuned~!
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Tammy Lammy Lu Lu and Zoey Boey Fru Fru Reviews!
For my birthday on Tuesday/the 15th, I had received about ten presents, with one brand new Lalaloopsy doll (Scraps Stitches N Sewn), and two new Kawaii Crush toys. I do not plan on reviewing Scraps since I have already reviewed a normal size Lalaloopsy and besides being a full size doll, there isn't much worth reporting. BUT if someone makes a request I would gladly reconsider.
I will be reviewing the two large dolls of both Tammy Lammy Lu Lu, and Zoey Boey Fru Fru today!
The reason I got Zoey Boey was becase the store didn't have Sunny Bunny, the third and final character (so far) in the Large Kawaii Crush Dolls category. Now on one hand I was disappointed, but on the other hand I was also fine with it since I wished to get all three of them at some point. We went to Toys R Us to return something, as well as switch Pokemon Y for X, so while there we asked them to hold onto Zoey Boey and went to check. The shelves were full of Tammy Lammy and half of the mini merchandise pieces were gone, so I didn't make anymore Kawaii Crush purchases for the day and left with my Zoey Boey (and about sixty dollars worth of other stuff).
Soon I will purchase one of each Mini types for future reviews. I plan to get Katie Cat Meow Meow, Mandy Candy's Candy Shop, and the Morning Glory and Luna Light twin set. At some point I may also get the Holly Molly Shopping Mall if it winds up on clearance or they have a sale.
This is the back of the boxes. As you can see, they show the characters "beta designs" instead of updating it to feature how they actually look. While the differences are small, I've listed them in case you're curious anyway:
Whenever I come across a brand new piece of merchandise. I always become apprehensive in terms of trying to figure out how they open. Most dolls come with different style boxes but with similar gimmicks, so that can ease some tension. I'm a total mess with all plastic packages and no tape or tabs to begin with! With just a simple swipe across the top flap/lid, I was able to open it and simply slip out the cardboard the doll is attached to. Like so:
To my surprise, the dolls are not attached to their "hat wear". It may look like it, but when you turn them to the side or look at them from the bottom you can see this.
Here is Tammy Lammy Lu Lu after she has been released from the box. She comes with four pieces, unless you count her clothing in which case seven. Once again to my surprise, I found out her hat is actually a very soft and flexible rubber, not plastic!
Zoey Boey comes with four hair clips, a small comb, a pair of glasses (that can go on any of the Kawaii Crush large dolls), and her bow, which is on a headband (again for any of the large dolls). Because it's been noted on official Kawaii Crush media, that the clothing are removable, I decided to see how difficult this may have been, as it was made of a soft, thin rubber, also.
No, I didn't get lazy and just stop half way. It was difficult to get the clothing down that far. The arms slip in and out of the clothing very easily, but when I was getting past the hips I began to notice it was getting a little difficult. For the longest time I have been theorizing that the reason the clothing is removable is either because this allows the owner to switch the clothing between the dolls, or maybe because they will release clothing packs at some point in time.
A Kawaii Crush doll has about four or five points of articulation. The neck, arms, and legs. The arms have a more noticeable amount of movement then the legs do. But despite limited movements there is still a few poses one can make with these dolls.
Because I wished to examine the hair as far as I possibly could, I had released Tammy Lammy's hair from the plastic rubber band ponytail it was in. For being a doll she had very soft, lovely, full, (dare I say volumed?) hair! It was bouncy and felt very nice to touch. I admit, she did have some split ends, and the hair brush would only fall short of being able to brush through the entire hair length, stopping just some inches from the bottom. But as with anything else, with repeated brushes or maybe even a little bit of water (or even a cut) that should be easy to remedy.
And now, for the fun part! Where I attempted to style the hair and see how it goes:
I attempted to make one single braid but as you can see, I could only get the hair things to go around once because they refused to twist for me to fit around it twice. The hair was loose because of this, but it also held for most part... although by this point the entire braid fell apart except for the top part.
These two came out better, but it doesn't look very special or different, does it?
Although I knew it wouldn't work right (the braid) I attempted a single, two sectioned ponytail. Again it did not let me double-tie the hair things, but it still looked pretty cute. No?
Here's a final picture of Tammy Lammy. In the end I decided I loved her hair as is, worn loose and full of volume!
Now onto Zoey Boey...
Here's Zoey Boey out of her box. I cut the translucent rubber band from her bangs because like Tammy Lammy, I felt it restricted her and I thought she looked much better. But I couldn't bring myself to cut her pigtails since I knew if I did, I'd never get them back to that.
Here's Zoey with her bow.
Just using all four of her hair clips. Much like Tammy Lammy's, they can only hold so much hair at once and will refuse to go further once at a limit.
...And finally all together. Don't worry, her glasses will come back. But for now lets get some rankings/ratings out of the way!
Pros
Cons
The pros and cons may change in the future, but for now I could only point out the things I've personally found out myself. So if you have anything to add just let me know and I will take that into consideration. With the total of things I have gone over, I give the Kawaii Crush Large Dolls...
Three of of Five Hearts!
The Kawaii Crush Large Dolls are pretty good, but they lack in a few points of being just perfect in my eyes. The hair is the main gimmick of the doll so it would make sense that it's so lovely and pretty, but I feel that if they had built a bit more support into the hair accessories then it would make styling the hair a lot more fun and easier to manage. Now the way things are does not limit the owner of the doll, it just adds an un-needed, very minor level of difficulty. I also love how everything is made of rubber, a very unique gimmick, but I am hoping that accessory/clothing packs may be released at one point and if they are, they follow this trend.
But for now and on this ending note, here's hoping they may release a Katie Cat Meow Meow Large doll!
I will be reviewing the two large dolls of both Tammy Lammy Lu Lu, and Zoey Boey Fru Fru today!
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| Zoey: hey, that lamb has one of my bows! |
The reason I got Zoey Boey was becase the store didn't have Sunny Bunny, the third and final character (so far) in the Large Kawaii Crush Dolls category. Now on one hand I was disappointed, but on the other hand I was also fine with it since I wished to get all three of them at some point. We went to Toys R Us to return something, as well as switch Pokemon Y for X, so while there we asked them to hold onto Zoey Boey and went to check. The shelves were full of Tammy Lammy and half of the mini merchandise pieces were gone, so I didn't make anymore Kawaii Crush purchases for the day and left with my Zoey Boey (and about sixty dollars worth of other stuff).
Soon I will purchase one of each Mini types for future reviews. I plan to get Katie Cat Meow Meow, Mandy Candy's Candy Shop, and the Morning Glory and Luna Light twin set. At some point I may also get the Holly Molly Shopping Mall if it winds up on clearance or they have a sale.
This is the back of the boxes. As you can see, they show the characters "beta designs" instead of updating it to feature how they actually look. While the differences are small, I've listed them in case you're curious anyway:
- Tammy Lammy's sheep was to have paler colors
- Her skirt was a pale minty green
- The lambs face was to be pink
- The bows on her attire were lilac purple.
- Zoey's boots were bright pink
Whenever I come across a brand new piece of merchandise. I always become apprehensive in terms of trying to figure out how they open. Most dolls come with different style boxes but with similar gimmicks, so that can ease some tension. I'm a total mess with all plastic packages and no tape or tabs to begin with! With just a simple swipe across the top flap/lid, I was able to open it and simply slip out the cardboard the doll is attached to. Like so:
To my surprise, the dolls are not attached to their "hat wear". It may look like it, but when you turn them to the side or look at them from the bottom you can see this.
Here is Tammy Lammy Lu Lu after she has been released from the box. She comes with four pieces, unless you count her clothing in which case seven. Once again to my surprise, I found out her hat is actually a very soft and flexible rubber, not plastic!
Zoey Boey comes with four hair clips, a small comb, a pair of glasses (that can go on any of the Kawaii Crush large dolls), and her bow, which is on a headband (again for any of the large dolls). Because it's been noted on official Kawaii Crush media, that the clothing are removable, I decided to see how difficult this may have been, as it was made of a soft, thin rubber, also.
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| Ignore the giant kitten in the picture |
No, I didn't get lazy and just stop half way. It was difficult to get the clothing down that far. The arms slip in and out of the clothing very easily, but when I was getting past the hips I began to notice it was getting a little difficult. For the longest time I have been theorizing that the reason the clothing is removable is either because this allows the owner to switch the clothing between the dolls, or maybe because they will release clothing packs at some point in time.
A Kawaii Crush doll has about four or five points of articulation. The neck, arms, and legs. The arms have a more noticeable amount of movement then the legs do. But despite limited movements there is still a few poses one can make with these dolls.
Because I wished to examine the hair as far as I possibly could, I had released Tammy Lammy's hair from the plastic rubber band ponytail it was in. For being a doll she had very soft, lovely, full, (dare I say volumed?) hair! It was bouncy and felt very nice to touch. I admit, she did have some split ends, and the hair brush would only fall short of being able to brush through the entire hair length, stopping just some inches from the bottom. But as with anything else, with repeated brushes or maybe even a little bit of water (or even a cut) that should be easy to remedy.
And now, for the fun part! Where I attempted to style the hair and see how it goes:
I attempted to make one single braid but as you can see, I could only get the hair things to go around once because they refused to twist for me to fit around it twice. The hair was loose because of this, but it also held for most part... although by this point the entire braid fell apart except for the top part.
These two came out better, but it doesn't look very special or different, does it?
Although I knew it wouldn't work right (the braid) I attempted a single, two sectioned ponytail. Again it did not let me double-tie the hair things, but it still looked pretty cute. No?
Here's a final picture of Tammy Lammy. In the end I decided I loved her hair as is, worn loose and full of volume!
Now onto Zoey Boey...
Here's Zoey Boey out of her box. I cut the translucent rubber band from her bangs because like Tammy Lammy, I felt it restricted her and I thought she looked much better. But I couldn't bring myself to cut her pigtails since I knew if I did, I'd never get them back to that.
Here's Zoey with her bow.
Just using all four of her hair clips. Much like Tammy Lammy's, they can only hold so much hair at once and will refuse to go further once at a limit.
...And finally all together. Don't worry, her glasses will come back. But for now lets get some rankings/ratings out of the way!
Pros
- Very beautiful hair that may or may not be a cheap material. I can't exactly identify hair types but it honestly doesn't feel like cheap material to me. It's very nice and soft and contained no product in it is as far as I could tell.
- The versatility of the dolls. You can swap items, outfits, shoes.
- Because of the hair, you could probably use any hair based item you may own in your house. Such as a scrunchy or hair clip you no longer use. I assume you could also use your own hairbrush if you wanted to.
Cons
- As I mentioned, the clothing got me a bit nervous at one point because of an increasing difficulty. But then again I probably let my patience get the better of me so I just gave up too soon.
- Because of their large bodies and molds, you wouldn't really be able to switch their clothing with other series of dolls, and like-wise.
- The hair accessories can only hold so much hair, as pointed out. Which may make some hairstyles impossible.
The pros and cons may change in the future, but for now I could only point out the things I've personally found out myself. So if you have anything to add just let me know and I will take that into consideration. With the total of things I have gone over, I give the Kawaii Crush Large Dolls...
The Kawaii Crush Large Dolls are pretty good, but they lack in a few points of being just perfect in my eyes. The hair is the main gimmick of the doll so it would make sense that it's so lovely and pretty, but I feel that if they had built a bit more support into the hair accessories then it would make styling the hair a lot more fun and easier to manage. Now the way things are does not limit the owner of the doll, it just adds an un-needed, very minor level of difficulty. I also love how everything is made of rubber, a very unique gimmick, but I am hoping that accessory/clothing packs may be released at one point and if they are, they follow this trend.
But for now and on this ending note, here's hoping they may release a Katie Cat Meow Meow Large doll!
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Lalaloopsy Silly Hair "Jewel Sparkles"
It's been a while since I've done a review. I guess I've been anxious over my birthday coming up on Tuesday :3 Here's hoping for new Lalaloopsy or Kawaii Crush merchandise. In fact, if I get any I will be doing a review as I open it. How exciting is that?!
Okay so maybe it isn't that exciting but I have no life, so to me it is. Enjoy the review~!
Today we will be observing the first special themed Lalaloopsy doll to hit market sometime after their release. I assume these were made to appeal to anyone who had wished for Lalaloopsy's to have some sort of hair to play with. As I got into Lalaloopsy a little late, I got mine about the price of a normal doll, if not a few dollars more. While a new line of hair dolls has come out, there are still new Silly Hair dolls being released on occasion.
A Silly Hair Lalaloopsy is a doll that acts like an average Lalaloopsy doll. However, as the name would imply they have a "silly hair" feature. The hair is not of a soft material, but of coils of thin, hollow plastic. Each doll comes with a curling brush, as well as a few accessories specific to each character. They also wear outfits vaguely modified from their normal outfit, and come with a pet.
While Jewel and Crumbs had been the original two, many have followed since!
For a while after the initial release of these basic Silly Hair dolls, it seems as though there would not be anymore coming out due to a supposed lack of popularity in the line. But after a while, a special Lalaloopsy doll was release and advertised to be part of this line:
Harmony B. Sharp, is one of the special Lalaloopsy that came out in 2012, and the only special doll released for the Silly Hair line. Although as you can see in the picture, only two of her hair attachments actually fit the theme. While Harmony was popular as a character, her hefty price (fifty to seventy dollars) kept many from purchasing her. She is still out in stores though and the price has gone down since then.
Since then, a few more of the Silly Hair dolls have come out and even a brand new spin-off line of Silly Hair dolls have been released:
Once again productions of these dolls had come to a short end. Two more little silly hairs have been released, now including a gimmick of having three hair colors. Instead of just one. Observe:
And so, I shall now dive into my usual plans. I will show off features, provide information, and I will also give some ratings before ending it. So here we go!
As I mentioned previously. Each Lalaloopsy Silly Hair doll comes with a coiling brush and five sets of hair clips. Each being unique to the girl. As you can see, Jewel's consists of pink hearts, pink flowers, and green buttons. Her brush is pink themed.
This is a full view shot of Silly Hair Jewel. The shoes (from what you can see) may look familiar to you. This is because they are really the same pair of shoes that a normal Jewel Sparkles doll wears!
Essentially the dolls are the same, but besides similar colorings and bodies. The true differences rely on their shoes and hairstyles.
As you can see, her new dress does have plenty of similarities to the previous dress worn by Jewel. However it also consists of many differences such as fact her skirt is essentially just own layer instead of three or four. It also lacks the ivy-green belt, buttons strip, and overall the skirt is a different shape. She also lacks her tiara due to the silly hair.
There are many hair posing capabilities for the Silly Hair, but I've noticed that it can be really hard to get the style you want to stay as still as they make it look in pictures. The hair piece may shift a bit, or will not coil as tightly as you would like. I have tried to re-create one or two of the styles shown on the box art and found it hard to do. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get pictures.
Each doll comes with her normal pet. But each pet has it's own little gimmick, to fit with the doll. Such as you can see above, cat's tail is coiled. Some pets have their ears, wings, and even their noses as the focal coil piece. However, they do suffer from limited capabilities one can do with it.
Harmony B. Sharp's pet and the Lalaloopsy Littles do not have this function however. Harmony's instead words as a musical shaker, while the littles' silly hair gimmick works differently and their pets can clip onto their hair.
But for now, lets go over some reviews:
Fun
Although the only gimmick of the Silly Hair doll may be the fact that it's hair is coiled and made to be played with, there is actually a lot of fun things you can do with them! Not only do they make a fun addition to any Lalaloopsy collection, With five strands of coily plastic hair and about ten hair pieces, there are plenty of capabilities one could do with this doll. It more or less relies on your patience to try to get hairstyles you enjoy!
I have given it a five out of five buttons because I think the many capabilities possible are worth purchase. It's also good for stress relieving or time spending.
Health
Originally I didn't think this was important but I had decided to mention. This toy is not suitable for very young children that are not watched carefully. Because of so many little pieces it is possible one could choke on them.
Other then that, I don't really think there's any other harmful things to mention so I have rated this a four out of five.
In Conclusion
There wasn't exactly much to rate, was there? I apologize and if you can think of anything to ask me, I would gladly go back and review it or add it to my ratings here. Anyway, my next review could be anything. A brand new Lalaloopsy, my very first Kawaii Crush!
Only two more days to find out if I get anything related to this blog for my birthday. I probably will though, as I plan to make a trip to the toy store after opening my presents to check out a few things I have been informed of.
I also plan to make a very special Halloween based post to show off some Lalaloopsy cosplayers and costumes ON Halloween. Unless something would happen and I need to do it a day before or after. If you plan on doing anything or would like to see your picture on here, feel free to comment :3
Okay so maybe it isn't that exciting but I have no life, so to me it is. Enjoy the review~!
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| Fit for a a princess! |
Today we will be observing the first special themed Lalaloopsy doll to hit market sometime after their release. I assume these were made to appeal to anyone who had wished for Lalaloopsy's to have some sort of hair to play with. As I got into Lalaloopsy a little late, I got mine about the price of a normal doll, if not a few dollars more. While a new line of hair dolls has come out, there are still new Silly Hair dolls being released on occasion.
A Silly Hair Lalaloopsy is a doll that acts like an average Lalaloopsy doll. However, as the name would imply they have a "silly hair" feature. The hair is not of a soft material, but of coils of thin, hollow plastic. Each doll comes with a curling brush, as well as a few accessories specific to each character. They also wear outfits vaguely modified from their normal outfit, and come with a pet.
While Jewel and Crumbs had been the original two, many have followed since!
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| Don't I look cute enough to eat? |
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| My hair is the only part of me not covered in paint! |
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| C-U-R-L-Y |
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| For those who enjoy the chill of winter |
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| Time for my curtain call~! |
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| It is the chic, le yes~? |
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| Just a hint of Pixie magic |
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| My, the waves are tall today. |
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| The flames may be hot, but my hair is hotter! |
For a while after the initial release of these basic Silly Hair dolls, it seems as though there would not be anymore coming out due to a supposed lack of popularity in the line. But after a while, a special Lalaloopsy doll was release and advertised to be part of this line:
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| A song in my heart and a style for all occasions! |
Since then, a few more of the Silly Hair dolls have come out and even a brand new spin-off line of Silly Hair dolls have been released:
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| I believe this to be quite silly! |
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| What? No gems to go with my hair? |
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| Frozen hair, it's cool. |
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| A serious case of bed head! |
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| I've heard of angel hair noodles, but I didn't think I would see it on a doll |
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| It's Sprinkles Picasso! |
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| Hearts and buttons and flowers oh my! |
As I mentioned previously. Each Lalaloopsy Silly Hair doll comes with a coiling brush and five sets of hair clips. Each being unique to the girl. As you can see, Jewel's consists of pink hearts, pink flowers, and green buttons. Her brush is pink themed.
This is a full view shot of Silly Hair Jewel. The shoes (from what you can see) may look familiar to you. This is because they are really the same pair of shoes that a normal Jewel Sparkles doll wears!
Essentially the dolls are the same, but besides similar colorings and bodies. The true differences rely on their shoes and hairstyles.
As you can see, her new dress does have plenty of similarities to the previous dress worn by Jewel. However it also consists of many differences such as fact her skirt is essentially just own layer instead of three or four. It also lacks the ivy-green belt, buttons strip, and overall the skirt is a different shape. She also lacks her tiara due to the silly hair.
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| Hey, what are you doing? What's that camera for?! |
Each doll comes with her normal pet. But each pet has it's own little gimmick, to fit with the doll. Such as you can see above, cat's tail is coiled. Some pets have their ears, wings, and even their noses as the focal coil piece. However, they do suffer from limited capabilities one can do with it.
Harmony B. Sharp's pet and the Lalaloopsy Littles do not have this function however. Harmony's instead words as a musical shaker, while the littles' silly hair gimmick works differently and their pets can clip onto their hair.
But for now, lets go over some reviews:
Fun
Although the only gimmick of the Silly Hair doll may be the fact that it's hair is coiled and made to be played with, there is actually a lot of fun things you can do with them! Not only do they make a fun addition to any Lalaloopsy collection, With five strands of coily plastic hair and about ten hair pieces, there are plenty of capabilities one could do with this doll. It more or less relies on your patience to try to get hairstyles you enjoy!
I have given it a five out of five buttons because I think the many capabilities possible are worth purchase. It's also good for stress relieving or time spending.
Health
Originally I didn't think this was important but I had decided to mention. This toy is not suitable for very young children that are not watched carefully. Because of so many little pieces it is possible one could choke on them.
Other then that, I don't really think there's any other harmful things to mention so I have rated this a four out of five.
In Conclusion
There wasn't exactly much to rate, was there? I apologize and if you can think of anything to ask me, I would gladly go back and review it or add it to my ratings here. Anyway, my next review could be anything. A brand new Lalaloopsy, my very first Kawaii Crush!
Only two more days to find out if I get anything related to this blog for my birthday. I probably will though, as I plan to make a trip to the toy store after opening my presents to check out a few things I have been informed of.
I also plan to make a very special Halloween based post to show off some Lalaloopsy cosplayers and costumes ON Halloween. Unless something would happen and I need to do it a day before or after. If you plan on doing anything or would like to see your picture on here, feel free to comment :3
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