tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43729256210902468782024-03-19T03:48:45.410-05:00Confessions of a Dolly LoverDolly reviews, news, stories, and other doll-related stuff, plus some random crap.RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.comBlogger768125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-49187758224065113672024-03-18T09:00:00.045-05:002024-03-18T09:00:00.161-05:00What Mattel did to TycoWell, maybe things will be quiet around here and maybe they won't. True, I won't be reviewing stuff left and right like I did, but that makes room for more "just for the helluvit" posts. This post concerns a random picture I recently took, of these three.From left, Marta Angela, Shelley Fred, and Olivia Reese. These three are staying at Casa del Luna unless I say different, and RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-80094482131992021532024-03-16T09:00:00.033-05:002024-03-16T11:05:21.348-05:00Blythe buttons?Yep, you read that right. Blythe buttons. I'm not sure if Jaylin's smile shows mild delight or mild contempt.Etsy shop is dollface, and the proprietor gave all three of the pictured dolls names. This blonde girl with Amy Winehouse makeup is named Trixie Mattel, possibly because she's Barbie pink...or just for the helluvit. Update: Tam informed me that Trixie Mattel RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-29054042619311628832024-03-14T19:47:00.002-05:002024-03-14T19:47:58.996-05:00A late night outI just got home from a shindig at the public school, and boy are my feet killing me! For some reason the school librarian wanted someone from the public library to be there, so I went and we had a great turnout. One little girl had a drop-dead gorgeous baby doll, and (with permission, of course) I took her picture. I thought it was a little boy doll, but when asked the doll's RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-39584053155802249662024-03-12T09:00:00.042-05:002024-03-13T11:46:17.431-05:00Disney clothes for the Cabbage PatchI'm gonna start this post with some news, something that we're trying to keep under wraps here in Malden, but nothing shameful or anything like that. Mama and I are paying utilities on four houses: hers, mine, Uncle Man-Child's, and the house that we lived in when I was a kid. We call that one the "rent house" now because Grandma rented it out for awhile after we left it. RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-84993286313136534382024-03-06T09:00:00.036-06:002024-03-16T16:31:19.791-05:00Another grab bag for JaylinHuzzahs for me, as my plan last summer worked: I put Jaylin and her new wardrobe in a box and DID NOT lose said box. Jaylin is alive and kickin', still clad in her Max Headroom shirt and her stripey bell bottoms.Shootie, I keep forgetting how pale Jaylin is! Of course a fair amount of time has passed since last June, and OneSixthFauxLife, the Etsy shop where I found Jaylin's RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-70942404559442205802024-03-05T09:00:00.017-06:002024-03-05T09:00:00.139-06:00So random, part twoMy last post of random pics was pretty successful, so here's another one. I took these pictures for a number of reasons, but they didn't make it to the blog until now for this reason or that. They might've gone on Failbook, but they're only now finding their way here.First stop is a Failbook memory. I took this picture on January 25th, 2017.My ball-jointed doll, Johnny Hailey.&RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-55591238699557886982024-03-03T19:01:00.004-06:002024-03-03T19:01:47.860-06:00Ice cream!Mama and I enjoyed some time out together this evening, and when we do that we inevitably eat something. I shared my ice cream with Idalia Gale. Chocolate Oreo shake for the win. Even with Idalia "helping" me I could barely finish it. Next time we're getting a small!Hugs and ice cream,RagingMoon1987 RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-38380496865727362362024-02-29T09:00:01.590-06:002024-02-29T09:00:00.248-06:00Under the cabbage leaf: the boys are back in townYep, it's another post for the Patch! As a couple'a y'all undoubtedly remember, I like boy Cabbies. I've run into folks that prefer the girls, and I like the girls too, but I do love the boys. I do have Owen Presley, Shelley Fred, and Sammy Sloth, all of whom I love, and I also have a Mini named Graham and a figurine named Charlie. Oh yeah, and Shelley Fred made his debut RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-3555728438406666602024-02-26T17:42:00.007-06:002024-02-29T13:58:18.316-06:00Saucy springtime I finally added Saucy to my collection! I've been calling her "Alana" after Alana "Honey Boo-Boo" Thompson, but "Saucy" is an apt moniker too. For the uninitiated, Saucy's face changes expressions when her left arm is turned. Her right arm can be posed normally. It was a short winter, Charlie Brown, and even though we're not quite out of February the violets are in RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-18734470444839580072024-02-25T17:24:00.001-06:002024-02-25T17:39:34.165-06:00Life is good in L.O.L. Land!Normally I'd be asleep on a Sunday afternoon, but I tumbled out of bed during my attempt at a nap and got stuck between the frame of the bed and a chest of drawers. Mama helped me get free, but I was so shaken and disgusted that I reneged on the nap and am now sitting up talking about dolls. 'Cause that's how I roll.Yes, I had to be oot and aboot on a Sunday. Went to fetch coin RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-35625769954010156162024-02-22T09:00:00.070-06:002024-02-29T13:37:04.751-06:00A new lease on lifeThis week has been better than the last. Uncle Man-child's friend is still sick and will need two ablations, and he's still moping around like it's the night before Doomsday, but I just ignore him. The weather has been unusually glorious...but may take a turn for the stormy side today. But anyway, I need another collection of stuff like I need a hole in the head, but a brief RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-71901064037260260062024-02-16T09:00:00.102-06:002024-02-17T08:21:35.217-06:00Under the cabbage leaf: a bright spotIt's getting to the point where this blog is more of a diary than anything. My allergies have thankfully ebbed, but I spent most of the fourteenth in a bad mood despite having cute new clothes for two of my Cabbies. It was Valentine's Day, of course, and I hate being alone on Valentine's Day. A friend of mine died suddenly during the weekend and I didn't get to go to visitation,RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-39667983902134154112024-02-14T09:00:00.223-06:002024-02-14T09:00:00.136-06:00Cabbie clothes for Valentine's DayYep, I've been places where I shouldn't have been again! When Leslie Emily arrived nekkid I promptly threw her in the yellow Preemie-sized onesie that I got last fall. She didn't look terrible, but I'd kinda like to save that onesie for a boy Preemie if I ever find one. But I did learn that Leslie could wear Preemie clothes, so that gave me high hopes for this little dress. RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-21358933209988473192024-02-10T21:33:00.006-06:002024-02-10T21:33:56.806-06:00Sneezin' season!Usually my allergies don't start giving it large until late March or so, but here it is February 10th and I can't stop sneezing. Luckily I have Idalia Gale by my side.I polished off a tissue box at work today, LOL. Hopefully this will clear up soon; I've never stayed this sick all spring. Love y'all, RagingMoon1987 RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-58012379941308217432024-02-04T09:00:00.008-06:002024-02-04T09:00:00.139-06:00Barbie goes to the Super BowlMy family lacks a television, so we sadly will not be watching Super Bowl LVIII, now but a week away, but we WILL be paying close attention. My family's favorite team is and always has been the Kansas City Chiefs, and they won the Super Bowl last year so I'm hoping for a repeat performance. Got my hair bow ready and everything, win or lose. This year, for the first time ever, RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-74359893079321315692024-01-30T09:00:00.225-06:002024-01-30T09:00:00.140-06:00People that would make a good BarbieI found a list of Barbie dolls that were either done up in the famous person's likeness or were inspired by the person. As an aside, if I were Laverne Cox I wouldn't be thrilled with that particular Barbie; the actual person is quite pretty in the face, and the doll...I'm not a fan of her face. Her lips look kinda Botoxy. Anyway, that list is in no way comprehensive (Andy WarholRagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-9040324929392291062024-01-28T09:00:00.001-06:002024-01-28T09:00:00.247-06:00Further discussion on the 65th anniversary Fashionistas...sort ofThis is gonna be one of those weird "The opinions of RagingMoon1987" posts, one that I piecemeal together in about an hour's time, and fair warning: I'm fixin' to do a few of those because they're easy to do and I enjoy bloviating. The posts that I did over the past two days were...well, the LULU POP dolls were a spur-of-the-moment post, but the one about the Christmas box was RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-43272915039354459692024-01-27T09:00:00.139-06:002024-02-03T14:24:34.717-06:00Christmas box!Nope, this is one someone sent me, not one I put together meself. Treesa sent me this, and once again I send my warmest gratitude to her for the stuff. I really need to either pay y'all back for the gifts you've sent me or find a way to pay it forward. But anyway, the box was a nice, compact box, and the stars of the show are these two.Treesa's note says that the teddy bear's RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-62366074534133407962024-01-26T09:37:00.003-06:002024-01-26T09:37:48.830-06:00Straight outta RedditYep, I've joined the increasing legion of Redditors, and it was there that I learned about these.The names that I've seen thrown around are variants of LULU POP Daisy, and because they're Korean entities I've seen the term "K-pop" thrown around a lot as well. I personally am unfamiliar with K-pop, but I have very little against it. Anyway, the girls are named Bella, Ella, Iliana, and RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-51185715421751738462024-01-18T09:00:00.977-06:002024-03-01T17:17:42.957-06:00Throwback Thursday review: Aurora by TonkaAs I insinuated on Monday, Old Bitch Winter made a delivery Sunday night, and it's been so cold since then that the snow hasn't done much melting. Oh, we didn't get a lot of snow, but the wind blowing it around makes it seem like a lot in some places. Here's what it looked like at 5:30 Sunday evening.I personally could do without the crap, but Joie's having fun. They couldn't RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-58387502393596725682024-01-15T09:00:00.133-06:002024-01-17T09:38:52.620-06:00On the 65th anniversary FashionistasWith the day off and the temperatures lower than Satan's basement, I thought I'd talk a bit about a new group of Fashionistas that recently started hitting store shelves. Remember when I spoke on New Year's Day about no anniversaries or milestone birthdays to look forward to? Apparently Barbie considers the big six-five to be a milestone, and a handful of Fashionistas have been RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-2680378856515448382024-01-11T09:00:01.007-06:002024-01-17T10:26:50.678-06:00Throwback Thursday review: Creatable World dc-319It's been one of those weeks, a week that I sometimes have where I personally am fine but there's bad news all around me. Early Monday morning a Malden lady got mowed down by a guy who was driving drunk, underage, on a suspended license, and the scuttlebutt is that this is his third DWI. THIRD, and he's not even old enuff to drink legally. The guy was facing charges of drunk RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-72721541037034187042024-01-06T09:00:00.014-06:002024-01-06T09:00:00.142-06:00Where have I been keeping my head???Okay, y'all know darn good and well where I keep my head, and it's not a pleasant place. I knew the Barbie Rewind line was a thing, but I didn't know that TWO of 'em had the Steffie head!The redhead and the brunette with the keytar both utilize the Steffie head, and if you're an ardent follower of the blog then you know I love a good Steffie. All five of 'em are cute; the one on the RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-57867993538088883672024-01-05T09:00:00.012-06:002024-02-01T12:49:02.681-06:00Under the cabbage leaf: checking another off the listI actually have had this young lady since October 19th, but now that it's after Christmas I thought I'd share her. January is dull without SOMETHING to talk about, so...yeah. We're gonna talk about Cabbage Patch Kids again, and I'm updating my wish list. The dolls in red are the ones I've checked off.*A popcorn. I was able to check this one off the list last September.&RagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4372925621090246878.post-42738785227895873732024-01-01T09:00:00.376-06:002024-01-09T10:05:29.452-06:00Happy New YearNormally this is the time where I'd beller "HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!" and pull the string on one of those loud party poppers (my grandpa HATED those), but 2024 is Election Year, and oh my Lordy, do I hate Election Year. Both sides will be sniping back and forth at each other, and inevitably both parties will be throwing a lot of mud at their own candidates as well. American politics is dirtyRagingMoon1987http://www.blogger.com/profile/05939289410300171844noreply@blogger.com8