What became of Shopkins' Shoppies (plus another bad forecast)

This is super-old news, but what can I say, I live with my head under a rock and had no idea what Moose Toys was up to aside from #FailFix dolls.  Now...for awhile I was a fairly ardent fan of the Shopkins.  The little toys made superb props for Barbie and smaller ball-jointed dolls, and I liked how each little piece had their own personality.  That linked post is ten years old, by the way!  Ahhh, those were the days of jointed Fashionistas, separately packaged clothing items, two-outfit packs for Barbie...I took it all for granted, as people often do when they have something nice.  Anyway, the Shopkins were ubiquitous for awhile, and then they just...disappeared.  Or rather, they segued into the Mini Brands, which I also like because some of the pieces make good props for Barbie and other like-sized fashion dolls, or for a dollhouse like I'm still puttering around with.  Some pieces are too large or too small for such a shenanigan, but I make it work.  When you're working with a doll with a big noggin and a small body, something like Blythe, Bratz, or Rainbow High and Shadow High, scale isn't much of an issue anyway.  That said, I don't have a huge collection of Real Littles (I have around thirty Shopkins somewhere), because they don't have half the personality of the original Shopkins.

Now...when you have something in miniature, sometimes a doll line follows with it.  That eventually happened with MiWorld, and it happened with the Shopkins.  Shoppies were...kinda psychotic-looking, but I have three of them hiding in my room at Casa del Luna.  To my surprise, the only pictures I could find of my Peppa Mint doll were both size comparisons, one from a Hairdorables review...

...and one from a Blume review.

Surprise, surprise, Blume and the Hairdorables aren't around anymore either.  I'm not terribly surprised that Blume failed, but I thought the Hairdorables had staying power.  As for the Shoppies, I liked the little ones; indeed, I had plans to use them in a dollhouse that I had back then, though the idea never got much further than buying two mini Shoppies.  The little Shoppies didn't look as crazed as Peppa Mint and her full-sized sisters do.  My little ones are Coco Cookie and Sunny Meadows, by the way; I picked Coco because she reminded me a little of Mami Tomoe.

Peppa Mint's crazy eyes and molded on clothes didn't impress me much, and I don't guess they did their target audience either, because the Shoppies are no more...or are they?  Ladies and germs, while I was researching Cry Babies and Glitter Babyz, I stumbled across these unusual little poppets, the Kindi Kids.

These two are Rainbow Kate and Marsha Mello.  When I read their names I did a double take and muttered "Those names sound very familiar!"  Then I saw this doll.

That's Peppa Mint!  She's a teensy bit less crazed-looking than her Shoppie self, but she's still very much Peppa Mint.  So even though the Shoppies didn't impress me much I was still pleased to see them be reborn as a new doll.  They've even got accessories that look like the old Shopkins!  Despite my allegiance to Peppa Mint, my favorite Kindis are Rainbow Kate and this doll, Summer Peaches.

I love how Summer's hair looks with her skin/vinyl, but spoilers, her coloration looks highly similar to that of the Glitter Babyz doll I chose.  So if I do go the Kindi Kids route I'll probably choose Rainbow Kate...though her violet hair and freckled face look a bit like ANOTHER doll that I own, Princess Pipp Petals.  I'm hoping that Blossom Apples and Sara Sushi will become Kindi Kids, as they were my favorite Shoppies.  Blossom has unapologetically GREEN HAIR, and y'all know how I love green.  But no Kindi Kid will be coming home with me right now, as I am currently the proud owner of both a Glitter Babyz doll and a Cry Babies doll...and I'm right happy with both of 'em.  Indeed, I haven't put the Cry Baby down since she got here.  Reviews will hopefully be ready by the beginning of June.

Now I'm off to batten down the hatches for ANOTHER round of severe weather.  No, two.  Today is predicted to be violent, and next Wednesday is too.  App is Accuweather, a tremendous help when the meteorological excrement hits the fan.

The headline looks worse than the actual text does, but tornadoes are not out of the question either today or Wednesday. 

I can hear one of our KFVS news anchors trolling our meteorologist.  If he doesn't like a forecast he'll say in a deadpan voice "Boo.  I boo your forecast."  LOL, as was the case two weeks ago, today's system has been in the making for a solid week and the weather folks have really been freaking out.  Plenty of the locals are freaking out too, since we all remember how bad it was two weeks ago!  So y'all keep an eye out for a post from me in the wee hours of the morning, one with Clio Teresa or whoever I can grab sitting on our bathroom counter.

Stormy love,
RagingMoon1987