tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17267156998396276862024-03-18T22:21:08.015-04:00The Toy Box PhilosopherDoll Reviews and RuminationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger502125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-23617769804636961292024-03-17T18:35:00.001-04:002024-03-18T08:32:35.616-04:00Sunday Surprise: Horse Foal Surprise by Breyer!Well. These past two weeks haven't gone quite how I'd planned. I've been working on a vintage fashion doll review, which is one of my favorite things to do, so that's been fun. And I was pretty much on schedule, too, but then as I started to write the review, I hit a snag. The problem is, my research into the brand made me realize that I was missing at least one, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-69328456569022875442024-03-01T18:56:00.001-05:002024-03-02T08:41:42.979-05:00Blind Box Mermaids by Penny's Box and LuckyDollI was happy to read in the comments of the World Peacekeepers review that some of you are as excited about Lena and Ian's relationship as I am. Lena doesn't really want me to talk too much about it here yet, but I can tell you that they've been chatting on the phone and have made tentative plans to get together again. I hope the romance can stay alive without the beautiful sunsets of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-19309595041048260602024-02-14T14:22:00.000-05:002024-02-14T14:22:16.830-05:00World Peacekeepers Sport & Adventure Diver by M&C Toy CentreMy husband and I had a huge amount of fun on our trip to St. John last February. You might remember Lena's Spring Break posts from that trip, or the underwater photos of some Mattel mermaids. We had such a good time, in fact, that as soon as we got home, we booked a trip for this February, hoping to re-create the magic. Following through on that plan, last week we traveled Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-27362528279219416872024-02-06T17:40:00.001-05:002024-02-14T18:19:33.353-05:00Keeping Up With KurhnIt's been a few weeks since I've posted anything, mostly because my job uses up a lot of energy, but also because I've been taking some actual time off to relax and do silly things like hang with my dogs or play Tears of the Kingdom. It's been nice.Time off gives me a chance to reflect, too, and one of the things I realized is that I've been reviewing dolls for so long, some of the brands IUnknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-54809836443174516652024-01-10T19:06:00.004-05:002024-01-11T12:30:11.321-05:00Kitchen Littles by TycoHappy New Year! 2024 is off to a good start around here. At work, my heart is constantly warmed by the number of wonderful people who come in looking to adopt an adult cat. I think five long-term residents of the shelter found their forever homes the other day, which is truly remarkable. I'm also excited about the blog, even though I have less time to write. There Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-65976129361919711482023-12-30T18:34:00.000-05:002023-12-30T18:34:54.261-05:00Style Bae by Just PlayHappy New Year's Eve eve! The December Virtual Garage Sale event was a great success, so thank you to everyone who made a purchase and helped support the blog. Now I feel ready for 2024! There are a few higher-priced dolls that didn't sell, understandably, and so I'll probably move those to eBay at some point. For now, I'm enjoying a break from packing and shipping so thatUnknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-85288315025560792142023-12-06T19:12:00.002-05:002023-12-06T21:34:00.649-05:00More Sale DollsMy Priority Mail boxes finally arrived (both sets!) and I found a few more dolls to add to the sale. However, I realized that I have to be careful: if I create a huge inventory, I'll never get back to writing reviews! So this batch is much smaller than the previous one.I also finalized the timing for the sale itself. I have Tuesdays and Wednesdays off work, so I'll list all of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-41528739353902323082023-11-29T17:02:00.004-05:002023-11-30T14:23:35.106-05:00November Sale DollsThings are going slowly but surely with my November sales event...which will probably occur in December at this point. The biggest problem is that I ordered tons of Priority Mail boxes on the 16th, but they still haven't arrived. They're in Trenton, which is super-close to me, but have not made any progress since the 18th. I ordered another batch yesterday, but don't really Unknownnoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-89184227228354533412023-11-18T18:15:00.003-05:002023-11-18T18:48:17.201-05:00Monster High's Day of the Dead Doll: Howliday Skelita CalaverasI'm back, as promised, with the second Day of the Dead doll, but first I want to outline my plans for the first Virtual Garage Sale event. At this point, nothing will happen until after Thanksgiving. But sometime during the week of November 27th, I'll start posting dolls for sale in the shop. These will either be dolls that I've already reviewed, dolls that I'm realizing I don'tUnknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-78570085130551488502023-11-11T18:37:00.001-05:002023-11-15T14:03:53.791-05:00Rainbow High's Day of the Dead Doll: Maria GarciaI can't believe that a big chunk of November is already gone! Ack! For anyone who noticed the announcement on my Virtual Garage Sale page, my plan has been to hold two big sales events during the year: one in May and one in November. November is looking very crowded at the moment, though, thanks to Larvie swanning in and bumping other dolls from their scheduled slots. AlsoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-70481589096670744342023-11-02T13:42:00.000-04:002023-11-02T13:42:45.169-04:00Larvie, Teen Age Fashion MaggotOh, boy. Do I have a treat for you today! I was actually planning to do a two-part Day of the Dead review at around this time, but then a highly-anticipated doll showed up on my doorstep, and it was a stop-the-presses kind of moment.Way back in February of this year, I was scanning Twitter for interesting doll information, and a post by fez caught my attention. It was an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-71686391709954170202023-10-25T21:37:00.002-04:002023-10-26T14:09:52.115-04:00Ily 4EVER Fashion Dolls by Jakks PacificFirst of all, I want to thank Hannah for stepping in and reviewing the 18-inch ily 4EVER dolls last week! I've been learning the ropes at my new job (and bringing home rag-tag foster animals in the process...) and was grateful for a helping hand. I thought it was especially fun to learn about all of the different face molds. I love the newest Stitch face, and because that doll is a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-24424507718397156832023-10-19T11:00:00.005-04:002023-10-21T19:16:00.965-04:00Disney's Ily 4EVER 18-inch Dolls--A Guest Review!Dear Toy Box Philosopher blog readers, I’m Hannah, an adult doll collector from London, United Kingdom, and the author of The Toy Gems blog site. I have been collecting dolls since I can remember - which dates back to the age of two when my happiest photographs are with my dolls. I am also a writer/screenwriter and an English graduate who loves collecting dolls and figurines to surround my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-18611825672547034442023-10-11T18:29:00.005-04:002023-10-15T22:07:12.951-04:00The Miniverse Make It Mini Kitchen by MGA EntertainmentI've always loved miniature food, and have gotten even more interested in this type of thing since Lena moved into the Rainbow High House and started her own series of reviews: Tea With Lena. After all, if Lena is going to be inviting guests over to her place for a chat and a snack, she's going to need a well-stocked kitchen, right?Way back in the first Tea With Lena post, Ryleigh left a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-20518510663470624502023-10-04T18:21:00.003-04:002023-10-04T18:38:08.060-04:00Mali and Lilli's Boston AdventureThere has been a lot going on in my life recently! A few weeks ago, in a very spontaneous decision that I might live to regret, I got a job. I didn't really set out to get a job, I actually just wanted to do some volunteer work at a local no-kill animal shelter. But that effort somehow translated itself into a part time job. So my schedule is going to be a bit chaotic for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-88635952857812500472023-09-23T18:17:00.000-04:002023-09-23T18:17:37.552-04:00Patron Post: Kidz 'n' Cats Jennet by Sonja HartmannOne of the interesting things about blogging for a decade is monitoring which dolls have endured that expanse of time and which have been discontinued. For example, it doesn't surprise me that American Girl is still alive, thriving, and pretty much unchanged from 2013. And it's great that some smaller 18-inch doll companies, like A Girl for All Time, Carpatina, Maru and Friends, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-89003248813095034362023-09-18T18:47:00.001-04:002023-09-19T09:02:33.049-04:00Na! Na! Na! Surprise Mini Dolls by MGA EntertainmentI was touched by all of the kind comments in the last review! Kit is doing great and life has calmed down. I also really enjoyed hearing about your school mascots. There's such a fun (and occasionally shocking!) variety out there. Several of you used the comments to help me out, too, which I appreciate. You identified bodies and showed me how to unlock Addison's fullUnknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-11058241128487182632023-09-11T18:55:00.004-04:002023-09-13T17:39:19.582-04:00Disney's Zombies 2 Movie Dolls by MattelSeptember has not gotten off to a great start for me. First of all, my newest rescue dog, Kit, was recently diagnosed with heart disease and bladder stones. This involved spending a whole day at the emergency clinic with him, and stressing while he had surgery the following day. Literally one day after the surgery, I had to travel (with all five dogs in tow) to take care of someUnknownnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-8384198674613731612023-08-25T18:57:00.005-04:002023-08-26T09:06:57.588-04:00Magic Mixies Pixlings by Moose ToysAs a habit, I try not to disrupt my review queue for a brand-new doll line. That's mostly because the frequency (and length!) of my reviews is not compatible with keeping up-to-speed with the ever-changing doll market. But also, there are so many video reviewers out there these days who deliver quickly on all of the hot new releases, I don't need to fill that niche.However, I made an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-19256177013658882762023-08-17T10:31:00.000-04:002023-08-17T10:31:22.756-04:00Snow Crow Studio DollsI spend a fair amount of time every week browsing on Etsy. There are so many talented artists displaying their work on that site, and I love getting lost in the dizzying diversity and creativity of the offerings. Over the years I've found amazing doll clothes, jewelry, paintings, miniature food, stuffed animals, haunted dolls, baby dolls, and especially art dolls. Every once in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-37898397966996316252023-08-13T13:00:00.001-04:002023-08-13T13:11:24.815-04:00Monster High's G3 Abbey Bominable--A Guest Review!In an attempt to balance out the novella-like Enchantimals post from last week, this week I'm going to feature two short and sweet posts, one of which is a guest review! I've been getting a lot of guest review requests recently, and I love guest reviews! I feel like it's refreshing to have new voices and opinions here on the blog. But for my own time management reasons, I have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-68746596843987504692023-08-08T19:28:00.019-04:002023-08-15T14:21:14.436-04:00Revisiting Mattel's EnchantimalsYou might be surprised to see an Enchantimal review here today, since I reviewed the line when they first came out in 2017. But I have a few reasons for revisiting this brand. First of all, I've been reminiscing a lot about dolls from the early days of this blog--especially my older Monster High and Ever After High characters. I blame this nostalgia on the re-emergence of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-74564762763320936672023-07-31T18:35:00.002-04:002023-08-10T08:54:51.678-04:00More Barbie Movie Dolls!Here we are at the end of Barbie Month. The time flew by for me! But this has been one of the most fun months of blogging that I've ever had. Not only was there a ton for me to learn about Barbie, but the range of dolls I got to play with was awesome. And the movie has united so many people with its joyful exuberance! I've heard only positive things about it--and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-2896146864168942512023-07-24T19:04:00.004-04:002023-08-10T08:55:05.864-04:00Barbie and Ken from Barbie, the MovieI don't think I've ever anticipated a movie as much as I did Barbie. And now I've seen it! As one of my kids said, it felt like a movie that was made especially for me. And I'm sure a lot of doll people feel exactly the same way. I mean, when has there ever been a movie that was entirely about dolls? And there was so much Barbie history in it, too! It's so Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726715699839627686.post-29515399262404503552023-07-20T11:41:00.004-04:002023-08-10T08:55:30.143-04:00Barbie's Expanding InclusivityWriting two smaller reviews in one week didn't work out as well as I'd hoped. Some family stuff came up, and everything always takes longer than I expect. Another part of the problem was that I kept adding dolls to this review, and the dolls were too much fun! I had a really great time with them and didn't want to stop playing. That's been a bit of a theme for Barbie MonthUnknownnoreply@blogger.com27