I had fun hosting a guest review on the blog again (thank you, Lurkins!).  It felt like the good old days.  It's nice to get somebody e...

I decided to take a little break from mermaids for a week or two, just in case some of you aren't interested in the underwater side of d...

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with vending machines.  The big displays outside of the grocery store were the biggest temptation, with so ...

I have to start with a little piece of business this time because I've heard from many people that it's become difficult to know whe...

I'm back with another articulation update!  This is a follow-up to my review of The Biggers by Berjuan .  Those little elfin cuties won ...

Happy New Year!  Cheers!  Here's hoping that the first few hours of 2022 have treated you well.  For me, the year is starting with an at...

One of the things I'm doing over on Patreon is giving my Patrons a chance to weigh in on what review they want to see next.  Two weeks ...

I'd like to start with a huge thank you to my very first Patrons !  I am so honored that you would pitch in and help me with my re-inven...

Before I start talking about the Barbie Looks dolls, I want to mention a new development that I hope will keep the blog sustainable: I'm...

It's become a bit of a yearly tradition for me to make the toy store rounds just before Thanksgiving.  I always like to see what's o...

I was nervous about watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens , as I imagine many children of the 80s were.  The original Star Wars trilogy was...

I suspect that for normal people, enthusiasm over a television show is what prompts interest in any dolls or toys related to that show.  For...

Well, this is the last week before I take my eldest son to college, so the blog is getting ignored a little bit.  It's a crazy, emotiona...

Well, that was a long delay in between reviews.  As many of you know, blogging was getting complicated for me, but then life got pretty comp...

In my post about Mattel's 2001 Hermione Granger play doll , I mentioned that I had another Hermione to review.  Several of you guessed c...

The doll I'm going to review today is about the same age as my kids.  She's an 8-inch Hermione Granger doll that was released in 200...

I have been a huge fan of the ground-breaking 3D-printed Makie dolls ever since my review of Glythia back in September of 2013.  I only had...

It seems impossible to me that it's already December.  The sunny, 50 degree weather here in Maine certainly doesn't help me wrap my ...

There have been rumors about Mattel's new highly-articulated Barbie doll for a while now.  I'm not a Barbie expert, but I do pay att...

This post is a companion to Melissa's great comparison review of the Tinker Bell dolls.  Thank you for all of the helpful background in...