Reading other collectors’ blogs is dangerous as
it may result in sudden inspirations for unplanned purchases. This is something
I take into account and I read the blogs anyway, and today’s entry is just a
natural outcome of it. One of my favorite bloggers has recently published some
pictures of the Mattel x DC Comics collaboration fashion packs and I remembered
I had been pining over one particularly adorable Hello Kitty outfit. I’d even
seen it in my local toy store but I didn’t buy it at that time – a situation
that needed to be rectified. As it happens, I did have a particular reason to
go to that store anyway and the outfit was still there so I took it for destiny
and bought the set.
The fashion pack is certainly not new to the
market and Barbie doll collectors know it very well as it was one of the very
first Hello Kitty x Sanrio releases of 2017 if I’m not mistaken. I purchased it
for my Skipper dolls. I remember I’d bought some Hello Kitty tops for my
daughter’s dolls a long time ago and I’m pretty sure they’ve appeared on the
blog already, but they’re so cute they deserve a little bit more attention. My
fashion pack is stamped #FKR66 FKR68 at the back of a very neat box that will
surely please the collectors who prefer to keep their collection NRFB. Every
tiny detail is well displayed and the pastel colors really pop against the
white and black background. My model for today is the Babysitter Courtney and
the skirt is a little loose at the waist, but the top fits just great. The
design is simple but graceful and well executed too. The top velcroes at the
back and the skirt has an elastic, there’s really nothing I can complain about
other than the obvious lack of shoes that wouldn’t have fit Skipper anyway. The
accessories that do come with the outfit are a very cute headband and a
bracelet.
My Jazzie girl has tried on the pink asymmetrical
top featuring My Melody surrounded with flowers. My camera doesn’t pick that
very well, but there’s polka dots on the top as well. The top has a Velcro
closure and for the lack of a better alternative I’ve paired it with a mini
skirt that belongs to the ophthalmologist Barbie. I happen to like the skirt a
lot but I’s a pain in the butt to put it on Jazzie’s … butt. Plastic butts of
the contemporary Barbie dolls are much easier to squeeze into a skirt like
that.
My last and final model for this post is the
lovely Baton Twirling Skipper AA and I’d been planning to give her some photo
session and she fits perfectly with the Sanrio theme fashion show. The AA
Skipper is wearing the lovely lavender top with the Little Twin Stars print. I
just love the frilly sleeves and the dark trim. I paired it with the denim
shorts I stole from my E/C Barbie who’s now showing her naked butt – there’s
far too many “butts” in this post I’m afraid. I wonder why that is.
Beside purchasing a new outfit for
my dolls I’ve also replenished my stock of doll shoes that I’ve been running
out lately. I could go on and on about the incompetence of my local post office
but that’s not the point of this post so I’ll just say the package took a long
time to reach me but I’m ecstatic it’s finally here. I just bought a set of
some random Barbie and clone shoes and I recognize some of them, but the most
interesting are the translucent red ones that actually arrived with my Fashion
Play Barbie. I’ve no idea if these are genuine Mattel but they’re so retro 80s.
I’m extremely pleased with my new
purchases. I hate when my dolls are barefoot. A good analysis would reveal that
my aversion is deeply rooted in my childhood when I did lose my Barbie’s shoes
and I despaired over the impossibility of replacing them. So now I can and my
dolls are lucky – they have more shoes than I do.
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