However, Dollar General has geared up for Christmas with a full new toy aisle that included Gothic Tales, including a pretty good Clawdeen Wolf on an unarticulated 9" body.
I'm pre-teen Clawdeen. |
I resisted because how would I ever re-body her? There was never an articulated ambiguously brown Skipper that I know of, and if I found Howleen deeply discounted, I could just decide if I wanted Howleen.
But Dollar General is not done with knock-offs! It takes on Frozen, albeit not very effectively.
I am totally Elsa's scullery maid dressed in her old clothes. |
There was a $12.98 Vespa, in pink, of course.
*** beep beep beep beep beep ***
We interrupt the regularly scheduled discussion of dollar-store fakies
to bring you this special bulletin on Walmart.
to bring you this special bulletin on Walmart.
The Kid Connection line -- heavily tagged on the shelves with NEW yet mostly
indistiguishable from K-Mart's Just Kidz -- includes a camper.
indistiguishable from K-Mart's Just Kidz -- includes a camper.
The gas mileage is lousy, but the outdoorsy Moxie Girlz would love it. |
This was a test of the emergency new-product warning system.
*** beep beep beep ***
Back in Dollar General, either the factories in China are a phase behind with fakies or they had extra old-style My Life As heads, as these have the Madame Alexander-style faces discussed by Toy Box Philosopher earlier in the week. I cannot speak to anything about their quality, since I don't do this size at all. Google Translate tells me caminante suave means soft walker.
Having bought nothing -- as the poor baggie doll was hopeless even as an Experimental Subject, and her clothes are deplorable -- I went across the street to Zia and found a fabulous toy for Katie, which will be unveiled later, as it must be crooned over.
Hilarious post! I agree that the knock-off Vespa is better than the coupe with lashes. I saw that camper on a recent trip to Walmart. They're putting out new stuff so fast I can barely keep up. I have no less than six photos on my phone from yesterday's trip alone.
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