McDonald's Happy Meal: Madame Alexander

I have already started looking into my collection of McDonald's toys from the attic. I will slowly take photos and post them per set in this blog. Really, it's exciting!

For this set, these are mini Madame Alexander dolls. Good thing I haven't taken them out of their packaging before because now, I can confidently say that they came out in 2007. I was at the peak of getting toys from McDo Happy Meal.

They are about 5" tall. Despite being mini versions, their eyes have the open and close function.

So here they are:

Equestrian Girl

Setting Sail

Kick It Girl

Team Mates Girl

Just before I stipped their packaging...

Cowboy Town

One of the items that I got from my recent toy shopping spree is this set of Cowboy Town figures. I got 4 boxes and I opened one box to add the figures to Baby G's collection. I was surprised on how good the quality is, given that it's priced at less than $3.00. I really think it's a good buy, and whoever is receiving this as a gift will be happy.

It's not from a well-known toy company so you won't see articles about this in the internet. So here they are, hope you like the pics. 

I would like to mention that I am on the road while writing this blog. It's a rainy day and about 7pm. Dark and I simply would like to be home already. Ciao!

Harumika Mannequins

During my early doll collecting days, I was visioning myself to be creating my own dolls' clothes, styling their hair, and redoing their make-ups. I even bought a lot of second-hand dolls with thoughts of restoring them. Yet, I simply couldn't. I realized that I do not have the talent to do so. I am limited to just collecting.

Harumika dolls were supposed to be perfect. However, when it came out of the market, I was at the lowest stage of my collecting 'era' when I wasn't so interested in getting new dolls and toys. 

Now they are on sale and I have thought of, 'why not?'. So I grabbed these two mannequins, but they will simply act as decorations and I won't be able to maximize their purpose. They look good enough though to join my collection and I am actually glad that I got them.

I don't think there is still a need for me to introduce them further.

Round 2 of Toy Shopping

And then there was (the unplanned) day 2. 

Day one was unplanned, so is day 2. We were supposed to stay home today, or go to another mall. However, Doc M's helicopter toy that he bought yesterday had some trouble charging that's why we have decided to have it replaced. It was the only purpose supposedly. I opted to still roam around and I got another cart filled with toys.

The only difference today is that I scouted for toys that I can give away for Christmas or those all-of-a-sudden birthday parties. In all fairness, there were a lot of toys that were at almost 80% discount. They will just have to sit around the storage room (a.k.a. attic) until they are ready to be wrapped and be given away.

I wanted to buy the other two Moxie Teenz doll, but I will be going way beyond my budget. I know that this is not the last time that I will see them on sale. 

Good thing today is the last day. Most of the items that I got today are kiddie pillows and toys for boys and girls. 

Ursula Doll by Mattel

There was a time when I wanted to collect Disney's villain dolls, but they didn't seem to be available. I tried looking online but they were way too costly already so I ticked it off my wish list. 

Then I saw this Ursula from out local ebay and needless to say, I did not think twice in buying her even when it meant that I had to pick it up from the seller's house that is way too far from me. The other good news is that I got her for a very good price. 

The only thing that I noticed about her is that she's been in the box for too long and wasn't stored very well that she started having molds on her dress. 

Right now she is still in her box, but she is already in my list of dolls that I will be deboxing soon. 

She is Ursula doll released by Mattel. 

I have several Disney dolls that I plan to write about. Hopefully I will be able to take photos of them soon.

Moxie Teenz Dolls

  

I truly love variation. In as much as I would like to focus on certain items in my doll collection, I could not stop getting anything that I get attracted to. So true when I introduced the Moxie Teen dolls in my collection. These are much higher that Barbie, about 14" I supposed. 

I never got intersted with the original Moxie Girls that are the 12" versions, while the Teenz versions came out to be expensive.

The first in my collection is Leigh, wearing the gold gown. I saw her on sale at 50% off at a local toy store and so I bought her. Afterwards they placed it back to it's original price. Other stores never offered them on sale. Since then I have been going back and forth to that same toy store where I was able to buy her until yesterday when I went to a Toy Sale that I was able to get Melrose and Arizona. Ecstatic! Since I had to watch my budget, I had to leave the other two from the "evening gown" series and opted to get these two.

I bet I will be writing another entry that features the Moxie Teenz, I am just unsure on how soon.

Liv Girls Getaway: Daniel and Hayden

I bought these girls last weekend, but didn't get the chance to write about them. It's Hayden and Daniela from the Liv Girls Getaway Series. 

I don't think there's a need to say more since I have been writing about them for quite sometime now. They have several entries in my blog. And I guess more entries about them soon.

Daniel and Hayden completes my series. So here they are now: