The Many Failed ACTION DOLL Lines!
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
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I always find the idea of the action doll perplexing because I basically treated my Barbies like action dolls. Not that I was being rough with and throwing them. But my dolls would legit be dressed all the way up like regal MODELS and then they'd go on spy missions and fight the bad guys and minions in their heels LOL.
Yeah I don’t think any kids keep dolls and action figures separate in terms of playing, like “oh no Barbie can’t go outside and play in the mud that’s only a job for GI Joe”, I think it’s only adults who see a separation
I agree. Children aren't typically automatically assigning imaginary tasks for only girls toys and tasks only for boy toys. It's learned behavior that adults teach them.
Same here! They went on space flights and Old West adventures and undersea voyages..
Legit like I was so excited when barbie got more articulation cuz I was making her do wacky stuff xD she was climbing mountains, traversing the sand dunes (sand box), and more xD
I definitely was too young to have way that many James Bond movies but like glamorous international superspy was definitely frequent in the play pretend rotation for me
I'll never forget the day Mattel was introducing Cave Club and the representative said "now we're making dinosaurs for girls " 🙌🤣🤣🤣🤦♀️
There actually was a line of girls toys in the 90s called Little Miss Dinosaur, but I think it was pretty small and the figures are really rare now
That’s hilarious, although I used to put my Barbie dresses on my dinosaur toys.
@@Tronomics2000 I just googled them. So basically they’re My Little Pony dolls but dinosaurs lol
Any of the three genders can play with any toy as long as it's not a My Little Pony, only little girls should be allowed to have those.
@♡lucas♡ It became the cringiest Hasbro toy 13 years ago.
How you make a Padme Doll that doesn't have fully removable clothes or come with a 2nd outfit and then a billion fashion packs based off of the thousands of garments she's worn in the prequels is beyond me. Also, creating a Sabine doll and not letting a child dip her hair in water and make it change colors or make it so you can draw on her armor and pants with a washable marker is so silly. The character is super creative and loves art.... THE IDEAS ARE ALREADY THERE!! This line was sooo lazy, my god.
I completely agree!
There were a number of Padme dolls released in 1999 for TPM that had her queenly outfits with more "girly" play features (outfit styling, two focused on hair, and one with a disguise) along with 3 collectors' dolls, and in 2003 they released one action doll in her white jumpsuit with more articulation. The white jumpsuit one didn't initially come with rooted hair (and even after the backlash and alterations, the bun part was still plastic tubes) and she couldn't hold her guns.
Edit: In general, they just didn't quite seem to know what audience they were aiming for. Forces of Destiny could've been great if they gave the dolls SOMETHING and not just molded-on clothes.
You should work for doll companies these ideas are actually great
I had the She-ra dolls as a child. Loved them so much 🥰
tysm for including the Black version of dolls! I've always heard of Dusty, but never knew that Skye existed. Skye's really cute in comparison to Dusty. I can't believe the even used a little Black girl in the commercial. Great video!
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video! Skye is so adorable ❤️
Dusty was terrifying but Skye was actually real cute, I’m surprised she’s not more talked about but then again I really only see dusty brought up when talking about ugly dolls 💀
I’m still upset over how the WWE line was handled! It clearly wasn’t designed by a wrestling fan. In a video about the line, the designer went to one WrestleMania show and looked at pictures.
ALL dolls should have been in ring attire, it’s important to the character, like a superhero’s costume. I didn’t recognize a single outfit on the basic dolls, they don’t fight in casual clothes. They also needed a 1:6 scale ring ASAP and accessories like title belts and fashion packs with alternate ring attire. (Charlotte’s robes are amazing!) They left out everything young fans love about wrestling and just made buff fashion dolls. The line could have been amazing with a little effort and a team that knew it’s source material & audience better.
I think the body was the worst , it's impossible to pose them in many wrestling moves ..... why are they not poseable like the Barbie made to move dolls . :(
Also the faces of many does not looks very like the real wrestlers .
I love them because I love wrestling and dolls but def wish they would do this again just a little differently by a wrestling fan. I would probably die for a Rhea Ripley or a Chyna barbie.
What I'm getting from this is that Action Figure Dolls are most popular when they're based off of recognisable, already beloved characters. Also that superhero dolls sell better than athlete dolls, which makes sense when you think about it. Superheroes have more potential for imagination.
Sailor Moon could work so well with this concept, a fusion of the awesome Figure Arts and the Bandai Dolls is my dream doll
In Spain we had a doll in the 70's called Core who actually had an action line. They sold her as an alpinist, rescuer, safari... And she was a success!
Looked on google and she is a bad ass!
@@ratos62 She is, and my favourite doll when child. And, by the way, she has a boyfriend who were more an accesory than a boyfriend. His name: Core's boy!
@@morganlefay195 LOL, dude doesnt even has a name. his proportions are very different from core's too
Ahora me doy cuenta que te he estado escribiendo en inglés cuando los dos somos de paises hispanohablantes jajasjaja
@@ratos62 Es la costumbre...
I'm sure being British you had a giggle about an American hairdo called the "shag". It was a very choppy haircut usually longer in the back. Love your channel!
I’m American and personally have only heard the British word myself so even I was like “the what now?” XD
They had the Padme dolls from Episode 1 which kind of fell in the middle because they were marketed towards girls as fashion dolls, but they were placed next to the Star Wars action figures.
For Episode 2 they released a line of action dolls of each of the main characters in one outfit, Padme being in her arena jumpsuit. While she had better articulation than the Ep1 dolls, she wasn't able to hold the guns she came with. On the first few issues of the line, she didn't have rooted hair but instead painted-on hair with plastic cords for her bun. This was partially changed due to complaints, and the base of the hair was changed to rooted hair though the bun remained plastic.
The only action dolls I like are DC Superhero Girls and Winx Club. I used to own a Bloom doll during the time they got Belivix with a set of wings you could put on and take off. I love Charlie's Angel's early 2000s version with Drew Barrymore in it.
Winx club are so beautiful! I love them since childhood
@@nataenha same! I love the show but I hope the 9th season will be like the older seasons not like the 8th.🤞
@@rubyhay450 i love older series tbh, because after 3d animation i can't stand it 😅😭
@NATALIE EN- I was able to stand it but I didn't truthfully like the 8th season. It was a little too anime for me but if anything I liked the fact that they reused several old villains and transformations for the Winx.
I just bought a DC superhero girls from a thrift shop last year. She’s bigger than 11.5 but has a beautiful articulated body and her hair is super cool. And I’ve had the Wonder Woman doll for YEARS and I adore her as well.
Dusty has a 1970's "healthy" tan from being outdoors playing sport doesn't she?
Lol, more like a sunburn.
She definitely has melanoma.
And VERY pale lips. Maybe she put zinc oxide on them to keep tbem from getting sun burned? Oh well, I like Skye SO MUCH BETTER. I rarely like light skinned dolls as much as their darker skinned counterparts. Though I was a blonde blue eyed child I didn't want my dolls to look like that. My racist family didn't like that about me.
I loved Wonder Woman! Back in the day they pushed her to be a action and fashion doll. Her television show really helped her popularity.
Yeah, but they used the Cher body which didn't have any more articulation than a Barbie. The ones today are much better.
I LOVED my Wonderwoman Barbie growing up, I remember my sister had a Supergirl one as well. I do actually remember playing action games with them which was unusual for me.
I definitely remember the Sailor Moon and Totally Spies dolls!
You forgot the Bionic Woman doll from the 70s, she was so cool
I think he has not forget her , because the Bionic Woman dolls has not "failed" .
Yes, Miraculous Ladybug is French. I find it fun to watch it in the original French. It gives my College French a workout, but most of it is simple dialogue and easy to follow.
I'm surprised cartoons like Kim Possible & My Life as a Teenage Robot didn't get their own dolls.
Definitely check out "Tenko and the Guardians of Magic", she had a pretty cute action doll toyline based off of the shortlived animated series of the same name and was actually based on the real-life magician Princess Tenko. The line is so flipping cute and I want them as a grown adult NOW. It definitely gives the same vibes as the Princess Gwenevere line but even PRETTIER, I think you'll like what you see.
I was happy to see this video drop today because I just thrifted a Star Light Adventure Sal-Lee Asha doll for 99 cents. I wasn’t collecting very much when they released but I remembered them being a really odd Barbie line.
Power Rangers tried to do this in the 90s with Kimberly, Trini, and Aisha!
I have Bumble Bee! To me She was the flagship doll!
I loved Sun Spell and Moon Mystic, the Barbie-sized Guardian Goddesses 😍
This video was so good! I cracked up at the sports related injury comment 😂😂
I enjoy the DC Supergirls, I still have Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy! And I love the show Miraculous so much, I have few of the dolls too!!!!
i have wonder woman.
I have a Forces of Destiny Rey doll...I mostly got her because she came with BB-8. She was also $5
She-ra was a cartoon from The Masters of The Universe Series here in the U.S., which started with He-Man and then expanded to She-Ra Princess of Power in 1984. She-Ra was He-Man’s twin sister, so she was not just an attempt to copy He-man by a Company producing female action dolls. She-Ra was a big deal for young 80’s girls in the U.S. I was She-Ra for Halloween three years in a row as a kid. I had this beautiful doll, her big pink sword (plastic and quite heavy), and many other She-Ra toys. Still one of my favorite 80’s characters from childhood! So happy you included her in the video. ❤
As a little girl I was obsessed with Lara Croft, and I was always trying to dress up my dolls to look like her. I also just wanted to give the non-Lara-stand-in dolls kickass action outfits, and while I did like the pink glam clothes as well, I was forever wishing I had more than a single pair of flat boots or shoes that weren't bright or pastel coloured, same for the other clothing articles too, actually. On the flipside, I never wanted to play with "action figures", even if there was a perfect looking one out there, simply because if they looked different from the barbies in size, proportions, painted on clothes/hair ect., I they just didn't feel right in my already established cast of barbie dolls.
Also, getting to do fashion doll stuff with them, i.e. dressing them and doing their hair, was still important to me regardless of how actiony they were, so most action figures were boring to me. It's funny how that element being aimed at girls might've stopped them from giving the action man Natalie brushable hair. I wonder how well she'd done if she'd had hair like in the cartoon, because I would've absolutely DIED to have her! Even if I'd never heard of her before just now!
Farrah Fawcett’s “shag” haircut epitomizes the look
Barbie has made pretty good dolls based on comic characters like the DC line from 2008, but they had budget back then
I remember when barbie spy squad came out and i was OBSESSED. My grandma even took me to target and i bought spy squad teresa
Here's a tidbit. Miraculous ladybug was originally going to be an anime but they gave it up and made it 3d style cause the spots where to hard to animate. Lol
I remember the WWE Superstars dolls and DCSHG very clearly. I don't own any WWE dolls, but I have seen them be used as body doners for Barbie doll customs.
As for DCSHG, I have a few of the earlier ones from before the reboot with full fabric clothes, and Poison Ivy's, Katana's, and Frost's signature dolls are probably my favorites from the line. The reboot and Mattel adding more molded on clothes really killed DCSHG for me, though, because I hate molded on clothes on dolls.
For the Miraculous Ladybug dolls, I do own a Ladybug doll, and I kind of want to get a Queen Bee doll from that line.
My aunt when she was little preferred to play with G.I JOE action figures over Barbies. And because I grew up as the middle child between two brothers, the older of whom was obsessed with "Star Wars," I would play Galactic Heroes with my brothers. It was fun to play with the "Star Wars" guys and make them battle against each other. I would "be" the girl characters, like Padme, Ahsoka, Princess Leia, Luminara, etc. Of course we'd make the characters talk to each other (like I did with dolls). And I liked playing with Legos before they really had sets that were targeted to girls.
I have all of the original She-Ra dolls aside from Netossa and Spinerella because they are super rare and expensive. I used to have the castle and all the pieces too as well as the pink lion (Clawdeen) and one of the horses, and one of the other playsets. I love them so much! They also had additional fashions that you could buy separately. When I was little I had at least one of the Princes Guinevere dolls, Flying Hero Kira, and two Sailor Moon dolls (not featured in this video).
I loved the Mattel dc Barbies. Wish I had gotten more of them.
Joey, you are the only person i have heard reference "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee".
i LOVE that song
Hahaha! Glad you got the reference
When I played with my dolls, Ken always had Ken as a partner and my barbies ALWAYS had GI Joes/Action Men as boyfriends 😂
It's a travesty that the made to move barbies are even in this video, the title says FAILED action doll lines. The made to move brand is very successful especially with adult collectors who love to pose and photograph their dolls. With multiple body types and lines spanning from playline, with the wheelchair fashionistas, to collector level with barbie looks dolls as well as the special edition barbie style dolls. So made to move barbies are FAR from a failed line. Just cause you don't like them doesn't mean they don't have their audience. And frankly MTM dolls sell like hot cakes so you might want to reconsider their inclusion here. Barbie has done a marvelous job of marketing MTM dolls with new ones coming out in 2023, a new football doll and a tennis doll with made to move articulation, plus new wheelchair made to move fashionistas. Far from a fail...
"world's first action fashion doll" reminds me of when my older sibling was quietly cackling at my hs graduation cuz my year's val put in her speech that she was our school's first ever black female val. My sib texted her friend, their year's val from *just a few years prior*, a beautiful black woman, like "Hey when were you gonna tell me you weren't black and/or a woman?" It's a great sentiment but I think sometimes folks just want to say they're the first for the instant recognition of that feat, even if that means ignoring/not looking too deep into what's fact.
The Black doll from the first pair is beautiful!
I had Barbies and GI JOE when I was a little girl , Charlie 's Angela , Planet of the apes , Emergency dolls
I used to have Forces of Destiny Padme and Rey, thinking I could get over the...everything...because I love the characters (I wanted Ahsoka as well!) but nope. Like Jenny said, Star Wars has so much potential for new characters that suit a doll line instead of whatever the hell this one was trying to be
I have 2 different Rey’s and a Leia that you can completely change her clothes. I also have a Leia and another Rey that is in molded clothes.. hate the molded clothes but used to be a rabid Star Wars fan. .
In the 1970's there were the Olympic Skier Barbie & Free Moving Barbie, Cara & P.J. that had tennis rackets & golf clubs. In the box they wore a sporty outfit, but also had a long skirt.
I had a PJ. She came with a tennis racket and skis. She bent at the waist- a roller ball waist. She broke, but I still have her clothes and accessories
I own some of the original dc superhero girls and the 2019 she-ra dolls; kind of sad dc girls didnt make more dolls there were so many characters I was hoping they would make but they cheapened out and threw out wonder woman, bat girl and super girl way too much instead of different characters :/ As for she-ra, I had no idea they ended up being ridiculously rare. I kept going to target everyday til they were stocked and i bought all of them. Just like the dc girls i wish they made dolls of more characters (I long for an Entrapta doll...)
I love you Joey keep it up what u doing you a awesome man I love watching your UA-cam channels dolls
Princess tenko line
Hello from Germany,,
I think the Sailor Moon anime/comic series dolls also belong in the action doll category.
The series was here in Germany in the late 90s/early 2000s. My daughter loved the series and her Sailor Moon dolls. These were her heroines!
She still has the dolls today.
13:53 what’s the reason that you think Miraculous Ladybug dolls are failures? I don’t think they are a failed line at all considering how popular they are to this day, there’re plenty of Miraculous dolls and toys in stores right now
Omg I totally sung “Miss Dynamite tee-hee” at the same time as you 😂 I just love your videos to watch when I’m having my relaxing days
Prices Guinevere was really popular with kids who got a chance to see it, but the spring time was always really weird. It was like sailor moon and she-ra. Each girl had a power jewel and a unique mount - it was awesome.
I was waiting for you to mention Miraculous.
My mom had a Dusty doll in the 70’s and she was her favorite
I had some of the Get Real dolls, I loved the clothing and accessories as they weren't the crappy quality of most Barbie clothing and accessories. The Girl Force and Charlie Angels were junk and the face sculpts were horrible. The GI Joe nurse is not pretty and expensive af. Natalie on the other hand is awesome and I'm glad I have one of her. The DC Superhero dolls I disliked as molded on/painted on clothing is a big NO for me. Dinah Mite was a female version Action Jackson.
Blue Box Toys brought over the Cy Grils/Cool Girls line from Japan. Not sure of they ever made it into the UK but we had them in the US.
The pick me dolls 😂😂
You forgot: Mary Quant's Havoc & Mattel's Guardian Goddesses, Action Girl which was string jointed iirc. Also: The Robotech Doll line & there's a few more I can't remember the name of. Good job still.
I think that Barbie make posible this mix very will in some of the lines.
I laughed when you said "She's almost alive, that creepy"! 😆
I never knew they did a reproduction of the She-Ra dolls, I knew about the movie. My daughter had the original She-Ra when she was little. I enjoyed this video and the information on dolls i never heard of.
I would love if you did a video about the Midge line of dolls. My favorite barbie of all time was a Midge and I can't find it anywhere!
The get real dolls look awesome... look at all those accesories!
Princess Guinevere and the jewel riders was early to mid 90s.
The thing is that most action dolls have a gimmick that limits/ makes it impossible to play with them like you would play with a fashion doll. It’s like a look what it can do rather than a doll you can play with.
Edit: the best way to go is articulation. Not a gimmick...
There was action figure/Fashion Dolls an Anime tie-in that features Licca-Chan that is Doll Knights
Just a comment, and don´t take it the wrong way. But the fact that in boy toy lines there´s just a couple of female characters it is the same as with girl´s doll lines where there are much more women dolls that men. With Barbie, for instance, most people don´t care for the Ken (s).
By the way, back in the 80´s with the He-Man and She-Ra cartoon and toys there was quite the crossover. For instance, the reason why She-Ra was created was because plenty of girls were buying the action figures. And when the She-Ra show happened not only were boys watching the show but they also played with those dolls.
There are several reasons explaining why those shows didn´t last. For instance, in the case of He-Man was because Mattel kept making new figures/characters but the main ones (He-Man and Skelletor) sold out and they didn´t make more for boys that wathced the show later on. As for She-Ra the reason why it didn´t last was because it was decided to stop with the He-Man show.
The Toys that Made Us in Netflix of He-Man explains it all in detail.
PS
I´m not a Star Wars fan (just a casual one) and I can say there are diverse characters. It´s an entire universe! Thing is that most of those characters are in animated TV series, (now live action), comic books, books, games...
I remember having Golden Girl paper dolls.
Loved this episode, the action dolls is what started getting me back into doll lines. Specifically DC super hero girls, Star Wars Forces of Destiny, Miraculous Ladybug(the playmates line), and Marvel Rising dolls. I did manage to get the Leia doll you mentioned several years back, but some dolls, I am looking for which I will probably not end up getting at the more recent Shera dolls you mentioned(especially Catra) and the Ahsoka Star Wars forces of destiny doll.
Technically there were two Miraculous Ladybug dolls lines, the first was with Bandai and the second which is currently still running is with Playmates. Main differences are first line had better costume quality, and a bit more detailed designs. Second line has much better face sculpts and a wider release across the US, though still difficult to find dolls in stores consistently especially if they are not Ladybug or Chat noir.
Awesome Video! XD
It's kind of interesting to learn that the She-Ra princess of power doll line was a failed line. I had some of those She-Ra dolls, I think I had the castle too, I loved them I thought they were all beautiful, I think I remember there was a villain female that kinda resembled Catwoman, she was all dressed in black with long wavy black hair. Maybe it was a failed attempt because the dolls we're somewhat sexualize and maybe parents didn't like that, I don't know, but I noticed with the reboot they did tone down the sexuality of these dolls. I think by then the line wasn't resonating with the new generation of kids.
I had a she-ra doll and her Pegasus, loved her
Great video! I really enjoyed seeing all these old doll lines. Well done!👍
In the 80s (tho he may have originated in the 70s as he was inherited), I had a "Tennis Ken" doll, whose waist was where his bottom half and his top half were connected by a very strong rubber band inside, so he could swivel and play tennis. He was the only Ken with brushable hair, too. What this meant as a kid was we held him by his legs and shook him as hard as possible so his body flopped around in a crazy way. xD
Wasn't expecting to see Jewel Riders on this list! I loved that show as a kid. Sadly I never owned any of the toys.
Did they have horses that went with the line as well? Seems like I remember having a couple of them when I was a child. Plus with a name like Jewel RIDERS seemed they'd have horses?
@E.C. Animation Yes they did! Sunstar (an alicorn), Moondance (a unicorn), and Shadowsong (a zebra unicorn).
@@ariadnefrolich7243 thanks for the reply! Now I can look them up. 😊 Memories.
I like the DC superhero girls. They are really good for customization. They are super articulated and if you shave down the chest a little they can pass as male dolls which is good since they are somewhat common and just as articulated as monster high but with more skin tones
When i was kid i ve had a Natalie doll from action Man Line and... She IS STUNNING !!! love her face sculpt and her kick with the button in the back of her leg she looks like Lara Croft i love her so mutch
I really enjoyed this video. Many of these dolls I had never heard of so thank-you for talking about them.
I don't think I would have had any interest in most of these doll lines as a kid, at least not any of the sports themed ones. I am def not into sports, hated gym class, wouldn't want to be reminded of that hell while playing with my dolls. Loved my She-ra action figures though!! I had tons of them and the castle, they were awesome!
I think the 'stand on their own' thing has more to do with the fact that action figures usually don't have a stand of sorts, so collectors want to display them standing and the figures should be able to do that.
Love the video, I agree with you on Barbie being a fashion doll and that Mattel should have made the Super hero dolls with real clothes to change. I hate that Mattel makes the dolls with plastic bathing suits.
I was a DC superhero girls girl when I was a kid I was OBSESSED with them I had almost every single one and would beg my parents for the new one whenever it would realise because as I kid I loved anything that was usually marketed towards boys being marketed towards girls if you know what I mean but it’s sad that no one really knows these dolls exist because whenever anyone would ask ‘what dolls did you grow up with’ no one would know
Dinah mite is a drag name, and that wrist 13:05
Mary Kate and Ashley had an action doll line for their show if that counts
Loved the intro!!! hahaha
Amazing video! I enjoyed it and I watch most of your videos keep up the great content !
Dynah-mite reminded me of Uneeda Tricki Micki dolls, which I think was their answer to Topper Dawn. I had a bunch of hand-me-down dolls from my sister - Barbies, Dawns, etc. - and loved the Tricki Micki body best. Hated her face though lol. I was just fascinated by the articulation. Our friend's brother had Johnny West dolls, and I'd always beg to play with them: they were ugly as all get out with molded clothing, but they could BEND lol. I had the Dusty doll, but one I don't recall you mentioning: Dusty and her horse Nugget. That dang white lipstick was the absolute worst part of her face, but the shag - AKA I got my hair caught in the lawn mower - didn't really help. I loved her body shape: feminine, but more realistic, kinda like Francie's bigger sister lol. I always thought Barbie had a bizarre shape. I really want to get a Dusty and try a faceup and re-root on her - she deserves better - but something causes their joints to melt? Not sure exactly what but all the ones I've seen look like somebody blind tried to glue their legs back on. I hadn't paid attention to dolls in over twenty years and recently got interested again, and my first purchase was a curvy yoga Barbie. I didn't remember how freaky the old 60s, 70s, and 80s dolls' bodies were until I saw the curvy naked and thought, "she looks completely normal - like a normal person", so then I had to try and find one of each body type to compare. Made me kind of sad actually, because most of the newer shapes (2000 and up) were so nice and average-slim looking, and there have generations of girls with messed up body image because of the OG. Grateful kids can have a doll that doesn't look like a mini sex toy lol.
" HIYA " best intro truly iconic
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These modern action-fashion doll hybrids are mostly misses for me, probably because the fashion aspect suffers because the makers themselves don't know quite how to market these dolls. Those half plastic half clothing dolls also make no sense to me. They never seem to commit to any idea fully. This was a very interesting video!!
Are you a ninja or not 😂🤣
That haircut suits you 😊
I have both the forces of destiny Leia dolls... they never sold a Leia with the white dress/robe with the buns in her hair. . I have the one that came with R2 but she isn’t in that outfit, that must be an older doll/just the preliminary idea for the original Leia doll.
I love your channel (:
I've read somewhere once that the general consensus is that dolls have rooted hair and action figures don't. So if it has rooted hair, it's a doll...
Alway loved she-ra. Have her Mattel exclusive 12'' dolls from a few years back. They are incredible.collectors dolls.
I actually have the Barbie- soccer- made to move doll but I had my friend switch her head so another Barbie was aposable
There’s also the MCU dolls from Disney Store! I love them as fashion dolls, but they also have great articulation and some molded pieces unfortunately
I've actually seen the miraculous dolls at tores, and they're pretty good quality.
That start though 😂 I love it and I love your videos! ❤
I have the vintage Dusty Doll By Kenner to play Tennis;
I had a jewel rider as a kid and also really liked the one tape I had of the show. In general I liked the concept of the like...fantasy show themed action dolls. Because while I do like pretty girls in clothes, I was a child who primarily liked action figures because they could hold swords and stuff. And action dolls gave me the ability to have a pretty, girly character who also held a sword.
But I don't really like the painted on clothes? I don't mind them on my action figures or my model kits. But if it's a doll with brushable hair, then I'd prefer the dolls have like...proper fashion doll clothes? The Darling Charming dolls from Ever After High are mostly what I want out of the concept. She's got brushable hair, fashion doll clothes I can take on and off but also she has Armor and A Shield. All she's missing for me to be like OH YEAH THAT'S THE STUFF is a sword.
I want an action doll to be highly articulated and have swords, yes, but I still want it to be a fashion doll. And like the EAH type dolls you can remove their hands, so like you could swap out one of the hands for a hand specifically designed to hold a sword. Things like figmas, model kits and higher end action figures provide those so I think these would work really well for an action fashion doll? As they'd permit for the more fashion doll styled hands and accessories, but also allow for the action figure type accessories.
The history lessons are fun. 😃👍
Action Man Natalie has some great muscle tone.