Happy Kwanzaa

Happy Kwanzaa

Celebrate the seven principles of Kwanzaa with Family and Friends

Umoja- Unity, Kujichagulia- Self-determination, Ujima- Collective work and Responsibility, Ujamma- Cooperative Economics, Nia- Purpose, Kuumba- Creativity, Imani- Faith

Merry Christmas

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas

and

joy, peace and happiness. 

 Thank you for reading my blog throughout the year. 

12th day of Christmas

On the 12th Day of Christmas, my true love sent to me,

TWELVE  GLOWING CHRISTIES

11th Day of Christmas

On the 11th Day of Christmas, my true love sent to me,

ELEVEN  DRIBBLING PLAYERS

10th Day of Christmas

On the 10th Day of Christmas, my true love sent to me,

TEN MARCHING SOLDIERS

8th day of Christmas

On the 8th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me,

EIGHT HOWLING CLAWDEENS



9th Day of Christmas

On the  9th Day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

NINE LEADING MEN

7TH day of Christmas

On the 7th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

SEVEN MAGICAL MERMAIDS

6th Day of Christmas

On the 6th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

SIX RHYMING RAPPERS

5th day of Christmas

On the 5th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

FIVE GOLDEN VOICES

4th day of Christmas

On the 4th day of Christmas, my true love sent to me:

FOUR BARBIE BASICS

3rd day of Christmas

On the 3rd day of Christmas, my true love gave to me

THREE HANDSOME GROOMS

On the 2nd day of Christmas

On the 2nd day of Christmas, my true love gave to me

TWO  HAIR STYLISH TEENS

The 12 doll days of Christmas- 1st Day

This is my version of  " The twelve days of Christmas using my dolls and action figures.  On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me -

 A PRINCE HUNTING IN A FOREST

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

HAVE A  HAPPY THANKSGIVING

A time to celebrate  and give thanks with family and friends

P.S.: No shopping until Friday.

Pink Hair

Hair Colors- this is a continuation of my post from yesterday about dolls/figures with different hair colors.

The second male that fell under this category was Dennis Rodman- ex basketball player that won several NBA Championships with the Detroit Pistons and Los Angles Lakers.  During his time playing basketball,  he wore different hair colors.

Shades of Pink

 Front Row: Fountain Mermaid Christie, Hula Hair Christie, Alexis

Middle Row:   Designable Hair Barbie, Aria, Raya, Nikki, Fairy Mermaid Barbie

Back Row:  Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman

Simone, Malika

Mara, Bebe, Reese, StylaBlue

Orange Hair

This past October I hosted my doll club meeting.  The theme I chose was Hair Colors.  African American dolls normally come with black hair, but what other hair colors do they wear.

Blanka
He is Brazilian and from the game/movie Street Fighter.  He is  human but was involved in a plane crash that caused him to be raised in the wild.  The plane landed in the Amazon Rainforest and explosed  him to electric eels, which  mutated his appearance and gave him electric powers.  He is one of the most powerful fighters. (info from wikipedia)

IT IS OKAY TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT

Blanka (street fighter)  Clawdeen, Storm, Nefertari

 Shades of Orange

Camp Barbie, Defa Lucy(discount doll), Fairytopia Magical Mermaid Christie, Blanka, Lace (Creata) Jewel Hair Barbie (longest hair ever and does not have orange hair)

President Obama Wins

Congratulations to the President  and First Lady on his re-election. 

50th Anniversay of James Bond Film Franchise

During the Month of October,  James Bond film series celebrated 50 years of creating movies.  There have been several movies with some memorable characters- Yaphet Kotto, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Geoffrey Holder, Earl Jolly Brown in Live and Let Die; Bernie Casey in Never Say Never Again;  Halle Berry in Die Another Day; Grace Jones in A View to Kill; Colin Salmon in Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day; Jeffrey Wright in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Trina Parks in Diamonds are Forever.
Here are some of my James Bond Action Figures and Dolls.

Tee Hee, Jinx, Jinx, Yao, Wai Lin

Julius Harris- Live and Let Die, Halle Berry- Die Another Day, Rick Yune- Die Another Day
Michelle Yeog- Tomorrow Never Dies

Tee Hee, Jinx, Jinx, Yao

Happy Halloween

Fashion Fashionista Barbie and Steven have just won first place for their costume of this famous musical duo.

Where?

Sorry for not posting for awhile.  I was chairperson for an annual luncheon that occurred this past Saturday and I was busy preparing for the event.  I am back now.  I survived Hurricane Sandy and I am just waiting for the power to be restored.  This is a time to thank friends and family that you can count on to help you through these times.  I am able to post because of them.

National Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic Americans achievements during the time from September 15 to October 15

Alex, Isabella, Teresa, Kayla, Chanel, Carlito, Gabi, Maya

Heroik Muscle Body

Heroik Muscle Body is created by Kaustic Plastik.
The Heroik Muscle body male action figure body features 40 points of articulation.  Lifelike muscle definition.  The body is made from a durable plastic.

Michael Clarke Duncan

A tribute to a great actor

Michael Clarke Duncan appeared in several movies.  He was created as an action figure for three of his movies.  He played an African Prince, Balthazar in the Scorpion King. He was created as a 6" figure by Jakks Pacific.  He also appeared in Sin City as Manute and was created as a character in a black and white movie. The figure was 6" and was created by Neco in 2005.

He also played Attar in the movie "Planet of the Apes".  His character was created in 2001 by Hasbro.  He was created with sound and was  12" figure.

The New Ladies

 I recently bought three new female dolls/figures.  

Evening Gown Barbie Doll with the silkstone body.

Fuchsia and Fur Francie.   She has a silkstone body.  I am able to enjoy Francie without spending the monies for an original.  I was ready at 12:00 pm eastern standard time to place my order.  I was not going to miss her.

Phicen (name of company)  The figure has no name.  The 1/6 Seamless female body has 33 points of articulation. The body shows no visible joints.

Francie, Phicen, Evening Gown

Nick Fury

Finally, he has been made in 12".  I have been waiting for this action figure.   Two years during the holiday season they created a Nick Fury figure that was about 4" tall but he was included in  the 3 figure Iron Man pack.  I have waited patiently and it was worth the wait.

He also comes with a set of hands and gloves

A fantastic face sculpt

Back to School 2012

Parents are cheering. Kids are crying.  It must be  the first day of school.

Sutton, Mara, Nichelle, Mari, Sasha (Bratz with a 11.5" body), Darren

Happy Labor Day

Labor Day is a holiday to celebrate the workers.  It is also the day that ends Summer and the beaches close.  Steven and Christie are at the beach for one last day.  I still will not wear white after this day. However, Tuesday Taylor will continue to wear her white with Darius by her side.

New Police Officer figure

I purchased the Los Angeles Police Officer figure that was named Tiger.  The figure was supposed to look like Tiger Woods.  I wanted the figure because a 12" Tiger figure has never been made.  I was disappointed when I received the figure because it does not remind me of Tiger.  It is a well made figure and it comes with all the accessories for a police officer.  The figure was created by ZC World.

Final Day of the Olympics

I swam the 100
I raced the 4 by 100 relay
I tripled and long jumped
I  hit the ball over the net with racket and hands
I balanced and flipped
I scored three pointers
All for the Gold Medal.

Congratulations to all who have participated.

Congratulations to Team USA Basketball men and women.

Kobe, Durant, Lebron

2012 London Olympics

GO TEAM USA

Here are  a few of the participants

Serena, Kobe, Venus

Go USA

Congratulations to the U.S.A. Women's Gymnastics team for winning Gold.

It was truly exciting to watch them win and Gabby Douglas was fantastic.  She was the only one on the team to compete in the vault, balance beam, uneven bars and floor exercises. 

This was the last time the U.S. women won a gold medal in the team competition.

Final items from the Barbie Convention

Some of the goodies that I bought and received from the convention, table host and table mates.

Here are some of the dolls that I purchased.  I was looking for the Cleopatra doll, but the prices were still too high.  I will continue to look for her.

Guinan

Cha Cha, Rose Splendor, Grace, Christie, Steven, Basic Barbie No. 2

So In Style T-Shirt

Goodies from table mates

(Julie, Janice, Bill, Susan, Sharon, Kathy)

convention bag

Gifts from Table host - Suzanne

Gifts from Convention

outfits and steamer trunk

Table Centerpiece that my sister won

Another Convention has come to a close.   New Orleans is next.

2012 Barbie Convention- Saturday

Saturday, July 14, 2012

The Convention was great and the food was fantastic.  Friday night had the live auction of the dolls.  The dolls were beautiful and nine dolls raised over $52,000.  The White Nights Live Auction.  Here are some of the dolls:

Mattel 

Edge 17

Ninimomo

On Saturday, the convention doll was revealed.