Pixlings Ranking

It's been eternity since I did a ranking. I always planned to do one for the entirely of Hairdorables, but that never happened. Pixlings though are a small line and so it's pretty easy. 

From least fave to fave. 

You'd think I would like Flitta better, but there's something about her. Maybe it's because a similar color scheme was used on another two dolls and I like those better. Maybe it's because she seems a little over the top compared to others. Maybe it's the weird hair. 

While I like seeing her ears, I'm just not a big fan of this version of Deerlee. 

Original Marena is extremely cute, but I feel like she's lacking something. Maybe it's the plain hairstyle or the round forehead jewel. I'm not sure. 

I really thought I'd like Pheona better than I do, but here she is. I absolutely love her face and whatever those things on her head are. Love that she's wearing pants, but they're the most boring pants ever. She'd be much higher if they stopped doing this same color scheme and had the guts to make her red instead of pink. 

This version of Unia is very endearing because of how she looks up at you super cutely with her hair pulled back so you can really see her adorable ears. The giant ears are totally my favorite part of this line. 

Faye is elevated a lot by the use of green in her design. It's not a lot, but it's enough. She also has a very cute face. 

New Faye is superior to old Faye.

Now it's getting tough. I adore Wynter and how bright white she is. She's also got my favorite shade of pink hair, that milky lighter pink. 

Bearlinda nudged her way ahead of Wynter only because of her face. There is something about her face that I am absolutely in love with. 

New Marena is quite an upgrade on the original and that big smile shows that she knows it. 

I love the brown elements on Deerlee (except for the weird fur on the skirt), but her Asian touches are my favorite things. She has a great paint job and a hairstyle that really complements it. 

Amber is stunning. I wish they'd do more green ones. I love her face and hairstyle. 

Catlyn just squeaked it out over Amber. Barely. She has the superior outfit and boots, plus her face is superb. The shooting star whiskers are genius, and I love her nose and the shape of her mouth. 

Firensa beat out Catlyn by a hair. I had to stare at them both here on my coffee table to decide. 

Unia's name was originally Celeste and I hated the name Unia when I first heard the change. So this girl is Celeste. The new one with the braids is Unia. She was my first favorite and remains very high on the list. Her face deco is brilliant and I'm a sucker for that crimped hair. 

So these top two are a tie. I can't possibly choose between them. Nebula is more my style and I adore her sweet face. Also love dragonflies. 

And then Angelica is not my usual taste, but she uses one of my favorite doll color schemes. The pale pinks with that beautiful, milky pale yellow combined with the rose gold-esque elements makes for perfection. She's like what if Fluttershy were a Pixling. She even has the sweet face to match.

So yeah, tie for first between Nebula and Angelica. 

REVIEW: TLS Toy's Strawberry Shortcake CheeBees Series 2

 I caved and got the new series of Strawberry Shortcake figures on ebay. Without a Five Below anymore, I have no other way to go and last series, they were horrible at putting them up online until months after they first came out. These new ones have some favorites, so I was more impatient this time. 

And honestly, work has been so hard lately that I deserve to splurge a little. 

So! Blueberry Muffin is one of my favorites from the earliest SSC characters. Pretty much her, Raspberry and Lime. I'm always happy when she's included. She's adorable here as always and she smells great. 

The younger characters are the ones I care about least, but I do still own my childhood Cherry. I definitely hope to see Apricot next series. She's my favorite of younger cast. 

Cherry's scent really reminds me of the dolls, so that's a big plus. 

So excited to see some of the international friends! They're my faves of all. I really hope they do Cafe Ole and my absolute fave, Crepe Suzette, next time. 

Mint is darling, but she has a weird smell. It reminds me of lavender, which is definitely neither mint nor tulip. 

Almond was who I had in mind to be my fave from this set. Adorable and smells great. 

I don't care for the glitter chase figures, but when I saw hers, I had to grab her. I like the odd split coloring. It's not as obvious with Blueberry, Strawberry or Mint, who are the other chase figures. 

And here is my surprise actual favorite! Don't get me wrong, I prefer Almond Tea in my overall list of SSC faves, but for this series of figures, Angel Cake is hands down the cutest one. And she smells good, too.

THE CUTEST. 

She's a little tippy, but she's still perfect. 

That catches me up with the SSC figures. I rewarded myself for getting through the weekend by grabbing the main six Rainbow Brite figures off Mercari. That only leaves Buddy and Canary, and honestly, I have no real hope of getting them. I'm disappointed TLS decided to make main characters so rare in a line that's already hard to find because not all of us have a Five Below. But I'm very relieved they didn't choose any of my faves to make rare!

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine. 

REVIEW: Zuru A Lot A Axolotls

What's that you said? Zuru is doing an axolotl line for $5 each?

TAKE MY MONEY. 

I absolutely wiped my work Walmart out of these. I figured my best chance of getting a full set was getting them from the same place all at once. 

I'm not going to post their official names. Like I think this is Dance-a-lotl. Just imagine cutesy stuff like that. 

So for $5, you get a poseable axolotl, a sticker, some play sand, and two accessories. 

I actually really love the dancer. She was like my third most wanted after the two spooky ones. Not my usual type, but I've got a love for purple and gold together. 

Okay, I said I wasn't going to do names, but this is Undertake-a-lotl and that's just hilarious. 

My second most wanted after the rare Scare-a-lotl. 

I love everything about him. 

Their little arms are on a ball joint, so they can swing out to help hold the accessories. However, they pop off REALLY EASILY. Be mindful of where you're opening these guys, because the arms and small accessories are easy to lose. 

The artist!

If you shove the edge of the hat under the gill, it will sometimes stay on. Most of the headgear is not stable. 

I had to work to get him to hold the brush. I'm displaying a lot of these without their accessories. Like they're cute, but I really just wanted the figures. 

The gamer. 

Definitely not one I was interested in accessory-wise but look at this face.

 

More like Sass-a-lotl. 

Those two are more coral. These two are much lighter, but still a peachy tone more than a straight up pink.  

On the left is the snack guy and the right is the rapper. The cap actually comes with the rapper, but I didn't want to hide his lightning bolt. I think it looks cute on the snacky guy with his little donut. 

The singer is more a true pink. I like her earrings. They come loose, so you can put them wherever on her gills you want. 

Jem-a-lotl!

Moving on to the aqua. 

This one is a chef. 

And this one just wants a nap. I relate to him very much. 

Normally, I don't like anything that hides their faces, but this snorkel is precious. 

So cute!

I think this little traveler has one of the best color schemes. Absolutely adore the gill colors and white belly.  

Tiny suitcaaaaaaase.

I was so lucky this morning, because I got the rare astronaut! He wasn't on my radar, because a) rare and b) Scare-a-lotl is more my style. 

But his colors. His colorrrrrrrrrrs. 

I meant to take a picture of him with his helmet on, because it's very cute, but I got distracted by these colors. 

Yeah, I can't get over how gorgeous he is. 

So from the commons, I'm missing the nurse and the reader (fourth most wanted!). And then Scare-a-lotl, who's rare like the astronaut here. 

My store seemed to have two cases. From pictures I've seen online, I'm pretty sure a case is 12. All the balls were unloaded into a Zuru display setup, so I didn't see the case itself. I bought 15 of them and ended up with 12 different. I'd love to know if there was a rare in each case, but even if there isn't, you're not going to get a full set in one case. 

I have doubles of the traveler, the sleepy one, and the snack one. I'd happily trade for the nurse or reader. (No one's going to give up Scare-a-lotl!) Or if anyone wants them, I'd gladly sell for $5 plus shipping. 

I love these. They're the cutest little things. 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.

REVIEW: Magic Mixies Pixlings BEARLINDA

My Bearlinda arrived from Amazon today. 

I wasn't really excited about this one, but I can't resist a Pixling. 

And she surprised me with that face. She has a lot of lovely painted detail on her forehead, eyes and cheeks. I like that her eyes are done in darker blue and the lips are darker pink. She's got excellent contrast.  

She really is very lovely except for the damn ears. That's the only "polar bear" thing on her. It's like they wanted to make a cloud theme but felt they needed an animal attached. I don't know why. Just make her a cloud sprite or something. 

Failed at showing the detail on these. Like all Pixlings footwear, they're cute. 

Her hair is in these twists that I'm leaving in place. 

I did not expect her to make it to the coffee table with my other faves, but she's out here. There are some that aren't here that I do like better than her, but for the moment, I want to see her more often. 

Now to wait impatiently for the next series!

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.

DEVIN!

FINALLY.

I've ordered so many of these from Amazon, trying to get this girl, and she showed up at last in part of my most recent batch. Then twice more in the second part of the same order. Then again at Walmart. Typical. 

But now I only need the Stitch one. 

Definitely my favorite. As if I wouldn't love the white-haired, pinstripe-sporting goth. 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.

REVIEW: Shibajuku Anime KIKI

Finally got Kiki home!

She's the only other one from this line I'm interested in. I've seen pictures of the pink and blue girls and they're easy passes, so maybe I could like the blonde in purple, but I'm not counting on it. 

I really like her yellow, black and white color scheme. 

Adorable! 

Okay, yeah, the tie is printed on, but she's still cute. 

The sleeves do like to fly off, so I have to keep her hands tilted. 

Mine came with an extra barrette loose in the bottom of the box. Not sure if that's intentional or not. 

I love her as much as Akira. 

These two have crashed my SH shelf, which sits above the shelf where I do reviews, hence the Adoorbs hanging out there. (I'm planning on redoing the shelf where they're going to go, but I've been caught up redoing my closet first.)

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.