I ordered my TLS Toy SDCC stuff from Amazon, but then switched to the direct site when they became available first. My order got delayed a few times thanks to FedEx, but still arrived before the Amazon pieces would have.
So this is the Moonglow doll from the yarn hair Rainbow Brite line. I didn't buy Rainbow, so she's my first experience with this style.
I can't wait for Indigo.
Stormy and Tickled Pink should be the next two released.
I didn't do a pic, but these girls are bigger than their vintage counterparts.
Moonglow is a character I never owned. The dressable Rainbow Brite is pretty much the only accessible doll from that vintage line. Moonglow is extremely rare and therefore expensive, and Stormy was never produced.
I have always been very much a "the show is the proper depiction" sort, even as a kid. When I first saw the dressables, I hated Stormy. She looked nothing like my Stormy, who was my favorite. I didn't understand how Moonglow was so different either, not realizing the dolls came first. But this version here is my Moonglow, the show Moonglow. I used to follow the designer of the original dressable doll on IG and boy, is she not happy about the changes. (I ended up unfollowing her after seeing her rude comments about a custom and being tired of her being generally unsupportive of the current doll trends.) But her doll was never Moonglow to me. This version is and I'm glad this is the version we got. It does raise questions about Stormy though, because Hallmark tweaked the unproduced brighter doll to create her current look. So they went with the show version of Moonglow, but not the show version of Stormy, which is far superior. I love that Stormy gets toys and I buy all of them, but she's like "makeover Stormy" to me, not the real Stormy.
Her head can turn.
The hair is finer than the vintage dolls and that makes it better to me.
The mini figures certainly are mini.
The Sprite set.
The warmer colors are not in the first set of blind-packed minis, but the other four are.
ADORABLE!
They definitely did well with these. I'm pleased with both sets.
PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.
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