REVIEW: Marvel Rising Secret Identity Squirrel Girl

Squirrel Girl!

The deluxe Secret Identity Squirrel Girl is a Target exclusive. She costs $29.99 because unlike the other Secret ID dolls, she has the proper elbow and wrist articulation of the sig dolls.

There were 7 of these when my mom was just at Target, so I'm thinking 4 per case.

Doreen actually moved up to second favorite after Kamala after watching the movie on Sunday and her doll is appropriately also my second favorite. Or maybe favorite. Like she seriously is that cute.

Back of the box.

I do hope to see more Secret ID dolls because I like their casual outfits. Kinda wish they'd just made it a separate line if they were going to skimp on articulation.

Apologies for the weird angle here, but my other shots of this outfit did not come out as well.

She's so damn cute! I love this whole outfit.

The vest and shirt are one piece, but the detailing on them and the pants is nice. The boots and hat are great. I love the little bag.

Here's the back.

Her hair seems nicer than the other girls'. I think it's still nylon, but it just feels better.

Here she is in her hero outfit. I haven't seen the signature, so I'm not sure if this is the same outfit or not. I want to say it is, but I'm not sure.

This is cute, even though it's a single piece. I can see where they cut corners a little on the outfit when she comes with Tippy Toe, her giant tail and her ear headband.

Her tail pops securely into a hole on her back. You can easily rotate it out of the way when you're dressing her and you need to close or open the velcro.

Tippy Toe sits pretty securely on her arm, too.

I tried to get a photo of it, but none of them came out, but my favorite detail about her is...she has buck teeth. Her front teeth are actually defined in her mouth. Not severely, but it is there.

She's got the cutest little face and I love that they did so many different body types with this line.

These poor dolls. I swear, this is the last time I'm undressing them all!

So as you can see, the only body repeats are Ghost Spider and Quake. Everyone else is different. And Doreen is tiny!

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

REVIEW: Marvel Rising Signature Ghost Spider

Ghost Spider finally appeared at Target, too.

Admittedly, she's not one I was wanting as much as the other girls. I like all of them better than her. I still like all of them better than her. But that doesn't mean she's not a neat doll.

I have no interest in the Secret Identity dolls with their lack of articulation for $24.99. I opted to go with this one and if they ever put the Secret IDs on clearance, then Gwen can have her rockstar outfit.

I believe Ghost Spider and Squirrel Girl come two per case in their assortment. Honestly a bit surprised they didn't go with Kamala and Squirrel Girl in the same case, because Kamala was decidedly the main character of Sunday's movie. Ghost Spider wasn't even in it, though she's slated for the second special.

The mask is really, really cool-looking. It's on an elastic strap, so it's easy to put on. There are three big problems though. First, her hair sticks out the back of the hood. Second, the outside of the hood is not white. It's just the inside-out of the webbed material. It looks really stupid. Third, the hood doesn't like to stay down over the mask like it should be in the art.

I wish they'd opted for interchangeable heads. There's really no reason she and Patriot couldn't have had them.

Without her mask, Gwen looks a bit washed out. I think the lip color is a little too light for her.

Her hair is pretty nice and I like the pink layer.

See what I mean about the hood? It doesn't look right.

Of all the dolls, I think she has the weakest outfit because this hood mess is just bad.

I do like her. I always love the web-shooting gesture so that hand is really cute. Her boots are awesome. Her costume is awesome except for the hood. She's just got some stiff competition.

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

REVIEW: Marvel Rising Signature Patriot

Woohoo! More reviews! I've been itching to get more of these dolls since I watched the movie on Sunday night. My mom stopped in Target last night and was told an endcap was being done for them next week. Then my friend texted today and said they were out! Mom was already at work, so I sent her a text and she stopped by after and picked me up three more dolls.

The only character I'm missing is Inferno. Has anyone even found him yet?

Patriot was a surprise, because I had thought he sold, but now I'm thinking a worker stuck him in the back or something after I bought my other dolls on Saturday.

None of the girls from this sig case were there, so it seems more likely to me that this is the Patriot from my case, not that someone bought just those 3 dolls from a new case. Doesn't really matter, but I think it's more likely anyway.

Patriot's the stick-in-the-mud character that needs to loosen up. I like him regardless. His dynamic with Squirrel Girl was cute.

Although I would like to know everyone's ages. It's really unclear. Kamala's still in high school. Doreen probably is, too. Quake and Patriot seem older. America's not human, so I'm not sure how she ages.

Anyway, PATRIOT!

He's a handsome lad.

I think they missed an opportunity to give him interchangeable heads though. He would have looked cool with one head like the doll's and another with the rest of his uniform on.

The shield is a little difficult to get on. It stays on nicely and doesn't slide around once it's in place, but you've got to force it on a bit.

For some reason, the right hand in the fist feels a little out of proportion to me. I dunno. It just looks a bit smaller than the open left hand.

Both his hands come off just like the girls' do, but be careful, because mine definitely come off way easier than any of the female hands.

It just looks like a onesie from the back. Ha.

A little detail would have been nice.

Patriot's a nice addition to my admittedly small male doll collection. I think he's my first human (i.e. not Monster High) African-American male doll that isn't Dylan from Bratz. My female dolls are very diverse, but my male dolls aren't, mostly because I've never bought a lot of Ken dolls and that's where the best male doll diversity is in a line that's affordable. I hope to see more diverse boys in this line!

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

REVIEW: Marvel Rising Signature Quake

Okay, last review. I did not buy poor Patriot. I left him there alone on the shelf. Maybe he'll still be there when I have money again.

Again, to recap...

DPCI: 086-14-1663

Same DPCI for both signature case assortments.

Price: $19.99 even if the shelf tag says $20.99.

So time for Quake!

You guys that know me would really think she was my favorite. I mean, dark clothes, pale skin, funky short-ish hair. She looks like my type of doll, but she was only third most wanted.

She's seriously badass though. I mean, best outfit of the three hands down.

Quake is a little bit "What if Mal from the Descendants joined G.I. Joe."

I mean, tell me she doesn't look like a Cobra agent or something. That's a pretty tactical-looking outfit.

It's gorgeous. The top is faux leather with loads of printed details. The pants also have tons of detail. Her boots are stunning. The hand molds are excellent and I like how they lead into the cuffs, even if the cuffs have the same problem as Kamala's. (They're slit so the fabric pokes through.)

Her animated design has a regular belt and a thigh belt. I don't think they're connected, but it was wise of Hasbro to do that so the thigh belt can exist without falling off all the time.

The belt does have a part where it unhooks, so this thing is easy to take off and put on.

All of their outfits are actually easy to take off and put back on. The hands pop off, although America's fit easily through her sleeves when I put her top back on over them.

She really is giving me Baroness vibes. Ha.

It's the very sleek design, I think.

Sleek. Full-coverage. Dangerous.

My photos do not do those boots justice either. They're amazing. I'll have to shoot them again.

Quake has the best hair of the three I have. It lays nicely and I love the colors.

 

Quake's power accessory is this awesome burst. You take off her hand to slide it on, then put the hand back. It looks really cool!

And now we can finally look at the bodies.

According to Hasbro, there are 15 points of articulation.

Neck, shoulders, hips, elbows, wrists, thighs, knees.

That's 13. But the knees have two joints, so I guess they're counting that to make 15.

The knees are pretty cool though.

As you can see, each one of the girls has a different body type.

And a different butt!

Quake does not sit very well. She leans back a lot, whereas America and Kamala sit fine.

Quake has a slight high-heel arch to her foot, while Kamala and America are flat. Those two stand on their own a lot more easily than Quake, although she can do it, too. It's just not very stable.

So I did not do any size comparisons with other dolls or clothing try-ons or anything like that. I'm going to let you guys tell me what you want to know. I mean, I can say right now these girls aren't going to have great shoe options. They're also pretty good-sized, so clothes-sharing is going to be limited, but please ask away! I'd be happy to try stuff on them or take body pics next to Barbies or something. I bet America could fit some of the curvy Barbie clothes.

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

REVIEW: Marvel Rising Signature America

Quick recap from Kamala's review, in case you missed it.

DPCI: 086-14-1663

This number applies to both signature case assortments though.

Price: $19.99, even if the shelf tag says $20.99.

Okay, so...America!

This was the other character I really wanted along with Kamala.

Honestly, I know very little about any of these characters. I read a lot of X-Men 'verse stuff back in the 90s and that's the extent of my Marvel knowledge, aside from the X-Men cartoons and all the movie stuff. But reading up on them, I knew I wanted Kamala and America most, because they're fantastic representation. And lovely designs!

Shooting America is really when I should have stopped and realized the backgrounds were not working, because she's taller and that makes angling to get the background always behind her head more difficult.

Just bear with me with all these pics.

This girl's face. You just know she's a badass.

America's power accessory is a punching effect that clips around her wrist. America Chavez: she'll make you see stars.

Her hair is pretty decent. It's not super soft and nice like the curly-haired Hairdorables, but it's not awful either. It looks better than it feels. She may be off to the conditioning salon with Kamala later.

Clothing-wise, people might gripe about this girl. She has the perma-stockings people hate. I personally don't care about them. She also has fake layers. Her top is all one piece, not a vest over a hoodie.

For $19.99, this thing really should have been a vest over a hoodie though, especially if they weren't even giving her leggings.

Maybe it's because her body uses more plastic to make than the other girls? Hmm.

From the side. She has the same paint the shoe detail on the outside but not on the inside skimp as Kamala did.

She's still cool though. I'm really just nitpicking because this is a review and that's what I'm supposed to do.

And from the back.

Yeah, her hood really is that long. I guess that's where all the material that should have gone into making her vest and hoodie separate went.

I did not even try to put the hood up. I know it would look ridiculous with all that hair crammed in there.

That is it for America.

Again, body comparison will be in the last review. Which is the next one.

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

REVIEW: Marvel Rising Signature Ms. Marvel

I rocked some serious birthday luck in Target tonight. I was just there two days ago checking for Marvel Rising dolls again and nothing. Tonight? I found a single case of dolls put out, despite knowing we have a few of them in the back, and it just happened to be the case I wanted most!

The signature dolls are $19.99. There was a shelf tag that said $20.99, but they rang up $19.99.

The DPCI for this case assortment (1 each of Quake, America, Ms. Marvel and Patriot) is 086-14-1663. However, this DPCI actually is the same for BOTH sig assortments, so you don't know if you've got this case or the Ghost Spider/Squirrel Girl case unless you're looking at the dolls.

The back of the box is fairly simple. I wish they'd done a blurb about their powers though.

Opening these was not fun. They're not simple like, say, Mattel's more recent boxes. There's no good way to get them open. You just have to pretend you're America and shred into them.

I thought these girls deserved a return of my old glitter backgrounds, but eh. I think the pics actually may have turned out better had I just done no background like I've been doing for my reviews.

Poor Kamala. I did you no justice.

Kamala was my must have of the day, but my mom ended up getting me two as birthday gifts so all three girls got to come home with me.

Where to begin?

The faces on these are absolutely lovely. They're very expressive and I love the detailing, particularly on the eyebrows.

The hair is...not so great. It's basic nylon, I think. It doesn't feel super cheap, but it doesn't feel that nice either. Kamala's is swirled back on one side from how she was positioned in the box. I might try to give her a conditioning treatment to help that out.

Her profile is adorable. I love that nose!

Sorry this came out blurry. I was super excited about taking these and too impatient to charge my camera battery, so I was fighting against time with each shot.

Let's see, we should probably talk outfit.

Kamala has a long-sleeved top with a nice gold lightning bolt on the front and a gold stripe on each side. The sleeves have red material on the inside that matches her pants.

The long red scarf is attached to the top. It has a gold detail, too, but only on one side.

Kamala's shoes are blue sneakers with a lot of molded detail, but only one painted detail per shoe. There's a gold lightning bolt on the outside of each shoe.

Her blue mask goes on like glasses and stays on well.

My biggest issue with her is the gold cuff. It's wide open and fits poorly over the sleeve. You can see fabric poking out the front by her hand and on the entire open part. They should have followed in Mattel's footsteps and done the cuffs like DCSG did. These girls have removable hands. It would have worked.

Speaking of hands, Kamala's power accessory is a giant right hand. She comes with it on in the box, while the regular right hand is attached to the box liner. It is not visible from the front of the box. It's behind the Marvel Rising logo at the bottom. So when you buy Kamala, make sure that regular hand is in there!

I'll go into detail about the articulation on the last review, because I took photos of the undressed girls together.

I really love Kamala. I think she's worth the $19.99, but you can tell a lot of that money went into the body. Her clothes are nice, but the hair and the cuff accessory could use improvement. Still super cute though! I'm so happy to have her.

PHOTO CREDITS: Mine.

NEWS: Marvel Rising

Massive Marvel Rising update! (Many thanks to the person here who gave me the heads up!) So many photos have surfaced today. I compiled a bunch of them from my Google search and posted all I could find on my Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/venivididolli/

Instead of posting them all here, I'm just going to point you all in that direction, but from the many articles I read, here's what we know.

Dolls are 11" tall.

They will be sold at Disney Stores and Target, plus Hasbro online. Not sure what this means for all those Amazon listings...

Training dolls are $12.99 with 5 points of articulation (neck, shoulders, hips).

Signature dolls are $19.99 with a fabulous FIFTEEN points of articulation. Clearly, these are the best ones. 

Secret Identity dolls are $24.99 and come with 2 outfits and 7 accessories. I believe these have 7 points of articulation, the basic 5 plus knees. (One article says 11 points, but I'm not seeing them in the promos. We'll see.) Secret Identity Squirrel Girl is a $29.99 Target exclusive.

They should be available in October!

Definitely very exciting.

NEWS: Hasbro Marvel Rising Dolls in December?

I was bored, so I decided to peruse the new Amazon listings under dolls. I discovered many from Hasbro with Marvel characters. After a bit of Googling, I learned about the new Marvel Rising franchise. These dolls all seem to be from that.

No pictures on any of the listings. Yet.

With a release date of December 1st and a price point of $12.99, we have:

GHOST-SPIDER (AKA: Spider-Gwen):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F6LWSSV/

SQUIRREL GIRL:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F6LJXG3/

QUAKE:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F6MZ7H1/

INFERNO:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F6LWSSX/

(Unlike DCSG, they're actually including a guy! Shocking!)

AMERICA CHAVEZ:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F6TNQ73/

America also gets a $24.99 secret identity doll:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F6T2KZ6/

And there's another secret identity doll that I think is Ms. Marvel:

https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Secret-Identity-MS-Doll/dp/B07F6LRGB7/

There are two generic listings for January 15th:

$12.99 Signature:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F3FND3F/

$29.99 Feature:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F3FNLG4/

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what these look like! Although part of me wishes for some more nostalgic characters, but hey, I'll take what I can get.