More Minnee

 

More Minnee! 

Just a single pic of each this time. 

This is Bubble Tea Bar. She's my fave after Magic Academy. 

Comic Con

So cute. And so detailed!

Winter Boutique

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine. 

REVIEW: Zuru Minnee MAGIC ACADEMY

I don't have a photo of her box. These were waiting for me when I came home on my lunch break and I didn't have a lot of time. I was quite surprised and overjoyed to see my most wanted being the one I opened! 

So this is my first Minnee, the teeny tiny dolls by Zuru. I'm not going into great detail, as others have done this a lot already, but it is amazing how much detail they packed into this miniature doll. I really can't believe how small they are. 

So this is her without her glasses. 

The dolls have a ton of articulation. Wrists, ankles, pretty sure there was even a torso joint. How they did this on this scale, I'll never understand. 

She has rooted hair and a rubber top and shoes, though her skirt is fabric. 

She has the world's tiniest choker that was a bitch to get on. I have very small fingers for an adult. Like I comfortably wear size small gloves at work. So I can only imagine how the average person is going to struggle with these tiny pieces. 

Her little bracelet was already on, but I had to put on the shirt, skirt, shoes, choker, and glasses. The choker was easily the hardest part. 

The pink base is the inner bottom of the box. Her stand fits right into it. 

I knew she was a schoolgirl, but I completely missed the witch part until I saw her "name" and the black cat. And her choker says "magic." I'm just not very observant, okay? 

She is so incredibly amazing. I adore her. 

Here's all her stuff. Checklist. Card. Little brush that's half the size of her. 

For scale!

LAYLA: Ray, what did I tell you about practicing shrinking spells in safe locations only? 

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.

5 Surprise Fairies

Do you guys have anything you search for on sites like ebay, Mercari, etc. that is really impossible to find? 

For me, it's the 5 Surprise fairies. I found the orange-haired one in my local toy store and fell in love with her. She's the cutest small fairy figure I have! (The wings are nice colors. They're just reflecting the flash.) 

I managed to find the middle one on ebay not long after. I had recognized that my fairy had to be from a 5 Surprise ball. I bought some of the pink ones when they first came out and had the mermaids and princesses. She reminded me of those. Thankfully, someone was selling an opened purple ball (second series of the original style 5 Surprise) with the middle fairy, as well as an unopened ball or two. I got a little checklist from that lot and saw that there were four fairies total. 

That was quite a while ago. I posted about these last July and only just now have found a third fairy. I paid $26 for a small lot of 5 Surprise items all to get her. (Although I did get a mushroom and daisy in new colors, too, as well as another ice cream animal and some unicorn keychains.)  

I'm really thrilled to have three of the four! The fourth has pink hair and a bright green dress reminiscent of Tinker Bell. If anyone ever sees her for sale, please let me know!

5 Surprise

Before Zuru came up with Mini Brands, they had two series of "5 Surprise" balls that had 5 compartments with a toy or some kind. 

The figural toys for these balls were extremely cute. I bought several of them when I was still in FL. 

Here are some mermaids.

Then we've got the plants. 

Both plants and mermaids are color change. 

Princesses. I'm missing the brunette in the yellow dress. 

These pets are all Series 1. There should still be pets for Series 2, but they look like they're all in unnatural colors. 

Series 1 had ponies that I sadly have none of, and Series 2 has plush hamsters that I'd love to find. 

This bizarre monkey-head ice cream cone has a tiny suction cup on the back, so it's on my bathroom mirror. 

And my fave: the fairies. 

I started buying these again on ebay because I found the orange fairy in my local toy store and thought she looked like she belonged with 5 Surprise, but I didn't remember any fairies being available. That's because they're Series 2 only and I never got any of those. I found the blue fairy on ebay, along with the mushroom from the plant set, and two unopened balls, so I had to buy the lot for $6. 

I'm currently trying to find some more at reasonable prices. Series 2 seems harder to find. Both series have pink balls, but the plastic wrapper on Series 1 is pink and has cartoony images of the toys inside, while Series 2 is purple with no toy art. I'd love to get the other two fairies in the set! 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.

Itty Bitty Prettys Mixi

I was asked to show Mixi, the rare character from Itty Bitty Prettys Series 2. I got her on ebay and thought I'd taken pics, but nope! I forgot to. So here she is. 

I love her. 

I'm still sad these lines are over. These were really cute dolls. 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.

REVIEW: Angel High Series 2 Mimi8 & Zandella

Ah, here we are. Very likely my final Itty Bitty Prettys review. The only ones I never got were a few from the big cups, but I got all the ones I really wanted, so I never tried for the others. Those big cups are expensive and I'm pretty sure I got one color version of each of the 4 designs repeated in the big cups. I can't remember if I posted her here, but I did track down the rare from the single cup Series 2. I should do a giant ranking for them all for fun. Maybe on my days off. 

Anyway, here is Mimi8!

She's the futuristic one. 

I really love her coloring. I liked Cosmo from Series 1, but I really love Mimi8. 

Her original name was...Sparkle Pop. Uggggggh. I really hope those were just super weak placeholders, not anything they put actual thought into. 

With all her stuff on. I still don't like these glasses. 

And there we go. Definitely tied for favorite with Trixee. 

I like this one WAY more than the first series one in this design. 

Her name is Zandella.

Accessories. 

LOVE that hair! It is such great colors. 

Her initial name was Stacey Raver. It's like they keep getting worse. 

Okay, my issues with her are similar to my issues with her Series 1 counterpart. 

Zandella has way better hair than Zesti-Beat but how are you going to give her that hair and then that hat? It's not going to work. None of the hats in this entire doll line fit well, but Zandella's isn't even close to her head. All for the best, because nothing is blocking my view of those great curls, but still. 

The second issue is that they put a girl in a puff jacket in a line that uses WAIST CLIPS. I managed to stretch Zesti-Beat's clip over her jacket so she's actually been wearing her wings without issue, but Zandella's clip was not having it. And I really like the look of her jacket so I'm not removing it. 

I tried putting the wings around the back of her neck, but they bump into her head, which makes the already unstable wing to clip connection even more unstable. So Zandella will just have to be a regular Itty Bitty Pretty and skip the angel part. 

And that is it. I think I will do that ranking when I get some free time next and can get back to my shelves. I've got a few things stacked in front of them because I'm preparing to set up a bookcase when I get home after vacation. It would probably be a good idea to get all the Itty Bittys together though. I think I need to get them some little wall shelves so they can all be together. 

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.

REVIEW: Angel High Series 2 Belladonna, Pomme & Blossom

 

More Angel High Series 2 have come in. Only two more to go and they might be here tomorrow. 

We'll start with Belladonna. On her box, her original name was Karly Star. Definitely a good change there. 

Accessories. 

She's not one of my faves, but she's still cute. 

One of my favorite things about this line is how many of them wear glasses. 

Another angle. 

Her headband went on easily. I'm not sure it was that easy on the original version of this style. (Everyone in S2 is a recolor of S1 except for Blossom.) 

So that's Belladonna. Very cute.

Then we've got Pomme. She seems to be a candy-loving cheerleader. 

Accessories.

Another one that's cute but not my fave. 

Her original name was Rina. 

With the earrings and wings. 

Amazingly, she can actually wear all her accessories. The headband isn't struggling to fit in the same spot as her glasses. 

Her purse is kind of a pain to close. The strap plugs into a hole on the heart part and the plug was a bit too big for the hole. But at least it shouldn't pop open. 

And finally, we've got Blossom. This one had the random name of Yasmin originally. Weird. I mean, Yasmin is a flower name, but it's still so Bratz-related to me that it confuses me whenever anyone else in the toy world uses it. 

I love those flower wings. 

She's definitely one of my top faves. 

Put the headband on before the earrings or the earrings might fly off. 

The little choker is on, it's just not visible. 

Yeah, she's definitely up there with Trixee and Rio. So cute!

PHOTO CREDIT: Mine.