Current Notes : Yaaay !
Whoo-hoo ! We ended up with
a few extra bucks, so when Beloved Hubby asked, you know where I wanted to go –
TRU ! He knew, and just grinned. So, this morning, we were on the way soon
after they opened. I had my coupon in-hand, and was trying so hard to not be
disappointed if they didn’t have Scarah. I’d made up my mind to not buy anything
if they didn’t have her in stock, as funds will continue to be tight, but I
still looked forward to seeing all the new dolls - Create a Monsters, Music
Festivals, playsets – and that didn’t include the Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse dolls I’ve still never seen in-person, or
all the other toy companies’ doll lines
that’ve just come out. However it played out, I was happy just to go see new
dolls !
So I was a bit flat-footed
when Scarah and three of her sisters were there waiting for me, lined up next
to eight ‘I <3 Fashion’ Clawdeens. Our local store must’ve just received a
shipment of them Thursday. So I had a merry time sorting through the Scarahs
while Beloved and Dearest Son dug through ponies and Lego – to be honest, they
could have been doing the Lindy Hop and I wouldn’t have noticed until the
second encore.
Two of the Scarahs had pink
smears on the box – telltale signs that her lip paint is probably flawed – and three
had nose dots. The nose dots went away when the box was shifted a bit, but then
I saw that most had some tiny black ‘strays’ in the white eye paint. Hrf. Now I
had a quandary. The one I liked best had a box smear, and I could see where her
lip paint was slightly lacking. But she had the most perfect eyes ! I shuffled
around the four dolls (thank Everything there weren’t more Scarahs, or I’d
probably be there still !) for a ten-minute eternity, and in the end, went with
the one who’d had my heart since I saw her. Her eyes are perfect, her lip has a
small smear – and she’s mine.
They also had Picture Day dolls on sale for $10., but
it was a raft of DracuLauras, with two or three Abbeys. I didn’t want to
over-spend, already had what I wanted from that line, and I got what I came
for. Drifted over to gaze at the new Fairy
Tale High dolls conveniently arranged next to the MH display. These are by S-K Victory, a
toy company I can’t find out anything about, except that their CEO used to work
for Jakks Pacific. Lawyers, start your engines. Oh, and they’re not to be
confused with the round-headed Ever After
High girls by Mattel. Even though they do have one other big thing in
common – all the girl dolls share the same head mold. And it really shows at FTH. Hrf. They all looked sort of bland and despite the obvious
changes in clothes, hair color, and style, exactly alike. Belle was really
bleh, although I did sort of like Snow White and Tinkerbell. Still, for $18., I’d rather get a real MH and have more of a choice beyond just
clothes and hair – ours had all the Music Festival collection, and I can tell
ya, Venus was pretty tempting !
Our store didn’t have any of
the Dreamhouse dolls – in fact, they
barely had any Barbie at all. Of the two-shelving-sectioned Pink Aisle, one was
taken over by cars, houses, My Size, and princess clothes for girls, and the
other had all the dolls, which were mostly princess ballerina mermaids. No So In Style, no Dreamhouse, just Twilight character
collectables, the standard playline princesses, and some travel dolls. Very
disappointing. Dearest had found a small but awesome-looking Lord of the Rings Lego set that included
two Gandalfs (Gandalfii ? ) mini-figs that, in his mind, were perfect
Dumbledores, so he was happy. I felt a little bad that Beloved didn’t get a toy
(grin), but he was happy that we were.
So, I now have Scarah ! So
happy. You know, I thought her white jacket was another lab coat, but with a
belt sewn to it, but it isn’t. It’s very much like the original ‘Classroom’
doll lab coats, snug and flared, but the collar is different and it’s made of
vinyl ! And there’s actual belt loops. Wow. You’ll be seeing lots of Scarah in
the upcoming week, because she is simply awesome.
Hope you found something you’ve
wanted for a while this weekend, too !
Congrats on finding Scarah!!! She is gorgeous!!! Our TRU's are severely lacking in anything new! You'd think being less than an hour away from NYC we'd get better stockings! *shrugs* Oh well, until I find one, I will enjoy her through your blog!
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