I remember when I was a little girl that I adored all sorts of baby dolls. I had a gorgeous red pram (it's 30 years old now!) and new babies were always on my list of wants when it came to Christmas and birthday time. Now unfortunately for me, I was never lucky enough to receive a Baby Annabell doll, I was little too old when she was first released so it's hard to believe that Baby Annabell is celebrating her 20th anniversary this year!
And of course she's celebrating in style, with the release of the 'My Special Day' doll and my youngest two girls were thrilled to receive one of their own. This is a limited edition doll and she is all ready to celebrate in her new party dress and added accessories.
It's not long now, March this year sees the release of Disney's live action version of Beauty and the Beast staring the lovely Emma Watson. In celebration of this there has of course been a lot of wonderful merchandise made.
The lovely people at the Disney Store UK have sent my girls a couple of items from the new product range to keep them occupied whilst we wait for the film to hit the big screen.
I was recently talking about how Bratz had made a smashing return to toy shelves, just in time for Christmas I might add. Well if that wasn't enough these feisty girls are now ready to travel the world and of course they do this in style. The new Study Abroad range sees the Bratz crew overseas and ready to learn more about the world.
Will you meet Pandas with Cloe in China? #Cloud9
Will you speak Spanish with Raya who’s in Mexico? #LaVidaLoca
Will you learn samba like Yasmin who’s visiting Brazil? #LifeIsBeautiful
Will you read literature with Jade who is travelling across Russia? #Epic
Will you show Sasha around when she has some free time on her trip to the UK? #BritainIsMyJam
Bratz are back. Cloe, Yasmin, Jade and Sasha, along with their newest bestie Raya have been relaunched with not only a new look but a new ethos too. Appealing to the latest generation of young girls, this exciting new line includes five different collections of dolls and playsets which includes :
My girls are huge fans of Barbie, we've got the dolls, dvds, bags and there are many more things on their wishlist to Santa. We were very fortunate to be sent a brand new Barbie toy recently, the Chelsea Flippin Pup Pool Playset.
About 3 weeks ago I told you a bit about Makie dolls and showed you a little of the process of creating our very own Makie doll.
Yesterday I had three very excited girls when their Makie doll finally arrived. The question was, would it look like what they had originally produced on the computer screen??
I'm sure you are thinking what could be so exciting about a doll, let me explain a little. When you create your doll you get to choose everything from their eyes and nose to the width of their smile and the clothes they wear.
Each Makie doll is made using a process called 3D printing. The way the makie lab people tell you to imagine it is that instead of using the traditional ink on paper, the printer uses powdered plastic that gets melted into shape.
So I'm sure by now you are excited for the big reveal too, so without further ado I introduce to you Destiny :
Fully poseable, she can be placed in many positions, making her look like she is dancing, maybe exercising or just sitting and relaxing. The detail really is amazing, from the colour of the eyes to the little holes in her ears because the girls wanted her to have pierced ears.
The limbs can be removed and they are quite easy to pull off and push back on and this makes it simpler for you to dress/undress your dolls.
I have to say the Makie doll feels quite strange, not the normal plastic that you have on other dolls, almost as though it has been coated in another material, I'm not sure how to describe it, just an added texture to it.
She is extremely lightweight for the size of her and I was surprised that she doesn't seem fragile, even when moving her limbs around, I don't feel like I am going to break her at all.
A really lovely added touch is that your Makie doll comes complete with their own certificate, stating their name, who they were made by and just where they were produced.
I am now going to leave you with a video of my daughter's opening up their package and taking a look at some of the accessories that they would like Destiny to own.
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Disclaimer : I was sent this doll free of charge for reviewing purposes however all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Makies are a new brand of doll from MakieLab, when I was contacted by them to see if I would like to create and review my own doll, I thought this would be a nice thing that I could do with my two older daughters.
These poseable dolls are 3d printed and stand at 10 inches tall. Created completely by you, you get to choose everything starting with their hair, eyes and mouth, even down to the width of their smile and the clothes they wear.
We were sent a Makies "Gift a Makie" which cost £69, included in this is a gift certificate which pays for the price of creating a Makie doll. You can create your doll on their site like we done or you can download the makies app from iTunes and create your doll whenever and wherever you happen to be at the time.
The process is quite simple and really fun, my daughter's and I had a good laugh at the way we made the doll look, some very weird and wonderful facial expressions seen.
Below is a short video showing my girls going through the motions of making their very own doll :
We have now sent our doll selection off to be made. Delivery costs £6.60 and once purchased your very own Makie doll should be with you within about 2 weeks time. Look out for my next review showing you just what these dolls look like in real life, to say the girls are excited is a bit of an understatement!!!
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Disclaimer : The doll making kit was sent to use free of charge for reviewing purposes however all thoughts and opinions are my own.
