There's quite a bit of hoopla in the Barbie community about the possibility of Barbie getting a new Articulated body in the future.

18 points of Articulation!

However, it looks like to me that Barbie is getting a whole new body in 2016.

Perhaps it is time to say good-bye to the Belly Button body... And hello to this new teenage Barbie body. She has narrower shoulders, smaller bust size, narrower hips.

 
And then there's the articulated body, with its upper arm rotation, double hinge elbow & knee joints and upper thigh rotation. Plus we've got the chest & ankle rotation on one body.


Personally, I don't have a problem with visible joints.

But I'm also not a collector who demands articulation. My collection is display based so, I like to put my dolls it cool poses, but most of them don't need to be.

My big wish for this new development is that they are used for the DC Superhero Girls collection from Mattel.


It was announced this year that DC Comics was launching a superhero line of merchandise targeted at young girls.

The designs looks pretty good! I can do with a few details here and there, but I like the look of the girls so far.


 In a separate announcement, it was said that the girls will get ACTION FIGURES.


I got such a jolt of excitement when I first heard the announcement. I knew this meant Mattel was going to make toys aimed at girls, which obviously means dolls, right?! Right?!


Now, I immediately decided to hold out hope that they would be figures in the 12" scale. I play dolls with my young cousins and they will take any doll and include it in their stories.

They have even played with my Barbra Streisand doll!

I've been slowly getting them into comics and since DC is a big deal to me, it is where I started. They know who Supergirl & Batgirl & Bubble Bee are from Teen Titans comics. I would love to be able to introduce them to Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy & Katana through these dolls.

They would eat them up! They'd put them right in with Barbie & Elsa & Anna, etc.

Maaaaaaaaaaybe, these new ACTION FIGURE-like doll bodies are going to be used for DC girls ACTION FIGURES...?



After all, the Disney store just announced a new doll for Tomorrow land that they are labeling an 'ACTION FIGURE'.

I missed her on TheBarbieCollection.com because I didn't want to pay for shipping. Now I've paid more than that now. 


I'm so stupid.

It wouldn't be such a big deal if I didn't want multiples. I ordered 2 nude LA Girls on eBay. 


At least this way, I won't be obsessing about them like I have for the last couple days.

I've been acting a little crazy because there's not much year left and I don't want to be buying up dolls next year. 

I'm putting a number quota on the amount of dolls I can get next year. No more than 20 dolls. Maybe not even that much....

Whatever new Fashionistas come out next year, I've maxed my total amount at 5. 

I'm thinking of topping out at 15 dolls total. Leaving 5 slots for surprises. 

I may do 10 total, with 5 slots.

As for this year, I'm tryna get my essentials in line before the year's up. 

My Wish List encompasses pretty much everything I want to get for the rest of year. I updated it recently. 



We expect a couple Mockingjay dolls. I wrote on the image that I wanted ALL of them, but that's not really true. Mostly I want Gale -- if it's a likeness doll. I don't need another Peeta. I already have 2 Katniss(es). Its such a cool sculpt it wouldn't hurt to get more, but we'll see. 

If its a kick ass doll then that'll make my decision much easier.

Now, what I'm really hoping for is a surprise. A Hunger Games doll we weren't expecting. That's probably asking way too much though. The CATCHING FIRE dolls are still in the BC.com shop.

Here are all the Fashionistas I wanted this year laid out:



I ordered the top 2 rows already. 1 each.

Its the next couple rows that get complicated. I think I want duplicates of each...

I have 2 LA Girls - and I think I want another. The New Skipper sculpt is such a beautiful and versatile one and I've been wishing for one without a tan.

The modified Pazzette is such a cute and unique sculpt. There's a lot of potential in it. Ideally, I'd have 2.

I think the pale brunette sculpt is the New Tori. I want at least 1 of those (for a very special doll). I want the same for the brown skinned beauty on the bottom. I have ideas for more, if I ever get them.

In general, though, I'm going to try to practise restraint.  I can't imagine they won't use these cool sculpts again.

And, yeah, I also want the donut top. ;) It's cute.

I ordered some new shoes, as well as LA Girl's outfit, but that's it for new purchases.

On Sunday, I'm going to talk about my most recent reroot. She's gorgeous and very special. I'm really proud of her!


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LA Girl Barcode Image from eBAy:

Over on my main blog, The Critical Artist, I'm going to be talking about Season 3 of Orphan Black. So, I thought this would be a great time to talk about my Orphan Black doll series.

I got her, folks.