New Barbie Fashionistas

The new Barbie Fashionistas have hit store shelves and they are even more dynamic than last year's releases. I love the petite doll with the purple hair.
Will you be picking up any of the new releases?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Misty Copeland Barbie In Stock Online

The Misty Copeland Barbie is available in limit quantity online today according to an email I received earlier. You can order her here.
Will you be ordering one?

New Barbie Fashionistas In Stores Now

The highly anticipated, and highly publicized, multi body type Barbie Fashionistas hit the stores last Tuesday. Over the weekend my mission was to find these new dolls and see them for myself, and possible purchase a few. 

Below are photos of the new Fashionistas I found available in my area:

First the new curvy body:

The tall body:

The new petite body:

I'm really excited about the new body molds of these Barbies and look forward to this line evolving even more.

Have you purchased any of the new Fashionistas yet? If so which ones?

Weekend Store Sightings December 5-6

This is starting to become a some what regular column here at The Doll Room, so we will get right to it. Take a look at some of the new (at least to me) things that we saw in stores over the weekend.

Monster High Great Scarrier Reef Peri and Pearl Serpentine

Barbie Spy Squad Doll

Made to Move Barbie, I can't remember this particular one's name but she's my favorite.

Monster High Great Scarrier Reef Kala Mer'ri

Monster High Posea Reef

Retro Batman set, based off of the 60's TV series. Features Batgirl, Batman and Robin.

Our Grneration Spin Away On Ice Outfit from Target

Our Generation Retro Outfit from Target

Our Generation U Can Ukulele from Target

If you saw anything new, different or exciting please share that with us in the comments section.

Weekend Store Sightings November 28, 2015

First I would like to say to all of those who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you had a wonderful day. 

The Friday after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, marks the official start of the holiday shopping season. Most stores offer big discounts on toys and electronics starting on Friday, and the sales usually run all weekend. I did a little shopping and browsing over the weekend and wanted to share some of the things I saw that were new to me. If you saw any new or interesting things in the stores over the weekend please share those with us as well.

I mainly went into Target because they had Our Generation brand merchandise for BOGO (Buy One Get One) 50% off, below are some items that I saw.

Our Generation Holiday Hope doll 

Barbie's sister Skipper Sister Sledding Fun

Barbie Festive and Fabulous Doll 

Barbie's sister Chelsea and friends Santa Outfit 

Barbie's sister Chelsea and friends Christmas Tree Outfit 

Barbie's sister Chelsea and friends snowman outfit 

And the one new thing I saw in Toys R Us

The Toys R Us exclusive Monster High Frightfully Tall Elissabat Doll

Hello Barbie Could Be Spying

The Hello Barbie that is slated for release just in time for the holiday season is already causing controversy. This Barbie can have a conversation with your child through the magic of modern technology, but some parents are afraid that what their child tells Barbie will be used as market research. You can read the Yahoo article by using the link below.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/critics-warn-that-high-tech--talking--barbie-could-eavesdrop-on-kids-201032914.html

Top Toys Under $75

With the holiday season upon us it's time for a top toys post:

Under $75

Frozen 

In the area I live Frozen is very popular with the younger crowd, especially anything Olaf related. The light up, singing Snowglow Elsa also seems to be very popular. 

Legos/Lego Friends

A classic toy, boys and girls alike enjoy building with Legos. I was informed by boy at the store last week that "the helicopter set is awesome." The characters in the Friends set are really cute. Both the classic Legos and Lego Friends offer small sets that retail for around $6.

Journey Girls dolls

This year the girls traveled to London and  got nice new outfits for their trip. The dolls are similar to American Girl dolls but they have a vinyl chest plate over a stuffed cloth body and their eyes don't close. I really like the purple party dress set and the holiday doll is gorgeous. If you want a nice 18 inch doll but at a significantly lower than American Girl price, this would be my top pick. This line is exclusive to Toys R Us and the holiday doll is gorgeous and comes in two different versions, light brown hair with blue eyes and dark brown hair with 

brown eyes.

Regular Journey Girls retail for approximately $40, while the holiday edition doll retails for $50.

Hot Wheels

They come themed to Hanna Barbera cartoons or resemble characters from Spongebob these cars have been captivating generations for over 50 years.  You can get single cars for less than a dollar at most department stores and the more detailed ones for less than $5. Add in the new track builder concept and these great stocking stuffers also make great presents.

Barbie 

"Style" Barbie and her friends feature articulation similar to Monster High dolls and come with multi piece mix and match outfits. The outfits are stylish and the mix and match options are great especially between multiple dolls. My favorites from this line are Midge, Raquelle, and Teresa. Retail Price $20-$25

Ever After High

The children of fairy tale characters have a lot going on at Ever After High.  From Maddie's tea parties to Thronecoming this line has really expanded over a year. With similar articulation to MH dolls and interesting fashions I really like the Legacy Day Ashlynn Ella doll, Maddie's Tea Party set, and the O'Hair twins 2 pack.

Flea Market Sightings

Over the weekend a county near where I live held their annual county wide yard sale/flea market. I found a few treasures that ended up coming home with me. Over the course of finding these treasures I came across many other interesting dolls and items that I wanted to share with you. These items didn't come home with me but i will be sharing the ones that did at a later time. If you happen to know any information about these I would love for you to share it with us.