My Life As Boy Dolls

My Life As has updated their website to include the upcoming fall/winter products, and among the new items are 18 inch boy dolls. The website had two versions of the "School Boy" doll and both are adorable.

 They look like they would make a great addition to an 18 inch doll collection or a great new playmate for a child.

They are available for preorder from walmart.com for $27.97 and have a ship date of August 10.

What do you think of the My Life As boy dolls?

Will you be purchasing one?

Disney Limited Edition Beauty and the Beast Dolls

Tomorrow is the in store preorder for the Beauty and the Beast 17 inch limited edition dolls and the online preorder is August 3. The dolls are $119.95 each and ship early fall.

Will you be ordering any?

Melody Preorder Now Available

The rumored preorder of the upcoming 1964 Historical Melody Ellison has been confirmed and is now live. 

Now through August 8, if you are an AG Rewards member you can preorder Melody and part of her collection.  The American Girl website reads that she should arrive by August 18, and if you preorder her the shipping is free.

Don't forget that AG Rewards members receive a $10 gift card for every $200 they spend, so this set will get you a $10 giftcard next month.

American Girl GoTY 2016

Update January 3, 2016

By now I think we are all very excited for Lea. I ventured to Americal Girl Place Washington DC on release day and took some photos with my phone.

Rainforest house

Lea's Hiking outfit (I had to buy this one)

Lea in part of her swim set

Lea's fruit stand

Lea's mix and match swim set

Lea's kayak set

Lea in her meet outfit

Lea's earrings

Update December 2015:

The cover for the first book has been leaked and you can view it at the sight below.

http://lissieandlilly.blogspot.com/2015/12/girl-of-year-2016-lea-clark-book-cover.html?m=1

Update August 25:

The title's of the GotY books are out on Amazon, GotY Leads the Way

GotY dives in and GotY and Camila. GotY and Camila is the March book release and is the only one with a description available. From the description though we now know the the 2016 GotY is from St.Louis.

http://www.amazon.com/GOTY-Camila-Kellen-Hertz/dp/1609587405/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1440450766&sr=1-2&refinements=p_27%3ALisa+Yee

It was also revealed in the description for the three book boxed set that the GotY travels to Brazil.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1609587413/ref=mp_s_a_1_14?qid=1440505478&sr=8-14&pi=CB192198896_AA75_QL70&keywords=American+girl+GotY

Update June 24:

A seller from China had a new mini doll listed earlier on eBay (the listing has been removed). The mini doll had what appeared to be a medium Josefina mold with dark blonde hair and what looked like grey eyes (it's hard to tell from the picture). She was wearing a brightly colored patterned sundress. There was another sundress that was on eBay that is rumored to belong to the 2016 GoTY, it was a purple tie-dye.

The name Gabriela has been trademarked by Mattel for American Girl and is the rumored name for GoTY 2016. It was also stated in the auditions for GoTY 2016 that she is mixed race.

I'm looking forward to seeing Gabriela (if that's her name), and I hope she has a captivating story and diverse interests.

Monster High Iris Clops Toys R Us Pre-Order

The long awaited I Heart Fashion Iris Clops is now available for pre-order on toysrus.com. The doll is suppose to be available in July, one year after her debut at San Diego Comic Con. This is the first widely available release of Iris and is exclusive to Toys R Us.

http://m.toysrus.com/skava/static/product.html?type=TRU_product_us&url=%2Fproduct%2Findex.jsp%3FproductId%3D58648546%26cp%3D2255956.3209580.57525526.57456966%26parentPage%3Dfamily&domain=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toysrus.com&productId=58648546&cp=2255956.3209580.57525526.57456966&parentPage=family

Updated Upcoming American Girl 2015 Historical (BeForever) Maryellen

Update August 24:

We are only three days away from the official release of Maryellen. The new Scottsdale store had Maryellen available for their opening over the weekend, and she sold out by the end of Saturday. The blog Lissie and Lily had some pictures from the opening if you want to check them out. Still no word on the eye color yet, American Girl described it has brown on Facebook, but store associates are calling it hazel.

Update August 11:

American Girl had posted several of Maryellen's items with prices on their website yesterday, they have realized this mistake and have taken them all down. 

Now we know that Maryellen's accessories are a pair of white gloves, pearl bracelet, pearl necklace and real handbag. $24

Maryellen's dachshund Scooter with teal and pink collar$24

Maryellen's Poodle Skirt Set $36

Maryellen's birthday dress (the dress her special edition mini doll was wearing) $34

Maryellen's play outfit $28

Pajamas $24

Jukebox that connects to a MP3 player $90

Seaside Diner (it is rumored that it folds for easy storage) $275

Hairstyling set (curlers and cap) $20

TV with record player $85

Purple Gingham school dress $32

School set $40

Sofa bed $150

Living room set (table, lamp and accessories) $58

Ice skating outfit $36

Ice skating accessories $24

Crinoline $16

I like the table from the living room set, the poodle skirt (I might get a second one for one of the other dolls as a Halloween costume) and the play outfit. I would really like a better view of her eye color since that has been the hotly debated topic, but I guess that will have to wait until closer to release day.

What do you like best about Maryellen and her collection so far?

Update July 16: 

Pictures of Maryellen in box have shown up on Taobao and she is adorable. She does have the classic mold but you can't really tell her eye color in the photo.

Update May 20:

All three of Maryellen's book covers have appeared on the American Girl Publishing site along with her mini doll.

From the book covers it seems like she will have a pet dachshund (we haven't had one of those yet), a strand of pearls, a monogrammed sweater and an outfit with gingam print.

The book descriptions confirm that she is from Florida and has several siblings.

Update May 18:

I am a little behind in posting this but American Girl officially announced Maryellen as the upcoming 2015 historical. Her last name is Larkin and her year is 1954. 

She has red hair like the prototype pictures that have been floating around. 

Rumor is her stories are set in Florida, but that hasn't been confirmed. 

What do you think of Maryellen.

Update April 26:

American Girl's publishing site has Maryellen listed in the BeForever/Historical category between Kit and Julie. It looks like we really are getting a 1950s doll. 

Update March 7:
Barnes and Noble have the new Be Forever Titles listed as "One and Only" A Maryellen classic and "Taking Off" A Maryellen classic. They are available for preorder in English and Spanish here.
It has been confirmed that we will be getting a new historical/BeForever doll in 2015, and the books are available for pre-order on Amazon.com. They are titled "Taking Off", "Sky's the Limit," and "One and Only" and are written by Valerie Tripp who has written many other American Girl historical books and stories. They will be available on August 27, 2015 and are approximately two hundred pages long like the other BeForever books. It is still unknown which title is for her Journey book or when exactly her time period will be, but at least we are starting to see information surface. You can google search for her and see leaked photos of the prototype.

Update Disney Descendants Dolls

Update August 24, 2015

The Disney Store exclusive Jay doll is now available online. You can also purchase Carlos and Evie seperately at Disney Store.

Update June 29, 2015

The Descendants dolls by Hasbro are available for pre-order on Amazon with a release date at the end of July. There are Basic and Coronation versions of most of the characters and  two 2 packs, one with Mal and Ben and one with Evie and Carlos. 

The Disney Store versions which includes an exclusive (Jay) doll have not been spotted.

The book "Isle of the Lost" which is a prequel to The Descendants is also available, and I highly recommend it.

Disney has an upcoming made for TV movie Titled "Descendants" which is centered around the teenage children of famous Disney characters. The teenage children of  the villains are invited to attend school with the children of the other characters after having lived on a secluded island.

To coincide  with the release of the movie Hasbro has developed a line of dolls based on the movie characters. They made their debut at Toy Fair over the weekend and this could give us a glimpse of the direction the Disney Princess dolls will be going in when Hasbro takes over the license next year.
I like the way the dolls look in the pictures but I have been told that they are not wearing tights or stockings so the colors and designs are painted onto the doll's legs.
I'm sure I will be purchasing at least one of these dolls, and I can't wait to see them in stores one is suppose to be a Disney Store exclusive, so it was not shown at Toy Fair.
You can see photos from Toy Fair here.
There will also be a prequel book available on Amazon titled "Isle of the Lost."
What do you think of the Descendant dolls?
Will you be purchasing any?

Ever After High Coming to WalMart

I sure it's no surprise that Ever After High will be making its official debut at Walmart and Target at the end of the month, just in time for the beginning of the holiday shopping season. I am glad that I don't have to go all the way to a Justice store to get them anymore. The prices at least right now are at the $20 range on Walmart's and Target's websites. You can preorder the four single basic dolls, the Ashlynn and Hunter 2 pack, and the diary  on Walmart.com with a release date of October 27. I'm really looking forward to the two pack and I'm glad that it will be available at a store closer to me than Justice.