Liberation 63: L.U.V. Doll Brooke
August 28, 2024L.U.V. is a new doll line being sold exclusively at Walmart. Based on the packaging, I believe the official name is L.U.V (Limitless Unique Vibrant), but on the Walmart website they are billed as ‘LUV Premium Fashion Doll’. I’m not sure how premium they are, but they are $30 for each of the four available dolls (and $13 for each fashion pack), so they’re definitely pricey. They’re billed as being 10 inch dolls, but even with the hair they aren’t quite 9.5 inches tall. That magenta jacket really caught my eye though, so I went ahead and picked up Brooke…
Liberation 62: Monster High Catty Noir Version 2
Monster High, after a brief four year hiatus from the play line scene, returned in 2022, to the joy of kids and collectors alike. The original line was prized for having unique face molds for each monstrous…
Liberation 61: Ily 4EVER Inspired by Ariel Doll
As you probably know, I’m a fan of Disney- their movies, their songs, and most importantly their dolls. Jakks Pacific started a line of 18 inch ‘inspired by’ 18 inch toddler dolls, before moving on to fashion…
Liberation 60: BeKind Dolls Nora
The BeKind doll line (styled in some materials as B-Kind) by Jada toys is a new line of eco-friendly dolls. These cheerful 12.25 inch dolls come in recycled cardboard packaging, are made out of recycled plastic, and…
LIBERATION 59: WOEFULLY ROMANTIC ELLOWYNE WILDE
I have to admit, I am a huge fan of Wilde Imagination’s signature doll, Ellowyne Wilde. For those of you who haven’t yet met Ms. Wilde, she’s a depressed teenager (although weren’t we all?) trying to figure…
LIBERATION 58: MONSTER HIGH CATTY NOIR
Monster High is one of those great properties that both kids and collectors can’t get enough of. Much like real world teenagers, the children of famous monsters find high school to be by turns fun and frustrating,…
LIBERATION 56: RAQUELLE
Capitalizing on the success of their Monster High web series, Mattel has launched a new series for their main girl Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse! Featuring both classic and new Barbie pals, I find myself drawn to…
LIBERATION 57: EQUESTRIA GIRLS RAINBOW DASH
Perhaps inspired by Mattel’s Monster High dolls, Hasbro has decided to capitalize further on the current high popularity for the long running My Little Pony franchise and extend it into dolls. There’s been plenty of online debate…
LIBERATION 55: BASICALLY PRECARIOUS
The new Precarious line of Tonner dolls uses a new face sculpt and the popular Antoinette body first introduced in 2009. Although I’m a big Tonner fan, this is my first doll with this body (which Precarious…
LIBERATION 54: IRWIN SAILOR MERCURY
Anyone seeing the original North American Sailor Moon 12 inch doll release had the same response, “Why doesn’t she have a nose?” For reasons that remain a mystery, rather than using their existing molds, Bandai/Irwin created new…
LIBERATION 53: QUEEN AMIDALA RETURN TO NABOO PORTRAIT EDITION
Hasbro’s Star Wars Portrait Edition line has produced some breathtaking dolls, especially those based on the elaborate costumes and hairdos of The Phantom Menace’s Queen Amidala (apparently Leia’s preference for elaborate and slightly weird hairstyles was inherited).…
