Falling for a collectors doll

I pefer playdolls, I love playing with my dolls. I really enjoy looking at collectors dolls, there are alot of them that I like. I realised that I would wanna play with them, but they are ment to sit and look pretty. I know that I would probabaly ruin them if I played with them, the way I play with my play dolls. So I have a feeling that I need to have a thick line, between my play dolls and maybe future  collectors dolls. I need them to be dolls that wow me, that I wanna tressure and put on display in glass cases. 
So far there haven't really been some, that totally wowed me in that way. 
Undtil Tonner made this guy Halvar - I feel in love right away.
I had been looking alot at their Deja Vu line, since I like hiostorical inspired clothes, and some of the dolls I really liked . I didnt buy any of them though, because I didn't feel like I had the money, or the space to properly display them. But with Halvar its different, because I feel in my guts that I will regret it verry much if I dont buy him. He is pretty exspensive, but I decided to try and save up some money to buy him. I have no idea how long he will be for sale, but im hopefull that if I work har to save up some money, I will be able to buy him. 
I know I cant display him properly right away, but I will be happy just to have him. And my boyfriend is pretty good at solving those kind of problems, so he might find a way to display the guy regardless. 

My reason for loving him so much, is simply that he is a viking. Im a dane so I have viking ancestors, and I grew up with stories about the viking gods, im even names after one. 
His clothes is so verry well made, with lots of great details, it even looks historical acurate - for the most part. It does bother me that he has horns on his helmet, its a shame because the helmet actually looks awsome, but pictures show that he allso looks good without it. The other thing that bothers me is that his axe, looks nothing like a battle axe. Its WAY too small, the shape dosent look right either, and  I hope that I would be able to make him a better one. I actually started to think that it looks pretty funny, for him to have such a tiny axe. 
Besides those two points, I really think he looks AWSOME. 

If I get him, I would hope that he could have some company. I was hoping that his Female coubnterpart, would way me the same way. But I really dont like this warrior-woman. I think she looks like someone taking out of the opera, instead of someone from a viking village. Her helmet is awfull, her hair is awfull and what is up with that gold chain mail thingy? not to mention that weird cape/robe she is wearing. Her spear isint impresive either, but im not gonna fault her for that since Halvar has a bad axe. Im not too fond of her expression either, im not the biggest fan of the Deja Vu face sculp, but on some of the other dolls I think the expression looks nicer. 
Okay so maybe I shouldn't be too dissapointed with her, since they are probably gonna make more female viking, and then is hope that they will make one I like. 
I actually found a picture on Flickr, that is pretty much how I would want the viking woman to look.

I really hope to bring Halvar home one day, and maybe even display him nicely in a glass case. 

Birthday gifts

My birthday was the 24 march, I had a great day with family and I got some great gifts. I dont wish for toys, but i get money that I use to buy toys for myself. 

The week before my birthday we actually went to the toy store, that carries Paola Reina dolls and clothes + shoes for them. I just wanted to see what new stuff they had gotten, and I didnt have the intention to buy annythin - I didnt have enough money left in my biuget to buy annything. But offcors they had an outfit I REALLY wanted, it was one that I feel in love with when I saw it in the Paola Reina catalog. I thought it was abit exspensive, but I could see why since there was alot of pices, and there was allso shoes with it - uselly the shoes have been sold seperate. My boyfriend notice my strugle to decide wheather or not to buy it, and he sid he think I should sinec I will probably get birthday money. I could feel with ,myself that if the outfit was gone the next time I visited the store, I would regret not buying it now. 

I put the outfit on Emma, an dI think she looks super cute. The outfit contains a white shirt, a dress, a blue cardigan, glasses, two red hair ties, white undies, a pair of black socks and black flat shoes - not the once she is wearing in the picture though. 
I really wanted a pair glasses for my dolls, and they had a school girl outfit that came with glasses. But I didnt feel like, I would get good use of the outfit. When I saw this new school goirl oufit in the katalog, I liked it much better and I could see myself useing it alot - especially because it has so many pieces.

A few days later my boyfriend and I went to Toys R us. They had 25% off on all LEGO sets, but again I didnt intend to buy annything. They had the creator mini cooper displayed, I have had my eye on that car for a while and I really wanted it. With the 25% off, the price went fom 800 kr to 600 kr, so that was a great deal. My boyfriend suggested that he bought it, and then I could give him half later - that was another great deal. 

A little while after we got home, he called his dad who said he would pay half. So it ended up being a really great gift, from my boyfriend and his dad. I feel so spoiled.
That same day I build the car with my boyfriend, it was alot of fun and we had a great time. I love building LEGO, and this car is so great with lots of awesome details.

One of the reasons why I wanted the mini copper so badly, is that I thought it might be in scale with my Belville dolls. The fit is not perfect, but its pretty decent.  
I have ALOT to say about this car, so I will made a seperate post for that.

Then the mail man delivered a package, containing this doll. I had ordered her when my boyfriend told me, that his mom would give me birthday money. I had my eyes on her for a while. She was being sold at a greaty price, and from England so shipping was not too exepensive. I started to worry somebody else might buy her, so when I got the news that I would get money, I bought her right away.

I did end up getting alot of birthday money, soem of it I used to finance what I had allready bought, but some of it I havent used yet. I feel like I have bought alot of toys this month, so I wanna take a small break before I buy something new. But there are alot of things In want, and next month is right around the corner. 

Snow pictures and hats

Its actually quite some time since I took these snow pictures, it was laste November as far as I remeber. I havent shared them earlier, since I hoped for an opportunity to take some more. We actually had quite a mild winter, it was a bit weird. And now its spring, so now more snow.

Offcors I took Emily out in her new jacket. She is allso the only one of my girls, that really love winter and snow. 

I personally really like this picture, she looks so facinated with the snow. 

I allso took Rebecca out, she looks so pretty. But I had some problems with the light.

Playing in the snow is fun, so they started building a little snowman. I really like this picture, but it bothers me that it looks like Emilys hat is falling off.

But when it comes to hats, I found something interesting in the grosery store. 

There is this campagn in Denmark, where the small innocent smoothies get cute knitted hats. My first thought was offcors "these might fit amy liv dolls" so I bought two smoothies, with different sized hats. 

This one match Emilys jacket perfectly, but its a little small. I wonder if it would fit a Barbie doll.

This one is a bit big, but I think it looks better on her than the smaller one. And it does match the jacket okay, I mean it dosent have to match perfectly.

Offcotrs I really wanted to buy a few more. I went for one that would match the pink jacket. This one fits perfectly, and it really matches the jacket well.

Matt loves hats, so I got him one too. I choose a yellowish orange one (its more orange in real life), since thoose are his favorite colors. This one fiots perfect as well.

I thought about getting more, but I domt really care for the smoothie - im more of a juice girl. I was really just buying them for the hats, and I started to find it hard to choose.

LEGO talk - Mixels

So a couple of weeks ago I was crosery shopping, when I came across some LEGO bags with some fun creatures called Mixels. There was one of them I really liked, so I decided to buy it later that week. I try not to do impulse buying, so I uselly take time thinking about things, before I buy something for myself. 

This is the mixel I bought, I think its super cute. I like its colors yellow and purple together. On the bag it said it was from series 7, so I kinda feel like I have been missing something. I vaguely rember seing them around some years ago, and thinking they were cute - the name certainlly ring a bell. When im in Toys'r us I allmost allways look at the lego, and when im in other stores that sell lego I look there as well. So i really wonder why I havent seen them around in years. 

So last week I had a couple of days, where I didnt feel so good. So i wanted to go to Toys'R us to get out of the apartment and to cheer myself up a litlle. I was thinking that I would allow myslef to buy a little thing, maybe a schleich figure. 
While there I was pretty happy to get a look, at the new HASBRO disney princess stuff - I really like the Mulan and Pocahontas dolls. 
In the end I decided that I didnt feel like, buying any schleich figures that day. But then when I looked around in the secktion, where they have small miscellaneous stuff - I saw a box of mixels.
It was full of some super cute series 6 mixels, and I was quick to grab two I thought was really cute. I thought I would just get two, since the price for twio what around the amount I had thought i would spend. But when I further looked through the box, I found that there were two more I really liked. And then my boyfriend, saw that they had more from series 7. And I did want  the rest of the yellow mixels from that series. I just knew I couldent choose just two of them. 
So I try not to impulse buy, but this time I fell in with both legs. 

Its really fun building the, and its  a nice thought to have some laying around for when I feel like building lego. 
I kinds hope i dont stumble across more mixels that I wants, since I dont think I have room for more on my desk. 

Hujoo cat update

Fall 2015 I finally got some eyes, for my two Hujoo cats. I had a hard time getting them because the first online store I ordered them through, hadent even placed the order at the manufacturer two month after I placed the order. I didnt hear annything about this from them, undtil I contacted them myself. So I decided to cancel my order, and look for some eyes on etsy. Aparently that was the best place to look, since I found many sellers that offered cat eyes in a varity of colors and to a good price. 

 Tapsy got some yellow eyes. I know they are wonky in this picture, but I fixed that later.

Schoko got some really pretty green eyes with a bit of yellow in them. 

Then I like giving their faces a bit of color, and I think it looks really good on Schoko.

I did the same with Tapsy, and I feel like the pink color look a bit weird on him. Atleast his eyes looks better in this picture.

I tryed something different, and I think this is better.

Okay so a long time ago I decided, that I would not really buy any funiture for my dolls. The idea is that I should make it myself, or with help from my boyfriend which is verry much needed. 
But then one day when we went to Ikea, I saw this doll funiture set. The set was for a childrens bedroom, and I really liked it. I thought it would be Perfect for my hujoo kitten, so I decided to get it. To be fair the cats are last in line to get handmade funiture, so its nice for them to atleast have some. 

I think its verry nice, colorful and simple, even through it is made of plastic. the bed can be made longer, and the rug is reallyn nice. You can allso hang things in the closet. And it comes with that little dino plush, its so cute. 

Its the perfect size for my little Hujoo cat, I think she looks verry cute in the bed or on the little chair. It really adds to the shelf where i have my dolls, the funiture makes it looks so much more cosy - and that was really needed. 

In january I finally bought two more Hujoo cats

I forgot to take pictures of them right when I got them.

I bought the white Feya, whom im naming Marabou. And I bought a grey Nano Freya, im naming her salmiak. Marbou has some verry faint yellow marks on her cheek, but i decided that I will just try to paint over it.

I got them some eyes as well

Salmiak got the green/yellow eyes, that I originally bought for Schoko. It looks a bit weird in this picture, I find it hard to take good photots of them. But they do look good in real life. I have allso been painting her face, so fra im happy enought with it.

Schoko was then the one to get the new eyes, I choose some light green once for her.

Marabou got some really ppretty light green eyes, I think they suit her verry well. i need to start painting her soon, then it will look even better.

My cat family is coming together nicely. Now im only missing one member of the family, and that is a little white kitty who is gonna be the son/brother of the family. 

LEGO talk - Change is good

So I packed away my LEGO Belville, not that long ago. It was a difficult decition to make, since it means so much to me. Buying my childhood lego, was what got me into toys as an adult. But I have felt like I couldent desplay it properly, and that it was difficult to do what I wanted with it. My shelving didnt work for it, and I dont have room for something that would work better. I havent bought any Belville for a verry long time, and what I allready had didnt get the attention it deserved - and I felt bad about it. 

I had trouble finding enough space, for my growing doll collection. I knew I could get more space if I packed away my lego, but I kept insisting that it was not what I wanted. 
But in the end I knew I would get more out of the space, if I packed away the lego and turned the shlefs into doll rooms. 
I had 5 shelfs with lego, one of them being the top shelf with boxes of lego, I didnt use at that point. So i thought that it might be difficult to pack it all away, but it was actually easy enough. I think it might be beause Belville, contains alot of big pieces. My lego is now on two shelfs, the top and bottom. I removed the middle shlef because, my dolls are a bigger scale. So i now have two free shelfs for my Paola Reina dolls, one of them is gonna be a bedroom and the other a playroom. My Hujoo cats got the Paola Reinas old shelf. And im prettyy happy with that.
And im looking forward to the day, where I have room for a big table, where I can build a little Belville town.

I have still bought a little lego, after I stopped buying Belville. 

Im not really into the traditonal lego minifigures (if I where I would totally collect them), but this little guy is speciel to me. The chracter he portrays, is a daniah royal guard who is the mascot for a danish toy store chain. Its a store I have fond childhood memeories from. what I remember most is visiting my granparent during the summer, my brother and I would allways get some vacation money, and we spend them in the nearby toy store. 
A store in this chain was allso the first place, I bought a lego Belville set as an adult - shortly before it was discontinued.

I discovered this little guy when I was working temporary in the toy, store close to where I live. I enjoyed working with toys, but im really not sure if reatail is for me. Annyways he cough my eyes, so I had to bring him home. - and he got a nice place on my desk. 

Last year in april, I went to lego land here in Denmark with my boyfriend. I had decided beforehand that I wanted a speciel souvenir, from the lego store there. But offcors I had allso decided how much I could spend on it, so some of the sets I liked was way too exspensive. Some where super cool, but didnt speak to me or fit with what I had in mind. I thought I might want to get some pick a brick lego, but I actually didnt know what bricks I wanted. 

I ended up buying this "visiting LEGOLAND" set, because I thought it was fun, cute and the price was reasonable. It allso remind me of when I went to LEGOLAND, with my family as a kid. And there were a perfect spot on my desk, where I could put it. 

Half a year later, I started missing building lego. I would have bought more lego Belville and build that, but there were no room on my shelfs for it. 
Instead I had been eyeing some of the creator sets, those with animals. 

So when one of the stores I shop in, had a huge sale on all lego - I gave in a bought my favorite creator set. I allso bought a box of mixed bricks that I hope will come in handy, one day in the future. Annyways I offcors bought eth set with the frogs, since I love frogs. I allso like the pretty parrot, and the cute fly in the set. Those allso ended up on my desk, lego is taking over my deask - I had to move some of my glass frogs but im totally fine with that. 
I actually tryed to put these on my nightstand, but that didnt feel right. And I do love having toys on my desk. 

I found this cute saber tooth, in a bin full of small lego sets in bags. I really like this concept, and I hope they come out with more animals. 

So thats my small non Belville lego collection. But I am considering exspanding, with the creator set with the cat and mouse. 

Newfound Barbie love

Its not that I dont like barbie, I have fond memories of playing withe Barbie, dolls when I was a kid. 
But when I decided to collect dolls as an adult, I knew barbie wasn't the doll for me. 
I didnt like most of the clothe, that Barbie dolls were wearing. I found the array of mini dresses/skirts and pink to be boring. I didnt like that Barbie had arched feets, and allmost only wore high heels. 
I dont really like the open mouth/showing teeth smile, I really pefer dolls with closed mouths, And I felt like she was wearing too much makeup, I thought her eyes looked too heavy. 

when the style dolls came out, I was positively surprised. These dolls are nicely articulated, but allso have interestig and diverse outfits. I started to feel tempted since I really lieked some of those outfits, but their lack of ankel joint and the faces still weren't too appealing to me. 
But then some of the style dolls got ankel joints, and some of the new Fashionistas have flat feet.
Those Fashionista dolls allso have softer faces, and they are verry diverse. But they really dont have that many joints, they dont even have the click knees. 

But then I saw picture of some new dolls for november 2015. There was this new line called "made to move" and it include 3 new dolls with 18 points of articulation. Here is where I saw it the news.
I was blown away with how flexible these dolls look, and I like their clothes - they look like yoga outfits.
Somehow these dolls remind me, of my favorite barbie that I had as a child. Its was working out barbie, with her felxible wire and rubber body.

I know that I would want to collect them, so I thought alot about it. I wondered if I have space for new dolls, and if the buget can handle it. At first I kinda felt that I shouldent start a new collection.

But the thing is, there is not that many dolls that I really wanna collect. And I think I can make some space for them, since I packed away my LEGO. 

So I decided that im gonna get these dolls, and im really looking forward to when they show up in Danish stores.