Head Swap-A-Rama

Lately I've been busy swapping doll heads around.

"Oh yeah, Sasha, it's about to go down."

The photo above is of Bratz Sasha (left) and Hottiez Kiara (right) before the swap.  The photo below is of Kiara's head on Sasha's body.  Sadly, this has resulted in a doll casualty.  I have caused irreparable damage to Kiara's original body.  I like Kiara's head on Sasha's body, though.

I saw this mermaid doll in the store and thought that she was cute, and she was cheap so I bought her.  I have no use for her mermaid's body.

I thought that she would look cute with Juku Couture Kana's body.

Success!  The head fits and the skin tone is a close match.  The head is just a little loose, but holds poses well.

Opal has had her current action figure body for quite some time now, but her original body had been languishing in my bin of forgotten dolls until recently.  Well, a fellow collector sent me a Top Model Nikki head which has found a home (for now) on Opal's old body.

I purchased Making Waves Alexis (pictured below on the right) for the sole purpose of swapping her head for one more proportionate to her body, and to give one of my other dolls more articulation.  Well today is Mattel High School Musical Taylor's (pictured below on the left) lucky day.

Success!  Taylor's head fits perfectly on the Liv Alexis body, and the skin tone is a close match.  I am thrilled with this swap.

Speaking of Alexis, I rebodied Isla again from the Monster High Clawdeen body that she had been occupying to an Alexis body.  Her body now matches her twin sister Hadley's body again, and the twins are much happier now with their articulated bodies.

Todd has long envied Janet's articulated body, wishing that he could move like her.

Well, today a little boy's wish came true!

Pictured below are some of my happy head swap recipients.

Ripcord Rebodied

There have been times when I've been guilty of giving my husband selfish gifts.  For example, I have sometimes (on rare occasions) given him an action figure that I myself would enjoy.  That way, we both get a gift (and me twofold, since I get to give and receive).  My husband is not a collector, or at least he wasn't before he met me.

So a couple of years ago I bought a GI Joe Rise of Cobra Ripcord action figure "for my husband".  He was actually excited to get this gift.  I remember him opening the Toys R Us sack and exclaiming "Ripcord!".  I was glad that he liked his gift, and I was anxious for him to REALLY enjoy it by freeing Ripcord from his packaging.  Imagine my dismay when he told me that he was going to keep Ripcord in the package.  I tried to convince him otherwise, but his mind was made up.  So all this time, Ripcord has been displayed in the toy room with the other boxed figures, ready for action but receiving none.

For the past couple of weeks, I've really dived back into this hobby (have you noticed?) and I've been eyeballing Ripcord and wanting to release him from his plastic and cardboard prison.  I asked my husband about opening Ripcord and his answer was still no.  So what's a girl to do?  I bought a loose Ripcord on eBay for cheap.  He's been played with and doesn't have all of his gear, but he will do the trick.

He wasn't here a full day before I popped his head off and put him on another body.  Ahhhhhhhhhh, I feel much better now!  I call him Marlon.  A spare Dennis Rodman head is currently occupying the spare Ripcord body.  Here are Marlon and Dennis posing with my husband's Ripcord, still safely in his package and no longer a temptation to me.

 

He's a pretty good looking guy.

The Alphas think so, too.

So I have learned my lesson.  I no longer buy action figures for my husband that I really want for myself, and I no longer buy him gifts that I may be tempted to use for purposes other than what he wants.  Thank you Ripcord for helping me to learn and to grow.  LOL!

For some reason...

Sasha and Clawdeen have not been feeling like themselves lately.

Isla Rebodied

I did a head swap with Isla and Clawdeen Wolf. The new Isla looks good in clothing with high collars.

In revealing clothing, the results vary. In some poses, she looks pretty good.

In other poses, she looks like she has a serious thyroid condition.

She's still closer than ever to her twin Hadley.

Calista’s Diary Entry – Changes

Dear Diary,

I have changed. Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and I do not recognize the person staring back at me. It all seems to be happening so fast!

My mom says that I'm going through a very special phase in a young lady's life and that I should embrace these changes. And I do. The only thing that I don't like is that I've suddenly outgrown all of my shoes! I had some cute shoes, too. Oh well, that gives me a reason to go shopping. :)

My mom and dad truly dislike some of my latest clothing choices. But they always tell me that I'm growing up and that I need to take on more responsibility. Ok, so they should let me be responsible for the clothes that I wear.

I'm glad that some things haven't changed, like the bond between me and my BFF's.