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She’s lovely! The body construction feels sturdy though she’s very light. The rattling heart legs are silly fun, and her face and hair are beautiful. The hair certainly needs a wash to fall naturally and cover up her scalp in the back but the rooting looks good, it’s just exposed by the box hair. It’s not a solid block of gel either like RH used to do.

Went around to four different Targets yesterday, all of them had very empty shelves, but two were clearancing out basically the whole doll aisle, while the other two had the spots laid out for new dolls. One even had a couple of the new birthday Bratz. Neither of them had any Mirror Mi, though it was late in the day so they may have just sold out of any they put out.

I love seeing what might be old production names(?) for dolls on shelves. The other barcodes had correct names for the other dolls, but they had “Lani Luna” and “Summer Graze” instead of Luna Skye and Shai Meadows.

I watched the original Broadway production of Into the Woods in like, middle school? And was obsessed with it. Still am to a degree, I took a class in college on folklore and fairy tales so my love for them is lifelong, and this novel has heavy fairy tale elements and themes. The main character being a witch who feels other-ed in society high among them.

Close enough, welcome back Rainbow High.

But seriously these feel like such a spiritual successor to what RH used to be. It seems not everyone likes them from what I'm seeing online, but I'm enamored. I can't wait to see them on shelves.

The dolls of Living Dead Dolls series 34 have been grails for me for years, and I’ve finally managed to pick up three of them for a great price.

But I had NO idea that Soot is translucent! What! All the stock photos make her look black, but now that I know there are a few where you can kind of tell.

I’m a bit disappointed just because she’s not what I expected, but it does make her so much more ghostly and unique to all other LDDs. I expect to like her more and more over time.

Oh, I actually like her I think. I mean, the longer I look at any individual piece the less I like it. But her face is great!