Wonder Woman Barbie - Collector and Playline versions visited

Today I had to run by Walmart and had the mistake of going by the toy aisle as I always do. The new playline versions are out. They run in the $12.88-29.99 depending on what you get. Walmart has its own exclusive gift sets, as I imagine Target does as well. I purchased the Diana Princess of Amazons in the blue gown for $12.88 as I couldn't resist her. 

Here on one shelf they had the Wonder Woman in single paks, the Diana that I purchased, then the gifts sets, with the horses. One of them is the Queen Hippolyte, and the other is the Diana with the Steve Trevor, which is a Walmart exclusive. 

The boxes were beat up on some of these. I intend to go ahead and add all of them to my collection. I have seen someone put the doll I purchased on a made to move body, which looked good. I like her body, which is an action figure body. I may do that for dioramas, as I like her face. 

On the endcap of this shelf were the 'action' Wonder Woman' dolls, that if you push a button on the back of the box, the doll moves its shielf or bow. 

Then I got some closeups of the gift sets

Out of all the pics I took I could not get a good photo of WOnder Woman and her horse without all the glare. I got a far better photo of Queen Hippolyte and her horse than the Wonder Woman set. 

This is much better. 

I never purchased the Wonder Woman that came out earlier in 2016 with Batman and Superman, Battle for Justice at Barbie Collector. I am going to purchase them all later when funds are better. 

For refreshers, here are some photos of the dolls that came out when the movie debuted last year-

Each of these dolls retailed for 39.99 at Barbie Collector or select dealers. I have been slow in getting them because of other dolls on backorder. 

As I am a real Wonder Woman fan, and grew up watching the 70's TV cult classic show as a kid, it has started me looking at all the different Wonder Woman dolls. 

Mattel is coming out with new collector versions. These playline versions are NOT made by Mattel that I have just shown you, except for the ones debuted in 2016, based on the movie above. The playline versions I believe are by Hasbro. 

The new dolls coming out in April, on the 29th, are: Wonder Woman. Slightly different, has a long cape, which the first one didn't

General Antiope

Queen Hippolyte

From the news on the doll blogs I have been following, these are the three that will be debuted at Barbie Collector on the 29th this month. They will average anywhere from $40-50 so the rumor mill goes. 

Now for my playline Diana. 

The Graphics on the box are clear and concise and tell you what other dolls to shop for. It shows the action figure dolls and the plain, regular, Battle ready Wonder Woman doll. 

The doll is fastened to a cardboard insert with plastic staples. You will need scissors or an exacto knife to gently cut them from her gown and sword.

Remember that 'hidden sword sheath'? Well it's nothing more than a ribbon strap on the inside of the velcro stripping of her gown. The gown is very cheaply made, stretch material

Her boots are heavy gold plastic. They do allow her to stand by herself a little bit. 

She is on a very muscular action figure type of body, however I do like how realistic her hands are sculpted. 

Her hair is not bad either. I have seen someone take her head off this body and swap it out for a Made to Move Barbie body. I like her hair, though my doll's hair was going a little kerplooey . 

Overall, I am pleased with the playline version of the doll and while many other people on the collector scale do not like these versions, I think they are a nice addition to a comic book / superhero doll /action figure collection. Not all of us that collect dolls and action figures necessarily use the dolls as playline- they have great bones for dioramas. I see great potential - when was the last time female roman warrior dolls were produced with armour for under $30? And this doll with the roman style gown is too much to ask for with a price tag of $13. 

I have been meaning to post about these dolls here, and my visit to walmart prompted me to. Hopefully we will be able to bring the collector dolls home and do some closeups of them as well. 

Va. Fashion Doll Club Meeting April 2017- Part ll Dioramas & OOAK Convention presentation

Part ll continues with the Va. Fashion Doll Club's Diorama 'Real' Families and Leslie's OOAK Convention presentation report. 

Let's start with the Real Families dioramas. One stipulation was each family had to have a child or children. I admit when I began my family I did not know this, lol. 

I'll begin with my family- the French royal family, Louis XVl and Marie Antoinette and their children, Marie Therese and Louis Joseph, the Dauphin. I won first place with this diorama. 

2nd place went to Janice, our Vice President , for the Crime of the Century, the Lindburgh family. 

3rd place went to Jodie for her version of Thomas Jefferson and his family and Sally Hemmings. 

Linda did President Trump and his family, a very good rendition.

Scarlett did a flashback to Tom Cruise when he was married to Katie Holmes and their daughter Siri

Laurie's was inspired by a book written by Gloria Vanderbilt and her son, Anderson Cooper 

Debbie our club President did the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George and Princess Charlotte

Leslie used the famous TV Show family Jon &Kate Gosselin and their 8 Children

Barbara displayed how Kenye and Kim Kardarshian fly around the world with their daughter North-West...

those were the visual presentations, our slacker prize went to Nita who described her entry , lol. 

This diorama really had me sewing for a couple of weeks. Sometimes to finish a project you just need to have a focus and a deadline. Everyone at the meeting talked about how frenzied and flurried we were, even though we had a few weeks to do the project. 

Leslie, one of our members who lives in Northern Va. , had been invited to the OOAK Doll convention which was by invitation . She had a great time and brought her dolls and outfits and souvenirs from the convention. 

They were set up in Debbi's florida sunroom for the presentation.

The two main convention dolls were by Magia2000 and Ninimomo.

The convention was held in New York City and the convention attendees got to do alot of things like go to the famous garment district and see the famous stores 'Mood' and Trimmings that Project Runway uses, for their doll workshops. 

Some of the Ninimomo dolls that Leslie was able to purchase.

Paintbox designs-

workshop doll

Belissima Couture 

Centerpiece dolls

And that is pretty much my report. I had a ton of fun at the meeting and now am currently working on some other dolls. Pictures will be up soon when I am finished.