... this "posable" doll madness needs to end. There, I said it ...
Don't get me wrong, one of my favorite dolls to work with is an obitsu body with a licca head and miss thing gives you pose, but i stress OBITSU cause let's face it, American doll companies for the most part can't produce a posable doll worth a damn. I have to admit that I am a bit of a Barbie purist (which eventually readers might get sick of me mentioning) but with that, I enjoy a doll that much like a mannequin is fixed in it's "pose" for the most part. The Model Muse body mattel makes for collector dolls and the newer Barbie basics is a perfect example of a perfect doll in my mind. When I heard and then saw the abomination that is the posable version of the model muse body my heart sank, and the fire was stoked for this rant.
Mattel honey, I love you ... but leave well enough alone sometimes, will ya babe?
Let those awful doody eating smile playline Barbie fashionistas do the half assed posing for those who would like to think that just cause it has joints it is actually posing. Shame on you! If you want a doll that can pose, don't spend all your money on way too many and I mean way way to many LIV dolls and the like at whatever-Mart ... save the dough, get yourself a Momoko, or a Fashion Royalty or find a doll head you like and get an obitsu body, or a bjd, but honestly ... LIV dolls are horrible. They look Horrible, they dress horrible, and I avoid direct eye contact with them in the toy aisle for fear of turning into stone. You are not a collector anymore, you are just a consumer, I'm sorry to sound so aqusitory, but let's just face facts... Don't let "the man" fool you! Those Marketing bastards .... preyin on the weak ....
However, LIV wigs fit Moxie Teenz very well, a doll that although almost neckless and can't pose for sh*t also has a ... i dunno .... a certain something too them that I think could be explored.
Moxie Teenz, you're givin me madame alexander's Cissy,
whom, I admire and, I've got my eye on you girl.
Actually I broke down after many months and bought one at Kmart near Astor place on sale last week. I had seen a couple of interesting "face-ups" on flickr on the Moxie Teenz dolls and figured, why the hell not. Turns out, their stock wigs are crap and they all come with a hat on for a very good reason. I added many many plugs to her stock wig .... looks great (not seen in the photo above, thats the LIV wig) but her body still leaves something to be desired in it's articulation. Case and point, she looks great wigless on a model muse body, she just needs and expression enhancement and I think she could be a contender in the "ironic" doll crafter/customizer circles.
... more to come...
xxxo
The Primitive Citizen
