Happy Early Christmas To Me

Hi friends!

We all have those "non-negotiable" dolly things right? Like, if you see it you have to buy it and money is no object? (well, within reason of course.) For me, the last couple of years have been the Barbie Super Mario Fashions and the Hello Kitty fashions featuring Little Twin Stars, my favorite Sanrio characters!

I grew up playing Super Mario Bros. on our old Nintendo. It was a family affair with my brother, dad and I spending hours at night trying to beat all the levels. My mom was our famous cheerleader as she could not get the hand/eye coordination down to push the jump button before you get to the enemy so you don't run into them. It created lots of laughs. So Super Mario definitely holds a special place in my heart. (And also The Legend of Zelda, Mattel, are you listening? Come out with fashions for that too please!)  

Well, Mattel came out with NEW Super Mario Fashions! As soon as I saw a doll blogger talk about them on YouTube, I rushed to Amazon to buy them. I told hubby I was spending some Christmas money early. As long as it wasn't over $50 he was okay with it.

 
Are we ready to check them out? YES WE ARE!

Outfit 1 we will call "White and Gold Logo"

Outfit 2 we will call "Cloud"

 

 

Outfit 3 we will call "8 bit"

 

Outfit 4 we will call "Faces of Mario"

Now, to choose which dolls to put them on! In my doll organizing extravaganza this summer, I put all my naked dolls in a bin so I don't have to rummage through all my doll boxes to find a doll. So as I lugged the approximately 30 lb. bin into the house, my son's quickly found a talking KidCore doll to play with while I looked for some special girls to wear these fashions. (Keeping them occupied so ALL the dolls didn't come out of the bin was the key here.)

Now I didn't have any more curvy dolls to try these on so hopefully they look good on dolls! Who are we choosing for these?

This early wave Fashionistas doll with pink streaks in her hair

This Cali Girl Barbie

Fashion Fever Drew

And the 2004 Happy Holidays Barbie. We love those rooted eyelashes! However she did have some marker on her face which does not come off with anything but Clearasil (10% Benzyol Peroxide) which I don't have any of at the moment.

So for fun I chose this Ocean Friends Barbie. The one that comes with Keiko the Whale. Thought the wetsuit legs might be cute as some tights? She is an old Barbie style so we shall see if these fashions fit her.

So they all went to the spa and came out beautiful and refreshed and ready for new outfits. 

Now, to figure out which outfits to go on each doll. And then since they come with a ton of accessories, I've made some modifications so we'll check those out afterwards.

I chose "Cloud" to go on Cali Girl Barbie.

She came with a ball cap with a Jugem's Cloud on it, clear round glasses and the dress has clouds with Mario hitting a block with a mushroom. (Jugem is the Japanese romanticized version of Latiku, an enemy who sometimes lives in said cloud.)

I gave her "Cloud" because of her necklace. Seemed to match the best with this outfit. The outfit also came with a gold necklace but I didn't want to remover her head to get the other necklace off. Besides, I like the Cali Girl necklace better!

She also comes with a handbag with Mario and a pipe.

And a wristlet with a Spiny on it.

She also comes with red sneakers

How did I change up the outfit?

I kept the adorably cute ball cap and got rid of the glasses. They just weren't doing it for her.

I added a scrunchie that came with another Mario outfit (8 bit)

Lastly I gave her some adorable white flower wedges.

No handbags as her arms are straight and they slide right off. The wristlet stayed pretty well but I didn't want to chance it falling off and getting lost (I do have kids!)

Since we mentioned that she borrowed an item from "8 bit" let's talk about that outfit next.

I chose Fashion Fever Drew for this one.

Now I actually kind of like this look for Drew! She came with gold sunglasses, red headphones and a flutter sleeve crop top with Mario on it.

Love this handbag! The old school Nintendo controller and a white watch. Her skirt is red and has a colored Mario and white outlined items from the game.

Her wristlet is a coin. And I didn't photograph it but the blue scrunchie that I put with "Cloud." It really didn't match this outfit anyway.

How did I change up the outfit?

I kept the sunglasses and put them on her head.

I also kept everything else and added these black booties. Again, no purses as they fall off her straight arms.

Next let's see who wears "White and Gold Logo"

Miss Fashionista! The outfit comes with a gold star necklace and these funny looking glasses. Like, whats the point of those? Just for fashion? They don't block any light. A new Barbie Extra doll has those and they are just crazy.

A red hip belt with a fire flower on it and a red bracelet.

A cute mini backpack with a Goomba on it!

If you look at the packaging, this outfit also came with a pair of lime green shoes. These shoes did not fit on any of the four dolls. They were way too small! I couldn't even get them half way on. They missed the mark with those shoes.

How did I change her up?

Sunglasses went on top of her head and the necklace was awesome so I left it.

I removed the red bracelet and hip bag. Red did not match. I also removed the backpack as you wouldn't see it anyway. I gave her the star handbag from "Faces of Mario."

It has super cute zipper details on the back!

For shoes I gave her these black wedges.

"White and Gold Logo" is an outfit that I think might fit better on a curvy Barbie. The skirt is a little big and slides up her waist quite a bit.

Now for the final outfit! Let's see how "Faces of Mario" fits on an old style Barbie body.

It fits REALLY well! All the velcro is secured in the back and it's not pulling in any weird places. I am pleasantly surprised!

She came with red Wayfarer sunglasses, yellow star necklace, and blue logo hip bag. The dress has a hood and does have a hole in it to stick hair through if you choose to use it. The sunglasses are a good look for her.

I love the cell phone accessory!

The star purse that I put with "White and Gold Logo" and a green bracelet.

How did I change her up?

As with most of the others, sunglasses went on top of her head. I love to see their faces.

I might remove the necklace, it doesn't fit well with the collar of the dress.

The red bracelet that came with "White and Gold Logo" went to this doll. It matched better.

And I think that the wetsuit "leggings" look totally works with this! I gave her the red sneakers that came with "Cloud."

And here is the group of fabulous Super Mario girls!

All of these fashion packs were $9.99. Beware of "8 bit" (the outfit on Drew.) At one point she was going for a higher price (over twice as much) most likely because of the Nintendo controller handbag. I checked Amazon again and she was brought back down to $9.99 so just something to look out for.

I have other dolls that are wearing Super Mario fashions! You can check out the first fashion packs here!

And there are other single fashion packs! We try them on different dolls here and pair them with other outfit accessories here!

So what do you think of the new Barbie Super Mario Fashions? Going to add them to your collection? Let me know in the comments!

This will be my last post before Christmas. I hope you and yours have a very happy and safe Christmas!

Outfits Are Complete!

Welcome!

I'm back from vacation and have finally settled down. When you are gone for two weeks it sometimes takes a while to get everything situated and fall back into routine life. And before I got to the next big batch of clothing haul I got for Christmas I wanted to get into the dolly box and pick out some subjects to put my new Super Mario clothes on. So here we go!

I saw her in the box and have always wanted to rebody her. 

I really don't like the Disney Princess Hasbro dolls because of the huge cartoon eyes they have. I was debating buying an Ariel from The Disney Store because their eyes are less dramatic. This doll is by Mattel and is similar to The Disney Store doll so I decided to use her.

It took a little bit to find a body that had a pink tone to the skin and decided on this one.

Hair! Yikes. So I decided to just give her hair a wash because it's bad. There was quite a bit of hair loss but when combed it's not too bad. 

Nice and shiny.

Much better. Now I have a head if I should need one. The neck peg on the Ariel doll was a pain in the rear and I almost broke it. So I left the head off of the Ariel doll in case I want to change her back to a mermaid later on. 

I chose the pink Princess Peach outfit since she is, you know, a princess. :)

I added a pink and black skirt and a pair of gold shoes with a pink bow. 

Next I found her. 

This was a wave 2 Sporty Fashionista wearing a Swappin' Styles dress. So I decided to give her a new outfit. 

I have always wanted to put the pants from Secret Spells Barbie on a doll but didn't have anything to really go with them. 

So I paired it with the white Mario logo tee. And I think it works!

Added a pair of platform black boots.

I also had a shirt for a curvy Barbie and the only other curvy doll I had was from the TV News Team.

And I actually needed two more dolls and since the camera girl had articulated arms, I just decided to use her too! (And she had cute freckles, another plus.)

I question why they didn't give the anchor articulated arms. Do they really think she could talk like this?

Not sure how or why but I had a pair of jeans that fit the curvy doll perfectly. I'm glad I had them!

I love this outfit. LOVE!

And I had to keep the same shoes. Feet on the curvy dolls are larger than normal. I was going to put a cute pair of platform sneakers on but they didn't fit. These shoes work though!

And for the camera girl I put on the Mario outfit that was formerly on Trendy and Bendy Barbie.

I really liked the distressed jeggings she was wearing so I left those on her instead of adding the blue tulle skirt. 

And she has weird feet too! They are half heel/half flat foot and skinnier than normal feet. I had a cute pair of black flip flops ready to put her in but those were huge and slid off. So I had to keep her in her original shoes too. Not too crazy about them but I'll try some more options until I find ones that might work.

Here's the group!

I decided NOT to put the Power Up denim jacket on a doll. I found a good use for my bustform.

Besides, if it was on a doll, the doll would be facing us and then we wouldn't be able to see the cute picture on the back. And it is a little small on a Barbie, would fit much better on a Skipper or Stacie.

Here is the shelf of Mario outfits! I still need to fix it up a little. I need to add a riser so I can display them better. But for now it works!

What do you think of the outfits? Let me know in the comments!

Next post will be more vintage and semi-vintage clothing. Until then!