• Liberation 60: BeKind Dolls Nora

    The BeKind doll line (styled in some materials as B-Kind) by Jada toys is a new line of eco-friendly dolls. These cheerful 12.25 inch dolls come in recycled cardboard packaging, are made out of recycled plastic, and wear recycled fabrics dyed with soy ink. Each doll comes with ideas for DIY crafts. The packaging can be reused to create a “Kindness Board” where kids can set their own kindness goals. According to the company website, these dolls are available exclusively at Wal-Mart, but I’ve seen them listed on Amazon as well. The packaging is designed without a plastic window, presumably…

  • LIBERATION 59: WOEFULLY ROMANTIC ELLOWYNE WILDE

    I have to admit, I am a huge fan of Wilde Imagination’s signature doll, Ellowyne Wilde. For those of you who haven’t yet met Ms. Wilde, she’s a depressed teenager (although weren’t we all?) trying to figure…

  • LIBERATION 58: MONSTER HIGH CATTY NOIR

    Monster High is one of those great properties that both kids and collectors can’t get enough of. Much like real world teenagers, the children of famous monsters find high school to be by turns fun and frustrating,…

  • LIBERATION 56: RAQUELLE

    Capitalizing on the success of their Monster High web series, Mattel has launched a new series for their main girl Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse! Featuring both classic and new Barbie pals, I find myself drawn to…

  • LIBERATION 57: EQUESTRIA GIRLS RAINBOW DASH

    Perhaps inspired by Mattel’s Monster High dolls, Hasbro has decided to capitalize further on the current high popularity for the long running My Little Pony franchise and extend it into dolls. There’s been plenty of online debate…

  • LIBERATION 55: BASICALLY PRECARIOUS

    The new Precarious line of Tonner dolls uses a new face sculpt and the popular Antoinette body first introduced in 2009. Although I’m a big Tonner fan, this is my first doll with this body (which Precarious…

  • LIBERATION 54: IRWIN SAILOR MERCURY

    Anyone seeing the original North American Sailor Moon 12 inch doll release had the same response, “Why doesn’t she have a nose?” For reasons that remain a mystery, rather than using their existing molds, Bandai/Irwin created new…

  • LIBERATION 53: QUEEN AMIDALA RETURN TO NABOO PORTRAIT EDITION

    Hasbro’s Star Wars Portrait Edition line has produced some breathtaking dolls, especially those based on the elaborate costumes and hairdos of The Phantom Menace’s Queen Amidala (apparently Leia’s preference for elaborate and slightly weird hairstyles was inherited).…

  • LIBERATION 52: G.I.R.L. FORCE CREANNA

    JAKKS Pacific is taking the doll world by storm with their two new lines: Elle (15 inch dolls) and G.I.R.L. Force (11.5 inches). G.I.R.L. Force dolls feature an impressive amount of poseability using a soft “skin” over…

  • LIBERATION 51: BARBIE AS WONDER WOMAN

    Wonder Woman is an unusual figure in the world of comic books. When she was created in 1941, comic books were read by an overwhelming number of children and adults of both sexes, and the story goes…

  • LIBERATION 50: THE OUTRAGEOUS VITAMIN C

    Vitamin C is a bit of a rarity among teen pop sensations- she can sing. Equally rare is Mattel’s decision to create a doll based on her- before the Spice Girls dolls became a huge hit for…