#Creatable

[queenofsquids]

I know some people were looking for this size/height comparison, so here we are left to right:

Creatable World

Barbie Dream Besties Ken

Ever After High Hunter

[obscuredollz]

🔆 Creatable World 🔆

[bg99vova]

Old pictures. 2021

[dollsinvogue]

Creatable World DC-073 pants » Versace patchwork jeans

[theoriginaleppieblack-blog]

No complicate story mind dump this time, just how the "dollhouse" looks right now. My beautiful boys hanging out in their new rabbit angora sweaters (the rabbits in question are safe, shoutout to their mom).

[ohmydolly]

Barbie Dream Besties Ken sort of look like those Creatable World dolls.

It looks a bit odd because he’s an adult with the face of a 10 year old.

[doll-princesse]

So I have been collecting Erichan outfits whenever I find myself at Daiso. Licca and Creatable World dolls can wear the same clothes, with some key exceptions. CWs are taller and have wider hips, so the school uniform was too short.

So, I seam ripped the skirt off of it to make the vest/ shirt a separate, then I made two skirts. Wisty is modeling the maroonish red pleated version, while Mako has on a lace trimmed, blue plaid gathered skirt instead.

I had fun making these skirts. Skirts are easier on this scale than tops.

[adollable-j]

and some close-ups from the rest of the shelf, including a new Hairdorable that I got - I'm probably not gonna get any more, BUT I am obsessed with anything with a sweets aesthetic so I couldn't resist her, plus I got stands for the mini BJDs because I nearly had a meltdown putting them up the first time 😂😂

I'm probably gonna get more of those Dream Besties bc they're like, the closest I'm gonna get to EAH rn lmao

[glitt3rcritt3r]

Apparently the Disney Ily4ever fashion can fit, with some finagling, both Rainbow high and Createable World dolls! Disney came out with the Haunted Mansion pack recently, and the Aurora (Maleficent) pack was on sale on their website, so I picked them both up since there are no Disney stores or sections in the Targets around me. I do have one Ily4ever doll, but she is part of a project atm, and I wanted to see what would fit on the other bodies I had. Most surprising was that the shoes fit Creatable World perfectly! Also found out that the Haunted Mansion ears glow in the dark :3 Always a plus!

[indarlingarmor]

Kicking off Pride with some favorite nonbinary dolls!

[barbielore]

Pride Month is again upon us so it is again my duty to note that there is technically no named character in the Barbie doll line who is unambiguously LGBT.

I have posted before about various LGBT / pride Barbies so just for reference:

Last year's pride month posts one and two

Lesbian Visibility Day post

Not discussed in any detail was Mattel's foray into dolls with customizable gender expression, the Creatable World line. Marketed as promoting creativity and customization, these dolls were designed to look more androgynous than either Barbie or Ken.

Inclusivity of gender diversity was explicitly a part of the brand statement for this line - Mattel designer Kim Culmone stated “Toys are a reflection of culture, and as the world continues to celebrate the positive impact of inclusivity, we felt it was time to create a doll line free of labels.” 

This caught some flak for "sinfully" suggesting that gender isn't as straightforward as Barbie and Ken make it look, with the One Million Moms petition protesting it saying, "Mattel has actually created a toy that glorifies gender inclusivity and ignores one's biological sex."

To me, that sounds like a selling point rather than a criticism, but I'm far from one of the One Million Moms.

Not all the backlash was conservative-driven: Devon Price wrote for Medium, while acknowledging why a great number of trans people find the line validating, raised some other criticisms, such as that the line reinforces the idea of "androgyny" as looking essentially like slim tomboyishness when we should be promoting the idea that bodies of all shapes do not have to be perceived as gendered.

I can absolutely see the point, though I personally wonder if that is a little high concept for Mattel, the company behind Barbie "Don't Eat" Roberts.

Either way the doll line has quietly faded away after two releases, with this being variously attributed to the backlash from conservatives, poor sales, limited access (as they were sold only in some retailers), to them not being interesting enough to grab the attention of children.

[torresdesigns]

Available at my eBay Store: https://www.ebay.com/usr/torresdesigns

[bg99vova]

Old pics. 2021

My Creatable World dolls. Unfortunately, I have only these two.

[alldollsarevalid]

Of course I had to give Lexi a skateboard

[dollcommercials]

Creatable World Dolls Commercial (2019)

[theoriginaleppieblack-blog]

A Fairytale of Two Boys at the End of Summer

Dedicated to Robert Plant on the occaision of his 76th Birthday. May you enjoy many happy returns of this day. The world is a better place for all the magic and music you have shared with us. Ramble on.