#girls of many lands

[girlsofmanylands]

Moved a few weeks ago, I finally got the girls on their display!

[fashiondolloftheday]

today's fashion dolls are: American Girl Girls of Many Lands Minuk, Neela, Spring Pearl, Leyla, Saba, Cecile, and Isabel (2002)

submitted by @lacebows

[strawberry-lane]

I'm getting best sister brownie points this Christmas, I gave my sister Cecile for her girls of many lands collection. WITH BOX!

But, you know how it is, we took her out of the box anyways. No doll deserves to live in such a confined space!

They stopped making these three years before I was born, so she's a little ancient, but very, very beautiful.

[americangirlpolls]

[pancreasnostalgia]

Now after the mail not coming for an entire week, I own half of the Girls of Many Lands dolls. On the left is Chou Spring Pearl, representing Qing Dynasty China. On the right is Neela Sen, representing India’s fight for independence.

Both dolls are in great shape, though Spring Pearl’s stand is very discolored.

[idledoll]

Two things I thought when taking Minuk's (Yup'ik Alaska, 1890) picture just now.

Her outfit is making me want to melt just by looking at it.

In my expert opinion, she has the prettiest face mold out of all the Girls of Many Lands dolls.

[doll-collecting-aerialist]

The one and only Isabel Campion!!

[mydollsaregay]

i got some of the girls of many lands!

everyone was a bit rumpled (the first lineup picture is before I fixed them up a bit) and everyone is missing most of their smaller accessories (if you look closely you can even see that minuk is only wearing one of her shoes and the other is a sock). poor chou spring pearl only came with her pants and one of her shoes, but thankfully she also arrived in isabel’s dress, so she is borrowing it. the only loose pieces I have left over after fixing the girls up are said pants and shoe.

also, all of the stands have aged quite poorly, likely due to sun damage - the plastic parts that hold them in are pretty brittle now, and nearly everyone’s base has yellowed severely.

despite these problems (which just come from getting them secondhand), these dolls are INCREDIBLE. i haven’t read their stories, so i don’t know how those hold up, but from an aesthetic and material quality standpoint the dolls are blowing me out of the water.

the details on the clothes and faces are stunning, and the fabric they used for the outfits feels really high quality. the accessories are also incredible - all of the metallic jewelry pieces feel cold to the touch, meaning they are at least metal plated, if not fully made of metal. everything about these dolls’ design and execution just blows me away.

if i preferred to collect dolls just to display them, i would absolutely be hunting down the remaining dolls and accessories. however, that’s not really how i collect.

my 18 inch dolls are the focal point of my collection, and i actually purchased these in order to be dolls for my dolls, and add to the ambiance of my dollhouse. however, when they arrived, i realized i had been a bit foolish. i expected these to be only a bit larger than normal AG mini dolls, but they are actually significantly larger.

mini nellie here is about 6 1/2 inches tall, while cécile is about 9 1/4 inches tall.

the problem here lies of course with my own assumption, rather than the actual dolls. i think that 9ish inches is actually a wonderful height for these dolls - there are many dolls that represent adults (like barbie) that are about 12 inches tall. as a result, these dolls, meant to represent tweens, could potentially fit really well into a doll collection at that scale, while still looking their age and not being mistaken for adults. i think that’s really neat!

however……. that is not the collection i have. for me, they’re a bit too big to be dolls for my dolls (though that is absolutely up to personal taste). i don’t really collect dolls to display in the somewhat more common manner of dolls displayed on stands - my dolls are all displayed in my dollhouse, engaged in various scenes. the only exception to this is the one draculaura doll i own, who lounges around on my bookshelf instead. i think other people’s doll collections displayed on stands are absolutely beautiful, but that’s just not really how I most enjoy my own dolls. even miss draculaura is posed sitting on the edge of a shelf, instead of posed in a stand (and she’ll be getting a friend to hang out with and add to the scene later tonight!). as a result, i am a bit tentative about adding these girls displayed more statically on their stands to my doll room.

for now, i will hang onto these new friends, as they’re just really beautiful and i am simply enjoying staring at them lol. in the future, however, if i find myself spending less time with them, i will sell them to a collector who will continue to give them love.

[dollbear]

found this doll for sale for cheap on facebook marketplace, im very excited to have her (i dont have her yet but hopefully i can meet up with this person soon.

[addywalkerstan]

has anybody ever made or seen a custom girls of many lands doll? i really want to make my own GOML OCs

[lecter-lioncourt]

I COMPLETELY fucking forgot that in her first introductory scene, Missy refers to 12 has her boyfriend. Absolutely fucking insane behaviour

[suneiaaa]

For the Glory of Ku

[heckcareoxytwit]

A preview of It's Jeff! #1

IT'S JEFF! #1

JEFF THE LANDSHARK STARS IN HIS OWN FIN-TASTIC COMIC! Since his very first appearance, Jeff the Land Shark has flooded our hearts like an adorable tidal wave! Now the ingenious, the extraordinary, the unbearably innocent Jeff embarks on his own adventures across the Marvel Universe! You thought it was safe doing laundry or going for a leisurely swim in the pool…but no activity can protect against Jeff’s cuteness! Collecting the hit Infinity Comics series from the Marvel Unlimited app, this one-shot features a brand-new cover and tail…we mean tale!

Written by: Kelly Thompson Art by: Gurihiru Cover by: Gurihiru Page Count: 44 Pages Release Date: March 29, 2023

[calamitys-child]

Everyone tell me something nice from your day im having a real bad one dose me up with mundane joy

[americangirlpolls]

[pancreasnostalgia]

It’s fall, y’all!

Since the last change of seasons I have purchased many new outfits and as you may notice, three new 18” dolls. I’ve had Addy and Julie for a couple months now and Lindsey arrived today.

What’s new since last fall: Kirsten’s dirndl, Addy doll and school outfit, Samantha’s meet accessories, Kit’s meet accessories, Julie doll, cap & scarf and casual outfit, Lindsey doll.

I had to purchase Lindsey’s barrette separately, so when that arrives I will do an intro post for her with some extra goodies.

The smaller dolls got moved to the top shelf on my desk.