my doll journey

Hey, everyone~ I'm new to dolls and hope to learn to customize them in the future.

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INTRODUCING MY DOLLS IN THE ORDER I GOT THEM

Sunny Madison Sparkle&Slime

As you can see, I got into collecting late. About one year ago, actually. In the summer of 2025.

The good dolls were way past me. I had followed RH since the very beginning but I was hesitant to buy a doll because I'm an adult. I don't play with dolls anymore and I'm broke and don't need them.

Only that I did need them. My brain was not really braining anymore. I was just thinking about dolls all day. So in a rush of adrenalin I bought this Sunny doll. She wasn't a doll I specifically wanted. I just needed a doll, and she was one of the only RH dolls available in the small toy store we had close to me.

I was so scared to open her, but when I did she sure was beautiful.

Now that I have some of the RH dolls I actually wanted, I have to say, she doesn't quite hold up. But she was the first doll in my collection , so she is dear to me. She helped me through a lot of art block, too. Which is the primary reason I decided to collect more. They save me when I'm down. Thanks, ladies.

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Luna Skye stock pictures

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Blaze Maxx stock pictures

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Amora Valentina stock pictures

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Akiko Kittyama stock pictures

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why is that that tacky new rainbow high ripoff doll line from mga had an influencer event for the dolls and somehow managed to not invite a single woman

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Misogony? Sexism? Choose your fighter.

But let's not call the dolls tacky because their seller sucks. They are pretty in their own right.

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jinafire is gorgeous, I love her scales & tail.......HOWEVER. this is hands down the worst doll hair I have encountered out of box since bratzillaz. it feels gross even after being combed out & strays/knots trimmed. and before you say poly: yes, I know the fiber matters a lot, but some poly is pretty tolerable out of box, at least, and degrades after time or wear and tear. the purple hair here is just horrible from day one though

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Hard agree. My Jina's currently got her hair tied up because the hair was just SO BAD. I gotta do something about that sometime soon.

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Which Mirrormi Academy series1 is your favorite?

Akiko Kittyama

Amora Valentina

Blaze Maxx

Luna Skye

Shai Meadows

Suki Goldpettal

Remaining time: 3 days 10 hours

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Now, while I do love them, they can barely be called "fashion dolls". Lol dolls used to wear like three outfits at once. And these? They get one. One that barely works. I am hoping this is a collab issue and future dolls get their charming messes of an outfit back.

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I am genuinly so sad. I know Rainbow High has been dying for a while now, but reading it's actually dead? I am mourning. These got me into dolls again. They make up 70% of my collection. And part of me was hoping they would someday return to making quality dolls. R.I.P. Rainbow High.

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Okay doll collectors how are we feeling about the MirrorMi dolls? I think they’re really pretty but kinda sad to hear Shai is going to be a store exclusive so she won’t be dropping tomorrow (same for Suki)

I see lots of people saying they like them more than RH (which is fair because of personal preference), but I’m not done mourning the fact that RH is coming to an end. RH got me into doll collecting and will always be special to me.

This is a different market than a couple years ago, but being able to get a 2nd outfit with RH was a game changer. The clothes for MirrorMi look really high quality though. However I’m less sold on the concept of ‘emotions’…it doesn’t feel as strong of a concept as other doll lines to me but that’s okay because the individual doll designs are quite gorgeous.

I think I might try to get Amora (love her Neapolitan hair, very on trend)

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Thank you. I, too, am mourning Rainbow High. I am looking forward to Mirrormi and I hope they get many many diferent series in the future, but Rainbow High is so special to me.

[k1ndasc4ry]

couple weeks until lol omg reboot hitting the shelves, cant wait, please just take my money😭

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hey as a heads up the first images in your mirror mi posts are ai generated 💀 I think someone must have run low definition teaser images through the machine, they dont look like sth posted officially at least.

Urgh. I hate that you can do nothing without running into ai images these days.

I will remove them. Thanks for letting me know.

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Shai Meadows

She was my favorite from the leaks. I still like her, but I prefered her without all the makeup and with the darker eyes. The prototype also desperately needs the blue details, otherwise the doll just lacks too much contrast. I think I'll get her and fix her up. Love you, my girl.

picture credit: @kendoesdolls on insta

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Suki Goldpettal

Much cuter irl, I must say. Still only a maybe for me, but I do like her quite a bit.

picture credit: @kendoesdolls on insta

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Akiko Kittyama

She is cute. But also kinda boring imo. She could use a head piece or cuter gloves. I also think her lipstick is too orange on the prototype doll. She's sadly a no for me. And can we talk about the name? It's so cringe.

picture credit: @kendoesdolls on insta