Currently thinking about Jellyfish!!!
I love love love this series!!! In general i love a lot of the older penny’s box series, especially the fantasy ones! I got this girl as a Christmas gift last year and I have been utterly obsessed with her since then! I absolutely adore mermaid dolls (and anything aquatic themed tbh). I went into this series blind (but I was hoping for the green mermaid🥲) and I managed to get jellyfish on my first pull! Out of all the common designs she was my second favorite so I was super happy about getting her.
From my perspective jellyfish has a very ditsy and sweet personality. She’s very friendly and curious, but she often tends to space out and get lost in her own thoughts. She’s a bit air-headed as well and easily becomes distracted, but she makes up for it with her sweet personality and gentle nature. I think she’s generally also pretty calm and easygoing. This girl is one of the few dolls that I named immediately after I opened her!!! I ended up naming her Serena! I’ve always loved the name and it gives me a mermaid vibe. I think I was also partially influenced by Serena Von Boo from monster high😭 In a weird way jellyfish sorta reminded me of her. I think it’s mainly just because the personality that I envisioned for jellyfish sorta reminded me of Serena (but I was also rewatching all the g1 mh webisodes and movies around the time that I got her so maybe it was a subconscious thing?😭).
I have no real issues with this doll at all. Everything from her stringing, to how she poses, and the overall quality has been perfect!!! She holds poses really well, and her faceplate and hairpieces stay together really well too. I actually had a hard time taking it apart the first time I tried to😭 Posing her is also super fun!! She’s super poseable and her tail is pretty easy to work with. She’s one of those dolls that was just perfect straight out of the box. Which I definitely appreciate! But I do sorta wish that her jellyfish theme was embraced more. Aside from her jellyfish hair decoration (and maybe her dress?) nothing about her really screams jellyfish to me. It would’ve been so cool to see a more obvious jellyfish theme for her! I’ve seen a handful of jellyfish bjd’s and they’re always so cool looking. I loveee jellyfish dolls, I wish we would see them more often. Especially from more affordable options like penny’s box!
Overall I really love this girl! I have her displayed on an old mh doll stand and every single time I see her on my shelf I have to take a moment to just stare at her! She’s truly such a gorgeous doll and she’s brought me a huge amount of joy in the time that I’ve had her!!!
I’ve also been trying to get the other girl I wanted from this series, the green mermaid, Leaf. But I’ve had a hard time finding her complete for a decent price secondhand. I was going to get her from Kika a while back but I had the same issue that I had when I was trying to Leopard wave from them. Which was that they had low stock and were therefore trying to charge me an insane amount to get her. AND WHEN I SAY INSANE I MEAN IT!!! A single doll from this series goes for $30-$35. But kika was trying to charge me over $100 for her!!!💀 As much as I want Leaf and adore her design she is nowhere near being worth over $100😭 I actually managed to find another collector who was selling their Leaf for $35 and I was so excited about it! I thought I got lucky. Until they basically ghosted me💀 I’ve reached out several times, hoping to get a response. But it’s been about 3 weeks since they’ve replied to me so it’s looking pretty hopeless right now. Hopefully I’ll get lucky and they’ll respond or maybe I’ll find Leaf for sale elsewhere for a decent price. Either way I just wanna get her!!!😔💔 Wish me luck y’all🥲