Diva Starz - Arrival day & Fashion Show (Body size test) and Comparison Pictures.

Original Post, Jul 23, '09 3:25 AM by Herbie for everyone  in Dolls More Dolls.

Miranda is a 12 inch (talking) Diva Starz from 2002 In her original outfit with bag!!

I've been looking for one of these for a while and just kind of found the listing by mistake as the seller had her listed as a Bratz Doll!!??

I won her for 80p with £1.50 P+P

Felt a bit bad when I realised the postage came to £1.85 on her!

Lol until I unwrapped her and found she was wrapped up in one of those sale leaflet things from a budget food store!!

I'm so glad her head didn't get busted in the post :-S

Anyhoo here she is!

      This outfit is an original Mattel Diva Starz outfit, she came to me in this, with the bag too.

As it is the only outfit I have for her I decided to see how some of my other doll's clothes would fit / look on her, after all her body is very similar to a Barbie Doll's.

                               Test photos, trying on outfits for other dolls...

In My Scene Trousers, Barbie top & cheap Barbie boots.

My Scene Trousers, Not sure if the top is official Barbie clothing, the boots are from a cheap Barbie size grab bag I bought recently.  The trousers are a perfect fit, the boots are too but the top although it looks great from the front, is not such a great fit as Barbie is notorious for having a large bust, whereas Diva Starz bust is a lot smaller, which leaves gaps in certain areas between the doll body and the fabric. However, as this top is made of stretch material it is possible to pull it tighter around the doll and secure it with half of it's velcro fastening, although I wouldn't recommend doing that too often as I'm sure the velcro will pick at the fabric eventually, which will mean it will have to be cut smaller (and used for another, smaller doll)  if it is to remain in use. The boots fit the doll very well but are slightly loose against the legs, therefore it is useful to place her in longer trousers, which keep them on better.

Blythe Dress made in China no idea of make label in Chinese!
Boots to fit Licca, Jenny & mokomo dolls

This dress fits her body shape perfectly, however for some reason, on this doll it  seems to lay a  bit flat against the front of her body, which really distracts from the cuteness of it. The shoes are also a very good fit for her, but obviously they look terrible with this dress!

Barbie Fashion Fever Dress

This dress is another good fit although slightly loose and due to Barbie's over development or Diva Starz underdevelopment in the bust area, it doesn't fit nicely against her bust and looks very baggy in that area. 

                                                               
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And now I come to the Body Comparison Shots, between Diva Starz and a few other Mattel Dolls.

 As sadly there are people out there who love to complain that some of my dolls are obscene (ie. naked or covered in blood made of paint) and so I now have to display warnings before I post some of my pictures online, personally I find this pretty tragic, but meh what can you do?
So here you go... Warning and Jump Break coming up... one thing I would like to point out before I get on with the nude (how else could you really show body comparisons properly?) Body Height / Shape comparison pictures, is if you are offended by undressed dolls, please don't click read more, if however you have no such problems and are interested in seeing the differences, then please read on, if you have clicked "read more" and it did offend you...you have only got yourself to blame! So for the warning...

                                                WARNING - Extreme Dolly Nudity!!!!

Eye Change Doll Comparisons - Blythe, Little Big Eyes, Beauty Cuties & Diva Starz

Another request from Lorraine over at Dolls More Dolls, this time she wanted to see the differences between  my Colour Change Eyed Dolls face plates, so I took some and here they are!

Since I  originally posted these pictures in Dolls More Dolls on Multiply, in 2009, there have been a lot more "Colour Change Eye Dolls" or "CCE's" as they are sometimes know, so  guess at some time soon, I should spend a while and do a few more comparison posts on what;s available now...

Top Left: Blythe

Top right: Little Big Eyes

Bottom Left: Beauty Cuties

Bottom Right: Diva Starz

Diva Starz by Mattel, Circa 2000 - Now Retired.

                                           

(As far as I'm aware not all Diva Dolls have changeable eye colour, the Barbie-size one talks, but doesn't have eye colour change option, I have a little one, that does tho'...the way it works is you twist the head from side to side and the eye colour changes!)

At the time of this post being posted in Dolls More Dolls, I didn't have any Diva Starz dolls, except a small one which I had purchased but it hadn't arrived at the time! I had never even seen the doll up close, so I was unable to really comment, I included these dolls in the post though as I was aware some had the "Colour change eye" function.

Photo was taken from an Ebay listing as I didn't have Diva Starz doll at the time, but as it was on Lorraine's "Show me List" I had to include them somehow! I guess I should really get around to photographing my own ones and re-doing these photos at some point, but now for a while I'm afraid!

                                     "Rockabelle" - Beauty Cutie By Mattel 2007 - Now retired

Beauty Cutie: Her head's larger than Blythe’s, her body is so much smaller too...this makes these dolls kinda top-heavy lol

Change eye colour by pressing the top of the head, the eyes change from side-glance brown, to forward blue (with purple dots and green stars!), side-glance purple and side-glance green, though the colours and eye-pattern varies slightly between dolls.

When bought boxed The Beauty Cuties come with a selection of cosmetics and hair extensions and a stand.

The dolls come in a choice of 3 hair colours..

Rockabelle is blonde.

Glamalina is brunette.

Lovelylu is auburn.

Points to note... The eye change mechanism makes a weird noise when pressed...

The doll's feet are large and oddly shaped so unless you have the original shoes for her, you may have trouble finding replacements.

The doll's body is very small so Barbie clothes won't fit, some Bratz ones do though!

These dolls are brilliant to photograph although due to their large & weighty head they do need to be positioned carefully!

Aston Drake Galleries In The Medieval Mood Reproduction Blythe

Aston Drake Galleries reproduction Blythe dolls have the draw string on back of the head, which you pull for eye colour changes. This doll is an exact replica of the original 1972 Blythe Dolls made and distributed by Kenner, but much cheaper.

The first 4 ADG Blythe doll range where made in 2005 - 2006, using the original moulds used by Kenner for their Blythe dolls, the line of dolls is also the same with their original outfits and names also reproduced. The boxes are also an exact replica of the original Blythe doll Boxes, they come with a Certificate of Authentication. In 2007 a second release of 5 more "Original Blythe" reproductions, again for one year only,and are never to be reproduced again.

Dolls in this range: 

In The Medieval Mood - Brown Haired

Pleasant Peasant  - Blonde Haired.

Aztec Arrival - Black haired

Flower Power - Red Haired

Some Blythe Dolls (Made by Hasbro and Takara) have the big button at the back of the head this is the same as Little Big Eyes / Designer Girls, eye change mechanism.

Little Big Eyes By Streetwise Designs... Also Designer Girls

Produced for less than 1 year, in 2001, discontinued (for legal reasons)

STREET WISE DESIGNS Produced these dolls.

The eye colours are very similar to Blythe dolls, the difference being that the change is made by pressing the large button on the back of the head, instead of using a pull string.

These dolls were marketed under the name Little Big Eyes But there are also the exact same dolls by the same company marketed under the name Designer Girls...Both are now sadly Retired.

There are mini versions available although  quite rare, but personally I don't like them...the faces are different to the  12 inch dolls and the eyes do not change colour.

Series 1 Hair Colour variations: Cerise, Purple, Black, Bright Yellow.

Series 2 Hair Colour Variations: Auburn, Blonde, Light Brown, Dark Brown ...

Series 2: Also has a Dark Skinned version of this doll...

All face moulds are identical in both series and skin tones.

Whats Her Name - Fab Faces Doll By Mattel
2002 - Now Retired...

Instead of the stamps and markers used for previous "What's Her Face" lines, these Dolls have a traditionally painted face, and come with three different snap-on face masks painted with different expressions.
Eye Colour and Expression is changed by pressing a button on the back of her head.

The dolls have articulated elbows and knees, and an improved hip joint that allowed them to cross their legs when seated.

They each came with two streaked wigs, and their costumes could be decorated by using small button-like beads to add rows of lace, fur, or fringe.

The feet are larger than Barbie's and flat so it is not easy to get shoes in the right size :(

She comes with face masks so you can change her expressions... I could only remember where I put 2 of them in time for the photos though!

ADG Blythe, Beauty Cutie, Blythe Petite And What's Her Face "Fab faces" Doll Height Comparison Pic's

Another set of  Height Comparison pictures - Requested by Lorraine on Dolls More Dolls ...

She wanted to see the Height differences between my Mattel Beauty Cutie, Mattel What's Her Face, Aston Drake Galleries Blythe, Little Big Eyes and Blythe Petite Dolls, so here they are!

Just before I show you, I have to tell you why Beauty Cutie looks like she's doing the splits in every photo! It's pretty simple really, I bought my girl from a Seller in Canada, she was unboxed and came with only her stock outfit, had I have bought her in her box (a very hard task these days) she would have come to me with a stand. I do not have a suitable stand to use when posing her for pictures right now, so I made her stand up as best I could. As Lorraine already has her own Beauty Cutie Doll, it didn't really matter too much to her as she already knows the height dimensions of this doll. If however you do not have one and would like that info, please let me know and I'll either update this post or leave you a comment letting you know!

What's Her Name "Fab Faces" &  Beauty Cutie 

Beauty Cutie, Little Big Eyes &  Blythe Petite

Beauty Cutie, Fab Faces, Little Big Eyes & Blythe Petite

ADG Blythe, Petite Blythe &  Beauty Cutie

Little Big Eyes, Blythe Petite &  ADG Blythe

ADG Blythe, Petite Blythe &  Beauty Cutie

Mattel Diva Starz Doll / Other Mattel Doll Height Comparisons

WARNING EXTREME DOLL NUDITY!!!

 Diva Starz Height & Shape compared to Barbie Fairytopia Doll.

Diva Stars Height/Shape compared to Mattel What's Her Face? Doll.

Diva Starz Compared to my Ooak "Pube-Job" Barbie.

Barbie is from a range dated 1999, although which range I cannot remember - I gave her "pubes" - she was happy.







Original post Dolls More Dolls on Multiply, for Lorraine - July 24 '09, 4:25PM