Bumble-Bee is another one of my dolls that went through a series of transformations. The first 2 head shrinks were done with diluted acetone. She's pictured here with Disney's Tiana who is also receiving a head shrink.
Undiluted acetone was used in the final shrink but that stripped most of the factory paint. I removed the rest of the paint and returned her to the original body.
This is the latest repaint. I may still tweak the eyes a bit.
I tried a normal sized Barbie head (Grace from the SIS collection) on the Bumble Bee body to see how it would look. Her proportions are reminiscent of Nytiri’s from the motion picture Avatar. The other doll pictured with her is a Mattel’s Star Doll head on an Articulated Fashionista body; both purchased from Thrift Stores.
Star Dolls were a nice concept, kind of like a 3 dimensional paper doll. Doll play has progressed since the age of multi-media and most collectors like to take pictures of their dolls in real life settings with the dolls in a many different positions. I've seen a lot of these dolls that have been placed on articulated bodies.
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