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Last Minute Gift Idea-Taylor Swift Dolls from Jakks Pacific

December 22, 2009 By Elizabeth

I am such a huge fan of JAKKS Pacific, because they make my daughter’s absolute favorite toys in the whole world – Puppy in My Pocket & Friends™ pets. Kaitlyn was beside herself the other day when a box arrived from JAKKS, with a Puppy in My Pocket, Kitty in my Pocket, and Jungle in my Pocket set. I have a Playmobil advent calendar on my desk that comes with little animals, and the Puppy in My Pocket & Friends animals have become part of the advent calendar scene. She can spend an hour sitting there playing with them all, it’s so cute. I highly recommend any of the “in My Pocket” sets as a terrific stocking stuffer or gift!

JAKKS Pacific also manufactures and licenses products for older kids, including a very popular doll this year based on singer Taylor Swift. Although I haven’t reviewed the dolls personally, I promised Janis at Jakks that I would spread the word about the dolls starting with a post here, I’m sure there must be someone reading Table for Five who has a Taylor Swift fan on their holiday shopping list!

There are two dolls available now – the Taylor Swift Performance doll for $19.99, and the Taylor Swift Fashion doll for $14.99. The “You Belong To Me” Performance doll includes an outfit featured in the music video and plays about 30 seconds of the song. I’d suggest calling ahead to Walmart to make sure they have the doll in stock.

The Taylor Swift Fashion Doll from Jakks will each be wearing an outfit based on a real outfit Taylor wore to an awards show, concert performance or TV appearance. The current doll is wearing a fitted black top, black and white ruffled skirt, fishnet stockings, and thigh-high black boots. According to the Jakks site, the Fashion dolls also include a second outfit in the package.

edited to add: The doll shown above in the black outfit will not be available until SPRING. That was my mistake. Shown below is the Taylor Swift Sundress Medley Fashion Collection doll, which is available now:

So, in addition to the dolls I showed you here, new Taylor Swift Singing and Fashion Dolls are expected to be available at all major retailers nationwide in Spring 2010. I hope this helps some of you with your last-minute holiday shopping!

Eight Groovy Girls plus five Groovy Pets equals a whole lot of Grooviness

December 28, 2008 By Elizabeth

Are you familiar with Groovy Girls? They are a line of soft-bodied, yarn-haired, adorable dolls that are sold at Target as well as at bookstores and other retailers.Â Lia from Exponent P.R.Â sent Kaitlyn a collection of both the dolls and their Groovy Pets, in exchange for a mention here. Groovy Girls RSVP line of dolls and pets was developed by Manhattan Toy to provide a safe way for young girls to experience fun, fashion-filled doll play while promoting age-appropriate values and attitudes.The RSVP in the title stands for Respect, Self-Expression, Values, and Play.

Each doll or pet comes with a code that can be used to access special activities on the Groovy Girls RSVP Web site, www.groovygirls.com. There’s even a special place for moms, too, at moms.groovygirls.com! On the site you can dress your doll, customize her mod pod and attend online parties, all while accumulating points towards a doll donation for a girl in need.

It was extremely generous of Lia to send us eight dolls and five pets, and Kaitlyn is having fun playing with them:

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Until I can find a place for them all to live in her room, the dolls and pets are hanging out in the box they came in, which conveniently has a handle for carrying.Â I like how the dolls have different colored streaks in their hair, and are fashionably dressed but also DRESSED-bellies and booties are covered,Â thank goodness.

The dolls come in two sizes- 13 inches high is the size of most of the dolls you see in the photo. If you look right in the middle of the photo, there’s a smaller Groovy Girl with copper colored hair, she’s smaller than the rest and has a small pet attached, that’s Libbi and Louie, Libbi is 8 inches high.

Each doll and pet come with a code that you enter at www.groovygirls.com. When you create an account, you only get one virtual girl for the site, but each additional code you enter gives you more points for unlocking clothes, accessories, furniture, and other fun things to do in the virtual groovy girl world. I can see girls ages, say, six and up really having fun playing with this website. I’ve been entering the codes from the dolls and the pets and I’m having fun playing on the site!

If you need a birthday gift or gift for another occasion for a little girl, and you want to give them a fun doll that teaches Respect, Self-Expression, Values, and having fun while Playing, I hope you’ll consider getting a Groovy Girl!