A Toy Enthusiast

I know I know, I promised to be regular to post. And here I am, posting two months after my last post. I am such a lazy bum.  But let’s all forget about all that and concentrate on our doll for today. Last year, when I was strolling around in a mall here in Bhubaneswar, I saw some weird looking packages with attractive illustrations in a shop. Upon close inspection I discovered each package had a giant, brightly coloured, pleasant smelling plastic cupcake in it. The box read “Cupcake Surprise Doll” and had instructions on how to transform the cupcake into a doll. I became curious and bought one for myself. Here’s how the package looked from front: FRONT These dolls are, as mentioned before, are Cupcake Surprise dolls by Emco. About Emco: I tried digging up more about Emco on internet. All I could find was it is an Indonesian company that has created toys like Pocket Morphers and Brix Racer. I did some more research and found that these dolls were earlier manufact...

I know I know, I screwed up again. I am posting after a month since my last visit. I have no excuse, except that I am be i ng lazy. I would have said I'd be regular in posting but, as apparent, I won't be sticking to my words. So lets skip that part and move on to the doll in focus. I was a fan of Monster High until they decided to re-design our favourite ghouls to look like Barbie. Although the MH craze did not quite sweep most Indian consumers off their feet, I know some collectors here who have stacked up their shelves with their favourite MH character dolls when the line made a very brief appearance in India around 2012-13. I am still in love with the older MH dolls and try to find them online, mostly on Amazon.in. It was during one such quest that I came across these mini vinyl versions of the basic characters. Here I would like to mention that sellers on Amazon import the dolls not available in India from the US. So after adding the shipping and other charges...