CUPCAKE SURPRISE DOLL BY EMCO

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 manufactured by Tonka (in 1990)  and later by Kenner (1991-93). Tonka was later purchased by Hasbro, and the production of these dolls stopped. Before Emco (2015), these dolls have been rebooted twice earlier, first by Fun Source (1998) and then by Radica (2005).

Anyway, here’s how the other sides of the package look like:

BACK

The back of the package has names of all the 12 princesses in this series. Let’s see what doll do I get.

RIGHT

The right side of the package shows how many fragrances these dolls are available in. There are a total 6 fragrances. Mine smells like chocolate.

LEFT

The left side of the package has pictorial instructions on how to transform the cupcake in to doll and back (like it’s some kind of rocket science).

TOP

It isn’t apparent in the picture above, but the top of the package has 3 holes on it, so that you can get a whiff of what the doll smells like in the store before buying. 

HOLES ON THE TOP OF THE BOX

I took the cupcake out to see what was inside. The cupcake was held in place because it‘s base was lodged in a thin cardboard sheet with a hole in the centre.

Here’s what were inside the package:

Let’s look at the brush, shall we?

It’s a tiny, bright pink brush that is shaped like a flower bud (at least I think it is a flower bud). I do not understand how a flower bud goes along with the whole cupcake theme, but it is what it is. The brush can also be used on other dolls that have soft, manageable hair.

Now let’s look at the cupcake.

The base is light blue, whereas the top is hot pink with blue, cream, purple decorations. Here’s its top.

TOP OF THE CUPCAKE

Looks delicious, doesn’t it? The base is soft, but the top is hard.

This is what I found inside when I removed the top.

PEEK-A-BOO

I turned the base inside-out, straightened the dress over the base to get this.

Isn’t she pretty? She has green eyes and blond hair, which is tied in a pony tail. She’s wearing a light blue dress which has net on her sleeves and around her waist. Her hands are in karate chop position, like the 80’s Barbie. 

Let's take a closer look at her face:

She has wide, green eyes and light pink lips. A very generic, yet pretty face. The hair rooting on her head isn’t very dense. I don't know if this defect is limited to only my doll or if this is a general feature. The defect isn't very obvious though.

The dress looked pretty, so I tried to remove it to get a better look at it, as well as the doll body. Unfortunately, I could go beyond this point.

I think heard a slight ripping noise while I was removing her dress, and decided not to test my luck with it. Her torso looks like that of a Chelsea doll. As apparent from the picture above, she’s cupcake base from waist down. She has no feet.

I placed the top “hat” on her head and this is how she looked.

Such a cutie! I tried to take some more pictures of her. She is not very poseable, but she’s cute.

Oh, and she stands about 14 CM tall with her hat on.

Arre yaar! I forgot to find out her name. Let’s look at the pictures of all the dolls printed on the back of the package, shall we?

So my doll’s name is Lorie. Sounds like lorry.

My view on the product: These dolls are priced at Rs. 499, but they are available at discount on various shopping sites. I think this is a good doll for Rs. 499. She might not be very posable, but she is transformable, which might be fun for kids. She can be a little sister to bigger 30 CM dolls, like Barbie or Steffi Love. She can be a good play time mate. So I would recommend this doll. But do not go overboard and buy more that 1-2 dolls. She isn’t that cool.

HAVE A GOOD DAY!