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One teeny step forward, three leaps back
Aug. 29th, 2019 09:07 amAG news first. If you're in the market for an 18 inch doll, they're on sale for $98 this weekend. Huzzah?
Annnnnnd now my grumpiness. You might recall I was dorkishly excited about them re-releasing the historical books when they dropped the BeForever name, yes? Because they were not only dropping the name (which I was fine with), but they were bringing back illustrations. Huzzah! And Nanea, Maryellen, and Melody would each be getting illustrations for the first time!
Yeah. AG giveth and AG taketh away real quick. Those new books? They're abridged which is a dirty word in this house. You give me my books as they were intended or you can fuck right off, universe. Maryellen's Christmas story, which is easily the best of her six stories, is gone, and I'd be willing to bet good money they chopped the hell out of what was left, too. But I don't want to go compare the originals to the new ones side by side yet. I hear Julie, who was the only one to definitely get new illustrations, lost her birthday story. Not sure on the others, but when I read Melody and Nanea, I'll let you know. Amazon changed their listings so they say abridged but AG itself hasn't. So while I love the new artwork, I hate that they thought they could just hack their books to bits and hope no one would notice or worse, that no one would care.
In non-AG news, but still doll related, I stopped by Target yesterday and they had Glimmer, Bow, and She-Ra in stock, but since I was basically killing time til TJ Maxx opened, I decided to wait for Adora and Catra because they're the two I desperately want. Also, there was a weird woman hanging out on the aisle and I wanted to check to see if Halloween was in stock. It wasn't, but I did find Halloween candy (not the really fun stuff though) and baby clothes, so I bought a little ghost outfit for Khalan. ♥
I fell in love with all sorts of things at TJ Maxx and Home Goods but decided to only buy a onesie for Khalan and this glass for me:
It reminds me of two of my previous kitties.
Oh, and uh, I might've bought this from Disney:
Now, I'm off to watch some more DW.
Annnnnnd now my grumpiness. You might recall I was dorkishly excited about them re-releasing the historical books when they dropped the BeForever name, yes? Because they were not only dropping the name (which I was fine with), but they were bringing back illustrations. Huzzah! And Nanea, Maryellen, and Melody would each be getting illustrations for the first time!
Yeah. AG giveth and AG taketh away real quick. Those new books? They're abridged which is a dirty word in this house. You give me my books as they were intended or you can fuck right off, universe. Maryellen's Christmas story, which is easily the best of her six stories, is gone, and I'd be willing to bet good money they chopped the hell out of what was left, too. But I don't want to go compare the originals to the new ones side by side yet. I hear Julie, who was the only one to definitely get new illustrations, lost her birthday story. Not sure on the others, but when I read Melody and Nanea, I'll let you know. Amazon changed their listings so they say abridged but AG itself hasn't. So while I love the new artwork, I hate that they thought they could just hack their books to bits and hope no one would notice or worse, that no one would care.
In non-AG news, but still doll related, I stopped by Target yesterday and they had Glimmer, Bow, and She-Ra in stock, but since I was basically killing time til TJ Maxx opened, I decided to wait for Adora and Catra because they're the two I desperately want. Also, there was a weird woman hanging out on the aisle and I wanted to check to see if Halloween was in stock. It wasn't, but I did find Halloween candy (not the really fun stuff though) and baby clothes, so I bought a little ghost outfit for Khalan. ♥
I fell in love with all sorts of things at TJ Maxx and Home Goods but decided to only buy a onesie for Khalan and this glass for me:
It reminds me of two of my previous kitties.
Oh, and uh, I might've bought this from Disney:
Now, I'm off to watch some more DW.