#fidgie and friends

[kenpiercemedia]

Scenes From Toy Insider's "Sweet Suite" 2023 @ Chelsea Piers (Part Two)

Welcome back my friends, you have arrived at another exciting installment of out Toy Insider “Sweet Suite” 2023 exploration. I’m continuing along in the same fashion as I did with the previous post and segmenting some of the brands together. We love these Toy Insider events and as I mentioned earlier, this one appears to be my eighth straight one. Let’s get on back to the funtastic findings shall…

[obscuredollz]

💛 Fidgie Friends 💛

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

I wanted give Fairie Garden a follow-up post to show her in better lighting than she got last night. Here she is with a little forest friend (Zelfs 'Birchy'):

I know she's a bit fish-eyed, but I've decided she's just looking at magical things the rest of use can't see XD

And here she is sans fidget features. Turns out there's an honest to goodness fashion doll beneath all that slow-rise foam! With extremely nice quality nylon hair, no less. I popped an old Barbie skirt I thought would look cute on over her top. I probably won't display her this way--I think the fidgets are part of her charm--but it's nice to have the option.

FG is similar in size to Rainbow High dolls, but there are a lot of differences in their various proportions. I haven't tried to see if they can share clothing.

This doll has been haunting my wishlist for months. I began to be anxious I wouldn't be able to acquire her after hearing the Fidgie Friends brand was discontinued, but yesterday when I noticed she'd been marked down to $9.98 on both Amazon and Walmart, I knew it was time. I'm so glad she's finally here!

Although I'm all in favor of the concept behind Fidgie Friends --combining sensory toys with dolls is a brilliant idea--in general I find their largely food-based designs extremely unappealing. I have a lot of autism-y food texture issues that make even non-edible food shaped toys a bit triggering for me. But I love fairies, and mushrooms, and although I suppose mushrooms technically can count as food, Amanita muscaria in particular most definitely does not, so for whatever reason in this instance my weird brain does not object.

All of which is to say--I know these might initially be considered odd, even off-putting dolls, especially for fashion dolls, but I think they are delightfully unique and worth at least taking a look at before they're gone for good. Fairie Garden is such a fun, quirky addition to my collection, I honestly think I'd regret it if I'd missed her.

Lastly! before I wrap up this already overly-long post, I wanted to include this extremely thorough review of FG that xCanadensis posted last fall, which was the inception point for my interest in this doll.

[fashiondolloftheday]

today's fashion doll of the day is Fidgie Friends Dandelion Wishes (2022)

today's fashion doll is: Fidgie Friends Dandelion Wishes (2022)

[betweenishish]

Thanks, @dollsahoy! It looks super cute on this Fidgie I thrifted.

[pothxxdlemon]

My doll collection :3 it's small but I'm still very proud of it :3

[lifeindollcity]

This is probably gonna be the last new doll I get for a while. That's fine because she was at a discount. I'm torn between wanting to customize her and maybe just giving her a new face and outfit. I do like pink and blonde on dolls.

[firespirited]

Photo dump:

Babs is looking and feeling great after her glue treatment I just really dislike that face. Objectively there's nothing wrong with it but on an emotional level it's an era of Barbie that feels vacant aside from LitDH. I loved the articulated fashionistas bodies, but it's tainted by the fact they only came in two tones and often with big grinning glue heads.

The Snow white body went to Yukko-chan, even though it's a match for rainbow high - it's perfect for her aesthetic. She'd had her hair up in a tight ponytail in a baggie so she'll be wearing the elastic until her bangs set.

Gabriela, Sheryl and Emi have the same skin tone but look more or less dewy or matte depending on the shimmer and blush.

Fidgie friends has a more yellow undertone. Another doll line undercut by questionable eye design.

[pink-crayon-princess]

LOOK what I got for my birthday!!! 🥳 they're fidgets AND dollies!

(thank u for taking me to the store baba!!)

their names r faerie,🍄 sprinkles,🍩 n dandelion 🌼

dandelion n sprinkles liked each other's shoes better so they swapped, hehe! 🤭🩰

[lovemydolls]

New fidgie friend yo!

Here's the others if anyone hasn't seen them

[thesmallmeggles]

Happy Birth To Me 🎉

Which means dolls :)

Dandelion Wishes says "Hello!"

How to get me to buy myself stim toys: incorporate them into a cute doll 😆

Bonus: I pretended she was a gift from Spamton. (My plush tagged along with me to the store so...) Note was written with my non-dominant hand to better sell the illusion (apart from that final "m" where I defaulted to my usual style)

Bonus #2: Explanation for Bug Friend. The ladybug doesn't come with Dandelion; it's a little vinyl figurine that I bought earlier in the year

[toychive]

fidgie friends : dandelion wishes

[noisedragon]

I came back to Tumblr and now I want to get into fashion doll Tumblr, so here is Fidgie Friends Pizza Princess on the night I got her, attending a pizza party, because there is not a lot of Fidgie Friends love on here that I was able to find in a search!

also RIP Fidgie Friends, I guess, they've just been discontinued

[mythosidhesdollhouse]

Fairie Garden, this adorable, crazy-eyed little weirdo, wishes you goodnight 😳 Sometimes you just need something completely silly and whimsical to lift your spirits, you know? And this strange, strange doll does that for me. Had more I was going to say about her but my brain has checked right out so I guess it's time to sleep 😴

Oh wait I remembered--

Her box art is very cute

2) Surprisingly good articulation

[dollect-net]

Doll of the Day! January 7, 2024!

Today's doll of the day is Faerie Garden a Fidgie Friends doll released in 2023! She was nominated by user anna2re! To nominate a Doll of the Day, please click here! You can check out past Doll of the Day entries here!

[furbtasticworksofart]

grrrrrrrr I love fashion dolls with personality and specific style I love being able to see what new ideas the designers will come up with I love doll lines that take risks and don’t adhere to what’s safe I love when a doll’s style is controversial and not for everyone I love being able to see the inspo and creativity that went into dolls I love fashion dolls I love fashion dolls-