#wondertreats

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Local white-label clone doll (future Weird Barbie)

By the cash register at the Hope Chest way out McHenry Avenue, there was a phalanx of these new-on-card obvious clone dolls. Both her face-up being pretty, without the "I've seen terrible things and self-medicated to deal with it" expression that the cheapest clones often have, and my not having seen this specific doll before made me curious enough to take a closer look.

What I saw surprised me.

Now, I knew that companies get white-label clone dolls from Alibaba and Taobao, but I'd never before seen one in a context where I was 100% sure it was a white-label situation. And I'd certainly never seen one white-labeled for a company where I live.

I might have contented myself with just taking a photo, but the cashiers were already eyeing me with suspicion. For $2, it's worth taking her home to explore this crumb of local history overlapping clone doll history. What sealed the deal for me was that she has essentially the face-up I was contemplating for a DIY Weird Barbie, and there's no concern here about ruining a good doll.

So who is Wondertreats? Their address is in an industrial park over by the airport, and it turns out, they're an importer of toys, gift baskets, and similar things from China. They used to sell gift baskets via Walmart.com and may have sold directly online, but their web site is dead. eBay has listings for a lot of Wondertreats-branded plushies (which matches their import records) and toy cars.

Finding a manufacturer for this gal promises to be a task so tedious that it's not really worth it. A superficial look at Alibaba brings up no matches, and ploughing through thousands of import records... no. Just no.

Let's un-card her. She's bound to her card with only two plastic loops, so that goes fast.

She can't stand on her own, which is not a shocker. Let's undress her and see what she's got.

Oh, she's horrible.

I don't know why her legs are blurred. Probably shame.

This is the cheapest standard clone body, which means "bendable" on her card is a lie. If this gal bends, it's by accident and not necessarily going well.

She needs a new body if she's to be Weird Barbie, so I guess I'm going shopping for cheap articulated bodies. I'm not blowing $30 on rebodying her!

The stamp on her back reiterates her origins, but that's not sufficient justification to keep her on this body because this body is bad even by clone standards. Perhaps I'll dismember it and treat the torso as an objet d'art.

WHY IS THIS BLURRED? I can't redo it because...

... of course I took her hair down.

And of course her rooting is terrible. That plastic ridge is going to interfere with my plans to give her a short 'do in glitter, the way I did with Ambiguous Brown. I think the plan might be to give her a long braid plus some glitter or flocking action.

Her head does pop off easily, so there's that.

I'm now going to shop for cheap articulated bodies.

[im-a-silly-goose]

URGENT!

Hello! My name is Danny, and I desperately need your help.

Recently, my disabled little sister has begun clinging to a certain plush of mine. Specifically, my childhood stuffed rabbit. At the age of 7 years old, this plush has been her only excuse to walk, stand, etc. While we cannot trace the reason behind that, we CAN go ahead and purchase the original plush.

Due to its sentimental value, we have all decided that she can’t take mine. BUT! We have been desperately scouring the internet for any traces of this stuffed rabbit. This is where you come in; Any condition, any price, and version, baby! We will take ANYTHING we can get!

Just DM me, post your listing on Ebay, and we’ll scoop it up IMMEDIATELY! Hell, I’ll even try and write/draw some fanfic/fanart for you if you’d like if you do end up finding a version!

Below are some pictures of the rabbit, along with a reciting of the tag of one of the alternates below that. Again, any price, any condition, any version. We would really be eternally grateful if you have ANY!

TAG: "ALL NEW MATERIAL 

100% POLYESTER FIBER

REG. NO. PA-8217 (RC)

WONDERTREATS, INC.

MODESTO, CA. 95354

MADE IN CHINA"

Psst! I also collect these bunnies, so if you have any past the first that you’d like to get off your hands. You can still DM me! :3

[fandomenforcer]

Hooked Heart pt4

A month has passed and Ruby has been busy. WonderTreats has been a hit and those who attended Hook’s meeting when she provided catering had her cater to their events. Today she was closing early to celebrate her birthday. Peter, Wendy, and Tink invited her over to visit so they can celebrate with her. As she finished the final baked goods of the day, she gets a phone call.

Ruby: Hello, WonderTreats! Ruby Heart speaking? Yes i can do a last minute delivery. Okay…two curry bun and a Flamingo Cupcake…alright, name please? James Hook…will deliver the food soon. 30 minutes…Have a good day!

Ruby hangs up phone and runs a hand through her hair. Ruby: Hook?! Why me?!?!

Ruby went about preparing and making the order. As the curry bun cooked, Ruby packaged a Flamingo Cupcake and placed them in a paper bag. with the curry bun done, she placed them in a to-go container and put them in the paper bag as well. Ruby made sure everything was locked up before leaving the bakery. Instead of the car, she took her red motorcycle and held the food in her lap as she carefully rode through the city. Pulling up to Hook’s Tower, Ruby sighed and got off her bike with the food. She enters the lobby and looked around.

Ruby: Hello! I’m here to deliver an order for James Hook!

An elevator opened and Ruby looked at it cautiously. She carefully went inside of the paper bag of food and was soon heading to the floor that Hook was on. Stepping out when the elevator stopped, Ruby looked around to see it was an office. She goes and place the bag on the desk and turns to leave…

only for Hook to appear behind her!

Ruby: Oh my gosh!

Hook: Sorry, my dear. I thought you heard me.

Ruby: No sir. i was just dropping off the food.

Hook: I see. Are you the one who owns the bakery who cater my last meeting?

Ruby: Yes sir. Hope everything was okay.

Hook: Everything was delicious. Have you been in Neverland long.

Ruby: Just close to two months, sir.

Hook: I see. Well, welcome to my city and enough with the ‘sir’ nonsense. Call me either Hook or James.

Ruby: it would be unprofessional of me to do that sir.

Ruby then moves around him to leave. Hook uses his hook to block her.

Hook: What’s the rush, my dear? Why not stay?

Ruby blushed a little.

Ruby: I have other obligations to attend to today sir. i need to get going.

Ruby gently pushed the hook down and walked towards the elevator. She pressed the button and waited.

Hook: where are you heading?

Ruby: A friend’s home to celebrate my birthday with some of them.

The elevator opens and Ruby steps inside.

Ruby: Have a good one, sir.

Hook: Happy Birthday…Ruby.

Ruby blushed again as the elevator doors shut and descended to the ground floor. She got out and almost ran out of the tower. Ruby mounted her motorcycle and took off. Her feelings are conflicted: Hook is a bad guy…yet he wanted her to stay. She shouldn’t have feelings for him…but has a crush on him.

Ruby headed to see Peter, Wendy, and Tink. Her mind and heart warring with each other.

[momagirl-cosmicstatic]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Wondertreats Bunny Rabbit Plush Holding Carrot 12" Stuffed Animal Easter VTG.

[brthday]

[fandomenforcer]

Hooked Heart pt3

A week later Ruby was pulling up in her delivery car to Hook’s tour. She got out and locked her car before entering the lobby. There was no one there until someone came towards her.

Person: Hello, are you the caterer?

Ruby: Yes sir. i have the food outside. May i have some help bringing it all in.

Person: Of course. Let me message the servers to come and help.

Ruby smiled and head back outside. She unlocked the car and popped her trunk, then opened the back seat. there are several metallic red, pink, and white platters stacked with meat filled sandwiches, savory crepes, and some dumplings in shape of a heart. There were also platters laden with many treats and goodies she offers at WonderTreats. Looking back, Ruby sees a lot of servers come out and approach her. Luckily she enchanted the platters to not be heavy so everyone can carry two at a time without problem.

Ruby: Here’s everything. Be mindful that they are lighter than they look. Everyone take two and bring them to the event to be set up.

Ruby hands the platters to the servers, giggling when they feel how light they were despite being packed with food. Once everyone grabbed two platters each, she grabbed the remaining two and followed the servers inside. Joining them in the service elevator, you took a deep breath as it ascends. it stopped on the floor of the meeting and you followed everyone out and helped set everything up, giving tips and advice as well so everything looks beautiful. The doors to the room opened and you turn to the servers.

Ruby: that’s my cue. Everything else is up to you guys.

She turned and headed to the server elevator. As she was leaving, Ruby accidentally bumped into someone.

Ruby: i am so sorry!

Looks at the person and sees…Hook.

Hook: It’s fine, my dear. Are you the caterer?

Ruby: Yes sir. Hope you enjoy the food sir.

Ruby left him and went to the elevator. She didn’t show any emotion until she got in her car.

Ruby: Why does he have to be even more handsome in person?!

Ruby definitely has a crush on the Neverland villain. She hopes to not see him again or it will be harder for her to control her emotions like before. Ruby drives away, Hook still on her mind, back towards the bakery and home.

Meanwhile, Hook watched her drive off from the window.

Hook: A baker like her exists…she’s interesting.

Hook turns back to the meeting and the food. Yet Ruby still lingered in his mind.

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Hooked Heart pt2

Ruby Heart had been living in the alternate dimension for a month and runs a successful bakery called WonderTreats. She had sold her jewelry and opened the bakery that was under her flat in the building she had bought. Using her inventor skills, something she picked up from Mad Hatter, she built her own baking equipment and security systems. She used her skills as an alchemist, something inherited from her mom, to make her bake goods spread positivity, happiness, and love. Ruby was loving her new life and didn’t feel the need to be a Rebel here.

Until they came to her bakery.

The bakery had just opened and Ruby had finished putting out freshly baked Heart Donuts (shaped in a heart with a color scheme of red velvet donuts with pink and white frosting drizzled on top of it) and Flamingo Cupcakes(Not as strong as her mom used to make them when she was Ruby’s age, but still effective). A couple walked in and Ruby wouldn’t have thought anything of it…until she saw the robot fairy flitting around them.

The guy: Calm down, Tink. It looks great in here!

Ruby hid her shock behind a calm smile. This was this dimension’s Peter Pan, Wendy Darling, and Tinker Bell. She approached the counter.

Ruby: Hello, folks! Welcome to WonderTreats. How may i help-whoa! Tink had got up in her face and when she spoke, it was in a text bubble that Ruby can see.

Tink: You’re new!

Ruby: Yeah, i’m new to the city.

Tink: You’re different.

Ruby: Is that a problem?

Peter: No it isn’t. Sorry! That’s Tinker Bell. She likes to explore and see new people.

Ruby: Oh? Does that mean you guys are the famous Peter Pan and Wendy?

Wendy: Yes, heard about us?

Ruby: Who hasn’t? What can i get for you guys?

Peter and Wendy placed their orders. Ruby grabbed some to-go bags and placed one Heart Donut in one bag and White Rabbit Donut(vanilla donut with white frosting and coconut flakes with designs to make the outside look like a white rabbit) in the other. Tink followed Ruby around asking what kind of goods were out and she told her. Ruby handed the bags to Peter and Wendy. As she rang them up, Tink sees one of Red’s special cards poking out of her pocket. Tink takes it out and throws it up and it gets big as a wall. Ruby whips around and waves her hand to turn it back to a normal card. She catches it and puts it back in her pocket before looking sheepishly at the couple.

Ruby: Uh….

Peter: What was that?!

Ruby sighs.

Ruby: I am from a place called Wonderland. My mother is a tyrannical queen and i had to escape when my baby sister, Red, warned me of the loveless arranged marriage that mother put me in. My friend and Uncle figure, Maddox Hatter, invented a way to help me escape and now i am here. What i just did was Wonderland magic. I have other powers too, especially from my dad.

Wendy: what did you do in Wonderland for fun if your mother was a tyrant?

Ruby: I was the Rebel. I caused havoc on her reign and helped smuggle civilians out of the land.

Peter: Did you use weapons to fight bad guys?

Ruby: Daggers.

The couple asked Ruby questions and she answered as best as she could. They exchanged numbers and she gained new friends. Tink even gave her face a hug before they left. The day continued as normal. Before the day ended, you got a call from the bakery’s phone.

Ruby: Hello! This is WonderTreats, where everything is sweet! Ruby speaking! Yes we do cater. Yes we sell savory pastries and sandwiches.

Goes to grab an order sheet and starts writing it all down.

Ruby: Alright, any allergies i need to be aware of? No nuts and no gluten, got it! Name and address? okay… address is done. may i have a name? James…Hook?!

Ruby almost dropped the phone. She had been asked to provide catering to an important business meeting by Captain Hook at his tower.

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Wigs arrive!

My order of wigs from out-of-business Monique arrived today from Factory Direct Crafts. I feel a mix of excitement and trepidation.

Here they are! The three brown wigs are candidates for Career Gal Emma. The blue one is the back-up for Cinderelsa the Project Doll, and the dark one with pink streaks is my first choice for her.

To review who these dolls are, this is Emma, who came from Family Dollar with her guitar and keyboard, and who now is rebodied onto a MTM Curvy body. Her hair looks okay-ish right now but is sparsely rooted and will age poorly.

This is Cinderelsa, my Project Doll that I found at Hope Chest, who was once sold with gift baskets by local distributor Wondertreats. Cinderelsa is waiting for her new body to arrive from China in mid-November. Cinderelsa has a pretty hair color but the most absurd rooting possible.

Seriously, look at this rooting pattern. And look at that border around the top of the skull and the actual point at the top!

There was no realistic way to re-root this doll with her existing rooting. My favorite cheap-doll-hair method of dipping the head in glue, then in glitter, also wasn't going to work because her head shape is so distorted. A wig it's got to be!

But first, I'll have to get all those tufts out. Some come by just tugging, but most are in surprisingly firmly for the low quality of this doll.

However, I can try on the two wig candidates.

The pink-streaked wig fits better, but I'll need to be careful with how her hairline is revealed. It also feels truer to the concept of Weird Barbie. The blue wig may be a little too large for her, though it doesn't look bad.

I was going to deal with Emma later, since her original hair is decent, but then I figured the point of wigs was to do wigs.

I chopped off Emma's lavish locks and started trying wigs. These two seem small for her head, though I might re-try the first one once the spiky remnants of her lavish locks are pulled out.

These two fit better, especially the blue one. I feel like the blonde one is cute but a little aging and a little boring. In the blue one, Emma starts showing a personality -- one that calls for a better dress than her current bland Curvy outfit.

My next little while will be spent pulling stubborn cheap hair fiber out of stubborn cheap heads.